China.org.cn | May 27, 2021
Fourth, colorful Guizhou in the new era has achieved historic breakthroughs in digital economy by proactively seizing opportunities. We have actively aimed high in big data development and strived to build the first national big data comprehensive pilot area. Gui'an, Guiyang, now has the largest number of super-large data centers in the world. Digital industrialization and industrial digitization have accelerated and big data has deeply integrated with the real economy, ranking the province first in the country for six consecutive years in terms of digital economic growth. The China International Big Data Industry Expo has become an international grand event and a world-class platform in the field of big data. China's Tianyan, or "Sky Eye," was built and put into use in Guizhou to explore the universe. Guizhou today features robust innovations and vitality. Its big data industry has emerged from nothing and has prospered, making big data an excellent calling card for the world to learn about the province.
Fifth, colorful Guizhou in the new era has developed a beautiful ecological environment after making historic improvements. We have firmly adhered to the two bottom lines of development and ecology, resolutely said no to pollution, and continuously improved our ecological environment. Guizhou now has the largest number of world natural heritage sites in the country. Its forest coverage rate has reached 61.51%, and the proportion of days with good or excellent air quality for cities above county level has reached 99.4%. The proportion of water from outbound sections of major rivers with good or excellent quality is 100%. As one of the first-batch national ecological civilization pilot zones, Guizhou has featured 30 reform outcomes included in the national promotion list. The Eco Forum Global Guiyang has become an important platform for popularizing Xi Jinping's thinking on promoting ecological progress. The favorable ecological environment is the biggest advantage in the development and competitive advantage of Guizhou today. The "province of mountain parks" has become a livable space, a tourist paradise, and an attractive destination for people nearby and afar.
Sixth, colorful Guizhou in the new era is happy and harmonious, with historic progress having been made with regards to its people's lives. We have always adhered to the people-centered development philosophy and tried our best to deliver services to the people and resolve the difficulties they face. We are the first in western China to have realized the basically balanced development of compulsory education in the province's counties. We are the first in the country to have established a four-level (provincial, municipal, county, and township level) telemedicine network. We have also optimized our public service system. Ethnic minority areas have progressed in unity as their cultures flourished. We have continuously improved social security, and the proportion of people feeling safe has reached 99.41%. Faced with the sudden strike of COVID-19, the province has contained its spread as soon as possible and was one of the provinces that did a good job in epidemic prevention and control, the protection of people's livelihood, and economic recovery. Guizhou people's senses of happiness, security and satisfaction have grown stronger, as they live and work in unity, harmony, peace and contentment.
Looking back at the changes of Guizhou over the past century, we are more deeply aware of the crucial significance of the Party's leadership core. The greatest contribution of the Zunyi Meeting is that it established the leadership position of Comrade Mao Zedong, and our Party began to form a strong leadership core, opening up a new phase in China's revolution. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Party has weathered great challenges and the cause of the Party and the country has seen historic achievements and changes. These achievements are owed to the firm leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and the sound guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The most fundamental reason behind Guizhou's remarkable historic achievements in recent years is the strong leadership and kind care of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. Looking back, officials and people of all ethnic groups in Guizhou have deeply experienced the notable strengths of the leadership of the CPC and socialism with Chinese characteristics and we are sincerely grateful to the General Secretary and the CPC Central Committee. We will firmly uphold General Secretary Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and uphold the Party Central Committee's authority and its centralized, unified leadership.
"Fear not the strong pass iron-clad on all sides! The summit's now surmounted with big strides." At the critical moment of embarking on a new journey, General Secretary Xi has accurately positioned and given guidance on the Long March of Guizhou in the new era during his inspection trip to Guizhou. We will unswervingly follow the direction guided by the General Secretary and follow a new development philosophy and integrate into the new development pattern as China enters a new development stage. We will make overall arrangements with high-quality development in mind, adhere to the two bottom lines of development and ecology, and coordinate development and security work. We will break new ground in large-scale development in the western region in the new era, make new plans for rural vitalization, seize new opportunities in the implementation of digital economy strategies, make new achievements in the construction of ecological civilization, and vigorously promote new industrialization, new urbanization, agricultural modernization, and tourism industrialization. We will strive for a new future for colorful Guizhou featuring prosperity and a beautiful ecological environment, and continue to write a wonderful chapter of high-quality development along with the Long March in the new era.
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