Gansu and Inner Mongolia are located in the northern Xinjiang of the motherland. They have a vast territory and are important ecological barrier areas and energy and industrial bases in China. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the two places have seized development opportunities, paid attention to ecological protection, accelerated the adjustment of economic structure and the transformation of old and new kinetic energy, and the momentum of high-quality development has been strong, laying a solid foundation for the good start of the "14th Five-Year Plan".
"Weave" the ecological barrier with green
In early summer, the Qilian Mountains are picturesque and green.
For a long time, it has been over-exploited, and the local ecology has been severely damaged. "Fighting medicine to eliminate scabies" - In recent years, Gansu has deeply learned the lessons of the ecological environment damage in the Qilian Mountains, fully completed the task of comprehensive management of the ecological environment protection and construction of the Qilian Mountains, and actively cooperated with the pilot work of the Qilian Mountains National Park system.
Lushuiwan Tourist Resort, Ganzhou District, Zhangye City, Gansu Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin
Since 2017, Gansu Province has implemented 19.5 billion yuan of various types of ecological protection funds at the central and provincial levels in the Qilian Mountains to support the ecological environment management of the Qilian Mountains. All 144 mining rights in the reserve have been classified and withdrawn, 42 hydropower stations have been classified and disposed of, 25 tourism facilities have been fully rectified, and all farmers and herdsmen in the core area have been relocated. The damaged ecosystem was able to recuperate, and rare species such as snow leopards, Tibetan wild donkeys, and white-lipped deer, which had been hard to find for many years, frequently appeared.
The ecological status of Inner Mongolia is crucial to the national ecological security.
The Wulagai grassland in Xilingol League showed signs of degradation after the mid-1990s. In recent years, through continuous ecological restoration, the average vegetation coverage of the severely desertified grassland in the area has increased from 15% to 50%, which not only curbed the desertification trend, but also provided conditions for the development of modern grass animal husbandry and tourism.
Today, "Tianbian Prairie" Uragai has become a resounding tourist business card, attracting tourists from all over the world; a high-quality native grass seed breeding base has been built in the local area, and new varieties of forage grass are selected and improved.
Herdsmen are grazing sheep on the grasslands within the Wulagai Administration Bureau of Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Lijun
Cultivate new kinetic energy with new energy
In the early morning, heavy trucks drove into the mining area of Ordos City to transport coal. The characteristics of these "hydrogen heavy trucks" using hydrogen fuel cells are that they do not emit black smoke and discharge water.
In the past, Inner Mongolia's industrial development focused on "sheep, coal, soil, and gas", but now it is focusing on new energy and cultivating new kinetic energy.
In February this year, the "14th Five-Year Plan for Hydrogen Energy Development of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region" was issued, proposing that by 2025, the hydrogen energy supply capacity will reach 1.6 million tons per year, creating a hydrogen energy industry of 100 billion yuan, and hydrogen energy heavy trucks will become one of the key development projects. one. Hydrogen energy, wind energy, photovoltaics, and energy storage industries together form four major industrial clusters in Inner Mongolia, which promote the extension of Inner Mongolia's energy industry to upstream and downstream, and products to climb to the mid-to-high end.
"Junma Power Station", the leading base for photovoltaic power generation applications in Dalat, Inner Mongolia. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Lei
Driven by the "double carbon" goal, Gansu, a "great scenery province", also regards the new energy industry as an important part of building a modern industrial system. In June 2021, the Jiuquan 10 million kilowatt wind power base will be completed, and the Hexi Corridor will create a new energy "Three Gorges on Land"; in the old revolutionary base area of Longdong, the construction of a 10 million kilowatt multi-energy complementary comprehensive energy base will be officially launched, which will be used for Gansu Province. "Green electricity" delivery adds another major artery...
In 2021, Gansu's new energy power generation exceeded 40 billion kWh for the first time, becoming a major force in power security. As of the end of April this year, Gansu's new energy grid-connected installed capacity reached 31.2228 million kilowatts, accounting for 48.95% of the province's total installed capacity. It is estimated that by 2025, Gansu's total new energy installed capacity will exceed 80 million kilowatts. While ensuring the power demand of the province, new energy is also sent to 20 provinces and cities including Henan, Hunan, Shandong, and Tianjin, and has become an important power transmission base in my country.
Fans of the Yumen Changma Wind Farm of China Energy Conservation (Gansu) Wind Power Co., Ltd. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fan Peishen
Promoting opening up with land and sea passages
A few days ago, a batch of imported timber arrived at the Qisumu Bonded Logistics Center in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, by China-Europe freight train. After being made into exquisite furniture in the Ulanqab Furniture Industrial Park, it was sold to all parts of the country. With the advantages of the bonded logistics center and the China-Europe freight train hub channel, more and more wood processing enterprises have gathered in Ulanqab, and the industrial pattern of processing and sales of imported wood has been accelerated locally.
Since the implementation of the "Belt and Road" initiative, Inner Mongolia has actively integrated into the overall layout of the country's opening up. Driven by its participation in the construction of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, it has innovated an open economic system and created an open economic environment. It is becoming a bridgehead for the country to open up to the north.
Working vehicles load and unload containers in the railway container yard of Manzhouli Port. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Yuan
This year marks the 5th anniversary of the construction of the new western land-sea passage. In the special cargo operation area of the Dongchuan Railway Freight Center of Gansu (Lanzhou) International Land Port, various types of vehicles from Chongqing, Hubei and Guangxi are densely arranged, and they are all transported to Lanzhou by domestic trade trains of the new land-sea channel for distribution. It can transport 50,000 vehicles a year, and it has become an important vehicle distribution point in the northwest region.
A number of high-level opening-up platforms such as Gansu (Lanzhou) International Land Port and Lanzhou New Area Comprehensive Bonded Zone have also landed, and the ancient Silk Road has been revived, leading Gansu to accelerate its integration into the "dual circulation". At present, Gansu has opened "four directions and five" international trains such as Central Asia, Central Europe, South Asia, and the New Land-Sea Corridor. With the channel as the starting point, it has built parks, gathered goods, and gathered industries, and promoted Gansu's export-oriented economy to a new level.
