In January 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the sixth meeting of the Central Committee for Finance and Economics, emphasizing the need to promote the construction of the Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle and form an important growth pole for high-quality development in the western region. In the past five years, what achievements have been made in the construction of the dual city economic circle? What other considerations will be made in the next step? On January 9th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the relevant situation. Jointly building a modern industrial system, one out of every seven cars in China is produced by Chen Yajun, Deputy Secretary General of the Sichuan Chongqing National Development and Reform Commission. In the past five years, the gross domestic product of the twin city economic circle has increased from less than 6.3 trillion yuan to an expected 8.6 trillion yuan by 2024, reaching two trillion yuan levels. Its proportion in the country has increased from 6.3% to over 6.5%, enhancing its support and driving role in the high-quality development of the western region and even the whole country; The two regions jointly build four trillion yuan industrial clusters in electronic information, equipment manufacturing, advanced materials, and specialty consumer goods, with automobile production and electronic information output accounting for more than 1/10 of the national total. Building a modern industrial system with efficient division of labor, differentiated development, orderly competition, and mutual integration is a major task in the construction of the Chengdu Chongqing economic circle. 'Made in Sichuan and Chongqing' has become a business card of Chinese manufacturing, "said Li Wenqing, Vice Governor of Sichuan Province. For example, electronic information, two-thirds of the world's iPads, nearly 80 million laptops, and over 100 million smartphones come from Sichuan and Chongqing; Looking at automobile manufacturing again, Chongqing has obvious advantages in vehicle manufacturing, while Sichuan has strong competitiveness in power batteries and clean energy matching. Both sides have jointly built an industrial chain supply and demand docking platform, bringing together over 2000 vehicle and component manufacturing enterprises. One out of every seven cars in China is produced in Sichuan and Chongqing, and more than one-fifth of power batteries are "Made in Sichuan and Chongqing". We will take the construction of a modern industrial system as the main direction, promote the 'building circles and strengthening chains' of key industries, develop and strengthen advantageous leading industries, and jointly cultivate future industries such as artificial intelligence, low altitude economy, commercial aerospace, and nuclear technology applications, "said Li Wenqing. In the past five years, the construction of science and technology innovation centers with national influence has shown a new trend. In terms of innovative layout, the construction of the Chengdu Chongqing Comprehensive Science Center has been fully launched, the Western Science City has been officially established in Chongqing and Chengdu, and the China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City has accelerated its construction, reorganizing and forming a number of national key laboratories. In terms of collaborative innovation, the Sichuan Chongqing Innovation Cooperation Plan has been implemented, the technology resource sharing service platform has been launched and operated, 12 high-tech zones have established collaborative innovation strategic alliances, and the two provinces and cities share more than 14000 sets of large-scale scientific research instruments and equipment. Chen Yajun introduced that we will increase policy empowerment to support the two provinces and cities in scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation, jointly building a modern industrial system, and promoting the construction of education, science and technology talents as a whole. Deepening reforms in key areas and continuously improving the level of opening up, the Western Land Sea New Corridor has normalized the operation of 15000 rail sea intermodal trains. The reform in key areas of the Chengdu Chongqing Economic Circle continues to deepen, implementing 197 reform measures in a coordinated manner and creating a model for cross regional cooperation. Chen Xinwu, member of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, introduced that in promoting the moderate separation reform of economic zones and administrative zones, Sichuan Chongqing Gaozhu New Area, as the first provincial-level new area jointly built across provinces in China, has taken the lead in creating an integrated cross provincial tax and fee collection and management service center through coordinated legislation between the two provinces, unified 79 tax and fee policies, and compressed the average tax processing time of taxpayers. In terms of promoting regional market integration, 22 railway and highway channels have been built, with daily personnel exchanges between the two places exceeding one million; More than 100 million visitors visit each year, and over 1 billion people from across the country travel to Sichuan and Chongqing for leisure. In terms of promoting the integration of public services, four batches of "Chuan Yu Tong Ban" items have been jointly released, with a total of 355 items currently processed. The daily processing volume exceeds 20000 items, and the average processing time has been reduced by more than half. The level of opening up to the outside world of the Chengdu Chongqing Economic Circle continues to improve. By the end of 2024, the Western Land Sea New Corridor will have 15000 regular railway sea intermodal trains in operation, nearly 1900 international railway intermodal trains, and over 22000 cross-border highway buses, reaching 548 ports in 126 countries and regions, expanding the "North to South" channel for goods and breaking the "West to East" pattern. Continuously promoting innovation in the channel system and digital empowerment, realizing logistics transportation with 'one-time commission, one-time payment' and 'no box opening throughout the entire process'. By taking the channel train, fruits from Southeast Asia can be put on the mainland market within a few days, with prices much lower than before. "Chen Xinwu said that Chongqing will continue to work with Sichuan to promote the' hard connectivity 'of infrastructure and the' soft connectivity 'of comprehensive services for the Western Land Sea New Channel, expand and strengthen the brand of China Europe freight trains (Chengdu Chongqing), collaborate to build a multimodal transportation collection and distribution system, and drive the acceleration of high-level opening up in the western region. Joining hands to build a "happiness circle" for people's livelihoods, the two places will operate a high-speed railway every 9 minutes, with a fastest travel time of 1 hour. Starting from transportation, healthcare, education and culture, the two places will work together to build a "happiness circle" for people's livelihoods. Li Wenqing introduced that the focus is on building a "dual city economic circle on the track", with one high-speed railway running every 9 minutes between Chengdu and Chongqing, with the fastest travel time being one hour; The two regions jointly promote the mutual recognition of electronic health card scanning codes in 2300 medical institutions, and the mutual recognition of 161 examination and testing results in secondary and above public hospitals, reducing the burden of medical treatment on the public and improving the level of integrated development of regional medical services. To better adapt to the needs of population mobility and industrial cultivation, the two regions continue to promote coordinated development of education. Since 2020, the cumulative number of mutual enrollment plans for higher education institutions has exceeded 180000. Sichuan University, Chongqing University and other universities have paired up 65 advantageous disciplines to jointly build "Double First Class" disciplines and cultivate top-notch talents. Cao Junjie, member of the Standing Committee of the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, introduced that through the implementation of the Chengdu Chongqing Tong Service Item and the Convenient Life Action Item, the two places have mutually beneficial and shared benefits in areas such as education, health, human resources and social security, medical insurance, market supervision, and housing provident fund. In 2024, the settlement of medical treatment for insured persons in different places reached 3.17 million, an increase of 27%. In the past five years, Chengdu has built and put into operation 524 kindergartens and primary and secondary schools, 29 tertiary Grade A medical institutions, 386 elderly care and childcare service institutions, 100 "15 minute community happy life circles", 190 museums, 3600 bookstores, over 8000 cafes, more than 10000 tea houses, and more than 20000 hot pot restaurants. The convenient and beneficial Tianfu Home has been deeply promoted. The construction of a safe and resilient smart city is accelerating. Currently, 195 smart application scenarios are running efficiently in Chengdu, with 124000 microgrids and 146000 grid workers directly reaching the grassroots end. The construction of a 5-minute fire rescue circle is accelerating, "said Cao Junjie. After five years of construction, the twin city economic circle has stronger innovation momentum, more coordinated regional development, a more solid green foundation, more effective open development, and more accessible people's livelihood sharing. Its development level and comprehensive strength continue to improve Chen Yajun stated that 2025 is the final year of the "Outline of the Chengdu Chongqing Economic Circle Construction Plan". The National Development and Reform Commission will promote the smooth completion of major target tasks; At the same time, we will timely initiate the drafting of the "15th Five Year Plan" implementation plan for the construction of the twin city economic circle, plan a number of strategic tasks, reserve a number of major projects, and make every effort to promote the construction of the twin city economic circle to a new level. (New Society)