Xinhua Agency, Chengdu, November 24 Title: Strive to create new growth poles--Observation on the high-quality development of Sichuan Tianfu New District

Xinhua Agency reporters Dong Xiaohong and Li Like

Colorful forests are colorful, hibiscus flowers are in full bloom, and red and green on the banks of Xinglong Lake. Viewed from the sky, Tianfu New District, which covers an area of 1578 square kilometers, consists of two major areas: Chengdu and Meishan. It is shaped like a steed and gallops forward from the southeastern hinterland of the Chengdu Plain. More than 150 large and small parks are dancing like pearls, and 540 kilometers of greenways are embedded in the prosperous city like silk ribbons. Ecological priority and green development are given to them. Tianfu New District strives to create a "model" of park cities.

Park cities are more than just parks. In the past 10 years, the regional GDP has exceeded three hundred billion levels, and 0.3% of the area of Sichuan Province has created 7.7% of the province's total economic output. 35 national-level platforms have gathered together, and the land Silk Road has traveled smoothly through ASEAN, Central Asia... As my country's 11th national-level new district, since it was approved for establishment in 2014, Tianfu New District has gradually gathered strong synergy for high-quality development and strived to create new growth poles.

Source of innovation: The momentum of attacking the "tip" and climbing the "new" is surging

The Luxi River, which meanders from Longquan Mountain, has blocked water to form Xinglong Lake with a water area of 4500 acres. The water and sky are in the same color and the blue waves are shining. Today, the 100 square kilometers surrounding Xinglong Lake is the area with the highest amount of "science" in Chengdu.

Xinglong Lake, Tianfu New District (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Liu Kun

Wang Jiatu, president of the Chengdu Branch of China Academy of Sciences, was the first batch of "pioneers." Having grown together with the new district for 10 years, the Chengdu Branch of China Academy of Sciences has now drawn up a talent team of more than 5000 people and built a first-class science and technology park covering an area of 3700 acres.

"This place not only has the environment of a park city, but also lives next to many scientific research institutions. Now we only have one idea: to go all out and engage in scientific research wholeheartedly." Wang Jiatu said.

Behind the vigorous growth of the compound is the epitome of Tianfu New Area's "0 to 1" efforts to tackle core technological problems. With the implementation of major national deployments such as the Chengdu-Chongqing (Xinglong Lake) Comprehensive Science Center and the Western (Chengdu) Science City, the gathering of strategic scientific and technological forces has accelerated here.

Tianfu Yongxing Laboratory on the shores of Xinglong Lake (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Liu Kun

Bravely climbing the peak of science and technology,"hard-core" science fiction gradually shines into reality. It is about three stories high and is covered with parts. It looks like a huge "donut"... The new generation of artificial sun "China Circulation No. 3" located in Tianfu New District has been frequently "out of circles" in recent years. In August 2023,"China Circulation No. 3" achieved high-confinement mode operation under a plasma current of 1 million amps for the first time, marking that the controllable nuclear fusion large scientific device independently designed and developed by my country has once again set a new operating record for China's magnetic confinement fusion device.

From "bookshelves" to "shelves", from laboratories to production lines, multi-dimensional industry-university-research cooperation continues to deepen, and acceleration buttons are also pressed for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.

At present, Tianfu New Area's school-college-local cooperation project has carried out 399 major scientific and technological projects, broken through 31 key core technologies, launched 63 innovative products, and incubated more than 110 specialized, innovative and innovative enterprises.

As the first company incubated locally by the Advanced Dynamics Research Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Feng Yirui, deputy general manager of Femtosecond Chuangxin (Chengdu) Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., said that thanks to the scientific research team's early accumulation of femtosecond technology, the company will soon implement pilot production lines and expand more product application scenarios.

To smooth the road to the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, Tianfu New District has planned to deploy 20 pilot-scale maturation platforms and cultivate more than 1200 high-tech enterprises. The construction of the transformation ecosystem is accelerating, and more and more scientific and technological achievements have been implemented to generate gold.

Smooth internal and external outreach: the open pattern is becoming three-dimensional

Once upon a time, peacocks flew southeast, but now they build nests to attract phoenixes.

Adjacent to Xinglong Lake in the west and Longquan Mountain in the east, the main body of the high-speed railway Tianfu Station overlooks like a phoenix fluttering its wings and ready to fly. Tianfu Station is designed with the concept of "nesting and attracting phoenixes". After it is completed and put into use in 2025, it will further open up the major channel out of Sichuan and inject new vitality into the development of the western region.

New channels continue to expand, and goods from the west are accelerating to "go out to sea". Walking into Chengdu Aoyun Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. located in the Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) in the Chengdu Area of Tianfu New Area, the staff were busy picking, packaging, and delivering goods... Logistics packages from around the world entered and exited the warehouse in an orderly manner. As one of the first companies to settle in, Chengdu Aoyun has accumulated a total of more than 1 billion yuan in cross-border trade transactions in just a few years.

"The order volume during the peak period can reach an average of about 10,000 orders per day." Wang Yajun, director of Chengdu Aoyun Logistics, said,"The company's rapid development is inseparable from the continuous acceleration of the construction of new international channels in Tianfu New Area and the continuous enhancement of the role of open links."

Open platforms are becoming increasingly abundant, and the international "circle of friends" is growing. On the east bank of Xinglong Lake, in the exhibition hall of Tianfu International Technology Transfer Center, a world map marks the technology transfer channel leading to the world. Ouyang Shuang, project director of the center, said: "I never thought that in two years, Tianfu International Technology Transfer Center could connect resources from more than 50 countries and regions and establish cooperative relationships with more than 200 scientific research institutions, universities and enterprises around the world."

The business environment continues to be optimized, and a solid soil of openness is planted. Tianfu New District has built the country's first provincial-level central legal district, attracting nearly 400 law-related service agencies to settle in. "Promote the implementation of the Chengdu International Commercial Court and settle in more than 10 special legal service projects such as the 'Belt and Road' Commercial Mediation Center. Tianfu New District strives to build a legal service highland in the west." Li Ling, director of the Work Office of Tianfu Central Legal District, said.

Integration of cities and parks: parks and cities for the people

In recent years, Tianfu New District has continued to use the "soul" of new development concepts to shape the "shape" of the park city, adhere to the supremacy of people and sharing results, and continuously improve the people's livelihood and well-being of the park city.

Four Park City Forums were held at high standards, with the first Park City Construction Bureau and Park City Research Institute established, formulated a high-quality development indicator system for park cities, released a park city index framework system, and carried out comprehensive pilot projects for park city standardization... Park cities explored from pilot projects, gradually shift towards standardization, systematization, and standardization.

Here, the characteristics of "a park city under the snowy mountains, a happy Chengdu in the fireworks" become more and more distinctive. Jiang Ying is a planner of the Park City Construction Bureau of Tianfu New District. She has witnessed the development of this place for more than 10 years. She can't help but sigh: "The park city benefits everyone."

At the Lakeside Bookstore on the shores of Xinglong Lake, people can see the scene at the bottom of the lake through the glass curtain wall inside the bookstore. Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Dong Xiaohong

Throwing Frisbee, kayaking, camping... Every weekend and holidays, Xinglong Lake is crowded with people and tourists. The rich and diverse gameplay makes this a popular check-in spot.

Focusing on building a high-quality public service system, more than 100 new schools have been opened and 106,000 new academic degrees have been added in the past 10 years; 118 "15-minute living circles" have been planned and a number of hospitals at the doorstep have been put into use... high-quality, livable and suitable for industry, become synonymous with Tianfu New District.

With the optimization and improvement of the urban pattern, the grassroots co-construction, co-governance and shared governance system is also accelerating.

Luhu Park Community is located in the core area of Tianfu New District, with an area of 9.34 square kilometers and a planned population of 150,000. It is an open community integrating "three districts" of parks, residential areas and scenic spots. In recent years, the community has built a volunteer service points redemption platform to guide more than 100 community merchants to join, supporting the redemption of volunteer service points for goods, and arousing the enthusiasm of residents and community merchants to jointly participate in community governance. "Participating in community volunteer activities not only allows you to meet friends, but also 'small rewards' that make you happy and fulfilling." Community resident Deng Ling said.

Luhu Park community staff are introducing the volunteer points digital platform. Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Dong Xiaohong

"We will make every effort to serve and ensure people's livelihood, promote refined urban management, make the fireworks in the market interesting and orderly, and strive to build a park city pioneer area where people are put first and results are shared." The relevant person in charge of Sichuan Tianfu New District said.