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Chongqing Foreign Affairs Office Boosting Open Development of Yunyang County

By Liu Dingrui/The World and Chongqing

To further support Chongqings economic and social development， fully mobilize? Foreign Affairs resources， and boost the open development of districts and counties， the Foreign Affairs Office of the Chongqing Municipal Government （FAO） organized a delegation for a visit to Yunyang County on April 28th-29th. The delegation includes 1） consular officials from the UK， the Philippines， Japan， Hungary， Canada， and Cambodia in Chongqing， 2） institutional representatives， such as the Chongqing Trade Promotion Office of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam， the Liaison Office of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region （SAR） in Chongqing， the Chongqing Representative Office of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council， and the Hong Kong Entrepreneur Association in Chongqing， as well as 3） foreign/overseas media from Singapore， Japan， and Hong Kong SAR in Chongqing and several local mainstream media outlets. Director-General Wang Wen and Deputy Director-General Li Mingquan of the FAO led and accompanied the delegation.

Located in northeast Chongqing and the core of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area， Yunyang County serves as a crucial point of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-Hub Mega-Region and the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Hailed as “Grand Yangtze， Natural Yunyang”， the name Yunyang means “cloudy and sunny （Yun and Yang in Chinese） with inviting mountains and rivers”. In 2021， Yunyang registered a regional GDP of RMB52.81 billion， a year-on-year increase of 9.6%.

Qin Changde， Secretary of the CPC Yunyang County Committee， said during the meeting with the delegation that Yunyang is brimming with vitality and charm. Currently， it stands at the key juncture of fully driving the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-Hub Mega-Region， and the coordinated development strategies of “One Metropolitan Area， Two Urban Clusters” and the Wanzhou-Kaizhou-Yunyang region. The whole County is earnestly putting into practice the philosophy of open development， and endeavors to let the world know Yunyang and let Yunyang know the world， writing a new chapter of comprehensive socialist modernization that features the “Five Areas and One Pillar” development goals （areas for ecological civilization， green industry development， sci-tech innovation， park city， urban-rural integration， and a pillar of the Three Gorges core urban area）. Secretary Qin Changde also expressed wishes to further strengthen friendly cooperation with countries and regions in industry development， trade services， rural revitalization， and cultural and people-to-people exchanges to promote high-quality development with high-level opening-up.

Li Maotao， Deputy Secretary of the CPC Yunyang County Committee and Governor of the County Government， briefed that Yunyang has been taking the “Three Parks and Four Belts” （three agricultural industrial parks + four demo belts of smart and digital agriculture， citrus industry， industrial integration， and farming culture） and “1-6-5-0” （1 demo town for urban-rural development; 6 towns for rural revitalization and county-level key assistance; 50 villages for county- and township-level demonstration and county-level key assistance） as demonstrative strategies to comprehensively drive the development of modern agriculture and rural revitalization. The Loquat Festival enables Yunyang to fully absorb advanced concepts in agricultural and rural modernization at home and abroad， and provides opportunities to engage in broader international exchanges and cooperation in more fields so that the local brand of “Grand Yangtze， Natural Yunyang” is further highlighted.

According to Wang Wen， as a pioneering force to implement local strategies of open development， focusing on the strategic layout of Chongqings economic and social growth， the FAO has been committed to serving the open development of the whole city in recent years by fully leveraging the foreign affairs resource pool. Especially in boosting the open development of districts and counties， the FAO helped with seeking development opportunities with international participation. Fully leveraging the roles of sister cities， consulates， foreign media， and social organizations as bridges of external exchanges， it aims to facilitate the synergy of economic and social development between relevant countries and regions and Chongqings districts and counties. This visit brought together foreign consular missions， foreign/overseas institutions and media in Chongqing to facilitate exchanges and cooperation in Yunyang. The delegates not only have witnessed Yunyangs boom in urban and rural areas， its rural revitalization， and its unique ecological beauty， but also learned about its visions for open development with meticulous planning. As one of the municipal departments to provide pair-up rural revitalization assistance for Yunyang， the FAO would continue to strengthen support and take solid measures to promote greater achievements of rural revitalization by pooling more resources using its platforms. Moreover， the FAO stands ready to facilitate more cooperation opportunities for Yunyang with more international partners， thus ushering in a new period for Yunyangs open development through in-depth mutual understanding， publicity， and assistance to this County.

The delegation attended the opening ceremony of Chongqing Yunyang Rural Revitalization and Industry Development Forum and the 15th Bayang Loquat Festival of Yunyang County. The delegates were impressed by Yunyangs urban development progress and natural sceneries. They have fully recognized Yunyangs achievements of rural revitalization and extended their willingness to offer support in areas such as bilateral exchanges and cooperation as well as external publicity and promotion. Stephen Ellison， Consul-General of the UK in Chongqing said that this visit has given the delegation a good opportunity to learn more about Chinas endeavor to reduce poverty and advance rural revitalization. They have gained a deeper understanding of Yunyang and Chongqing. This visit would help to boost further exchanges and cooperation in rural revitalization. Consul-General Ellison expressed wishes for more friends， colleagues， and businesses of the UK to visit Chongqing， Yunyang in particular. So that they can see for themselves， the vast territory and abundant resources of China， the biodiversity， the splendid landscape， and facilitate cooperation and exchanges in rural revitalization and economic development. Flerida Ann Camille P. Mayo， Consul-General of the Philippines in Chongqing， noted that she was delighted to learn that the loquat of Bayang Town have already been exported to the Philippines and expressed expectations for the Philippines and Chongqing to usher in a new stage of cooperation in fields such as culture and logistics. By Acknowledging that Yunyang endeavors to develop sectors such as tourism and environmental protection， and that dinosaur fossils had been discovered here， Takada Mari， Consul-General of Japan in Chongqing， expressed hopes to strengthen cooperation in environmental protection and dinosaur fossil conservation.

During the event， the FAO and Chongqing Nonggao Group signed an agreement to use Bayang loquat and other agricultural products as designated gifts for Chongqings official foreign affairs events. In addition， the Yunyang County Commission of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Rural Revitalization Strategy Research Institute of Southwest University signed a project agreement for the Bayang-Renhe Rural Complex Municipal-level Agricultural Science and Technology Park.

The staff of related divisions of the FAO attended the above-mentioned activities.

為進(jìn)一步服務(wù)全市經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展，充分利用外事資源稟賦，助力區(qū)縣對外開放發(fā)展，4月28日至29日，市政府外辦組織英國、菲律賓、日本、匈牙利、加拿大、柬埔寨等6國駐渝領(lǐng)事官員，越南工貿(mào)部駐重慶貿(mào)易促進(jìn)辦公室、香港特區(qū)政府駐重慶聯(lián)絡(luò)處、香港貿(mào)易發(fā)展局重慶代表處、重慶市香港企業(yè)家聯(lián)誼會等在渝機構(gòu)代表，以及新加坡、日本、香港等常駐渝國（境）外媒體及部分市屬主流媒體，走進(jìn)云陽縣參觀考察，為云陽開放發(fā)展建言獻(xiàn)策。市政府外辦主任王雯、副主任李明全帶隊并陪同考察。

云陽地處重慶東北部、三峽庫區(qū)腹心，是長江經(jīng)濟帶與成渝地區(qū)雙城經(jīng)濟圈重要節(jié)點。因“四時多云、山水之陽”而得名，有“萬里長江·天生云陽”之美譽。2021年實現(xiàn)地區(qū)生產(chǎn)總值528.1億元，同比增長9.6%。

云陽縣委書記覃昌德在會見代表團一行時表示，云陽是一座充滿活力和魅力的城市，當(dāng)前正處于全力推進(jìn)成渝地區(qū)雙城經(jīng)濟圈建設(shè)、“一區(qū)兩群”和“萬開云”同城化發(fā)展戰(zhàn)略的關(guān)鍵節(jié)點，全縣上下切實踐行開放發(fā)展理念，著力“讓世界知道云陽，讓云陽知道世界”，奮力譜寫全面建設(shè)“五地一支撐”社會主義現(xiàn)代化云陽新篇章。同時期待云陽進(jìn)一步加強與各個國家和地區(qū)在產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展、貿(mào)易服務(wù)、鄉(xiāng)村振興和人文交流等方面友好合作，以高水平開放促進(jìn)高質(zhì)量發(fā)展。

云陽縣委副書記、縣政府縣長李茂濤介紹情況說，云陽正以“三園四帶”和“1650”為示范帶動，全面推進(jìn)現(xiàn)代農(nóng)業(yè)產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展和鄉(xiāng)村振興，通過此次論壇將充分吸納國內(nèi)外農(nóng)業(yè)農(nóng)村現(xiàn)代化建設(shè)先進(jìn)理念，進(jìn)一步促進(jìn)云陽在更寬平臺、更廣領(lǐng)域、更深層次參與國際交流合作，擦亮“萬里長江·天生云陽”城市品牌。

王雯表示，市政府外辦作為貫徹實施地方開放發(fā)展戰(zhàn)略的一支開拓引領(lǐng)力量，近年來圍繞全市經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展戰(zhàn)略布局，發(fā)揮外事渠道優(yōu)勢，始終致力于服務(wù)全市開放發(fā)展。尤其在助推區(qū)縣開放發(fā)展上，更好把外事資源轉(zhuǎn)化為發(fā)展資源，充分發(fā)揮友城、領(lǐng)館、外媒、社會組織等對外交往橋梁紐帶作用，推動各有關(guān)國家和地區(qū)與各區(qū)縣經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展深度融合。此次組織外國領(lǐng)團、境外在渝機構(gòu)和境外媒體代表團走進(jìn)云陽開展交流合作，不僅共同見證云陽城鄉(xiāng)蓬勃發(fā)展和鄉(xiāng)村振興的豐碩成果，切身領(lǐng)略云陽獨特綠色生態(tài)之美，同時感受到云陽開放發(fā)展愿景和科學(xué)規(guī)劃。作為云陽鄉(xiāng)村振興對口幫扶單位之一，市政府外辦將充分依托外事資源和平臺優(yōu)勢，持續(xù)深化幫扶工作，以扎實舉措推動云陽鄉(xiāng)村振興取得更大成果。匯聚更多國際資源要素，共同探尋合作機遇，深入了解云陽、宣傳云陽、助力云陽，推動云陽對外開放發(fā)展開創(chuàng)新局面。

活動期間，代表團出席了“重慶·云陽鄉(xiāng)村振興與產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展論壇暨云陽縣第十五屆巴陽枇杷節(jié)”開幕式。代表團一行驚嘆云陽城市建設(shè)和自然生態(tài)，對云陽鄉(xiāng)村振興取得成就充分肯定，并紛紛表示將在雙方交流合作、對外宣傳推廣等方面予以支持。英國駐重慶總領(lǐng)事史云森表示，通過這次活動更加深入了解中國脫貧攻堅成就和鄉(xiāng)村振興發(fā)展，不僅進(jìn)一步了解云陽、了解重慶，在今后的工作中還能為促進(jìn)鄉(xiāng)村振興交流與合作發(fā)揮積極作用。同時希望有更多的英國朋友、同事和企業(yè)能夠到重慶，到云陽領(lǐng)略中國的地大物博、多樣生物和生態(tài)美景，并在鄉(xiāng)村振興、經(jīng)濟發(fā)展等方面與云陽加強交流合作。菲律賓駐重慶總領(lǐng)事瑪友表示，非常高興得知巴陽鎮(zhèn)的枇杷已出口到菲律賓，希望今后菲律賓與重慶在文化、物流等各領(lǐng)域合作更上一層樓。日本駐重慶總領(lǐng)事高田真里表示，云陽致力于發(fā)展旅游、環(huán)保等領(lǐng)域，還出土了恐龍化石，希望在環(huán)境保護、恐龍化石群保護方面加強合作。

活動期間，重慶農(nóng)高集團與市政府外辦簽訂協(xié)議，將巴陽枇杷等“天生云陽”系列農(nóng)產(chǎn)品作為重慶官方指定外事活動禮品。同時，云陽縣農(nóng)業(yè)農(nóng)村委與西南大學(xué)鄉(xiāng)村振興戰(zhàn)略研究院簽訂“巴陽—人和田園綜合體市級農(nóng)業(yè)科技園區(qū)項目”協(xié)議。

市政府外辦相關(guān)處室人員參加上述活動。

延伸閱讀

2021年5月，按照重慶市統(tǒng)一安排，市政府外辦作為成員單位，加入到市政協(xié)辦公廳幫扶集團，定點幫扶云陽縣，并派駐干部到云陽縣巴陽鎮(zhèn)永利村任鄉(xiāng)村振興第一書記兼駐村工作隊隊長，助力當(dāng)?shù)亻_展鄉(xiāng)村振興工作。永利村鄉(xiāng)村振興工作取得階段性實效，永利制衣廠解決村民就地務(wù)工問題;重慶農(nóng)高集團有機肥項目，為村集體帶來預(yù)計100余萬元年收入;期間，駐村工作隊幫助永利村招商引資2家企業(yè)、簽約金額過億元。