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Projects to improve people’s livelihood­s in rural areas of Jilin in 2019

- Import, export volumes rise amid further opening-up ‘Service first’ philosophy to streamline regulation

Reduction of energy consumptio­n per unit of GDP:

New urban employment:

Registered urban unemployme­nt rate:

primary schools in rural areas will be equipped with heating devices

<4.5%

56

1%

350,000

5,000 kilometers of old roads in towns and villages will be renovated

village squares will be built

400

300,000

Source: The Informatio­n Office of the People’s Government of Jilin Province

reach 30,000 this year. The annual production of Changchun-based Hongqi, one of China’s oldest auto companies, is expected to reach 100,000, as part of the effort to develop domestic brands.

Meihua Group will conduct deep processing of 3 million metric tons of corn annually to produce functional sugar and organic fertilizer­s.

It will also build a traditiona­l Chinese medicine cooperativ­e zone with Australia, a wild ginseng internatio­nal trading center in Qinghe and promote production of insulin glargine.

The Jilin 1 satellites’ group network, with their high-definition images, help with forest fire warnings, desertific­ation, offshore rescue, ocean protection and other remotesens­ing informatio­n services.

The digital economy is an emerging industry in Jilin. The artificial intelligen­ce town of IFlytek Co Ltd will introduce voice recognitio­n, buildings and ICV. A total of 100 companies, including Northeast Industries Group, will introduce intelligen­t manufactur­ing. Unmanned aerial vehicles, flight simulators and other aeronautic equipment are to be developed.

To implement the strategy of innovation-driven developmen­t, Jilin will enhance cooperatio­n with experts from the Chinese Sciences Academy, Tsinghua University, Peking University and other institutes.

Jilin province will open its economic, tourism and agricultur­al resources to other countries, boosting regional developmen­t and better participat­ing in the Belt and Road Initiative.

Import and export volumes are expected to grow by 6 percent this year. It will import more oil and gas from Russia and deepen cooperatio­n with Japan and the Republic of Korea in high technologi­es, healthcare, culture, tourism, film and intermedia­ry services.

It will cut the negative list of foreign investors and lower the barriers for them to enter the market. It supports major local products, such as locomotive­s, automobile­s and agricultur­al products to go global.

Jilin has rich winter recreation resources, with abundant ice and snow. It holds ice exhibition, festival and fishing events every year, which has become a brand for the region.

In 2019, more cooperatio­n in winter sports training, research, equipment and ice and snow tourism will be seen between Jilin and Finland.

It will renovate the highway and railway from Hunchun city to the Port of Zarubino in Russia. More cross-border cargo trains will run between Changchun and Europe in 2019. The trains take advanced machinery equipment, electronic components and liquid crystal displays from Changchun to Europe, and bring European meat, seafood and cars back to Jilin.

The province will reduce time and price and improve services for companies under the principle of “service first”.

The time for companies to receive approval of registrati­on, constructi­on, acceptance and power will be shortened. The reform of cutting red tape is under online and offline supervisio­n.

It will reform the financial system to separate tax from income to reduce operation cost for companies, and also encourage banks and other financial institutio­ns to support financing for small and micro businesses.

To support the private economy, it will lower the barriers for private companies to enter educationa­l, tourism and cultural fields by giving their equal rights in approval, financing and bidding.

It will encourage State-owned enterprise­s to reform and upgrade their management structure to enhance innovation and improve competitiv­eness in the market.

It will adopt digital and intelligen­t tools to optimize civil affairs services. It will accelerate the building of a

rural families will get their toilets renovated

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