I heard about the merger a long time ago, but I didn't believe it. Recently, a piece of news was published on Hunan Provincial People's Government website and Hunan Daily, and I didn't know it was true. The original text is as follows: from "city governing counties" to "province governing counties", it means that cities and counties have greater autonomy at the same level and at the county level. As Hunan with 122 counties and urban areas, how to implement the direct management of counties? On the morning of 11/17, at the seminar on developing county-specific economy in Hunan Province, the provincial and county-level economic research association published the 2119 annual research report "Suggestions on the system reform of directly governing counties in Hunan Province", which provided reference for government departments from the reality of our province.
[ Background] "Small horse-drawn cart", it is difficult for the city to lead the county
That is, the administrative relationship between provinces, cities and counties has changed from the current three-level system of "province-city-county" to the two-level system of "province-city-county", and the management of counties has changed from the current model of "province governing city-city leading county" to the model of "province governing county", which includes
"One of the main reasons for the weak vitality of the county economy in our province is that there are too many administrative levels and too few management rights." As the main member of the research group, Professor Yi Kejun, director of the Economics Department of the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee, bluntly said that too many administrative levels under the system of "city governing counties" caused low management efficiency, resulting in the phenomenon of "city sticking to counties". In addition, a large part of prefecture-level cities have limited economic strength, and the urban-rural pattern of "small horse-drawn carts" makes it difficult for cities to take counties.
[ Suggestion ]
The research group proposed: "You can choose counties with strong economic strength and their own pillar industries and characteristic industries to pilot the reform of directly governing counties."
Yi Kejun said that in order to administer counties directly, it is necessary to appropriately streamline the number of counties and cities, merge small counties, and set up a number of large counties directly administered by the province. The standard of a large county should reach: population over 1 million, land area of 1.5-1 million square kilometers, GDP of about 11 billion, and fiscal revenue of about 1 billion yuan.
for the selection of the first batch of pilot counties, the research group suggested that three principles should be followed: large agricultural counties; Large counties in resources, population and finance; County-level cities to be cultivated as sub-regional centers in the future. After comprehensive consideration, There are Shimen City (including Shimen and Linli), Lijin City (including Lixian and Tianjin), Yuanjiang City (including Yuanjiang and Hanshou), Nanhua City (including Huarong, Nanxian and Datong Lake District), Xiangmiqu City (including Xiangyin, Miluo and Quyuan District), Ningxiang County, Liuyang City and Quyuan District.
the first pilot reform in 21 counties
[ core] from direct financial management to direct administrative management
Yi Kejun believes that the core of directly governing counties is not only that the county level has greater economic autonomy, but that the flattening of the financial system will gradually drive the flattening of the administrative system.
In the research report, the research group also suggested that the central and provincial vertical management units such as taxation, land, finance, industry and commerce should also consider delegating power to counties, for example, giving county-level financial departments greater authority in terms of credit scale and approval quota; Necessary adjustments will be made to the income of vertical industries such as telecommunications, electric power, tobacco and salt industry, and the remaining funds will be used to subsidize county-level finance.
policy background
more than half of the provinces in China are carrying out the reform experiment of managing counties by provinces
In p>2119, the No.1 document of the Central Committee clearly pointed out that the financial system reform of managing counties by provinces should be promoted, and the pilot reform of strengthening counties by expanding power should be steadily promoted. On July 9th this year, the Ministry of Finance issued the Opinions on Promoting the Financial Reform of Counties Directly Administered by the Province, which clearly stated the implementation goal that the financial reform of counties directly administered by the province will be implemented in most areas of China before the end of 2112.
Up to now, there are 18 provinces in China, and 818 counties in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing, which are implementing the reform of the county directly under the jurisdiction of finance, accounting for about 2/3 of the provinces and cities in China.
At the on-the-spot seminar on developing county-specific economy in Hunan Province held in Miluo City, Yueyang yesterday, the research result of Hunan County-specific Economy Research Association, Suggestions on the Reform of County System Directly Administered by Hunan Province (hereinafter referred to as the Plan), was released. Cai Lifeng, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, and Luo Haifan, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, attended the meeting.
according to the plan, expanding power and strengthening counties should be placed in the first place, center and always in the implementation of the reform of province governing counties. At present, the weak strength and vitality of county economy in Hunan Province are mainly due to too many administrative levels, too little management authority, weak finance, low rural consumption level, similar industries and lack of division of labor and cooperation. The development of counties and cities is very uneven, with tens of billions of yuan in counties and cities with high GDP and only tens of millions of yuan at least; Counties and cities with more than 4 billion yuan in total fiscal revenue have only tens of millions of yuan, and the gap is widening. Expanding the power of strong counties mainly includes the right of direct reporting, the right of direct management of financial audit, the right of partial management of taxation, the right of direct reporting of projects, the right of direct approval of land use, the right of direct certification of qualifications, the right of partial price management and the right of direct monitoring and release of statistics. By expanding the power to strengthen the county, the county and city will establish a county-level economic management system and mechanism with equal administrative power and financial power, and basically the same rights and responsibilities, and promote the continuous improvement of county-level economic strength and vitality.
the proposal emphasizes that the interests of prefecture-level central cities must be taken into account to expand the power to strengthen counties and implement the reform of directly governing counties, so as to ensure that the functions of central cities will not be weakened or changed. When reforming the system of city governing county, it is advisable to adopt supporting reforms such as "changing suburban counties into districts", continue to give play to the advantages of central cities in industrial agglomeration and smooth traffic, give better play to the role of growth pole radiation, and reserve and expand the development space of prefecture-level cities to the maximum extent. The reform of the system of directly governing counties means that the administrative relationship between provinces, cities and counties has changed from the current three-level system of "province-city-county" to the second-level system of "province-city (county)", and the management of counties has changed from the current model of "province governing city-city leading county" to the model of "province governing county", which includes all aspects of personnel, finance and administrative management. At the on-the-spot seminar on developing county-specific economy in Hunan Province held yesterday, relevant experts made a detailed interpretation of the "Proposal for the System Reform of Directly Administering Counties in Hunan Province".
Conditions are available to improve the endogenous development of most counties and cities in the province
Gu Jianjia, president of the provincial and county economic research association, believes that Hunan Province has the conditions to implement the direct management of counties. He said that the conditions for directly administering a county can be summarized into two aspects. One is the hardware conditions, including information technology such as network and communication and convenient transportation, so that the communication between the county and the province can be direct without an intermediate conduction layer; The other is the software condition, which mainly includes the macro-control ability of provincial finance, the self-development ability of county economy, and the corresponding adjustment and reform of county and city administrative divisions.
He said that the market economy has changed the allocation of resources from government-led to market-led, and a large number of micro-economic management functions of the government have turned to macro-control, which has fundamentally reduced the workload of governments at all levels and made it possible for the provinces to govern counties directly. With the popularization of telephone and television, especially the application and improvement of modern technical means such as computer and remote communication, the process of transmitting information between governments has been obviously shortened, and the timeliness and accuracy of information have been greatly enhanced. With the improvement of infrastructure such as railways, expressway, national highways and provincial highways and the development of modern transportation, the spatial distance between provinces and counties is becoming shorter and shorter. Moreover, the characteristic and diversified development characteristics of county economy are becoming more and more obvious, which makes the endogenous development ability of counties and cities in most areas of our province improve rapidly, and their functions in social management and public services are also constantly strengthened, and they initially have the ability to dock with the reform of the provincial governance system.
pilot counties with strong economic strength step by step
Chen Youming, deputy secretary-general of the provincial and county economic research association, believes that the system reform of counties directly under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province should follow five principles, namely, the principle of optimizing functions and improving efficiency, the principle of combining streamlining institutions with reasonable resettlement, the principle of coordinated development of urban and rural areas and counties and cities, the principle of classified guidance and local conditions, and the principle of gradual and steady reform.
he suggested that the reform of the system of directly governing counties should be carried out step by step. First of all, choose counties with strong economic strength and their own pillar industries and characteristic industries to pilot first. The province will directly manage the finance of the pilot counties, and at the same time consider directly managing some major cadres. Let prefecture-level cities appropriately delegate economic management power to counties to prepare for the independent development and growth of county economy. Secondly, on the basis of promoting the pilot project, sum up experience and lessons to realize the division of prefecture-level cities and counties. Increase the city's urban construction, infrastructure construction, public services and other functions, and reduce or even cancel some functions originally added for managing the county. Reasonably expand the county's functions in strengthening rural construction, rural public services and social security. At this stage, the prototype of the system of directly governing counties is initially established. Finally, on the basis of the initial establishment of the system of directly governing counties, on the one hand, it makes in-depth theoretical research and provides theoretical support for directly governing counties. On the other hand, in the actual operation process, we should constantly run in, straighten out various relations, truly realize the division of urban and rural areas, and give full play to the advantages of the management system to achieve the expected purpose of reform.
Regionalization adjustment can set up a number of large counties directly under the provincial administration
Dr. Lai Yahong, deputy secretary-general of the provincial and county economic research association, believes that the implementation of provincial administration of counties must first adjust the existing administrative divisions. The current administrative divisions in Hunan are mainly due to the rigid restriction of economic development by administrative divisions; The role of county-level cities has not been fully exerted; The lack of sub-regional central cities has left a number of development holes. In the process of promoting the reform of the system of directly governing counties, we should consider expanding the hinterland of the city and reducing the number of counties through the adjustment of administrative divisions. After the province governs the county, it is necessary to set up a number of large counties directly under the provincial administration. The minimum standards for large counties should be: population of more than 1 million, land area of 5,111-1,111 square kilometers, GDP of about 11 billion yuan and fiscal revenue of about 1 billion yuan.
The county economic management system has gone through three stages
Zhang Youliang, secretary-general and professor of the Provincial County Economic Research Association, said that China's county economic management system has generally gone through three stages of development. In the first stage, before the reform and opening up, the administrative management system of "provincial-regional administrative offices-counties (including county-level cities)" was implemented, but this system had limited influence on the county economy. The second stage was in 1982 after the reform and opening-up. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued a document, proposing to actively try out the merger of prefectures and cities, and gradually implement the system of "cities governing counties" in order to expand and develop small and medium-sized cities in the region and break down administrative barriers between cities and counties. The third stage is around the new century, because the disadvantages of the "city governing county" system are gradually emerging, and some areas gradually promote the pilot of provincial governing county.
The province governing counties includes direct financial management and direct administrative management
Yi Kejun, a professor at the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee, said that there are two different types or stages of the province governing counties. First, the provincial finance directly governs the county, that is, in the preparation of financial budget, the province directly formulates the budget for the county, and in the division of income, the province directly divides the county. At the same time, the province also devolves the economic authority such as transfer payment, special fund subsidy, fund scheduling and debt management to the county, which can be said to be the primary stage of the province governing the county. Second, the provincial administration directly governs the county, that is, the cities and counties are at the same level. Not only in the financial system, but also in the power of personnel, examination and approval, and economic and social management, the province directly deals with the county, which is the real province governing the county.
after the reform of the system of directly governing counties, the administrative divisions of existing prefecture-level cities should be adjusted accordingly. The general principle of adjustment is to leave enough room for the future development of prefecture-level cities and give play to their driving and radiating role as regional core growth poles. Changsha Evening News: Zheng Yingping, Liu Jun
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1. Qizhou: Today's anguo city, Hebei Province. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was divided into Dingzhou to set up Qizhou, which ruled Wuji and moved to Puyin, Song Dynasty. In February 1913, it was renamed Qixian County, and in October 1914 it was renamed Anguo County. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, its medicinal materials market has gradually expanded depending on the sacrificial activities of merchants from all over the country to the Yaowang Temple Fair, and it has become the distribution center of medicinal materials in the north and even the whole country, known as the "medicine capital". Qiyang has never been called "Qizhou" in history. As an ancient administrative division, all the place names with "Zhou" now originated from ancient times, so it is impossible to be called "Qizhou" after the merger of Qiyang and Qidong.
2. Population GDP of Qiyang and Qidong: Qiyang has a population of 1.12 million, covering an area of 2,519 square kilometers, with a GDP of 11 billion yuan in 2118 and a fiscal revenue of 351 million yuan; Qidong, with a population of 961,111 and an area of 1,871 square kilometers, has been higher in GDP and fiscal revenue than Qiyang in recent years, but the gap has gradually narrowed. In 2117, Qiyang surpassed Qidong, and the two counties are now neck and neck. Qiyang+Qidong, with a population of 1.98 million and an area of 4411 square kilometers, has a GDP of 21 billion yuan and a fiscal revenue of nearly 1 billion yuan.