Shantou has a promising future, but it needs great efforts in many aspects.

To measure whether a city is livable, has potential and development power, there are nothing more than the following aspects:

Industry, education, medical care, environment, infrastructure and housing.

In recent years, the competition for cities in China has become increasingly fierce. Needless to say, new first-tier cities such as Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chengdu and Hefei are competing for each other in high-tech, high-end industries and talents, and each has "seized" its own "fast lane" for high-quality development. For example, Hangzhou identifies internet plus's e-commerce industry and automobile manufacturing industry; Nanjing seized the software and information service industry, and Huawei, ZTE and AsiaInfo entered one after another. Wuhan holds three high-end industries: communication industry, semiconductor industry and laser industry; Chengdu has laid out emerging industries and has been operating in the chip and game industries for many years. Hefei started from the home appliance industry, to the panel, and then to the chip. At present, it is aiming at photovoltaic-intelligent electric vehicles, and has introduced Weilai and Volkswagen.

the secret of the development of these new first-tier cities is actually very simple: industry+education. Specifically: high-tech industry+emerging industries+training and introduction of high-tech talents. I think this is the way for Shantou to develop in the future. Here are some thoughts on the future development of Shantou:

First, Shantou can learn from Hefei

Recently, Shantou has established a deeper cooperation with Shenzhen, and Shantou's study group has also gone to Shunde to study the development of manufacturing industry in cities and towns. However, among the development trajectories of several new first-tier cities, I think Hefei is the most reference. Hefei was only a small city in the 1981s, but in 2119, it was close to one trillion. Hefei's industrial development track is very simple: first, it started with the introduction of Gree, Midea and Haier, and then it was magically attracted to BOE to settle in Hefei and started a display panel; Then develop the semiconductor industry. After the home appliances and display panels were made, Hefei aimed at the chip again. Home appliances, computers and mobile phones all need panels and chips. Chip industry chain, design, manufacturing (wafer foundry), packaging and testing, equipment and materials are all hard bones. Chip industry represents the top level of human information manufacturing industry. What did Hefei choose as a breakthrough? Design requires a large number of scientific and technological talents, and the advantages of Hefei are not as good as those of Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, so it can't be done. Many coastal cities are doing the sealing test, which is the hardest link in the chip industry chain. Equipment and materials are difficult, and the proportion of income in the industrial chain is not high. Hefei then aimed at chip manufacturing [1]. In 2119, Hefei entered the new energy market and introduced Weilai and Volkswagen new energy projects. This is the story of Hefei's soaring. I think this is a textbook story.

If Shantou Special Zone wants to start again, it needs to learn from cities like Hefei. What can we learn from Hefei simply:

1. Introducing new industries

2. Planning comes down in one continuous line and persists from generation to generation

3. How did China University of Science and Technology settle in Hefei, and how did Hefei take China University of Science and Technology as a breakthrough to introduce the National Science Center to promote the development of Hefei University of Technology and Anhui University? How to attract high-tech companies such as Huawei to settle in through these three universities.

Second, Shantou should aim at and introduce high-end industries or emerging industries as soon as possible.

Industry-driven cities depend on industries and urban development, especially the increment of emerging industries [2]. In the future, Shantou should find an industry that suits its current strength and potential as soon as possible. Shantou has no advantages in terms of talents, regions and resources. Whether it is chips, semiconductors, lasers, etc., Shantou is extremely difficult to achieve. Personally, I think life science, medical health, 3D printing and equipment manufacturing are the closest we can introduce. Of course, how to introduce, Shantou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government may refer to Hefei. Industry is the foundation. As an important engine of Shantou's future development, the Overseas Chinese Economic and Cultural Experimental Zone personally thinks that finance is already very difficult and virtual. It is better to use the Asian Youth Games to develop education, exhibition economy, culture and sports industries and large-scale tourism projects.

Third, development depends on education.

Apart from the secrets of industry, have you found out what these new first-tier cities have in common? Higher education is quite strong. There are two 985s in Nanjing University and Southeast University, which are double-class, and more than 211 in Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing Aerospace, Nanjing Institute of Technology and Hohai University. Another secret of Hefei's soaring is actually China University of Science and Technology.

To develop Shantou in the future, apart from the most important imported industries, it is to vigorously develop education and cultivate high-quality talents. In addition to relying on Shantou University and Guangdong Israel Institute of Technology, if possible, we should try to introduce the Chinese Academy of Sciences-level "national name" to settle in the Overseas Chinese Economic and Cultural Experimental Zone. Shenzhen University of Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences is said to have basically landed in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. Is it possible for us to introduce it? If there is no way, is it possible to introduce a national laboratory or a national science center to settle in the East Coast New Town and build a higher education center with Shantou University? Only with the continuous emergence of high-quality and high-tech talents can emerging industries and high-tech companies choose Shantou and stay in Shantou for a long time. We should not only be a higher education center in eastern Guangdong, but also a lifelong education center, a middle school education center and a preschool education center in Guangdong. Only education and talents are the driving force for the development of our city.