"We should strive to build the brand of opening up and rising from the beginning, and opening Chenzhou to the south." On August 17, Deputy Secretary of Chenzhou Municipal Committee and Mayor Liu Zhiren confidently said in the media interview that this is not only a development strategy consistent with the actual situation in Chenzhou, but also the only way to build an open Chenzhou.

On the same day, the provincial leading group office for developing an open economy organized the media reporters from Xinhua News Agency, China News Service, Hunan Daily, Hunan TV and so on to carry out the special interview of "opening up and rising from the beginning". Liu Zhiren accepted the media Interview on implementing the strategy of "innovation lead, open and rise" and accelerating the development of an open economy.

Liu Zhiren said that our city adhered to the problem-oriented, reform and innovation, and combined with the reality of Chenzhou to put forward the general idea of "12345" (One implementation plan, two policy documents, three major investment areas, four major investment objectives and tasks and five action programs) to obtain the good achievement after determining the strategy of "innovation lead, open and rise" in the 11th Provincial Party Congress last year. The city completed the total import and export volume of 1.538 billion yuan, an increase of 92.4%, and the total ranked third in the province in the first half of this year.

Talking about what are the advantages of the open and export-oriented economy of Chenzhou? Liu Zhiren said proudly that Chenzhou open economy has a unique advantage, and we took the lead in the province to develop the "Action plan to implement the strategy of innovation and opening up", and specifically grasped the five key industries of non-ferrous metals, boutique exhibition and mineral gemstones, ecological green, cultural tourism, graphite and new materials to promote industrial restructuring and upgrading as one of the main battlefield of "One core, three poles, four belts" in Hunan Province. By 2021, the contribution rate of scientific and technological progress is planned to reach 60%, the utilization of foreign capital and domestic capital, including import and export volume, will increase by 10% per year, and the operation rate and performance rate of investment will reach 80%.

When reporters asked how to seize the strategic opportunities after Chenzhou export processing zone integrated and optimized to the comprehensive bonded area, Liu Zhiren spoke with fervor and assurance that Chenzhou has been grasping the port construction in recent years, the infrastructure construction of "cross-border" project has been completed, and Chenzhou imported meat designated inspection sites and Beijing-Hong Kong and Macao Expressway Yizhang port operating area construction are steadily advancing. At the same time, Chenzhou undertook the open economic through the platform construction, and promoted the direct export of organic vegetables, green poultry, organic fruit, flower seedlings and non-ferrous metals in Chenzhou through the "cross-border" project and relying on highway ports to stimulate the export-oriented economic development and promote the export of Chenzhou products.

Liu Zhiren pointed out that attracting investment is the key to the development of an open economy. In the attracting investment, Chenzhou attaches great importance to ecological green and quality benefits, and the signed projects must be green industries, green environmental protection, green culture and green engineering projects.

Vice Mayor Zhou Hailin attended the meeting.