The Ministry of Commerce announced the results of the assessment and evaluation of the comprehensive development level of national-level economic and technological development zones in 2022

On January 13, the Ministry of Commerce completed the assessment and evaluation of the comprehensive development level of the 2022 national economic and technological development zones (hereinafter referred to as the national economic and technological development zones
).
For the first time, the newly revised Measures for the Assessment and Evaluation of the Comprehensive Development Level of National Economic and Technological Development Zones (2021 Edition) were implemented, which assessed and evaluated
the comprehensive development level of 217 national economic and technological development zones in 2021.

The overall rankings, regional rankings and some individual rankings are as follows:

The evaluation results show that the national-level economic development zone adheres to high-level opening up, actively promotes high-quality development, effectively plays the role of the "main force" in stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment, and generally presents a good development trend
of stability and quality improvement.

First, economic growth has improved steadily and quality
.
In 2021, the national economic development zone will achieve a GDP of 12.
8 trillion yuan, accounting for 11%
of GDP.
By the end of 2021, there were 1,682 manufacturing enterprises with main business income of more than 3 billion yuan in the eastern region and more than 1.
5 billion yuan in the national economic development zone in the central and western regions, and 894 listed enterprises, both of which increased significantly over the previous year
.

Second, the role of opening up is significant
.
In 2021, the total import and export volume of the national-level economic development zone will be 8.
9 trillion yuan, accounting for 22.
8% of the country's total import and export; Among them, the import and export volume of high-tech products is 3 trillion yuan, accounting for 25.
4%
of the import and export volume of high-tech products in the country.
The amount of foreign capital actually used was 38.
16 billion US dollars, accounting for 22% of the country's
actual used foreign capital.

Third, the strength of scientific and technological innovation has been enhanced
.
By the end of 2021, the national economic development zone had 573 national incubators and public innovation spaces, 10,400 provincial and above R&D institutions, and 50,300 high-tech enterprises, all of which were significantly higher
than the end of the previous year.

Fourth, green development has achieved remarkable
results.
In 2021, the energy consumption, water consumption and COD emissions of industrial added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in the national economic development zone decreased significantly year-on-year, and the comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste increased by 3.
8 percentage points
compared with the previous year.

Fifth, coordinated development has been solidly advanced
.
By the end of 2021, the number of state-level economic development zones in the eastern region and state-level economic development zones in the central and western regions for cooperation and joint construction, and the number of national-level economic development zones providing counterpart assistance to Xinjiang and Tibet and assisting border (cross) border cooperation zones increased by 91 over the previous year
.

In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will conscientiously implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, guide the complete, accurate and comprehensive implementation of the new development concept in the national-level economic development zone, accelerate innovation and upgrading, continue to give full play to the advantages of open platforms and industrial agglomeration areas, promote high-level opening up, build a modern industrial system, accelerate the green transformation of development methods, promote coordinated regional development, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern with services, and strive to promote high-quality development
.