High-Quality Development of County-Level Economy from the Perspective of "The Jinjiang Experience" - A Case Study of Fujian Province
The high-quality development of county-level economies is a crucial link in achieving Chinese-style modernization. Currently, China's county-level economies seem to face a "middle-income trap" - characterized by the slowdown of effective investment, insufficient industrial competitive advantages, and widening urban-rural development gaps, all of which restrict the growth of county-level economies. Therefore, to address these challenges, coordinating the development of county-level economies and promoting industrial-urban integration have become key measures. Based on the analytical framework of "the Jinjiang Experience" and the case studies of county-level economic development in Fujian Province, this paper finds that leveraging resource endowments, promoting urban-rural integrated development, emphasizing real economy development, and focusing on innovation will drive county-level economic growth. Subsequently, it proposes strategies such as focusing on advantageous industries, developing key county-level industrial chains, driving development through innovation, promoting the bidirectional flow of urban and rural resources, and vigorously supporting the private economy to advance high-quality county-level economic development.
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