Establishing Nghi Son economic zone into one of the key coastal industrial - urban - service centers of the country

Excerpt from the speech of delegates Nguyen Tien Hieu, Provincial Party Committee member, Head of Nghi Son Economic Zone and Industrial Zones Authority of Thanh Hoa province at the XIX Party Congress of the Provincial Party Committee.

On August 5, 2020, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 58-NQ / TW on the construction and development of Thanh Hoa province to 2030, with a vision to 2045. In which, the most general goal is to five 2030 Thanh Hoa is a rich, beautiful, civilized and modern province, is one of the major centers of the North Central region and the whole country in terms of energy industry, processing and manufacturing; is a new growth pole together with Hanoi, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh forming a development quadrilateral in the North of the country; The vision to 2045 is a rich, beautiful, civilized and modern province, a comprehensively developed and model province of the country.

Therefore, investment in construction and development of Nghi Son Economic Zone (EZ) is the key and also a solution for Thanh Hoa province to achieve the above targets.

Nghi Son EZ was selected by the Prime Minister as one of the five key economic zones for investment and development in the period of 2013 - 2015 and one of the eight major coastal economic zones of the country to focus on investment in development in the period. 2016 - 2020. The program to develop Nghi Son EZ and industrial zones in the province was identified by the Resolution of the Party Congress of Thanh Hoa province, the seventeenth and eighteenths, identified as one of five programs focusing on socio-economic development. of the province.

With the attention of the Central Government, the leadership and direction of the province closely and promptly, Nghi Son EZ has been affirmed as one of the most attractive coastal economic zones for investors. Up to now, Nghi Son EZ has 234 domestic investment projects with a total registered investment capital of 13,802 billion VND and 19 foreign investment projects with a total registered investment capital of 12.7 billion USD; including many key projects, large-scale such as Nghi Son Petrochemical Complex, total investment of more than 9 billion USD; Nghi Son 1, 2 Thermal Power Plant; Nghi Son Cement Factory; Steel rolling and smelting complex; ports ...

In the period 2016 - 2020, the total value of industrial production - trade and service reaches 390,413 billion VND; export reached 3,713 million USD; State budget revenue reached 51,863 billion VND (in 2020, it is expected that the budget revenue will be about 17,000 billion VND, equal to 61.3% of the whole province), creating jobs for 37,000 workers .... The development of Nghi Son EZ has contributed to restructuring the profession, increasing budget revenues, promoting growth, increasing labor productivity, creating more jobs, creating sustainable growth momentum and driving economic development - the society of the province.

Besides the achieved results, Nghi Son EZ development still has some shortcomings and limitations such as: There are still projects behind schedule; the formulation of functional zoning planning has not been timely; There is a lack of technical and social infrastructure; Site clearance compensation still has many difficulties and problems ... The main reason is: Some investors have not focused on implementing the project as committed; The annual investment from the State budget is limited. Legal documents on the management, construction and development of EZs are overlapping, inadequate ...

The Political Report submitted to the 19th Provincial Party Congress, the term 2020-2025, identifies the direction of rapid and sustainable economic development, becoming a new growth pole on the basis of focusing on the development of 4 business centers. economic drivers, 5 growth pillars, 6 economic corridors. In which, Nghi Son EZ is the driving force center in the South, the program to develop Nghi Son EZ and industrial zones continues to be selected as one of the six key programs in the period of 2021 - 2025 and clearly defined: Construction and develop Nghi Son EZ to become one of the key coastal industry - urban - service centers of the country.

To successfully implement the objectives of the Congress as well as to realize the Politburo's Resolution No. 58-NQ / TW dated August 5, 2020 on the construction and development of Thanh Hoa province to 2030, with a vision to 2045, requested the Central Government to pay attention to allow Nghi Son EZ to be "operated under a special preferential mechanism" such as: Allow Thanh Hoa province to decide on investment policy for investment projects in infrastructure of industrial parks. in Nghi Son economic zone; The minimum occupancy rate of 60% is not applied when considering the decision on investment policy for infrastructure project of industrial zones in Nghi Son EZ. To prioritize the allocation of central budget and provincial budgets to invest in the socio-technical infrastructure system in Nghi Son EZ, meeting development requirements.

Strongly promoting the potentials, advantages and achieved results with the attention of the Central Government; under the leadership, close and timely direction of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Council, Provincial People's Committee; the close coordination of departments, agencies and local authorities at all levels, the support and consensus of the people, the business community, and the belief that Nghi Son EZ will complete the to become one of the key coastal industry - urban - service centers of the country, creating a driving force for the economic development of the province and the region, contributing to the successful implementation of the Resolution of the provincial Party Congress. nineteenth, term 2020-2025; Resolution of the Politburo on the construction and development of Thanh Hoa province to 2030 with a vision to 2045, contributing to early making Thanh Hoa a model province like Uncle Ho's life once told.