解码“如今的福建”:开放大门越开越大******
中新网福州1月12日电 (记者 龙敏)2023年福建省政府工作报告显示,过去五年,福建地区生产总值连跨两个万亿元(人民币,下同)台阶,年均增长6.4%左右、居东部地区第一位;人均地区生产总值连跨四个万元台阶,突破12万元,跃升至全国第四位,是唯一所有设区市人均地区生产总值都超过全国平均水平的省份。
福建发展跑出了“加速度”。对此,福建省省长赵龙在正于福州召开的福建省十四届人大一次会议上表示,福建今天的发展和成绩得益于改革开放,未来的前途和希望也一定靠改革开放。
近五年来,福建改革不停顿,“放管服”、财税金融、国资国企、农村集体产权制度等领域改革取得突破性进展,三明医改经验在全国推广,集体林权制度改革成为全国标杆。
近五年来,福建开放不止步,进出口总额年均增长11%,66种商品出口规模居全国第一;新设外资企业超1万家,高技术产业吸收外资年均增长12%;自贸试验区推出146项全国首创举措,“丝路海运”等标志性工程影响力不断扩大,与“一带一路”沿线国家和地区经贸合作、人文交流更加紧密,新增国际友城23个。
“福建改革开放纵深推进,发展潜力空间得到新拓展。”赵龙表示,如今的福建,发展活力竞相迸发,开放大门越开越大。
面向未来五年,福建官方勾勒了打造“活力福建”的路线图:持续深化制度型开放,加快建设开放强省、贸易强省、引资大省;持续深化闽台融合发展,建好海峡两岸融合发展示范区,打造台胞台企登陆的第一家园;持续深化闽港闽澳合作,引侨资、聚侨力、汇侨智,吸引更多海外侨胞投身家乡建设。
福建省人大代表、九牧集团有限公司董事长林孝发认为,中国对新冠病毒感染正式实施“乙类乙管”,人员往来将更加密切;福建是制造业大省和外贸大省,要积极鼓励和推动闽企“走出去”,到国际市场上抢占商机。
外贸是福建经济发展的强引擎。当下,福建更大力度稳定和扩大出口,积极推动工贸结合,加强外贸产业链招商,培育外贸领域名企名牌名品,发展数字贸易,推动外贸稳规模、优结构;积极发展市场采购、跨境电商、海外仓等外贸新业态,协同推进服务业开放与服务贸易发展,推动“福品卖全球、全球买闽货”。
开放兴,则福建兴。福建也更大力度吸引和利用外资,深入实施外商投资准入负面清单,促进外资稳存量、扩增量;落实外资企业国民待遇,引进更多重大外资项目。
同时,福建将更大力度释放“21世纪海上丝绸之路”核心区、自由贸易试验区、国家自主创新示范区等“多区叠加”效应,深入实施“丝路海运”等工程和“丝路伙伴”计划,加快海丝中央法务区建设;加快与共建“一带一路”国家和地区产业对接,推动中印尼、中菲“两国双园”建设方案尽快获批;积极拓展与RCEP国家的近洋航线,提升“中欧班列”规模效益,推进“海丝”“陆丝”无缝对接、联动发展。
福建现有闽籍华侨华人1580多万人,居住在世界188个国家和地区。福建省人大代表、中国侨联常委陈玉树建议,以侨为桥,以侨引侨、以侨引外,深入推进福建高水平对外开放。(完)
中新网评:美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后,美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕,众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录,将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
(文图:赵筱尘 巫邓炎)