The Golden Decade for Guizhou

Since 2011, Guizhou has been one of the country's top three provinces by economic growth rate for ten consecutive years. Between 2010 and 2020, its ranking in the country rose from No.26 to No.20 in terms of GDP and from No.31 to No.25 by per capita GDP. The hard-earned achievements made the ten years an exceptional golden decade.

On the one hand, Guizhou made unprecedented achievements in transportation, water conservancy, electric power, communications and other infrastructure in the decade. As of the end of 2020, the length of expressways open to traffic in Guizhou reached 7,607 kilometers, the fifth longest in the country, following Guangdong, Sichuan, Hebei, and Yunnan. Its expressway network also stayed among the densest in the country.

On the other hand, many of Guizhou's social indicators hit record highs, including Engel coefficient, per capita housing area, enrollment rates at senior high schools and institutions of higher learning, and healthcare provision. Starting from 2012, the Engel coefficient of urban residents in Guizhou had stayed at the well-off line (below 40%), while that of rural residents reached the well-off line for the first time in 2015 and had since stayed at the level. At the end of 2020, a notable growth was seen in the number of private cars per 100 households, which was 45 among urban residents and 23 among rural residents; there was also an increase and improvement in per capita housing area among permanent residents of the province, which stood at 40.41 square meters in urban areas and 49.23 square meters in rural areas.

The golden decade is an important outcome of Guizhou's full and faithful application of China's new development philosophy. It is a reflection of not only economic and social development, but also continuing improvement in the quality of the environment.

貴州發展“黃金十年”

自2011年以來,貴州省連續10年經濟增速保持全國前三。地區生產總值從2010年的全國第26位上升到2020年的第20位,人均地區生產總值從第31位上升到第25位,創造了極為不易、極不平凡的“黃金十年”。

一方面,近10年來,貴州省的交通、水利、電力、通信等基礎設施建設取得空前成就。截至2020年年末,全省高速公路通車里程達7607千米,居全國第5位,僅次于廣東、四川、河北、云南,綜合密度保持全國前列。

另一方面,貴州全省恩格爾系數、人均居住面積、高中及高等教育入學率和醫療條件等社會指標也創造了歷史最佳紀錄。自2012年以來,貴州城鎮居民恩格爾系數穩定在富裕水平(低于0.4);2015年農村居民恩格爾系數首次達到并穩定在富裕水平。2020年年末,全省每百戶家庭擁有家用汽車的數量明顯提高,城鎮為45輛,農村為23輛;全省常住居民人均住房面積既有增加又有所改善,其中城鎮為人均40.41平方米,農村為人均49.23平方米。

“黃金十年”是貴州全面準確貫徹落實中國新發展理念的重要成果,它不僅體現為經濟社會發展指標,也體現為不斷改善的生態環境質量指標。