Hong Kong must understand that "development is the last word"｜Yu Pinhai

Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council, made specific requirements for Hong Kong governance. Luo Huining, director of the Hong Kong Central Liaison Office, also expressed his views on the governance of Hong Kong.

The difference between the two speeches is only the length of the content, and they are actually talking about reform and development.

If Director Xia Baolong’s speech is more like the persuasive temptation of the central government in the past when propagating to Hong Kong, Director Luo Huining’s speech would have hit the nail on the head, with only more than 700 words in the full text, and even no kind words.

However, it is estimated that most people still do not understand the information it wants to convey, because it is talking about "development" that Hong Kong officials are not familiar with and the citizens are not used to.

Everyone knows the word "development", but in Hong Kong today, it is difficult to have a unified understanding of what it represents in the context of Director Luo Huining.

The "reform and opening up" and "economic construction" proposed by the Communist Party of China more than 40 years ago are the key policies for China's peaceful rise. However, in the eyes of the business community and local governments, "development is the last word" is more intuitive and specific. Popularize understanding, it was a big vernacular spoken by Deng Xiaoping during his 1992 southern tour.

After successful practice, the principles of "development" have also developed, becoming "scientific development" in the period of Hu Jintao and "new development concept" in the period of Xi Jinping.

Deng Xiaoping put forward that "development is the last word" is an intuitive and specific summary of China's peaceful rise.

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How to "science"?

What is "new"?

More specific explanations are needed to transform abstract or slogan-like terms into specific governance guidelines. The five categories of "innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing" proposed by Xi Jinping at the Fifth Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China are well explained. Where "science" and "new" are.

The evolution from "development is the last word" to "new development concept" is to upgrade from "crossing the river by feeling the stones" to "top-level design." For fullness, it is a big shift in national governance at the paradigm level.

GDP growth is not equivalent to "development"

As an "advanced" economy, why should Hong Kong be required by the "backward" Mainland to do a good job in "development"? This is probably a common doubt in Hong Kong society, and it is also the reason why many people do not understand the main point of Luo Huining's speech.

This mentality reflects that Hong Kong people's understanding of the economy is still in the last century-compared with per capita GDP, the mainland is indeed "lag behind" than Hong Kong, but this outdated and superficial economic understanding has long been abandoned.

GDP growth can of course be used as one of the indicators of development, but it is by no means equivalent to "development."

The per capita GDP of all western economies is higher than China’s about US$10,000, but China’s development is recognized as staggering. The lives of people in many western economies have more challenges than the Chinese people.

Take Greece as an example. Its per capita GDP once exceeded 30,000 U.S. dollars. In recent years, it has fallen to less than 20,000 U.S. dollars, but it is still nearly twice that of China. However, without the help of the European Union, the Greek economy would have already suffered a disaster; Italy’s per capita GDP exceeded US$40,000 ten years ago, and today it is more than 30,000, but its economic strength is significantly worse than China’s.

These simple comparisons have been able to illustrate the different meanings of GDP scale and development.

The disparity between the rich and the poor is becoming serious, and the potential class contradictions in Hong Kong are like a gunpowder storehouse.

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In terms of GDP scale, the United States is the first and China is second. If the per capita GDP is calculated, China is even ranked close to 80, but from the perspective of development, China must be the world's first in terms of quality and quantity.

Since GDP can no longer explain the actual energy of an economy, the purchasing power parity (PPP) parameter has appeared, which shows that GDP must be adjusted by the purchasing power weight of different economies to better explain the true economic meaning of GDP. .

It is actually better to use development momentum to understand PPP, but it does not have a numerical expression, and economists need to continue to work hard.

However, China’s development momentum is too impressive. Although there is no universally accepted indicator, it has been widely recognized by all countries in the world. Not to mention the calculation of the annual GDP growth rate or the proportion of China’s economy’s contribution to global economic growth. China has the world’s largest industrial production scale and the world’s largest trading nation status. The Chinese people are highly supportive of the country’s development policy. Measured by these facts, China’s development momentum is unmatched. It is also because of this that China is definitely the world’s The most authoritative development expert.

Hong Kong’s problem is very clear. It has no room for development on its old development path and must be reconsidered from a higher level of development.

Director Luo Huining's speech is to warn Hong Kong people that they must focus on this new development path.

For Luo Huining, this new development path has three aspects: recognize the requirements of national planning and fully grasp the direction of Hong Kong's development; integrate into the overall situation of national development and continuously enhance Hong Kong's competitive advantage; make good use of national policy support and strive to create a new future for Hong Kong's development .

Because of "not used to it," Hong Kong society may still understand Luo Huining's speech in "plain terms."

So, what did he say, and how should he explain it in Hong Kong people's language?

Luo Huining believes that Hong Kong’s traditional development model must be abandoned and the reform must be thorough. The central government has given guidance on the reform direction in the 14th Five-Year Plan. From a circular perspective, there is also a background in which the world is undergoing major changes. This reform is not aimed at one corner, but is global, even cultural.

Luo Huining pointed out that Hong Kong's traditional advantages are largely due to its relationship with the mainland, and this reform will also rely on economic momentum from the mainland.

He especially emphasized that Hong Kong should pay attention to two "opportunities", "the biggest opportunity for global development lies in China, and the biggest opportunity for Hong Kong's development in the Mainland."

On the morning of August 23, Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, attended the national "14th Five-Year Plan Outline" presentation.

If Hong Kong can make good use of its opportunities in the Mainland, when the world focuses on China's development, Hong Kong will naturally benefit even more, that is, it will not only find momentum from China's development, but also gain momentum from the development of the world.

But opportunities will not fall from the sky. Hong Kong must strengthen its own competitiveness, which again has to return to the keyword of reform.

If Hong Kong continues to follow and wait for shipments as usual, then opportunities will be missed, or in other words, new opportunities will not be grasped at all with the original tricks.

Using this kind of perspective to understand Huang Liuquan, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, said that "there is no boat ride after Suzhou", and it may be easy to understand the meaning behind it.

Hong Kong must meet the reform chapter

In the last paragraph of the speech, Luo Huining reinforced the theme that "development" is "reform". He pointed out that development is the key means to solve problems. Without development, nothing else can be mentioned. Moreover, all the previous strong actions of the central government are for Develop and create an objective environment.

In my explanatory article to Director Xia Baolong’s speech, I clearly pointed out that the central government firmly believes that Hong Kong’s implementation of reform is the real "struggle". Inner relationship.

Only through reform and development can society be stable and prosperous. This is the essential meaning of Deng Xiaoping's "development is the last word."

Now that the turmoil has occurred, stopping violence and suppressing the turmoil must be a top priority, but we must also realize that it cannot directly solve the deep-seated problems of society, let alone show authority. It requires society to be able to completely and truly initiate reforms. Cut the roots of the turmoil.

CCP officials should be materialists. That is to say, they will think about problems from the deep structure of society. They will not believe that social unrest is random, and they will not believe that it is only accidental due to certain social events.

The meaning of the word "development" is neutral in the hearts of Hong Kong people, unlike "reform" that touches people's hearts more.

To grasp the meaning of Director Luo Huining’s speech well, it is necessary to cross and integrate "reform" and "development" and to understand the five categories of "innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing" of the "new development concept". Understand the country’s understanding of development and examine how Hong Kong should promote development and reform.

When we carefully interpret the itinerary and content of the 14th Five-Year Propaganda Mission, we will find that the central government has turned the page of stopping violence and chaos, and quickly moved on to the next chapter of Hong Kong’s reform. We hope that Hong Kong officials and society Elites can feel and receive it. Don’t let the central government once again raise the hand of a thunderbolt. Just like setting up the National Security Agency, set up a "Development Office" in Hong Kong. The experience of the past few years should have taught us that we have been reformed and The feeling of development will not be very good.

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