PCI QUANG NINH - DEVELOPMENT

 Comrade Nguyen Xuan Ky, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, inspected at Dong Mai Industrial Park.

The Provincial Competitiveness Index - PCI has been implemented since 2005 under a research cooperation project between the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Vietnam Competition Initiative Project (by the United States Agency for International Development). - USAID sponsored). Up to now, PCI has become a measure of evaluation among localities about the quality of economic management and building a favorable business environment for the development of private enterprises. And more importantly, PCI has become a tool that clearly reflects the quality of local government policy making and administration towards businesses, thereby promoting changes close to reality and specific requirements. of each local government to create a healthy business and investment environment.

For Quang Ninh province, in the early years of joining PCI, the province's business investment environment was not highly appreciated by the business community, but in the past 10 years, the province's business investment environment has improved a lot. A series of reforms have been implemented by Quang Ninh province. Thanks to that, the PCI ranking results brought many breakthroughs. In 2016, Quang Ninh excellently rose to 2nd place in the rankings, continued to rise to the top of provinces and cities across the country in 2017 and maintained the "champion" position for 5 consecutive years. (2017-2021).

The fact that Quang Ninh continuously leads the PCI index is both a pride, an honor, and a challenge for Quang Ninh to "not rest on victory", constantly innovating, making efforts to reform and improve the environment. business investment school; attracting investment in Quang Ninh province and promoting socio-economic development in the province.

Looking back at 2021, it can be clearly seen that, in the context of extremely difficult times due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Quang Ninh has emerged as a bright spot in terms of proactiveness in epidemic prevention, keeping the area safe, stable and developing. in the new normal, double-targeting well. Quang Ninh is the leading locality and soon completed the whole country in vaccine coverage among the people. Business support has been actively and effectively implemented by the province. The province has issued many policies, organized meetings, exchanged information, established working groups to promptly grasp, support and remove difficulties for businesses and investors.

In addition, the province focuses on transforming the economic model to suit the new situation, identifying the industry and construction sector as the main pillars to ensure economic growth and budget revenue; accelerate the construction of new factories and put into production projects in the field of processing and manufacturing industries in economic zones and industrial zones; improve production capacity, domestic consumption and export, especially high-tech products with great added value...

Thanks to that, in 2021, despite many difficulties, Quang Ninh has completed many important economic development targets. Quang Ninh's GRDP growth rate reached 10.28%, achieving the set target, ranking 2nd compared to other provinces and cities in the country, many times higher than the GRDP of the whole country. State budget revenue in the province reached 52,467 billion VND, up 6% over the same period in 2020.

In the context of the epidemic, which has made the investment attraction situation in many localities almost "freeze", but Quang Ninh still attracts many projects with an investment value of up to trillions of dong with 4 major projects. started construction: Ha Long Xanh complex urban area project, Dong Trieu golf course project, Van Ninh general port project, Quang Ninh LNG gas power plant project. In 2021, the total attraction of non-budget investment capital will reach over VND 360,000 billion. In which, attracting new-generation FDI reached nearly USD 1.2 billion, nearly 3 times higher than 2020. In the province, there are 145 FDI ​​projects of investors from 20 countries and territories. , carrying out production and business activities, with a total registered investment capital of about USD 8.15 billion.

 Delegates performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the Wyndham garden hotel and resort villa project Sonasea Van Don.

After 5 years of maintaining the leading position in the country, PCI Quang Ninh has built a "brand" and has become a resource and driving force for Quang Ninh's development. Speaking at the conference to announce the PCI 2021 index, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Ky, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, emphasized: PCI is not only a reliable channel to listen to opinions. sharing and measuring feedback from the business community on improving the business environment, enhancing provincial competitiveness, but also the local brand, being a resource and driving force for rapid development, bstable.

In an effort to maintain the quality of economic management, the level of convenience and friendliness of the business environment, thereby promoting the development of the private economic sector, in 2022, Quang Ninh determines to continue proactively adapt safely, flexibly and effectively control the Covid-19 epidemic; uphold responsibility in building government with integrity, action, creation and service. At the same time, make the most of any opportunity to rapidly complete a digital transformation; always accompanies and creates the best conditions for businesses and investors to find different opportunities.

Determining that improving the business investment environment, administrative reform, and improving provincial competitiveness has only a starting point, there is no end point, Quang Ninh will continue to improve the quality of administrative reform, improve the business investment environment; cutting and simplifying administrative procedures, business conditions, investment licensing; resolutely remove unreasonable barriers, informal costs.

In addition, Quang Ninh will regularly and proactively remove difficulties for businesses; support and remove maximum difficulties and obstacles, ensure the lawful rights and interests of enterprises and investors; develop appropriate mechanisms and policies to attract, train and develop high-quality and high-quality human resources in association with the increase in population size and quality...

With efforts at the beginning of the year, Quang Ninh received many good signs. In the first 4 months of the year, business development has prospered with 763 newly established units, an increase of 21% compared to the same period in 2021, with a total registered capital of 9,364 billion VND. Attracting non-budget investment reached VND 36,796 billion. Also in April, Quang Ninh province had 4 key projects in Van Don EZ that were started with a total investment of up to VND 10,000 billion ...