Tien Giang strives to become a developed province in the southern key economic region

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The Party Committee of Tien Giang province has set a 5-year goal of becoming a developed province in the key economic region of the South and striving to be a province of self-balancing budget by 2025.

Presenting the Political report of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Mr. Le Van Huong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Tien Giang Provincial People's Committee said that over the past 5 years, implementing the Resolution of the National Congress. The XIIth Party of the Party, besides the opportunities and advantages, the province also faced many difficulties, right from the beginning of the term (2016), drought and salty influence greatly affected production and daily life of the people; The situation of crowded complaints, lasting over many terms, large projects (National Highway 1A expansion project, Cai Lay commercial area project, Long Giang Industrial Park project, ...) affect security.

In early 2020, drought, salinity comes early and prolongs and Covid-19 pandemic. But with the solidarity, determination and responsibility in leadership, direction and administration of the Party Committees and authorities, most of the socio-economic development targets and tasks have been met and exceeded. decided. The economic growth rate of the province is on average 7.3% / year. Average GRDP at the beginning of the year in 2020 will reach 58.6 million VND, equivalent to 2,506 USD.

However, the results of implementing the targeted targets still have not yet met the targets compared with the Resolution such as: Economic growth; economic restructuring; income per capita and export turnover. The cooperation and association for development along the value chain in product production have not yet been closely linked.

Understanding the direction at the Congress, Mr. Hoang Trung Hai - Politburo member, Deputy Head of the Standing Division in charge of the Party's XIII Congress Document subcommittee, said that Tien Giang is located in the key economic region. South and plays an important role in the development strategy of the Mekong Delta. Over the past five years, the Party Committee, Government and people of Tien Giang province have always united, made efforts and implemented the Resolution of the Tenth Provincial Party Committee's Congress with high political determination, achieving important results. relatively comprehensive across all fields; completed and exceeded many targets of the Resolution.

The economic growth rate of the province is quite good, higher than the average of the whole country and the Mekong Delta. Economic structure shifted positively, increasing the proportion of industries, construction and services. Budget revenue increases by 15.9% annually on average. High-tech agriculture is concerned; industry maintained a good growth rate, attracting good results for investment; trade, service development. The socio-economic infrastructure continues to expand, more synchronously, especially the transport system, industrial zones, clusters, and commercial and service infrastructure. The fields of culture, society, science, technology have many positive changes.

According to Mr. Hoang Trung Hai, Tien Giang Provincial Party Committee has set a goal in 5 years to become "a developed province in the key economic region of the South" and "strive to 2025 is a province that balances its own budget". The Politburo considered and basically agreed with the main objectives, targets, tasks, and solutions, especially the two breakthroughs mentioned in the political report submitted to the Congress.

Mr. Hoang Trung Hai also raised a number of issues to request the Congress to focus on discussing, supplementing, completing, and clarifying more for unified implementation: strengthening the Party building on ideology, politics and religion. morality and organization, to attach importance to improving leadership capacity and combat strength of grassroots Party organizations, ensuring the principle of democratic centralization, and improving the efficiency of the implementation of Central Resolution 4, Directive No. 05 of the Politburo. To attach importance to building a contingent of cadres at all levels and branches with strong political bravery, competence, ethical qualities, wisdom, meeting requirements and tasks; To focus on developing the central urban area and raising the urbanization rate. To speed up the organization of formulation of provincial planning in line with national and regional planning.

Improve productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness of economic sectors. Continue to restructure the agricultural sector. Review and develop planning on agricultural production areas applying high technology, attracting investment in the agricultural sector. It should be noted to restructure the industry in the direction of developing strong agricultural product processing industries in the province and in the Mekong Delta. To give priority to attracting investment in high-tech industries, supporting industries, connected with the industrial development of neighboring provinces in the southern key economic region.

To attach importance to the development of education, training and vocational training, especially for laborers in rural and coastal areas. To invest in and improve the quality of facilities for education. Political security and social order and safety must be maintained. To build an all-people defense posture associated with the people's security posture. Effectively implement crime prevention and social evils, clean the social environment, ensure a peaceful life for people. To well direct the settlement of citizens complaints and denunciations promptly settle complaints, problems arising at the establishment, not to form "hot spots" in the locality.