A Study On The Establishment Of National Center City In Changsha

The national central city is an important carrier for the country to participate in the global competition and international activities.It has important functions on national strategic tasks,such as,in leading regional economic growth,promoting scientific and technological cultural innovation,as well as,enhancing development quality for the city.With the gradual advancement of the national central city's strategic development plan the Chinese government have approved Beijing,Tianjin,Shanghai,Chongqing,Guangzhou,Chengdu,Wuhan,Zhengzhou,and Xi'an as the national central cities.This move has brought the climax of the strategic plans for the promotion of regional center cities as the national central cities.Changsha city is one of the key central area cities in China,which is the important node city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and in "The Belt and Road" strategy.Changsha has three national-level strategic platforms that are the National Two-type Social Construction Comprehensive Supporting Reform Experimental Zone,the National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone,and the Xiangjiang New District,which occupies a significant position in the overall national strategic layout.Changsha has enormous potential as well as unique advantages and importance while construction and development of the national central city.Therefore,we must clearly define the strengths and weaknesses of Changsha become the national central city.It is important to enhance Changsha's position of the overall strategy in the national urban development,and improve the leading role of an important node city and accelerate the construction of Changsha become the national central city,also effectively supporting the construction and development strategy for the country.In this article,Changsha as the research object,which is crucial central node city in the central region,and comprehensively draws lessons from the urban systems theory,regional economic theory,and metropolitan circles theory.Systematically summarizes the connotations,characteristics,functions,development process,and practices of national central cities.Through constructing a national central city's evaluation index system and comprehensive quantitative measurement methods are used to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of Changsha being the national central city from the aspects of economic development strength,spatial radiation,open-to-outside level,technological innovation strength,and social service level.Based on it,propose the optimization plan for construction Changsha as the national central city.In order to advance the strategic upgrading of regional central cities,strengthening the functional orientation of important central node cities in central regions.It established the important decision-making basis and theoretical reference for national central cities' construction and development.The main conclusion of this article is as follows:(1)The national central city identification standards include economic development strength,spatial radiation,open-to-outside level,technological innovation strength,and social service level.(2)The competitiveness evaluation result of Changsha being a national central city:In the selection of 10 competitive cities that have built a national center city,Changsha ranked fifth in the overall score.(3)The main advantage of create Changsha as a national center city:Changsha is the national strategic node city,and the geographical location is superior;the average annual growth rate of the regional GDP from 2012 to 2016 is 10.26%,the economy grows rapidly,and the value of regional production gross per capita is high.The quantity of patent for invention and high-tech output has accounts for a high proportion and the efficient scientific and technological achievements conversion rate.Changsha is a famous historical and cultural city and outstanding features of modern media and culture.The environmental index is good,public transportation is convenient,and the environment for human settlements has obvious advantages.(4)Disadvantages:Changsha has a "2-3-1" industrial structure from 2008 to 2016.The proportion of the tertiary industry is small,and low level of industrialization;the size of the population and the centralized construction area are small.The capacity of passenger and freight volume is small,and the spatial radiation is relatively low.The volume of import and export is low.It is a single structure for the export commodity and scattered distribution of production and marketing countries.The level of open-to-the outside is low.(5)Suggestions for the establishment of a national central city in Changsha:Manufacturing industry upgrades to the high level,increasing the proportion of the tertiary industry and optimizing the industrial structure.Changing the township into the district,expand the central city area,increase the scale of the city,and increase carrying capacity.Build the metropolitan area 50 km of Chang-Zhu-Tan and accelerate economy development.Optimizing the structure of import and export products,expand the scale of foreign trade and build a new open-to-outside pattern via the construction of airport economy.Expedite the development of east-west cooperation from Guizhou to Nanchang and north-south cooperation from Wuhan to Guangzhou.Improve the transportation information pivot,amend efficient of government service and enhance space radiation.Strengthen the advantages of media capital and enhance cultural competitiveness.