As the capital of Gansu Province and an important industrial base and comprehensive transportation hub in the northwest region, in recent years, Lanzhou has made every effort to play the "first move" of industrial development in the face of the development requirements of the new era and the pressure of transformation and upgrading, unswervingly promoted the strong industrial city and industrial rejuvenation, continuously enhanced Lanzhou's radiation and driving force for the high-quality economic development of the province, and promoted the new vitality of the old city and the new momentum of the old industrial base. Based on the critical period of the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan", Lanzhou takes the 1139 work deployment as the general starting point, strengthens the promotion of the "six major economies" of urban economy, county economy, development zone economy, private economy, digital economy and open economy, grasps the "ten solid foundations", improves the overall efficiency of the "161" scientific and technological innovation system, and produces more new quality productivity with the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, accelerates the overall leap of the "3+2" modern industrial system, and makes Lanzhou's industrial backbone more upright and the industrial tendon stronger.
Reform empowerment, innovation-driven, opening up and cohesion, Lanzhou's high-quality development of new momentum continues to accumulate and its competitiveness continues to increase, building solid support for the in-depth implementation of the action of strengthening the provincial capital and building a beautiful Lanzhou in the new era.
The consumption level has been improved, and the urban economy has grown
The Lanzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce closely follows the action of strengthening the provincial capital and the 1139 work deployment, and makes precise efforts to promote consumption activation, grasp the pilot to strengthen circulation, and provide excellent services to warm the people's hearts, injecting strong momentum into the development and expansion of the metropolitan economy.
Promote the improvement of consumption energy levels. With the deep integration of "business, culture, tourism and physical fitness" as the starting point, the bureau has built a multi-level consumption system of "national business district + regional business district + theme block + community circle", and the average annual passenger flow of key business districts during holidays has increased by more than 30%. Vigorously cultivate the "first store economy" and "first launch economy", successfully introduce 52 first stores at all levels in the country, northwest and Gansu provinces, and 3 debut and first exhibition projects, and make every effort to build Lanzhou into the "first choice" of the first store of the northwest brand, and continue to enhance the city's commercial radiation. seize the opportunity of the "two new" policies, benefiting 450,000 consumers; Innovate and create a "ticket stub alliance" ecosystem, link business districts and scenic spots to drive 2 million passengers, and leverage new vitality for consumption growth with "small bills". Rely on pilot construction to empower. It has been successfully approved as a pilot city in three countries, including modern commercial circulation system, new consumption formats, new models and new scenarios, and prize invoices. Take this opportunity to accelerate the construction of a commercial circulation center city in the western region, create an urban consumer brand system with recognition in the northwest, and inject strong commercial momentum into the action of strengthening the provincial capital. Promote the convenience of the people and benefit the people out of the circle. The urban economy must not only have tall business districts, but also small and beautiful fireworks. The Municipal Bureau of Commerce has deepened the construction of a quarter-hour convenient living circle, and a total of 373 quarter-hour convenient living circles have been built, and the basic guarantee and quality improvement formats have been improved. The UnionPay App has launched an exclusive section of "Convenient Life Circle" to achieve "one-click query, navigation, and appointment", and a smart service network integrating online and offline has taken shape.
Lanzhou's business system will continue to be led by the action of strengthening the provincial capital, work hard, strive to be the first, and make every effort to build a highland for the development of modern service industry in the northwest, so that the urban economy will become the strongest voice for Lanzhou's high-quality development.
The digital base is solid and the industrial energy level has jumped
The scale of the digital economy has exceeded 100 billion yuan, the industrial energy level has continued to jump, and the integration of digital and real has deepened...... Today's Lanzhou is seizing the national strategic opportunity of "East Data and West Computing" and opening up a new space for high-quality development with the golden key of the digital economy.
With the in-depth implementation of the "East Data and West Computing" project, Lanzhou, as one of the eight major computing power hub nodes in the country, has an increasingly solid digital foundation. In recent years, policy documents such as the "Lanzhou Digital Economy Development Plan (2024-2030)" have been promulgated, building a complete institutional guarantee and talent support for the digital economy. At present, Lanzhou has been rated as a national gigabit city, and Lanzhou has built a national Internet backbone direct connection point, and the support capacity of information infrastructure has continued to increase.
The improvement of infrastructure provides a broad "training ground" for industrial digitalization. In traditional advantageous fields such as petrochemical industry and biomedicine, digital transformation is booming. "The upgrading demand of traditional industries is precisely the growth soil of the digital economy." The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology said. With the continuous improvement of the digital transformation service system, Lanzhou City has tailored transformation plans for the 370 pilot enterprises that have signed contracts to promote enterprises to improve their digital level. At the same time, the enterprise "digital to network intelligent transformation" information database has been established, and 81 intelligent manufacturing carriers have been created, of which Lanshi Group and Lanzhou Petrochemical Project have been selected as national excellent smart factories; A total of 2 national 5G factories, 13 provincial-level 5G fully connected factories, and 7 digital transformation promotion centers have been cultivated, driving digital transformation from "case success" to "industry momentum".
From the computing power hub of "East Data and West Computing" to the "Digital Intelligence Butterfly Change" of thousands of industries, Lanzhou is taking integration as the key to activate a new engine of the digital economy. The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology said that the next step will continue to consolidate the achievements of dual gigabit network construction, deepen the coverage of 5G-A networks in key areas, carry out 10000 gigabit optical network pilots, implement the "millisecond computing" capacity improvement action in the metropolitan area, and create "10000 gigabit communities", "10000 gigabit factories" and "10000 gigabit parks", so that the digital economy will become a strong driving force for Lanzhou's high-quality development.
Diversified development and quality improvement The vitality of the county burst out
If the county is prosperous, Lanzhou will prosper, and if the county is strong, Lanzhou will be strong. As a key link in the integrated development of urban and rural areas, in recent years, Lanzhou has taken the expansion of the county economy as an important support for the action of strengthening the provincial capital, and taken the construction of "small counties and big cities" as the starting point to promote industrial quality improvement, urban-rural linkage, reform and empowerment, and the county economy has become a solid cornerstone of the city's high-quality development, showing a good trend of steady progress and both quality and efficiency.
Empowering and upgrading traditional industries, forward-looking layout of emerging industries, improving the quality of service industries, and integrating the development of cultural tourism industries, at present, Gaolan County adheres to scientific and technological innovation to lead the development of new quality productive forces, and builds a new pattern of county economy with multi-point support, multi-industry development and diversified development. Based on the development orientation of "ecological functional" and "industry-led", Yongdeng County systematically implements the "top four" action. In 2026, Yongdeng County will step up its efforts to promote the construction of "small counties and big cities", and make every effort to build a national "two mountains" theoretical and practical place, a new highland for green and low-carbon development in the province, a demonstration place for urban-rural integrated development in the province, and a well-known cultural tourism destination in the Lanxi urban agglomeration. Yuzhong County is in the golden period of accelerated integrated development and industrial upgrading, the integrated development of "one county, one district, one city, and multiple schools" has been promoted in depth, major projects such as Yu'an large-scale irrigation area have been steadily implemented, and the prototype of a tens of billions of modern trade and logistics industry clusters has begun to emerge. This year, Yuzhong County will build a "3+3+6+X" modern industrial system, promote the extension of the primary industry chain and increase efficiency, the secondary industry to stabilize production and expand capacity, and the upgrading of tertiary industries, so as to consolidate the foundation of high-quality development of the industry.
Lanzhou County Development shows its capabilities and competes to excel. In the next step, Lanzhou will continue to expand the county economy, promote the high-quality development of "small counties and large cities", give county administrative approval, social management and other autonomy, and release the vitality of county economic development. Guide counties and districts to focus on leading industry segments and form a differentiated competition pattern. Improve the infrastructure of the county and enhance the comprehensive carrying capacity of the county.
Create an incremental platform and accumulate breakthrough potential energy
In early spring, Lanzhou is surging with a development upsurge of hard work and striving to be the first. As an important carrier of the action of strengthening the provincial capital, the development zones of Lanzhou City have taken quality and efficiency improvement as a breakthrough to accelerate the construction of a "10,000 acres and 100 billion" platform, and a vivid picture of the high-quality economic development of the development zone is accelerating.
In the Lanzhou New Area New Materials Industrial Park, the construction site of the new energy battery production base project (phase I) with an annual output of 30GWh (GWh) is in full swing. After the completion of the project, it will form an annual production capacity of 10GWh lithium iron phosphate energy storage cells, drive upstream and downstream industrial agglomeration, and help Lanzhou New Area build a new energy battery industry cluster radiating northwest. Lanzhou High-tech Zone is deeply involved in the main business of "high" and "new", and jumped to 53rd place in the comprehensive ranking of 178 national high-tech zones in the country, up 12 places from the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan. At present, there are 600 high-tech enterprises and 103 specialized and special new enterprises in the zone, and the contribution rate of scientific and technological progress to economic growth has reached 62.5%. In 2025, the GDP of the park directly under the direct management of Lanzhou High-tech Zone will increase by 9%, and the added value of industries above designated size will increase by 14.1%, showing the vigorous vitality of the "growth pole". Lanzhou Economic Development Zone scientifically and orderly promotes the development and construction of Anning Beituo Economic Development Zone. At present, the infrastructure projects in the Beituo area have completed a total investment of 940 million yuan, 5 roads have been completed and opened to traffic, and supporting facilities such as water, electricity and heating in the southern area have been increasingly improved, laying a solid foundation for industrial introduction. At the same time, through the action of "attracting big and strong to lead", Lanzhou Economic Development Zone will sign 12 new projects in 2025, and project construction will accelerate and its comprehensive strength will continue to rise.
Facing the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan", Lanzhou's development zones are anchoring higher goals and preparing to go. Lanzhou New Area anchors the construction of the "five districts" and the goal of "100 billion million", and goes all out to cultivate industries and attack projects. Lanzhou High-tech Zone strives to exceed 50 billion yuan in regional GDP. The Economic Development Zone aims at the "double thousand" goal and makes every effort to promote the regional GDP to exceed 55 billion yuan. All development zones will continue to deepen reform and innovation, strengthen industrial coordination, optimize the business environment, and strive to promote the "15th Five-Year Plan" to start off and make a brilliant start.
Solve emergencies and worries and serve the private economy
"For our energy conservation, pollution reduction and carbon reduction expansion projects, the Municipal Development and Reform Commission and other relevant departments have taken the initiative to supervise and accurately dock policies, so that our project construction can be smoothly promoted. This attitude of active service and advanced service has strengthened our determination to take root in Lanzhou and deepen development." Wu Hao, general manager of Gansu Yafei Mineral Products Co., Ltd., is a veteran entity enterprise focusing on the research and development, production and sales of low-aluminum, low-titanium and high-purity ferrosilicon in Northwest China, and Wu Haohao, general manager of the company, told reporters that as an enterprise rooted in Lanzhou for more than 16 years, it has personally felt the continuous optimization of Lanzhou's business environment, and this Lanzhou temperature makes enterprises feel at ease.
The private economy is an important force to promote high-quality development. It is understood that the city focuses on the empowerment of the whole system system, promotes the transformation of the support model from a single policy supply to a comprehensive ecosystem of "policy guarantee + system escort + precise service", and ensures the implementation of the business environment reform system. Deepen the "five-in-one" promotion model of city and county coordination, departmental coordination, county and district tackling, supervision and effectiveness, and main participation, take the lead in promulgating the province's first local regulation on the business environment "Lanzhou City Measures for Optimizing the Business Environment", iteratively upgrade the construction of the business environment 7.0, build a "1+18+N" policy system, and launch a total of 1,312 systematic reform measures and 130 hard-core measures to facilitate the people and enterprises, providing full-cycle and all-round empowerment development support for business entities. Targeted to crack development obstacles, closely follow the key links and core demands of the development of the private economy, issue the "Lanzhou City Work Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of the Private Economy", and formulate 25 specific measures to support the development of private enterprises. Establish and improve the joint conference on promoting the development and growth of the private economy and the communication and problem-solving mechanism between government and enterprises, collect and complete 147 problems, with a resolution rate of 98.7%, and escort the high-quality development of the private economy with accurate services in the whole process.
"In the next step, the Municipal Development and Reform Commission will continue to play a role in overall planning and coordination, improve the long-term mechanism of normalized service enterprises, promote the formation of a joint force of various departments, counties and districts, and escort our private economy to achieve stability and long-term development, improve quality and efficiency with more practical measures and better services." The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission said.
Smooth open channels to build a new highland
At the beginning of the New Year, an international freight train carrying high-quality wheat flour from Central Asia successfully arrived at the Zhongchuan North Railway Station Logistics Park in Lanzhou New Area, writing a vivid footnote for the city's opening to the outside world. In recent years, based on its unique location advantages, Lanzhou has conscientiously implemented the action deployment of the province's strong provincial capital and the requirements of the municipal government's work report, continued to smooth the international logistics channel, continuously cultivated new momentum for the open economy, and significantly improved the energy level of opening up to the outside world, laying a solid foundation for striving to build a new highland for high-level opening up in the inland.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Lanzhou continued to improve the opening up system, and the level of opening up to the outside world has been steadily improved. The city has deeply integrated into the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the construction of the new land-sea corridor in the west, accelerated the construction of the "four-way multi-channel" foreign trade corridor of China-Europe, Central Asia, South Asia and the new land-sea corridor, and promoted the inclusion of the Central Asia JSQ train and the "China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan" road-rail intermodal international freight train into the national railway map management system, and the international train reached 22 countries and regions. The city has shipped a total of 1,118 international freight trains, with a value of US$2.912 billion. At the same time, Lanzhou has made every effort to promote the integrated development of "train + trade" and "train + industry", vigorously develop the open economy, and play a high-quality "four foreign" linkage combination. With the acceleration of the layout and construction of overseas warehouses, overseas logistics bases and comprehensive service platforms, Lanzhou's opening up to the outside world has become more solid, the path is clearer, and the open economy has shown a good trend of steady growth.
Facing the "15th Five-Year Plan", Lanzhou's opening up to the outside world will stride towards a higher level, a wider field and a deeper level. The city will promote the action of strengthening the provincial capital with a higher position, a larger pattern and a wider vision, focus on strengthening the new format of "train +", continue to improve the ability of opening up agglomeration and radiation, show new responsibilities and achieve new achievements in serving the overall situation of the country's opening up to the west, and strive to create a new highland for high-level opening up in inland areas. (Reporter Ma Yanling, Zheng Lijun, Xue Xiaoxia, Tao Yibing)