To the north of the confluence of Jialing River and Yangtze River, on a hot land of 1360 square kilometers, a "national level new area+administrative region" is growing vigorously. On January 25th, Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing was officially listed, opening a new chapter of development. Standing at a new starting point, Liangjiang New Area is based on the new advantages of integrated development, coordinating the promotion of scientific and technological innovation, reform and opening up, and mega city governance, striving to continuously inject new momentum into the high-quality development of Chongqing and even the western region. Innovation elements are aggregated, and new quality productivity is more surging. We have entered Changan Automobile's intelligent factory, where more than 800 intelligent devices and over 1400 robots work together. One after another, Avita new energy vehicles have been produced. Within the Liangjiang New Area, 114 automotive parts companies operate tirelessly, empowering Avita's production... The highly intelligent and collaborative industrial system is a microcosm of the advantages of the Liangjiang New Area. Optimizing productivity layout with a "one game" mindset is directly reflected in the aggregation and integration of innovative resources: there are over 2500 high-tech enterprises and 14800 technology-based enterprises respectively; Science and technology integration platforms such as Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone, Zhaomushan Digital Economy Industrial Park, and Xiantao Data Valley enable more innovative achievements to move from laboratories to production lines; The frequent landing of industry guidance funds and the flourishing development of technology finance have attracted top venture capital firms such as Sequoia China and Hillhouse Capital. Gathering high-end resources provides a solid foundation for cultivating new quality productivity and continuously enhances the regional innovation source function. The first L3 autonomous driving license in the country has been officially put into use, and the new state-owned enterprise China Changan Automobile Group has laid out its layout to help improve the quality and upgrade of the intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry; Mingyue Lake Laboratory and Chaowei Group jointly established a magnesium battery research and development manufacturing company to explore cooperation in the field of automotive lightweighting; Xilis, Qianli Technology, BOE OPPO、 Leading enterprises such as Transsion and Haier have taken root and grown... Wang Ying, the general manager of Beidou Zhilian Technology Co., Ltd. Chongqing Branch, said that under the driving force of the innovation ecosystem, the company's technological innovation capability and industrialization level have achieved a leapfrog improvement, obtaining more than 300 invention patents and annual R&D investment accounting for more than 10%. For entrepreneurs and businesses, this means lower innovation costs, broader market space, and richer application scenarios. Not long ago, at the 2026 Las Vegas International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), among the 10 companies participating in Chongqing's exhibition, the Mingyue Lake Science and Technology Innovation Base in Liangjiang New Area held 8 seats exclusively for incubating companies. More and more start-up companies, such as Hengzhi Future and Food Iron Beast, have shown "Chongqing Intelligent Manufacturing" to overseas audiences. Xiang Yuewen, Secretary of the Party Group of the Science and Technology Bureau of Liangjiang New Area, stated that the new area is jointly building a "research institute+science and technology innovation park+industrial park" with universities, attracting and nurturing over 100 high-quality incubation carriers, and serving over 3900 incubating enterprises. Optimizing the hub function and creating an inland open gateway "At that time, the port only had one access road, one floating crane ship, and no storage yard, with dust flying around. Only a small amount of domestic trade goods were sent every year. ”Standing at Guoyuan Port Terminal, Liu Lian, Deputy General Manager of Chongqing Guoyuan Port Co., Ltd., recalled. The current Guoyuan Port has far exceeded people's imagination - with an annual throughput of over 26 million tons, it can reach more than 300 ports in over 100 countries and regions around the world, and has become a "transit station" connecting the western region with the world. The China Europe freight train, the Western Land Sea New Corridor, and the Yangtze River Golden Waterway shake hands here. The Free Trade Pilot Zone and the Lingang Air Railway Open Platform are coupled and integrated, forming an open force by integrating the previously scattered elements of the open platform. We should make good use of existing advantages, systematically shape new advantages of opening up that integrate investment and trade convenience, efficient open platforms, smooth international channels, and complete open ecology, and strengthen the 'bridgehead' function of western opening up to the outside world. ”Ma Shanli, Secretary of the Party Group of the Commerce Commission of Liangjiang New Area, said. Normalize the operation of ASEAN Express and "Thousand Mile Light Ship" freight liners; Building a "four-star green port" and a "four-star smart port", reducing logistics costs for enterprises by over 100 million yuan annually; High level construction of Chongqing Hong Kong cooperation demonstration zone, introduction of Hong Kong funded enterprises... Liangjiang New Area plans to open the platform channel system as a whole, promote the efficient linkage of the "the Belt and Road", the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the new land and sea channel in the west, and the global factor resources come in a continuous stream. Last March, Chongqing Cummins officially produced its 330000 engine. Shi Nansen, Global Vice President of Cummins and Chairman of Cummins China, is full of confidence. Cummins plans to deepen cooperation in areas such as methanol and hydrogen energy, and jointly build a global production and research base for high-power engines, "said Shi Nansen. Institutional openness continues to deepen, and service levels are improving. The Liangjiang New Area explores the integration of international high standard economic and trade rules through the pilot free trade zone as a carrier. In the past, when new energy vehicles were exported through rail sea intermodal transportation, they needed to change containers from railway to sea transportation, and both sides had to be regulated. After innovating the cross domain maritime supervision model for new energy vehicle containers in the free trade zone, only one supervision and one container to the end are needed, reducing demurrage time by 3 to 5 days and saving logistics costs of about 3000 yuan per container. Next, the Liangjiang New Area will increase its pioneering institutional innovation efforts, launch reform explorations in areas such as cross-border capital flow, cross-border data services, and foreign talent residency, and create platforms such as the Chongqing Hong Kong Cooperation Demonstration Zone, the Chengdu Chongqing RCEP Economic and Trade Center, and the China Singapore (Chongqing) Science and Technology Innovation International Cooperation Benchmark Park. Empowering governance with digital intelligence, painting a new picture of high-quality life with the lawn and river breeze of Jinhai Bay, the osmanthus and ancient charm of Hong'en Temple, the pine waves and starry sky of Tieshanping... From improving public services to creating a quality life, the city is moving towards "newness". The population of the new district is about 3.52 million, with 42 towns and streets under its jurisdiction. In the face of a larger population, regional adjustment is not only the integration of space, but also the comprehensive improvement of people's livelihood and well-being. ”Tanaka, Secretary of the Party Group of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Liangjiang New Area, said. The widening project of Libai Avenue is accelerating and will directly connect the Lijia and Caijia areas, reducing commuting time by 30%; Residents of Xiantao Street can easily access the 24-hour menus of public toilets and community canteens through the app; The Xingjiaqiao community has implemented a "micro renovation" project to install mini elevators in old buildings, so that elderly people no longer have to climb buildings to buy groceries. Behind these projects is a concentrated embodiment of the concept of "investing in people". Du Suzhen, a 96 year old resident of Renhe Street in Liangjiang New District, pulled the emergency call button on the bedside, and the community grid staff immediately entered the house; Gan Xuemin, an outstanding talent who graduated from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, has settled in Liangjiang New Area and is able to meet both research needs and quality of life; Community partner Zhou Xiaoping has built a life service center in Qiaobei Community, Huaxin Street Street... With the empowerment of digital intelligence as the starting point, Liangjiang New Area is coordinating the promotion of public service quality improvement. The intelligent elderly care platform innovatively adds high-frequency demand scenarios such as AI intelligent protection for elderly care institutions and safety protection for elderly people living alone, collecting over 770000 data points; 261 excellent schools at the doorstep support the dreams of thousands of students in their pursuit of education, 26 tertiary hospitals safeguard the health of citizens, and over 13000 elderly care beds and more than 17000 infant and toddler care spaces are woven into a dense "one elderly, one primary" service network. In addition to expanding the scope and improving the quality of public services, changes in the urban environment also affect the livability experience. After the adjustment of the zoning, the Liangjiang New Area has 124 kilometers of coastline along the river, becoming a truly "Two Rivers Area". The new district will concentrate its efforts on promoting the coordinated governance of the "Two Rivers and Four Banks" and building a solid ecological protection barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. From old residential areas to commercial buildings, convenient and beautiful "15 minute high-quality living circles" have been established one by one; From industrial parks to landscape gardens, a picture of "beautiful mountains and clear waters, livable and suitable for business" is slowly unfolding. The two rivers are turbulent, with the wind blowing and the sails hanging. Standing at a new starting point, this hot land of western development and opening up is accelerating the painting of a new picture of high-quality development. (New Society)