Chengdu to make most of boost from forum

The per capita disposable income of Chengdu's urban residents rose 13.6 percent to 27,194 yuan a year, 1.8 times that of 2007, while the per capita disposable income of its rural residents reached 11,301 yuan, two times that of five years ago.

The city's total trade volume with foreign countries reached $47.54 billion in 2012, up 25.5 percent year-on-year.

Last month, the new leadership of Sichuan's provincial Party committee, formed after the 18th Party Congress, drew up the blueprint for the province's growth strategy.

The strategy highlighted "scientific" and "accelerated" growth. Sichuan will strive to make the transition from an "economically large province" to an "economically strong province", and from a "generally well-off society" to an "all-round well-off society".

The province also promised to implement strategies for "multi-polar development", "interaction between new industrialization and new urbanization", and "coordination between urban and rural development" and "innovation-driven growth", according to the blueprint.

Huang said Chengdu will adhere to these strategies for its future development.

Huang said that Chengdu is in the middle of an "acceleration phase" of the new industrialization and new urbanization drive, and is at a critical period of modernization and internationalization.

Exciting opportunities for the city's development include a new round of the Go West campaign for the Chengdu-Chongqing metropolitan area approved by the State Council and the construction of the Tianfu New Zone.

"We're determined to improve the quality of the city's economy and upgrade the city's layout, and make Chengdu the core growth pole of China's west," Huang said.