On December 10th, BJUT held a press conference for the release of the Annual Report on the Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Manufacturing 2024: the New Road to Industrialization Blue Book. The event was attended by He Ming, Secretary of CPC BJUT Committee and Chairman of Beijing's Modern Manufacturing Industry Development and Research Base; Chen Shujun, Vice President of BJUT; Wang Wei, Vice President of BJUT and Dean of the College of Economics and Management; Ji Xiangde, President of the Social Sciences Academic Press (China); supervisors from the College of Economics and Management; the chief editor of the Blue Book; and over 50 experts and scholars from both within and outside the university. The opening ceremony was chaired by Chen Shujun.

In his speech, He Ming emphasized that the implementation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy has achieved remarkable results in the past ten years. He noted that the compilation and release of the Blue Book comes at a critical juncture, providing valuable intellectual support and decision-making insights to drive high-quality development of the manufacturing sector of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. It will also play a key role in further strengthening and solidifying the region’s coordinated development.

He highlighted that Beijing's Modern Manufacturing Industry Development and Research Base, as a key research center for humanities and social sciences in Beijing, is an integral part of the University's think tank. The base has played a vital role in advancing Beijing's manufacturing industry up the value chain and in promoting the formation of world-class manufacturing clusters in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. He expressed the hope that the base will continue to focus on global science and technology frontiers, national economic development, China's key needs, and the health and safety of its people. He emphasized the importance of producing high-quality, groundbreaking results that will form the basis of an exemplary Blue Book series, contributing to the development of Beijing's modern industrial system and the coordinated growth of the region's manufacturing sector.

Ji Xiangde stated that the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy is designed to promote collaborative growth across the three regions, optimize spatial planning, drive economic transformation and upgrading, foster institutional and structural reforms, and advance Chinese-style modernization through high-quality development. He noted that the Annual Report on the Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Manufacturing (2023), published by the base last year, won the 15th Excellent New Blue Book Award, underscoring the significant impact of this Blue Book series. He congratulated the release of the 2024 Blue Book and expressed hope for even greater achievements in its future endeavors.

At the release event, Professor Li Shuangjie, the chief editor of the Blue Book and a faculty member of the College of Economics and Management, represented the editorial board in receiving the Excellent New Blue Book Award from the Social Sciences Academic Press (China). The attending leaders, along with the chief editor, jointly unveiled the 2024 Blue Book.

The release of the Annual Report on the Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Manufacturing 2024 Blue Book emphasizes the historical mission of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in driving Chinese-style modernization. It highlights the exemplary value of accelerating the integration of new, high-quality productivity in the region. The series establishes a comprehensive research framework for this integration and identifies five key areas: 1) developing new production relations that align with advanced productivity, 2) promoting the innovative cross-regional allocation of production factors, 3) advancing scientific and technological self-reliance, 4) deepening the integration of industry and technological innovation, and 5) driving comprehensive and sustainable productivity growth.

The series also highlights the challenges faced in accelerating the integration of new quality productive forces in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and proposes key reform directions and breakthroughs to support the high-quality development of the region's manufacturing sector.