12月初,国务院批复同意广东省调整清远市部分行政区划,正式批准撤销清新县,设立清远市清新区。清远市委书记、市人大常委会主任葛长伟告诉《中国经济周刊》记者:“以清远为代表的广东省地级市正面临着提升城市化水平的任务,紧靠珠三角的区位已经让清远成为连接珠三角和内陆市场、南容北扩的‘桥头堡’。”清远市市长江凌向记者介绍:“清远城区扩容试点之后,面积从5平方公里增加到65平方公里,中心城市人口也从10万增加到67万。”“扩容”易,“提质”难中共中央政治局委员、原广东省委 In early December, the State Council approved the agreement of Guangdong Province to adjust some administrative divisions of Qingyuan City and formally approved the revocation of Qingxin County and the establishment of the Qingxin District of Qingyuan City. Qingyuan Municipal Party Committee Secretary Ge Changwei told the “China Economic Weekly” Reporter: “Qingyuan as the representative of the prefecture-level city of Guangdong is facing the task of upgrading the level of urbanization, close to the PRD location has made Qingyuan a Connecting the Pearl River Delta and the inland markets, the South enlargement of the ’bridgehead’. ”Qingyuan Mayor Jiangling introduced to reporters: “ Qingyuan urban expansion pilot area, the area increased from 5 square kilometers to 65 square kilometers, the central city population Also increased from 100000 to 670000. ”“ ”expansion “ easy, ”quality " hard CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, the former Guangdong Provincial Party Committee