韩元重启，万象更新。

2018年是山东发展史上极不平凡的一年。习近平总书记在全国“两会”山东代表团发表重要讲话，6月亲临山东主持上海合作组织青岛峰会，视察山东并发表重要讲话，要求我们“在全面建成小康社会进程中走在前列，在社会主义现代化建设新征程中走在前列，全面开创新时代现代化强省建设新局面”，为新时代山东发展指明了方向，亿万齐鲁儿女倍感振奋、备受鼓舞，充满了信心和力量。

这一年，我们牢记习近平总书记殷切嘱托，着力把大势、谋长远，明思路、强基础，抓关键、优环境，打出高质量发展的“组合拳”，全省经济运行总体平稳、稳中有进、结构趋优，新旧动能转换全面起势，三大攻坚战成效显著，改革开放强力突破，营商环境持续优化，民生福祉全面增进。这一年，我们迎难而上、砥砺奋进，办成了一系列打基础、利长远、惠民生的大事要事，更具决定性意义的是，新发展理念深入人心，供给侧结构性改革有力推进，体制机制不断优化，发展氛围全面重塑，全省上下“走在前列、由大到强、全面求强”的干劲越来越足。成绩来之不易。这是以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚强领导、亲切关怀的结果，是全省人民团结奋斗、顽强拼搏的结果，也与港澳同胞、台湾同胞、海外侨胞和各国朋友的鼎力支持密不可分，在此，谨向你们表示衷心感谢!

2019年是新中国成立70周年，是全面建成小康社会关键之年，也是我省加快新旧动能转换、实现高质量发展重要一年。我们将以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，认真贯彻党的十九大和十九届二中、三中全会精神，深入落实习近平总书记视察山东重要讲话、重要指示批示精神，牢牢把握“两个走在前列、一个全面开创”总要求，坚持稳中求进工作总基调，坚持新发展理念，坚持推动高质量发展，坚持以供给侧结构性改革为主线，坚持深化市场化改革、扩大高水平开放，以新旧动能转换重大工程为引领，加快实施创新驱动发展战略，聚焦聚力推进乡村振兴、经略海洋、军民融合等工作重点，继续打好三大攻坚战，统筹推进稳增长、促改革、调结构、惠民生、防风险工作，保持经济运行在合理区间，进一步稳就业、稳金融、稳外贸、稳外资、稳投资、稳预期，着力激发微观主体活力，加快塑造高质量发展新优势，促进经济持续健康发展和社会和谐稳定，以优异成绩庆祝中华人民共和国成立70周年。

新时代新山东，平台广阔，潜力巨大。我们正按照习近平总书记重要指示要求，大力弘扬伟大的改革开放精神，主动融入国家开放大局，实施新一轮高水平对外开放，加快打造对外开放新高地。热诚欢迎海内外朋友来山东考察交流、投资兴业、观光旅游，共享发展新机遇，谱写合作新篇章。我们将认真落实“换位思考、主动服务、有求必应、无需不扰、结果评价”的服务理念，持续打造“审批事项少、办事效率高、服务质量优、群众获得感强”的一流营商环境，加快塑成政策、环境、服务“三位一体”的集成优势，为各位朋友创新创业提供更为充足的阳光雨露。

衷心祝愿各位朋友阖家幸福、身体健康、工作顺利!

New Year Message

Gong Zheng, Governor of Shandong Province

As a new year begins, everything takes on a new look. On this occasion of bidding farewell to the old year and ushering in the new, on behalf of the People's Government of Shandong Province and over 100 million people in Shandong, I wish to extend my cordial greetings and best wishes to our fellow countrymen and women in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, to overseas Chinese, and to all our friends from around the world.

The year 2018 has been a truly remarkable year in the course of the development of Shandong. General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered important remarks at the panel discussion of Shandong delegation attending the two sessions of the NPC and the CPPCC, chaired SCO Qingdao Summit in Shandong last June, and made important addresses during his inspection tour to the province. He required that Shandong should take the lead in the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and the new journey of socialist modernization, and make new advances on all fronts in building a modernized powerhouse in the new era, charting the course for Shandong's development in the new era and bringing pride, confidence and a powerful source of inspiration to hundreds of millions of people in Shandong.

Over the past year, with instructions made by General Secretary Xi Jinping in mind, we have focused on following the trend of our times, adopting long-term plans and clear approaches, consolidating the foundation, addressing key issues, and improving the environment, and taken multiple measures to pursue high-quality development. Shandong has maintained steady economic performance, made positive advances, and improved the economic structure. Transformation of growth drivers has gained full momentum and significant progress has been made in the three critical battles against potential risks, poverty, and pollution. We have made breakthroughs in reform and opening-up, improved business environment and people's well-being. In the past year, we have risen to challenges, forged ahead, and completed major and crucial undertakings to lay a solid foundation, facilitate long-term development and benefit the people. More decisively, the new development philosophy has been embraced by our people, supply-side structural reform has been advanced, institutions and mechanisms have been improved, development environment has been reshaped, and we have demonstrated greater dedication to spearheading the development, transforming from quantity to quality, and pursuing advancements on all fronts. The achievements we have made have certainly not come easily. We owe them to the span leadership and sound guidance of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, to the concerted efforts and hard work of our people, and to the span support of our fellow Chinese in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, fellow Chinese overseas, and friends from all over the world. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all of you.

The year 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It will be a critical year for finishing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects, accelerating transformation of growth drivers and achieving high-quality development. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will act on the guiding principles laid out at the 19th CPC National Congress and the second and third plenary sessions of the 19th CPC Central Committee, fully implement the principles of the important speeches and instructions made by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his visit to Shandong, follow the general requirements of taking the lead in the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and the new journey of socialist modernization, and making new advances on all fronts in building a modernized powerhouse in the new era, remain committed to the underlying principle of pursuing progress while ensuring stability and to the new development philosophy, promote high-quality development, pursue supply-side structural reform as our main task, deepen market-oriented reform and facilitate high-standard opening up. Led by the major program of replacing old growth drivers with new ones, we will implement at a faster pace the strategy of innovation-driven development, focus our efforts on priorities like rural revitalization, maritime economy and military-civilian integration, continue to fight the three critical battles, take coordinated steps to ensure steady growth, advance reform, make structural adjustments, improve living standards, and guard against risks, keep economic performance within the reasonable range, further stabilize employment, financial sector, foreign trade, foreign investment, fixed-asset investment and expectation, unleash the dynamism of market players, form new advantages in high-quality development, strive for sustained and sound development of the economy and uphold social harmony and stability. This would be the best way for us to greet the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

New Shandong in the new era represents a huge platform with enormous potential. Following the important instructions and requirements made by General Secretary Xi Jinping, we are sparing no efforts to carry forward the spirit of reform and opening-up, taking the initiative to be involved in the opening up endeavor at the national level, launching a new round of high-standard opening up and stepping up efforts for new heights in opening up. I would like to invite domestic and overseas friends to Shandong for visits, communication, investment, starting businesses and sight-seeing, in a bid to share new opportunities for development and write a new chapter of cooperation. We will take solid measures to act on the service philosophy featuring “putting oneself in the other’s shoes, taking the initiative to provide services, ensuring a response to each and every need, imposing no interference if no needs expressed and focusing on the evaluation of results”. We have been working to foster a first-class business environment characterized by fewer government reviews, higher administration efficiency, better services and greater satisfaction of the public. We will move faster to build on our strengths in policy, environment and service so as to better facilitate the innovation and entrepreneurship of our friends.

I wish you happiness, good health and success.