文／谢艳丽

发现“新聊城”

DISCOVERING “NEW LIAOCHENG”

文／谢艳丽

黄河，历经180多万年的冲击，形成了广阔的黄淮平原。沧海桑田，千百年来，大河上下崛起的一座座文明城市，随着时代的变迁早已换了人间，位于黄河下游的聊城亦是如此。

这座因运河而兴的城市，在明清时期被誉为“漕挽之咽喉，天都之肘腋”，为当时运河沿线九大商埠之一。大运河的贯通使当地积淀下丰厚的运河文化遗产，也营造了更加繁荣的经济环境。

犹如古运河的奔流不息，如今的聊城也不断显现出新的气象。今年年初，聊城被国家发改委列入京津冀协同发展区“十三五”规划，紧接着一次重大的招商对接活动在北京举办，其成果令人侧目。

为什么要融入京津冀？在相关人士看来，先后被国家列入中原经济区、环渤海合作发展经济区，被山东省列入省会城市群经济圈和山东西部经济隆起带，成为“两区一圈一带”四大战略叠加区之后，这是聊城经济发展新的重大战略机遇，而且机不可失、时不我待。

聊城时刻准备着。随着冀鲁豫三省交界综合交通枢纽的逐步建立，来自聊城的蔬菜源源不断地端上首都人民的餐桌。作为“中国蔬菜第一市”，农业在聊城跨越融合的道路上走出重要一步，这不仅是品牌品质活力的提升，更是聊城融入京津冀的重要切入点。

当融入京津冀的每一次决策都逐渐明晰，聊城融入省会城市群经济圈的画卷也在徐徐展开。目前，茌平县撤县设区的各项筹备工作正在紧密进行中，这就意味着，聊城中心城区面积将扩大近1倍，以“聊茌东”都市区为龙头的新型城镇化格局铺陈开来，中心城市竞争力和辐射带动作用不可小觑。

由此，面貌越发明了的“河湖秀美大水城、宜居宜业新聊城”，吸引了累计近二百人次外国专家来创新创业，数百项技术项目落地投产；“海外聊城”建设也不断加速，境外正常运营企业71家，带动出口额8.4亿美元；越来越多的不同国籍、不同肤色的人们选择聊城，把这里当成了“家”。

如今的聊城，一步一个脚印，每一次落脚都掷地有声，并完美呈现出新的轮廓。走在这座曾经的“江北第一都会”，我们不仅可以找寻到商船远去的历史记忆，更会发现许多新的“故事”，让我们意想不到。

Liaocheng, a city emerged with the canal, was one of the nine commercial ports along the canal in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The completion of the canal not only made the local region accumulate rich cultural heritages regarding the canal, but also created a more flourishing economic environment.

Today, Liaocheng is constantly showing new looks. Liaocheng has been listed into the Central Plains Economic Zone and the Circum-Bohai Sea Economic Zone for Cooperative Development by the nation, as well as the Provincial Capital City Agglomeration Economic Circle and the Western Economic Rising Belt of Shandong by Shandong Province, and has become one of the Four Strategic Superposition Regions of “Two Zones, One Circle and One Belt”. This year, Liaocheng was listed into the “13th Five-Year” Plan of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Synergetic Development Area by the NDRC.

Now, as long as we enter the former “No.1 Metropolis in North China”, we may not only find the historical memory of merchant ships, but also find many new “stories”, which are unexpected.

○聊城碧水环绕，古今融汇。图／何延海Liaocheng is surrounded by blue waters and is a successful combination of old and new.