Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 26. Title: What kind of "spring breeze" will the development of private enterprises usher in in the next five years?
Xinhua News Agency reporters Wang Yuxiao and Fan Sixiang
Private enterprises are an important force to promote economic and social development.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, how can we better promote the high-quality development of private enterprises so that the vitality of the private economy can fully burst?
"Equally protect the property rights of private enterprises and the rights of entrepreneurs in accordance with the law", "Further relax market access for private enterprises", "Improve the financing credit enhancement support system", "Increase tax and fee concessions and credit support"... Recently announced the "14th Five-Year Plan" The plan and the 2035 long-term goal outline have revealed a series of measures, bringing bursts of "spring breeze" to the development of private enterprises.
"The outline of the plan and goals points out that private enterprises shall ensure that private enterprises use resource elements in accordance with the law and equally, participate in competition in an open, fair and fair manner, and are equally protected by law." said Xu Hongcai, deputy director of the Economic Policy Committee of the Chinese Academy of Policy Research. A competitive policy environment will become the focus, which will provide a broad space for the development of the private economy.
Innovation is the first driving force for development.
Xu Hongcai said that in the future, as the digital economy such as 5G, cloud computing, and smart manufacturing gradually becomes the new engine of economic development, private enterprises should organically integrate their own development "small goals" with the national strategy "big picture", and promote institutional innovation. Large R&D investment, and actively explore the global market.
It has always been difficult for many private enterprises to continue to invest in innovation due to funding and other issues, and it is even more difficult for them to withstand innovation risks.
In response to this, the plan and the outline of goals propose to implement more inclusive policies such as more powerful deductions for R&D expenses and tax incentives for high-tech enterprises.
This year’s government work report even increased the percentage of deductions for manufacturing companies’ R&D expenses to 100%.
"This policy's'cardiotonic' has given enterprises more confidence in innovation." Yuan Zhenggang, president of Glodon Technology Co., Ltd., said that in 2018 and 2019, only R&D expenses plus deduction for this item, enterprises enjoy more than 6000 The 10,000 yuan tax incentive plays a vital role in ensuring the continued stability of research and development expenses.
Jing Zhu, chairman of the Hainan Federation of Industry and Commerce and chairman of the Haima Group, said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to give better play to the important role of private enterprises in implementing the system of "revealing the rankings".
Efforts will be made to solve the problems of asymmetry of information for private enterprises participating in scientific research, and channels are not unblocked. We insist on letting whoever can do it regardless of background or threshold, and support more outstanding private enterprises to undertake technical research tasks in key areas.
The development of enterprises is inseparable from the "running water" of funds, but the problem of "difficult financing and expensive financing" has always plagued many private enterprises and has become a constraint on the development of private enterprises.
In this regard, the plan and target outline emphasizes "innovative financial support policy tools for private enterprises" and "reduction of comprehensive financing costs."
"Convenient and efficient financial support will empower the high-quality development of private enterprises and stimulate the development of private enterprises." Yan Zhi, chairman of Zall Holdings Co., Ltd., said that the application of new generation information technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and big data, The digital transformation of financial services is being promoted, which will become an important direction for financial innovation and a sound financing credit enhancement support system in the future.
It is worth noting that the plan and the target outline also specifically mention "a sound long-term mechanism for preventing and resolving arrears to small and medium-sized enterprises."
Industry experts said that SMEs are the main force of private enterprises and the most dynamic market players.
In recent years, the problem of arrears with SMEs has become more prominent, which has adversely affected the healthy development of enterprises. It is necessary to establish a long-term mechanism to prevent and resolve the problem of defaults in SMEs.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Minister Xiao Yaqing said that in the past year, my country has stepped up efforts to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of small and medium-sized enterprises, and carried out the work of clearing up the outstanding accounts of small and medium-sized private enterprises.
As of the end of 2020, the 161.05 billion non-disagreement arrears included in the ledger have all been cleared.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to promote the three "reductions" of reducing taxes and fees, clearing up arrears, and reducing financing costs to help small and medium-sized enterprises improve their innovation capabilities and professionalism.
“As a private enterprise, while realizing its own development, it must also actively fulfill its social responsibilities.” Delong Group Chairman Ding Liguo said that in the future, he will actively respond to the country’s carbon peak and carbon neutral goals, and strive to build an energy-saving and environmentally-friendly enterprise. At the same time, we will devote greater efforts to rural revitalization and public welfare and charity, and contribute to the "hot" and "light" of private enterprises for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country.