In 2021, 19.701 million new individual industrial and commercial households will be established nationwide, and the number of registered individual industrial and commercial households has reached 103 million——
Through "100 million households", feel "fireworks"
Our reporter Kong Dechen
"People's Daily Overseas Edition" (page 04 on February 24, 2022)
Over 100 million households!
Recently, data released by the State Administration for Market Regulation shows that by the end of 2021, the number of registered individual industrial and commercial households nationwide has reached 103 million, an increase of 11.1% year-on-year, 2.5 times that of 2012, and an average annual growth of 10.9%, accounting for about 103 million of the total number of market players. 2/3 of the amount (154 million households).
Individual industrial and commercial households, small and micro enterprises are the basic cells of the national economy and an important force in promoting the development of the socialist market economy.
How did individual industrial and commercial households reach the 100 million level?
Through the data, what aspects are reflected in the vitality and potential of the market economy brought by individual industrial and commercial households?
What policies will be introduced in the future?
From less than 10,000 households to over 100 million households:
The number of individual industrial and commercial households hit a record high
Breaking through 100 million households is an amazing number.
In 1980, at the beginning of reform and opening up, there were less than 10,000 individual industrial and commercial households in China, accounting for less than 1% of the market players.
The Yuebin Restaurant in Beijing opened at that time, becoming the first individual restaurant in China.
Since then, individual industrial and commercial households have sprung up all over the country.
Guo Hua, the third-generation operator of Yuebin Restaurant, told reporters that for more than 40 years, it is not easy for his own restaurant to operate as an individual industrial and commercial household until today.
"It can be said that I have seen all kinds of wind and rain." Guo Hua said with a smile, "The epidemic in the past two years is a big difficulty, but fortunately, the weather is always sunny, and we all survived smoothly."
Guo Hua recalled that the two months before and after the Spring Festival in 2020 were the most difficult period for restaurants.
"I used to say harsh words to others. No matter what the circumstances, our hotel would never close the store. I didn't expect it to be slapped in the face." Guo Hua said, "It was just in time for the Chinese New Year. To mobilize the staff to stay, but let the staff go home that time. Without customers, I went out to help sell vegetables for a few days.”
"Our shop has four generations of customers, divided into three groups, one group is the older generation of Beijingers over 50 years old, who have been eating since our family first opened; the other group is in their twenties and thirties. Young people, there is also a group of tourists.” Guo Hua said, “During the epidemic, there were not many tourists, and old customers did not go out very much, and our passenger flow was reduced to a minimum. This is the situation in most catering industries, especially those affected by the epidemic. Repeatedly, many colleagues are at a loss."
The epidemic is a big difficulty for most individual industrial and commercial households.
Many residents found that during the epidemic, many small shops around them quietly closed.
Hardware stores, pedicure shops, fruit shops...the doors are locked, and the opening date has been extended.
Fortunately, as the epidemic is gradually brought under control, individual industrial and commercial households are gradually recovering.
"I'm really grateful for being able to hold on to this day. The government attaches so much importance to epidemic prevention and control, and has been doing nucleic acid testing and vaccination." Guo Hua said.
Pu Chun, deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, said that in the past two years, individual industrial and commercial households have been affected by the epidemic, but the overall development has been stable.
"As of the end of 2021, the number of registered individual industrial and commercial households nationwide has reached 103 million, accounting for 2/3 of the total market players. This is a historic breakthrough. Among them, 90% are concentrated in the service industry, mainly in wholesale and retail, accommodation and catering. and resident services.” Pu Chun said, “According to the survey, the average number of employees of individual industrial and commercial households is 2.68. Based on this calculation, the national individual industrial and commercial households have solved the employment of 276 million people in my country.”
Tax reduction, rent exemption, service facilitation:
Help is "full"
As a "spring water" to activate the socialist market economy, individual industrial and commercial households play a unique and important role in prospering the economy, stabilizing employment, promoting innovation, and facilitating people's lives.
Not only has the total number exceeded 100 million, but individual industrial and commercial households have also performed well in terms of new establishment speed, variety, and quality.
——The newly established situation has returned to the pre-epidemic level.
According to data from the State Administration for Market Regulation, in 2021, 19.701 million new individual industrial and commercial households will be established nationwide, accounting for 68.2% of the newly established market entities (21.348 million households), a year-on-year increase of 17.2%, and an average growth rate of 10.4% in the two years. Enterprises were 4.7 percentage points higher, providing support for expanding employment.
In 2021, a total of 9.835 million individual industrial and commercial households will be revoked nationwide, and the new exit ratio will be 100:50. The market mechanism will give full play to the survival of the fittest.
——Enrich the "fireworks" of urban life.
Individual industrial and commercial households are the most direct service providers of people's lives, and the most concentrated industries are "wholesale and retail industry", "accommodation and catering industry", "resident service, repair and other service industry". The big ledger of livelihood and life.
By the end of 2021, the three industries of registered individual industrial and commercial households accounted for 3.8%, 6.0% and 90.2% respectively, and the tertiary industry accounted for over 90%.
——Become a positive force for transformation and upgrading.
In 2021, the growth rate of newly established individual industrial and commercial households in emerging service industries will be strong.
By the end of 2021, there were 29.487 million individual industrial and commercial households in the "Four New" economies, accounting for 28.6% of the total registered individual industrial and commercial households.
In 2021, there will be 7.789 million new "Four New" economic individual industrial and commercial households, a year-on-year increase of 29.3%, and the growth rate is 12.1 percentage points higher than the total number of individual industrial and commercial households.
Behind the gratifying data, thanks to the hard work of individual industrial and commercial households, it is also the result of the joint efforts of all sectors of society.
In the past two years, the government has frequently acted to help individual industrial and commercial households and small and micro enterprises.
Increase policy support.
In February 2020, six departments including the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the "Guiding Opinions on Responding to the Impact of the Epidemic and Increasing Support for Individual Industrial and Commercial Households" to help individual industrial and commercial households cope with the impact of the epidemic and resume work and production in an orderly manner as soon as possible; in December last year, Launched the "National Individual and Private Economic Development Service Network", focusing on solving the problem of information asymmetry and improving the accessibility of various policies that benefit enterprises.
Tax reduction and rent exemption, "real money" to self-employed.
Since 2021, the state has launched a “combination punch” of preferential tax and fee policies to strengthen tax incentives for small, medium and micro enterprises, extend the implementation period of policies such as VAT reduction for small-scale taxpayers introduced during the epidemic, and continue to implement institutional tax reduction policies, etc. .
"The tax threshold has been continuously raised, and our restaurants have paid less and less taxes in the past two years." Guo Hua said.
The convenience of service has been continuously improved.
In Shanghai, Gu Aiqin, a self-employed man who repairs watches and clocks, has successfully registered an individual industrial and commercial household after being “affiliated” with the Party and Mass Service Center in Tianlin Street; The "Go to Enterprise" guiding platform has enjoyed an efficient and convenient online service experience; in Anhui, various measures to promote the development of the platform economy and the private economy have continued to advance. A few days ago, the "loan to small businesses and serve the people's livelihood" was also launched. Special activities to support the development of individual industrial and commercial households...
The healthy growth of individual industrial and commercial households is not only a direct reflection of the resilience of small, medium and micro enterprises, but also a vivid illustration of the enormous vitality of the Chinese economy.
"The majestic power of hundreds of millions of market players has propelled my country's total economic volume to reach the trillion-billion yuan mark, and the country's financial resources and social wealth have grown steadily." Pu Chun said.
Facing difficulties and challenges, support is not reduced:
"Self-employed will get better"
Affected by the repeated epidemics and other factors, the development of the vast number of individual industrial and commercial households is still facing many difficulties.
According to Pu Chun, according to the investigation by the market supervision department, the difficulties are mainly concentrated in five aspects: first, unstable expectations and lack of confidence in development, some individual industrial and commercial households are worried about the continuous decline in business volume caused by the continued epidemic and the uncertainty of the external environment; second The problem is that recruitment is difficult and expensive, the structural contradiction of talents is prominent, and the supply and demand information of positions and talents is asymmetric; third, rising costs have compressed profit margins, mainly due to repeated epidemics, supply chain interruptions, etc. The continuous increase in the rent of pavement and other factors has pushed up the operating costs of individual industrial and commercial households; fourth, the disorderly expansion of online platform companies using the advantages of capital, data and technology has continuously squeezed the living space of individual industrial and commercial households; fifth, the problem of tight capital chains still exists Not well resolved.
The relevant person in charge of the State Administration for Market Regulation told reporters that in the next step, all relevant departments will continue to introduce a series of assistance policies in terms of tax reduction and exemption, financial support, and employment promotion in response to the actual difficulties faced by individual industrial and commercial households in their production and operation to promote individual industrial and commercial households. Industrial and commercial households continued to develop healthily.
First, give full play to the role of the inter-ministerial joint meeting to support the development of individual industrial and commercial households, conduct joint research, strengthen communication, and continuously improve policies.
Secondly, from the aspects of finance, taxation, finance, social security, employment, etc., research and introduce a number of policies to accurately support the development of individual industrial and commercial households, strengthen publicity and interpretation, simplify the processing process, speed up the processing progress, and realize more policies "free application and enjoy", Direct access to enjoyment.
Strengthen the evaluation of the effect of policy implementation, and introduce the follow-up measures after expiration as soon as possible for the phased policies with significant effects, high feeling of individual industrial and commercial households, and strong sense of gain.
A good business environment is fertile ground for the healthy development of individual industrial and commercial households.
The person in charge said that the next step will continue to optimize the business environment, implement a fair competition review system, and ensure that individual industrial and commercial households participate in market competition on an equal footing.
Strengthen anti-monopoly supervision, prevent the disorderly expansion of capital, strictly prohibit companies with a dominant position from squeezing the living space of individual industrial and commercial households to seize market share, and maintain a market environment of fair competition.
In addition, service measures need to be improved.
Through the service month activities for individual industrial and commercial households, themed activities such as legal popularization, bank-enterprise docking, skills training, and visits and condolences are carried out to solve practical difficulties for individual industrial and commercial households and make policies directly accessible.
At the same time, explore the establishment of an integrated, one-stop service platform, and use government guidance, market participation, and social sharing to provide various services such as policy release, entrepreneurship training, employment docking, market information, and financial support, so as to expand policy awareness and benefit noodle.
"It can be seen from the uninterrupted assistance policies in the past two years that the state is very concerned about our self-employed, small and micro enterprises." Guo Hua said, "We all believe that the self-employed will get better and better."