Decoding Common Prosperity | Gao Peiyong: Common Prosperity is not "robbing the rich to help the poor" 

　　Zhongxin Finance, March 7th. On the 7th, the second plenary meeting of the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held.

Gao Peiyong, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, member of the party group, and secretary of the party committee of the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said at the meeting that promoting common prosperity cannot be "absolute average", "eat a big pot of rice", nor "raise lazy people" and "welfare". It is necessary to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of entrepreneurs, but not to "rob the rich to help the poor", and oppose any form of "coercive donation" or "inducement donation".

It is necessary to continue to "make the cake bigger" on the basis of "dividing the cake"

　　Gao Peiyong pointed out that common prosperity consists of two keywords, "common" and "prosperity".

"Wealth" needs to make the cake bigger, while "common" needs to divide the cake well. The two are a dialectical relationship.

　　"my country is still a developing country, and development is still the foundation and key to solving all our problems. Common prosperity can only be achieved by insisting on development. Without development or the foundation of prosperity, we cannot talk about common prosperity. "

　　Gao Peiyong believes that only by insisting on promoting common prosperity in high-quality development, "dividing the cake" on the basis of continuous "making the cake bigger", and laying a solid foundation for common prosperity, can we ultimately achieve common prosperity.

Can't do "absolute average", "eat a big pot of rice", "raise lazy people"

　　Gao Peiyong pointed out that common prosperity is to expand the middle-income group on the basis of acknowledging differences, and to form an income distribution structure with "big in the middle and small at the other end".

　　"The socialist market economy pursues the unity of efficiency and fairness. It only focuses on efficiency but not fairness, which leads to polarization and stratification. It does not conform to the principle of common prosperity, and it also deviates from the original intention of socialism. Similarly, only seeking fairness and not efficiency, and pursuing egalitarianism, The result will seriously affect economic development, and it may even lead to common poverty. In history, we have suffered losses in this regard.”

　　Gao Peiyong believes that to promote common prosperity, we should pay more attention to the fairness of opportunities and the fairness of the process, and create a policy system and institutional environment that respects labor, creation, knowledge, and talents, so as to help the majority of people through hard work, honest labor, legal management, innovation and entrepreneurship. Creating conditions for increasing income and becoming rich provides a channel for ordinary people to change their destiny through struggle.

We cannot engage in "absolute equality" and "eat a big pot of rice", nor can we "raise lazy people" or engage in "welfareism".

　　"In recent years, my country's implementation of poverty alleviation has basically eliminated absolute poverty, which is a practical step and result of pursuing common prosperity."

Data map: Gao Peiyong, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, member of the party group, and secretary of the party committee of the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

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It is necessary to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of entrepreneurs, but not "rob the rich to help the poor"

　　Gao Peiyong said that whether it is to increase the adjustment of taxation, social security, transfer payments, etc., or to provide basic public services in areas that the people are most concerned about, such as education, medical care, pension, housing, etc., or to support willing and capable enterprises. The active participation of public welfare and charitable causes with social groups must be organically integrated with the market economy, carried out and promoted under the premise of adhering to the basic socialist economic system and adhering to the "two unswerving".

　　Gao Peiyong pointed out that it is necessary to give full play to the role of high-income groups and entrepreneurs, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm of entrepreneurs, but it is not "robbing the rich to help the poor."

The three allocations should play a complementary role in improving the distribution structure, but mainly through voluntary charitable donations, and oppose any form of "forced donations" and "induced donations."

Pay attention to "rich pockets" and "rich heads"

　　Gao Peiyong believes that the promotion of common prosperity involves all aspects of social reproduction and all fields of national governance activities. It cannot only be considered as a dimension of distribution, nor can it be limited to an economic perspective.

It is necessary to start from the overall consideration of the development requirements of all aspects of the economy and society, adhere to the equal emphasis on economic development, social progress and the improvement of people's lives, and implement comprehensive policies.

　　Gao Peiyong emphasized that to promote common prosperity, it is necessary to continuously liberate and develop social productive forces, create and accumulate social wealth, and prevent polarization.

It is not only necessary to improve efficiency and efficiency through high-quality development, but also to promote fairness and justice in institutional arrangements.

It is necessary to pay attention not only to "rich pockets" to increase the income of urban and rural residents, but also to "rich heads" to meet people's cultural needs, enhance people's spiritual strength, and promote all-round human development and social progress.

　　"The government should study and implement public policies that are conducive to both efficiency and fairness, such as further popularizing and improving education, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to provide more and better jobs, and developing high-quality infrastructure."

It is necessary to set development goals according to the situation and local conditions, and not blindly compare and rashly advance.

　　Gao Peiyong pointed out that in the face of the basic national conditions that my country is still the largest developing country in the world, common prosperity is a goal that requires patience and needs to be achieved in stages. The population has reached a nationally consistent income and living standard.

　　Gao Peiyong said that in the process of promoting common prosperity, we should not only do our best, but also do what we can according to our own situation, and we should not be too ambitious or hoard our appetite.

Not only should we coordinate needs and possibilities, be down-to-earth and work for a long time, but also set development goals according to the situation and local conditions. On the basis of economic development and financial sustainability.

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