Our reporter Zeng Shiyang

　　Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, my country's private economy has grown from small to large and from weak to strong, contributing more than 50% of tax revenue, more than 60% of GDP, more than 70% of technological innovation achievements, and more than 80% of urban labor employment. , more than 90% of the number of enterprises.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the party and the country have accelerated the improvement of the socialist market economic system to comprehensively improve the property rights system, from deepening the reform of the market-oriented allocation of factors to deepening the reform of "delegating power, delegating power, delegating power and providing services", optimizing the business environment, and encouraging those who support the development of the private economy. The institutional mechanisms and policies and measures have been continuously improved, leading the private economy to conform to the trend of the times and stride to a broader stage.

　　The size of the private economy has grown significantly

　　"The status and role of the non-public economy in my country's economic and social development has not changed! Our policy of encouraging, supporting, and guiding the development of the non-public economy has not changed!" At the November 2018 private enterprise symposium, General Secretary Xi Jinping The words were loud and clear.

　　From expanding market access to reducing taxes and fees, to financing support and legal protection, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a number of policies and measures to benefit the private economy have been introduced one after another.

　　Competitive businesses in key industries and fields such as electricity, telecommunications, oil, and natural gas have been liberalized, market access barriers have been further removed, a fair competition review system has been fully implemented, information acquisition channels have become more open, and the implementation mechanism for private enterprises to participate in major national strategies has been continuously improved. The development space is getting wider and wider.

　　During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the country's new tax cuts and fee reductions totaled more than 7.6 trillion yuan. Last year's new tax cuts and fee reductions exceeded 1 trillion yuan, and the burden on private enterprises was effectively reduced.

Tax reduction and fee reduction are not only to help enterprises to bail out, but also to "release water to raise fish". Since 2013, the newly added tax-related market entities paid 4.76 trillion yuan last year, and the development momentum of the private economy has continued to increase.

　　On November 15, 2021, the Beijing Stock Exchange opened and set sail to provide capital market support and services for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises. It is of great significance for accelerating the improvement of the financial support system for private enterprises, and promoting innovation-driven development and economic transformation and upgrading. stimulate further.

　　The release of judicial interpretations and a series of judicial documents on bankruptcy liquidation and judicial reorganization helped a group of distressed private enterprises get rid of debt crisis and liquidity difficulties, and allowed private entrepreneurs to regain their confidence in development.

　　Adhering to the "two unshakable" banners, my country's private economy has grown significantly.

From 2012 to 2021, the number of private enterprises increased from 10.857 million to 44.575 million, quadrupling in 10 years, and the proportion of private enterprises in the total number of enterprises increased from 79.4% to 92.1%.

　　Despite the continued impact of the global new crown pneumonia epidemic and the more complex external environment, the private economy has shown resilience with the support of central policies.

In 2021, 8.525 million new private enterprises will be established nationwide, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%, and the growth rate will return to over 10%.

　　Deepen Reform and Eliminate Development Barriers

　　In January 2022, the Hangzhou-Taiwan high-speed railway was officially opened for operation.

This is my country's first privately held high-speed railway. It is an important step for private capital to participate in the construction of transportation infrastructure, which greatly enhances the confidence of private capital.

　　"Deepen the reform of the railway industry and promote the diversification and moderate competition of market players in the railway transportation business." The "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Accelerating the Improvement of the Socialist Market Economic System in the New Era" issued in May 2020 launched a number of breakthrough measures to The natural monopoly industry will be further liberalized to market entities, the property rights system and the “non-prohibited-or-enter” negative list system will be comprehensively improved, and specific measures for the reform of market-based allocation of factors will be clarified, each of which is closely related to the healthy and sustainable development of the private economy.

　　The pace of eliminating barriers to private economic development never stops——

　　The property rights protection system has been continuously improved.

In 2019, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made it clear that it is necessary to "improve the property rights protection system based on the principle of fairness, establish a punitive compensation system for intellectual property infringement, and strengthen the protection of corporate trade secrets."

In 2020, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council re-emphasized that "legislation will give equal status and equal protection to private property and public property", which has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the people for entrepreneurship, and many new industries, new formats and new models have emerged.

　　The reform of market-based allocation of factors is advancing.

In November 2019, the 11th meeting of the Central Comprehensive Deepening Reform Committee reviewed and approved the "Opinions on Building a More Perfect Market-Based Allocation System and Mechanism for Factors", which was issued in April 2020.

There are 32 opinions in total, involving the five major production factors of land, labor, capital, technology and data, and solve the problems of private economic development in a more market-oriented way.

　　The reform dividends have been continuously released, and the private economy has developed stronger and stronger momentum.

Data from the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce shows that in 2021, a new breakthrough will be made in the entry threshold of the top 500 private enterprises, reaching 23.501 billion yuan.

　　In the field of foreign trade, the private economy also performed well. From January to February this year, the import and export of private enterprises increased by 16.1%, accounting for 48.2% of the total import and export, an increase of 1.1 percentage points over the same period of the previous year.

　　Optimizing the business environment and enhancing vitality

　　The business environment is the soil for the survival and development of enterprises, and the quality of soil is directly related to the vitality of market entities and the driving force of economic development.

my country has further promoted the reform of "delegating power, delegating power, regulating services" and continuously optimizing the business environment, which has provided a better soil for the sustainable and healthy development of the private economy and injected vitality into it.

　　In October 2019, the "Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment" were released, which raised the effective experience and practices in the reform of "delegating power, regulating services" in various regions and departments into regulations, demonstrating my country's determination to further optimize the business environment and complying with market players. expect.

　　Focusing on further stimulating the creativity of the private economy, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Creating a Better Development Environment to Support the Reform and Development of Private Enterprises" was released in December 2019, proposing specific measures to support the development of private enterprises, emphasizing adherence to fair competition. The subjects are treated equally, which greatly unleashes the development potential of the private economy.

　　With the deepening of the reform of "delegating power, delegating power, managing services" and continuously optimizing the business environment, the development pattern of "overwhelming" for small enterprises and "indomitable" for large enterprises has been accelerated.

A group of specialized and new "little giants" companies that focus on market segments, focus on the main business, have strong innovation capabilities, and have good growth potential have emerged.

　　At present, my country has cultivated more than 4,700 national-level specialized, specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, driving more than 40,000 provincial-level "specialized and specialized" small and medium-sized enterprises.

Among the "Little Giant" enterprises, the proportion of R&D personnel reaches 25%, the average R&D intensity exceeds 7%, and the average number of patents exceeds 50. It has become the "pioneer" of innovation and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and a vivid portrayal of the continuous burst of vitality of the private economy.

　　In 2020, among the top 10 authorized invention patents in my country, private enterprises occupy 7 seats.

Wang Zhigang, Minister of Science and Technology, said that innovation does not depend on one's background, whether it is a large enterprise, a medium-sized enterprise or a small enterprise, whether it is a state-owned enterprise or a private enterprise, it can be the main body of innovation.

　　my country's GDP of 114 trillion yuan, the super-large market of the world's second largest economy, the strong domestic demand market of more than 1.4 billion people and 400 million middle-income groups, the rich material foundation accumulated over a long period of time, and the perfect industrial system, provide The vigorous development of the private economy provides a broad space.

The state's policy of supporting the development of the private economy has not changed, and the private economy will be on a broader stage.