[Forge ahead in a new journey and make contributions to a new era] 150 million market players support the economy to achieve stability and long-term progress
Although the new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to spread globally, benefiting from the strong implementation of the "six stability" and "six guarantees" policies and the continuous optimization of the business environment, various market players in my country will maintain a stable growth trend in 2021, and will be released in October 2021. Month historically exceeded 150 million households.
Heshun County Small and Medium Enterprise Financing Guarantee Co., Ltd., Datong Nanjiao Tongye Coal Chemical Plant, Baode County Hanhan Automobile Trading Co., Ltd., Youyu County Linyin Seedling Greening Co., Ltd., Shanxi Qinjia Agriculture Co., Ltd.... Maybe you didn't report in the media I have seen the names of these market entities in the past, but it is these market entities that have accumulated basic strength for economic development and supported the long-term improvement of my country's economy.
The rapid development of new economic forms
The stable development of market entities has laid a solid foundation for the stable and long-term economic development.
According to data from the State Administration for Market Regulation, in 2021, 28.872 million new market entities will be established in my country, a year-on-year increase of 15.4% and an increase of 21.5% from 2019.
The average daily number of newly established enterprises nationwide will continue to increase from 6,900 before the commercial system reform in 2013 to 24,800 in 2021.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the rapid development of new economic forms represented by digital industries, smart industries, and cloud economy has become a new highlight of my country's economic development and has played an important role in economic recovery.
In 2021, 3.838 million new enterprises will be established in the "Four New Economy" industries across the country, a year-on-year increase of 15.8%, accounting for 42.5% of the total number of newly established enterprises, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from 2020.
What is even more rare is that individual entrepreneurs have also become a positive force in promoting 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 will be a total of 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.
The stable development of market entities has raised the "fireworks" of serving people's livelihood.
Contrary to many people's expectations, the accommodation and catering industry, which has been greatly affected by the epidemic, has recovered steadily. In 2021, 3.059 million new market entities will be established, slightly exceeding the level of 3.04 million in 2019 and an increase of 14.8% over 2020.
The recovery of the culture, sports and entertainment industries accelerated, with 523,000 new market entities, a year-on-year increase of 44.1%, far exceeding the 0.4% year-on-year increase in 2020.
As the most direct service provider of the people's life, the small shops of individual industrial and commercial households hide the large ledger of the people's life.
By the end of 2021, the tertiary industry of registered individual industrial and commercial households accounted for more than 90%, becoming the most important service force around the common people.
The continuous optimization of the industrial structure of market players has stimulated the endogenous driving force for development, enhanced the coordination and sustainability of my country's economic development, further consolidated the advantages of the domestic super-large market, and achieved high-quality development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. A solid foundation has been laid for winning new advantages for long-term development.
The number of private enterprises has quadrupled in ten years
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee and the State Council have continued to unswervingly encourage, support and guide the development of the non-public economy, which has greatly stimulated the development vitality of private enterprises.
From 2012 to 2021, the number of private enterprises in my country has 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 has increased from 79.4% to 92.1%. It has played an important role in innovation, increased employment, and improved people's livelihood, and has become an important force in promoting economic and social development.
Since 2020, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have taken ensuring employment, people's livelihood, and market entities as macroeconomic policy orientations, and have introduced a package of support measures in taxation, finance, employment, and social security to actively create a market environment for fair competition.
Private enterprises show strong development resilience.
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%.
In that year, 3.900 million private enterprises were revoked nationwide, and the newly established exit ratio was 2.2. For every 2.2 new establishments, one exited, continuing to maintain a steady and progressive development trend.
Benefiting from the strong attractiveness of China's economy, foreign-invested enterprises continued the development trend of stabilization and recovery since the second half of 2020. During the year, 61,000 new enterprises were established, a year-on-year increase of 23.3%, and 38,000 enterprises were cancelled, a year-on-year decrease of 3.9%. It shows the improvement of China's business environment and the attractiveness of the super-large market to foreign capital.
What is even more gratifying is that, as foreign investment continues to be optimistic about the Chinese market, the focus of investment has gradually shifted to high-tech fields.
In 2021, 61,000 new foreign-invested enterprises will be established in my country, a year-on-year increase of 23.3%, 2.5% more than in 2019, and 10.8 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of newly established enterprises in the same period.
The tertiary industry accounted for 91.2% of the newly established foreign-invested enterprises, of which the growth rate of newly established enterprises in the "scientific research and technical service industry" was 42.0%.
Against the backdrop of repeated global epidemics and economic downturn, my country's newly established foreign-invested enterprises have achieved growth against the trend, fully demonstrating the continuous improvement of China's business environment and the strong attractiveness of the super-large market.
The common development of my country's various ownership economies has formed a good development situation of complementary industries and synergy in the market, which has effectively promoted the continuous improvement of comprehensive national strength and global competitiveness, and further promoted integration innovation and high-quality development.
Commercial system reform releases dividends
The 150 million market entities did not grow out of thin air, and the achievements benefited from the huge reform dividends released by the reform of my country's commercial system.
In 2021, my country will promote the reform of "separation of licenses and licenses" with high standards, and make new progress in lowering the threshold for quasi-operation.
All 523 business-related business licenses at the central and local levels have been incorporated into the reform nationwide, and a list management system has been established, with no licenses outside the list.
At the same time, more vigorous reform pilots will be carried out in the Pilot Free Trade Zone, and a batch of reform items will be implemented to cancel the approval, change the approval to the record and inform the commitment, and continue to stimulate the market vitality.
From July 1, 2021 to the end of 2021, the reform of "separation of licenses and licenses" has benefited 1.346 million enterprises, accounting for 28.1% of the newly established enterprises during the same period.
In order to facilitate the registration of market players, my country also promotes the “one-stop service” for enterprises to engrave official seals for the first time after registration, apply for invoices and tax control equipment, employee insurance registration, housing provident fund enterprise payment registration and other services, and continue to promote electronic business. The license is applied across regions, fields and levels. By the end of 2021, various market players across the country have downloaded electronic business licenses 48.89 million times, with a cumulative usage of 119 million times.
Among the 150 million market players in my country, more than 100 million are individual industrial and commercial households.
Whether they live well or not can best reflect the living conditions of my country's market entities.
At present, my country has established an inter-ministerial joint meeting system to support the development of individual industrial and commercial households, and opened a national market entity registration service network, a national individual and private economic development service network, and a national "small professional" party building work network.
Tax and fee reductions, financial support, rent reduction and exemption and other favorable policies implemented by relevant departments have been implemented one after another, which has enhanced the confidence of small and micro enterprises in their development.
The reform of the commercial system has stimulated the vitality of market entities, promoted the formation of my country's super-large market, and strongly supported economic development.
In 2021, the two-year average growth rate of newly established market entities nationwide will be 10.3%, basically returning to the pre-epidemic level.
Liu Quanhong, director of the Institute of International Economics of the China Academy of Macroeconomics, pointed out that market entities are the basic cells and power units of the market economy, and are the foundation, resilience and potential of high-quality development.
Stimulating the vitality of market entities is one of the main driving forces and goal orientations for deepening the supply-side structural reform, and it is also a key measure to build a modern economic system and promote high-quality economic development in my country.
He suggested that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we should uphold the concept of "business environment is productivity", continuously optimize and develop the "soft environment" with various "hard measures", and constantly stimulate the enthusiasm of market players to invest and start businesses.
Specific measures include further updating the regulatory concept, strengthening the monitoring and analysis of the whole life cycle of market entities, accurately supporting the healthy development of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, reducing fees and burdens for market entities, and enhancing the innovation momentum of market entities.
Take digital empowerment as the starting point to reduce the institutional transaction cost of enterprises.
Straightening the relationship between the government and the market is the key to optimizing the business environment.
To promote the transformation of the functions of market supervision departments at all levels, it is necessary to continuously improve the authority and fairness of "double random, one open" supervision. By compiling and implementing the list of powers and responsibilities of market supervision departments, we will strengthen the supervision of multiple social groups, and realize the "no disturbance" of supervision. Again "everywhere".
(Reporter She Ying of Economic Daily)