China News Agency, Beijing, January 18 (Reporter Wang Enbo) Yuan Da, director of the National Economic Comprehensive Department of China's National Development and Reform Commission, said in Beijing on the 18th that China's economy has grown by an average of 4.5% in the past three years, which is significantly higher than the world average.
He emphasized that the Chinese economy is still an important source of power for world economic growth.
Yuan Da pointed out at the press conference held by the National Development and Reform Commission on the same day that looking back on the past three years of anti-epidemic, China’s economy will grow by 2.2% in 2020, making it the only major economy in the world to achieve positive growth; by 2021, it will grow by 8.4%, accounting for the proportion of the world economy. It will reach 18.6%; the three-year average annual growth rate from 2020 to 2022 will be 4.5%, which is significantly higher than the world's average level of about 2%, and it will remain in the lead among the world's major economies.
Yuan Da said that the situation facing economic development this year is still complicated and severe.
But it is more important to see that the fundamentals of China's long-term economic growth have not changed, and the positive factors driving the overall economic improvement have increased significantly.
He mentioned that China's economic volume has exceeded 120 trillion yuan, it has the most complete industrial system, an increasingly complete infrastructure network, the ability to ensure the security of food and energy resources continues to improve, and the resilience of the industrial chain and supply chain continues to increase. The material foundation for stable, healthy and sustainable development is more solid.
In terms of market potential, China has a super-large-scale domestic demand market.
With the effectiveness of optimizing the epidemic prevention and control measures, the suppressed consumer demand will gradually recover, which is bound to stimulate economic growth.
The level of high-end, intelligent, and green traditional industries continues to improve, strategic emerging industries continue to grow, investment in strengthening weak links continues to increase, and effective investment will maintain rapid growth.
China's development momentum is also increasing.
For example, Yuan Da said that the construction of a large national unified market has been accelerated, the effects of reforms in key areas such as state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises have gradually emerged, the development environment for private enterprises has continued to optimize, efforts have been made to attract and utilize foreign capital, social expectations have gradually improved, development confidence has steadily increased, and market vitality will continue to grow. further stimulated.
Coordinated regional development has been further promoted, and the role of important power sources such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta region, and Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao has become increasingly prominent.
There is also warmth on the policy front.
Since the second half of last year, the policy effects of China's policy-based development financial instruments, support for equipment upgrading, and expansion of medium- and long-term loans for the manufacturing industry will continue to appear this year.
The joint efforts of stock policies and incremental policies, and the coordination of various policies will form a joint force to promote high-quality development.
"Overall, we have the confidence, ability and conditions to promote the continuous recovery and overall improvement of China's economy this year, and achieve effective improvement in quality and reasonable growth in quantity." Yuan Da said.
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