At the beginning of the new year, meetings were held in many places to deploy economic work, seize the time, focus, strengthen confidence, and do everything possible to promote the overall improvement of the economic operation, sending a strong signal of striving for the economy and grabbing a good start.
The reporter sorted out and found that promoting high-quality development, focusing on expanding domestic demand, and optimizing the business environment are key words for local economic work this year.
"Creating", "creating" and "doing" have become common requirements everywhere.
Struggle for a good start
On January 28, Guangdong Province held a conference and pointed out that high-quality development is the "fundamental way out" for Guangdong. It is required to seize the day and night, act quickly, seize time and opportunities with a fighting attitude, and work hard without delay.
Jiangsu Province requires that the monitoring, dispatching and analysis of economic operation be strengthened, proactive actions and efforts be made to promote the implementation of a package of policy measures to stabilize the economy.
Shandong Province proposes that it is necessary to effectively enhance the sense of urgency and initiative of work, act quickly, pressurize and forge ahead, and go all out to stabilize industry, expand investment, grasp projects, and promote consumption, and strive to win the first quarter of "opening the door and stabilizing"" Good start".
Judging from the development goals of various regions this year, 29 provinces have set their economic growth target at around 5% or higher.
Focusing on steady growth, policies in various regions have put forward efforts to "warm the wind".
The "Shanghai Action Plan for Improving Confidence, Expanding Demand, Stabilizing Growth and Promoting Development" proposed 10 actions and a total of 32 measures, "Several Policy Measures for Further Stabilizing the Economy in Liaoning Province" proposed 27 specific measures, and Jiangxi issued "On Further Consolidating and Improving Economic Stabilization" Several Measures for a Good Situation", Shandong issued "Several Policies and Measures for Accelerating Economic Recovery and Development and 2023 "Steady and Improvement, Progress and Quality Improvement" Policy List (Second Batch)"... Director of Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission Sun Aijun said that the policy measures mainly focus on the current economic operation and precise implementation of policies, forming an immediate pull effect, mobilizing all levels of the province and the majority of market players, rushing to catch up with the progress, and promoting the strong start of the annual economy.
At the same time, most policy measures will continue until the end of the year, laying a solid foundation for the steady economic growth throughout the year.
In addition, many provinces such as Jiangsu, Gansu, Hunan, Heilongjiang, and Yunnan have recently released a number of policies and measures to stabilize growth, promote the implementation of the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, and strive to enhance policy continuity, stability, and forward-looking, and take the initiative fight, and urge the economy to stabilize and improve.
Xu Hongcai, deputy director of the Economic Policy Committee of the China Policy Science Research Association, said that this year is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Grasp the time window and work hard to fight the economy.
Expansion of domestic demand becomes the top priority
Focusing on the organic combination of implementing the strategy of expanding domestic demand and deepening supply-side structural reforms, all localities are urging the recovery of residents' consumption, expanding effective investment, strengthening the foundation of the real economy with greater efforts, and accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system.
Restoring and expanding consumption is given priority.
For example, Beijing proposed to pilot the construction of 80 "15-minute convenient living circles", actively cultivate digital consumption, cultural consumption, green consumption, ice and snow consumption, strengthen the cross-border integration of consumption such as business travel, culture and sports, and support housing improvement, new energy vehicles, elderly care services, etc. Consumption; Zhejiang will hold a number of themed consumption promotion activities throughout the year; Sichuan will implement the "three products and one creation" consumption improvement and expansion project of quality supply, quality guidance, taste of life and creation of a world-class consumption environment to accelerate the creation of an international consumption destination... …
Xu Hongcai said that expanding domestic demand is the first of the five major tasks determined by the Central Economic Work Conference.
Against the background of shrinking external demand, efforts should be made to tap the potential of domestic demand, accelerate the recovery of consumption, promote the stable and healthy development of the real estate industry, and do a good job in the construction of major projects.
Last year, my country's residents' income growth was basically in sync with economic growth, but the actual growth rate of consumer spending fell slightly. With the boost in market consumer confidence, coupled with local conditions to support the development of small, medium and micro enterprises, "fireworks" will accelerate the return.
"This year, the key to my country's economic recovery is still to fully expand the effective demand of society, especially to actively expand domestic demand, so that consumption can play a greater role in consolidating and expanding the recovery momentum of economic operation." JLL Greater China Chief Economist Pang Ming, an expert and director of the research department, believes that with the increase in consumer willingness, consumer confidence and consumption capacity, consumer demand will usher in a relatively strong release this year.
All localities continue to make great efforts to expand effective investment.
Judging from the provinces that have released relevant data, the investment growth target is generally higher than the economic growth target, and 11 provinces have double-digit investment growth targets.
Among them, Tibet, Hainan and Xinjiang accounted for about 13%, 12% and 11% respectively.
The investment growth targets of Ningxia, Chongqing, Henan, Gansu, Anhui, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, and Liaoning are 10% or above.
Recently, investment plans have been released intensively in various places, major projects have been accelerated, and new and old infrastructures are advancing side by side.
Pang Ming said that it is necessary to balance the relationship between stabilizing growth, adjusting structure, controlling risks, and promoting reform, and balancing the relationship between short-term stimulus measures and long-term development measures. "Especially in terms of investment, we must pay more attention to the growth mode of investment operation and investment quality, coordinate project construction, focus on major projects, strengthen guidance on the direction of private investment, and further improve the investment environment."
Xu Hongcai believes that in the process of fighting for the economy, it is necessary to avoid repeated construction of low-end industries, infrastructure projects must consider output and benefits, consider the supporting role of future economic development and industrial transformation and upgrading, play a role in investment radiation, and drive more private investment.
The money should be used where it is most important, within our means, and the risk of local debts should be prevented.
Continuously optimize the business environment
On February 8, on the intelligent production line of Funeng Technology (Ganzhou) Co., Ltd., the mechanical arm kept turning, and the roar was endless.
"Thanks to the multiple coordination and contacts of relevant departments, the bidding for the second phase of the first phase of the project, the approval of the land for the second phase of the project, and the temporary installation of water and electricity are being accelerated." Xiao Longhai, production manager of Funeng Technology Co., Ltd., said.
Since the beginning of this year, many places have focused on optimizing the business environment, continuously enhancing the vitality of various market entities, and supporting the development of the private economy.
On January 28, Shanghai held a city-wide conference on optimizing the business environment, requiring that the optimization of the business environment be placed in an important position in Shanghai's modernization construction, and better serve the construction of a new development pattern.
Hebei, Jilin, Shaanxi and other places have also focused on the business environment as the theme of the "First Meeting of the New Year".
Hebei held a symposium for entrepreneurs on optimizing the business environment, calling for the simplification of administrative approval, so that enterprises can focus on business and development.
Jilin held a province-wide conference on optimizing the business environment and accelerating project construction, and will fully implement mechanisms such as five-level secretaries to grasp the business environment and provincial leaders to guarantee major projects.
Shaanxi proposes to focus on creating a more efficient government affairs environment, a policy environment that satisfies the market, a more supportive factor environment, a more stable expected legal environment, and a more unified political and business environment.
"Protecting the main body of the market is to ensure the productivity of the society. All localities focus on the problem of "emergency, difficulty, and hope" for enterprises, and take hard measures to innovate policies, services, funds, etc. to directly reach various application scenarios of enterprises, which greatly reduces the institutional costs of market entities. Enterprises It has not only enhanced confidence, but also gained real benefits.” Si Lan, executive chairman of the Business Environment Professional Committee of the China Information Association, believes that to adapt to the business environment of high-quality development, we must pay attention to the “difficulties of survival” of enterprises and solve the problems of enterprises. "Development difficulties" and the realization of "predicted stability" of enterprises are also the key to stimulating the vitality of market players and the potential of social creativity.
Xiong Li