State Administration for Market Regulation: As of the end of 2023, there were 124 million registered individual industrial and commercial households nationwide.

　　China News Service, January 31. The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the 31st to stimulate the vitality of business entities and promote high-quality economic development. Ren Duanping, director of the Registration Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation, introduced at the meeting that as of the end of 2023, there were 124 million registered individual industrial and commercial households across the country, accounting for 67.4% of the total business entities and supporting the employment of nearly 300 million people.

　　Ren Duanping said that individual industrial and commercial households are the largest number of business entities in my country and an important part of the private economy. They play an important role in stabilizing growth, promoting employment, and benefiting people's livelihood. The State Administration for Market Regulation conscientiously implements the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and continues to take effective measures to support and promote the healthy and orderly development of individual industrial and commercial households.

　　The first is to establish a regular communication mechanism between the General Administration and individual industrial and commercial households. In accordance with the deployment requirements of the State Council on establishing and improving a normalized communication mechanism, the main responsible comrades of the General Administration held three symposiums on individual industrial and commercial households to communicate face-to-face with representatives of individual industrial and commercial households and listen carefully to the situation, problems and suggestions. We will improve the problem transfer and supervision mechanism, focus on solving issues of common concern to individual industrial and commercial households, and continue to improve support policies and measures.

　　The second is to carry out service month activities, and work with 13 departments to build a diversified assistance mechanism. The second "National Individual Industrial and Commercial Household Service Month" activity will be launched in July 2023, and a total of 29,200 individual industrial and commercial household symposiums will be held, and individual industrial and commercial households will be visited. There were 4.2963 million households, and 174,600 problems, appeals and practical difficulties were solved through coordination.

　　The third is to promote precise assistance by classification. On the basis of pilot projects in 12 provinces, the State Administration for Market Regulation, together with 14 departments including the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, and the State Administration of Financial Supervision, jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Carrying out Precise Assistance and Improvement of Development Quality for Individual Industrial and Commercial Households", clarifying The identification mechanism and cultivation measures for individual industrial and commercial households in the three types of "survival type", "growth type" and "development type" and the four types of "famous, special, high-quality and new".

　　Ren Duanping pointed out that with the joint efforts of various regions, relevant departments and all sectors of society, the overall development of individual industrial and commercial households across the country has been stable and improving, with "double improvements" in activity and revenue levels. As of the end of 2023, there were 124 million registered individual industrial and commercial households across the country, accounting for 67.4% of the total business entities, supporting the employment of nearly 300 million people. Throughout the year, 22.582 million individual industrial and commercial households were newly established, a year-on-year increase of 11.4%. As the "capillaries" of the industrial chain and consumption chain and the "nerve endings" of the market, the stable development of individual industrial and commercial households has kept the lights on the streets and maintained the livelihood of hundreds of millions of families, demonstrating the strong vitality and resilience of our country's economy. .

　　Ren Duanping introduced that in the next step, the State Administration for Market Regulation will follow the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference and focus on the following tasks in improving the quality of development of individual industrial and commercial households:

　　The first is to comprehensively promote targeted assistance based on classification and classification. Guide various localities to improve classification standards, establish a national unified "Directory of Individual Industrial and Commercial Households", give full play to the leading and exemplary role of "famous, special and new" individual industrial and commercial households, promote various regions and departments to introduce more precise policies and measures, and improve individual industrial and commercial households. overall development quality.

　　The second is to give full play to the role of the “National Individual Industrial and Commercial Household Development Network”. The "National Individual Industrial and Commercial Household Development Network" has been initially established and is constantly enriching its content and expanding its service resources. We will explore the use of market-oriented means to provide targeted services such as legal policies, market supply and demand, recruitment and employment, entrepreneurship training, and financial support to individual industrial and commercial households.

　　The third is to create a good atmosphere. Continue to improve the normal communication and exchange mechanism between the General Administration and individual industrial and commercial households, promote the resolution of difficult problems, continue to carry out the third "National Individual Industrial and Commercial Household Service Month" activities, increase incentives and publicity for outstanding individual industrial and commercial households, and continue to carry out self-employed individual industrial and commercial households. Monitor household activity and use these measures to better support the high-quality development of individual industrial and commercial households.