China News Service, March 29th: The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the 29th on "unswervingly promoting high-quality development efforts in Guangdong and taking the forefront in promoting Chinese-style modernization." Wang Weizhong, deputy secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and governor, said at the meeting that from January to February this year, Guangdong's economic performance continued to rebound and improved, with industry growing by 10.6%, consumption growing by 6.1%, investment growing by 4.3%, and imports and exports growing by 24.9%.
At the meeting, a reporter asked: This year’s Government Work Report of the State Council stated that the expected target for GDP is to grow by another 5%. Just now, Governor Wang also said that economically large provinces must shoulder the responsibility of playing a leading role. What are the specifics of Guangdong? Take the lead and make more contributions to the overall development of the country?
In this regard, Wang Weizhong said that as a major economic province, Guangdong must truly take the lead, be at the forefront of economic development, and strive to make more contributions to the overall situation of the country. Guangdong’s goal this year is 5%. Guangdong is confident and confident about this goal. Confidence comes from the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee. The Party Central Committee has clearly stated that we must persist in seeking progress while maintaining stability, promoting stability through advancement, and establishing before breaking. Guangdong focuses on the central task of economic construction and the primary task of high-quality development, and pays close attention to projects. Investment, the province's industrial investment increased by 22.2% last year, maintaining double-digit growth for 36 consecutive months, and investment in technological transformation increased by 22.4%, a growth rate that hit a six-year high. This year, we have arranged 1 trillion yuan of provincial key construction projects and more than 320 billion yuan of industrial projects. We are accelerating the advancement of 55 major manufacturing projects of more than 5 billion yuan, and we have also reserved a large number of high-quality projects.
On the basis of promoting the technological transformation of more than 9,300 enterprises and the digital transformation of more than 5,000 industrial enterprises above designated size last year, Guangdong will promote the technological transformation of more than 10,000 industrial enterprises and the digital transformation of 9,200 industrial enterprises above designated size this year. Confidence comes from an active market and strong popularity. Last year, the number of business entities in Guangdong Province increased by 1.728 million, reaching 18 million, including a net increase of 1.11 million individual industrial and commercial households, with the total number exceeding 100 million, and 7.8 million enterprises, accounting for 1/7 of the country. From January to February this year, 330,000 new business entities were established, including 182,000 individual industrial and commercial households and 148,000 enterprises. Guangdong has a population of more than 150 million. Last year, the province received 777 million tourists and its total tourism revenue exceeded 950 billion yuan, ranking first in the country. During the Spring Festival this year, Guangdong received 76.07 million tourists, an increase of 68%, and achieved tourism revenue of 6.94 billion. billion, an increase of 160%, and Guangdong is now very popular. From January to February this year, Guangdong's economic performance continued to rebound and improve, with industry growth of 10.6%, consumption growth of 6.1%, investment growth of 4.3%, and import and export growth of 24.9%.
Wang Weizhong emphasized that we will seize every favorable opportunity, make use of all favorable conditions, work hard when we are right, and do more if we can, so as to consolidate and enhance the positive trend of economic recovery. In terms of serving enterprises, Guangdong reduced the burden on enterprises by more than 200 billion yuan last year. This year, it will also launch a number of new enterprise-friendly policies in terms of strengthening the main position of enterprises in innovation and reducing logistics costs, so that enterprises can have more tangible benefits. A sense of gain. The central government has deployed a new round of large-scale equipment upgrades and trade-in of consumer goods, which is very consistent with the reality of Guangdong. Guangdong is both a major manufacturing and consumption province. It is working hard to formulate implementation plans and supporting policies, adhere to market-oriented, government guidance, and increase Fiscal, taxation, financial, and factor support will be taken to focus on energy conservation and carbon reduction, ultra-low emissions, safe production, digital transformation, and intelligent upgrading. We will promote the upgrading and transformation of equipment in seven major fields, and carry out the trade-in of automobiles, home appliances, home decoration consumer goods, etc., and effectively Transform policy dividends into development results. Guangdong will achieve a "good start" in the first quarter, achieve "good results" in the first half of the year, and deliver excellent results throughout the year.