China News Agency, Beijing, July 13 Question: How will the Chinese economy go in the second half? High-level release three signals
China News Service reporter Li Xiaoyu
On the eve of the publication of the China Economic Semi-annual Report, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier Li Keqiang hosted a symposium on economic situation experts and entrepreneurs on the 13th to analyze and study the current economic operation and listen to suggestions for the next economic work. Among them, the three major signals deserve attention.
Be prepared to continue the hard fight
At the meeting, Li Keqiang pointed out that the economy has recently shown signs of recovering growth, showing a gradual stabilization trend, fully showing the strong resilience of China's economy and huge room for maneuver. It is necessary to strengthen development confidence. However, the uncertainty in the international environment is still increasing and the situation is still grim. The difficult challenges facing the domestic economy, especially the employment pressure, are still very prominent. We must be prepared to continue to fight hard.
He emphasized that the timeliness of the implementation of macro policies should be strengthened, and efforts should be made to protect the market participants in employment, livelihood and livelihood protection.
Analysts believe that the sooner the bail-out policy is introduced and the sooner it is implemented, the greater the market participants and the public's hope of overcoming the difficulties, and the more China will be able to take the initiative in the world's economic turmoil.
Liu Yuanchun, vice president of Renmin University of China, said that the current supply-side recovery of the Chinese economy is significantly faster than the demand side, and it is imperative to quickly narrow the growing gap between supply and demand. The demand-side recovery should be carried out as soon as possible, so that the domestic economic cycle can be normalized as soon as possible.
As for which policy measures should enhance the timeliness, this meeting specifically mentioned the mechanism for the newly added financial funds to reach the grassroots level, and asked to ensure that the mechanism will be effective as soon as possible and benefit the enterprises and the people.
The meeting also called for further efforts to alleviate the problem of financing difficulties for enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, and to take multiple measures to help college graduates, migrant workers and other key groups find employment, and implement differentiated taxes and financial support policies for labor-intensive enterprises. To encourage more employment.
Persist in reform and opening up unshakable
The meeting made it clear that we must "promote more reform and opening up", insist on reform and opening up as the driving force, fully stimulate the vitality of market players, and enhance development resilience.
The meeting proposed that we should further deepen the reform of "decentralization of management and service", optimize the business environment, give greater play to the decisive role of the market in allocating resources, and better play the role of the government. In addition, it is necessary to use the reform method to unleash greater consumption potential and expand new space such as the sale of agricultural products and the domestic sales of exported products through online and offline integration.
Analysts believe that when the economy is facing greater downward pressure, China can only effectively respond to current risks and challenges by pushing forward reform and opening up with greater efforts.
Today, the business environment has become an important manifestation of a country’s or region’s economic soft power and an important part of improving international competitiveness. In recent years, China's business environment has continued to improve, and it has risen to the 31st position in the World Business Environment Ranking released by the World Bank. However, as Chi Fulin, president of the China (Hainan) Research Institute for Reform and Development, said, China’s business environment still does not match the status of the world’s second-largest economy, and it does not match the new requirements and trends in the evolution of the world’s economic and trade landscape. adapt.
The meeting demanded to deepen the reform of "deregulation and service" and optimize the business environment, which undoubtedly grasped the "bull nose".
As for the use of reforms to unleash the potential of consumption, it is also the right time. At present, the epidemic has closed the "door" of traditional business models such as offline sales, but it has opened a new "window" for online transactions. Seizing the opportunity and taking the opportunity to promote business model changes will not only help to get rid of the immediate crisis, but will also promote enterprises to adapt to the tide of the digital economy and embark on a new development path.
Promote the development of related industries with effective investment
The meeting proposed to play the role of government investment, mobilize social power input, and promote the construction of "two new and one heavy" projects to effectively promote the development of related industries and increase employment.
The so-called "two new and one heavy", that is to strengthen the construction of new infrastructure, new urbanization and transportation, water conservancy and other major projects, this is the focus and hot spot of China's investment. Take the new infrastructure as an example. Within a few months, several provinces have issued special plans. Internet giants such as Alibaba and Tencent have also expressed their intention to participate.
However, such projects usually require large amounts of capital, and where the money comes from is an urgent problem to be solved. Analysts believe that this meeting clearly needs to play a role of government investment and spur social forces to invest, which may indicate that China will further improve the market-oriented investment and financing mechanism in the future. (Finish)