China News Service, Beijing, October 21 (Reporter Zhou Rui) In response to some views that the official regulation of industry development is regarded as "suppressing the private economy", Xu Shanchang, Director of the System Reform Department of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, responded on the 21st. Misinterpretation and noise are unfounded.
Xu Shanchang pointed out that the relevant departments have recently introduced regulatory measures against illegal capital expansion, monopoly and other illegal activities.
These measures are aimed at "disorder" and emphasized on "standards". They are pragmatic actions and necessary actions to promote the healthy development of related industries and promote social fairness and justice. They are not targeted at specific ownership enterprises, let alone specific ownership. enterprise.
He emphasized that rectifying market order in accordance with the law and promoting fair competition are the manifestations of a mature market economy and will create a fairer and more optimized development environment for all market players, including private enterprises.
Xu Shanchang pointed out that since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China’s private economic development has encountered some difficulties, mainly concentrated in the small, medium and micro enterprises in the downstream industries, as well as direct contact with life service companies, etc., facing the increase in raw material prices and the spread of the epidemic. The situation, the pressure of survival is particularly significant.
However, with the support of various central and local government relief policies for enterprises, a large number of private enterprises did not rely on them and acted proactively, relying on their own vitality and resilience to move forward steadily, showing a new trend of high-quality development.
He cited, for example, that in the first three quarters of 2021, the total import and export volume of private enterprises increased by 28.5%, accounting for 48.2% of China's total foreign trade value, an increase of 2.1 percentage points from the same period last year, becoming an important source of positive growth for China's foreign trade for 16 consecutive months.
In addition, there are 34 Chinese private enterprises (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) that are shortlisted in the 2021 Fortune Global 500 list, an increase of 5 from the previous year.
The China Top 500 Private Enterprises released not long ago also showed that the profit level of private enterprises has increased significantly, and the net sales interest rate, net asset interest rate, return on net assets, per capita operating income, and per capita net profit have increased compared with the previous year.
Xu Shanchang pointed out that market entities, including various types of ownership, are the micro-foundation of the socialist market economy and the carrier of economic and social development.
"Unswervingly consolidate and develop the publicly-owned economy, and unswervingly encourage, support, and guide the development of the non-publicly-owned economy" is the consistent policy of the Chinese Communist Party.
Among them, state-owned enterprises are an important material and political foundation of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and are an important pillar and support force for the party to govern and rejuvenate the country. It is necessary to optimize the layout and structural adjustment of the state-owned economy, deepen the reform of mixed ownership of state-owned enterprises, and accelerate the improvement of modernization with Chinese characteristics. Enterprise systems, etc., effectively enhance the competitiveness, innovation, control, influence, and risk resistance of the state-owned economy.
The private economy is an inherent element of China's economic system. Private enterprises have played an important role in stabilizing growth, promoting innovation, increasing employment, and improving people's livelihood, and they are an important force in promoting economic and social development.
To promote greater development of the private economy, it is necessary to deepen reforms, optimize governance, and improve management to enhance the core competitiveness of private enterprises, and to create a better development environment and conditions for private enterprises.
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