(On the scene of the two sessions) "Minister's Channel" focuses on the three "heads" of the national economy and people's livelihood and talks about where confidence comes from
China News Agency, Beijing, March 5th: "Minister's Channel" focuses on the three "heads" of the national economy and people's livelihood to talk about where confidence comes from
China News Agency reporter Li Chun
When it comes to completing this year's economic development goals and tasks, He Lifeng, director of the National Development and Reform Commission, bluntly said that he is "confident".
Finance Minister Liu Kun also expressed "confidence" that the reduction in the deficit rate will not affect the national general budget spending intensity.
Speaking of winning the tough battle of ensuring summer crops and a bumper harvest, Tang Renjian, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, still replied "confidence".
In the first "Minister's Channel" of the 2022 National Two Sessions on the 5th, "confidence" was the key word mentioned many times by the three ministers.
Between the questions and answers focusing on the national economy and people's livelihood, the "heads" of the three national ministries and commissions continued to release the stability and certainty of China's economic and social development.
Like last year, He Lifeng is still in the "first starting" lineup of the "Minister's Channel" this year.
Faced with the impact of the new crown epidemic that has not subsided and the downward pressure on the global economy, where does his confidence in China's ability to achieve its GDP growth target of around 5.5% this year come from?
"The stamina of China's economic development is very strong, the resilience of the Chinese economy is very strong, and the vitality and anti-risk ability of market players are very strong. This is also the basis for our confidence and foundation to achieve this year's GDP growth target of about 5.5%." He Lifeng said.
"Mechanisms and measures to promote economic recovery and development have become more and more mature." "It has created a lot of room for development on both sides of supply and demand." factors, and the basis for "where does confidence come from".
"We have the ability to ensure that the 1.4 billion Chinese people will have their meals on time every day and not be hungry." Even "affected by the rare autumn flood last year, the planting of winter wheat in the five provinces was half a month later than normal, and the seedling situation was the worst in history." In this case, Tang Renjian still shared with reporters several aspects of the source of confidence.
"So far, there are some favorable conditions for summer grain production." He also introduced that the sown area of winter wheat has stabilized at the level of more than 330 million mu last year; Bottom moisture and surface moisture are very good; the accumulated temperature in the main producing areas has increased by more than 100 degrees year-on-year since the last winter, which is equivalent to an extra leaf.
Knowing that, this is also the source of Liu Kun's confidence.
When a media reporter asked whether the deficit rate falling to around 2.8% this year would affect the national general budget expenditure intensity, he showed two sets of data:
The first is the scale of the national general public budget fiscal expenditure arrangement of 26.7 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of more than 2 trillion yuan over last year, an increase of 8.4%, and 2.9 percentage points higher than the expected GDP growth;
The second is the scale of transfer payments from the central government to local governments of nearly 9.8 trillion yuan, an increase of nearly 1.5 trillion yuan over last year, an increase of 18% year-on-year.
This is the highest increase since 2012.
Liu Kun said that the appropriate reduction of the deficit rate this year is an important measure to maintain fiscal sustainability.
By coordinating financial resources, the fiscal expenditure intensity of the general public budget across the country this year will not only not decline, but will also be significantly higher than last year.
Whether it is the first time in the history of the Chinese nation to achieve a one-year GDP growth of 13 trillion yuan, the cumulative scale of tax cuts and fee reductions exceeding 8.6 trillion yuan since the "13th Five-Year Plan", or the increase in China's per capita grain possession from 474 kilograms last year to this year's 483 kilograms... On the "Minister's Channel" that day, talking about the "big data" of the national economy and people's livelihood, the three "heads" are very familiar. These "hard core" data of China's economic development are undoubtedly the confidence of the ministers. It is also the basis for the long-term development of China's economy.
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