CCTV News (Focus Interview): Since the beginning of this year, a century of changes has been intertwined with the epidemic of the century, and the Chinese economy has faced internal and external environmental shocks.
In the face of major tests, General Secretary Xi Jinping held up the flag, took the helm and led the way, coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic development, insisting on keeping the word at the forefront and seeking progress while maintaining stability, leading the country to overcome difficulties and forge ahead, stabilizing the Chinese economy to the greatest extent. The fundamentals of social development have made outstanding achievements in many important industrial fields.
This hard-won transcript demonstrates the scientific approach proposed by Xi Jinping's economic thought in response to the changing times, and injects a strong impetus to promote China's economic sailing.
Since the beginning of this year, in the face of the complex and severe international environment and the arduous domestic reform, development and stability tasks, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, we have effectively coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and we have achieved positive results in epidemic prevention and control. Achievements, economic and social development has made new achievements.
In the first half of this year, GDP grew by 2.5% year-on-year.
The 2.5% growth was achieved under multiple pressures. This report card ranks among the top of the world's major economies and is hard-won.
Qin Xuan, dean of the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Renmin University of China, said: "We can continue to maintain positive economic growth and achieve results that many other countries in the world have not achieved. During the process, a series of important measures such as coordinating economic development and epidemic prevention and control, coordinating development and security, stabilizing economic growth, and preventing the spread of the epidemic are very closely related."
Among the transcripts handed over by China's economy in the first half of the year, there are two growths that attract attention. That is, the primary industry and the secondary industry have achieved steady growth, with growth rates of 5.0% and 3.2% respectively, and there is progress in stability. The primary industry is the foundation of the economy, and the secondary industry is an important support for the economy. The stabilization of the primary and secondary industries is of great significance to stabilizing the economic market.
In the first half of the year, the added value of the primary industry was 2,913.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.0%. The total output of summer grain in the country was 294.8 billion catties, an increase of 2.87 billion catties over the previous year, a record high.
This is a bumper harvest under the influence of various unfavorable factors such as the late sowing of winter wheat and the epidemic, which increases confidence in stabilizing prices and expectations.
Liu Shouying, Secretary of the Party Committee and Dean of the School of Economics of Renmin University of China, said: "The performance of the entire agriculture under special circumstances is related to the way we lead agriculture. The general secretary will emphasize the safety of food and staple food wherever he goes this year. ."
Xi Jinping's economic thought focuses on objective reality, focuses on deep-seated contradictions and major risks and challenges, and focuses on enhancing bottom-line thinking, overall development and security.
If the food is stable, the world will be safe.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pays great attention to food security, the "bigger of the country".
On June 8 this year, the general secretary went to Sichuan for inspection. The first stop of the inspection, the general secretary came to Yongfeng Village, Taihe Town, Dongpo District, Meishan City, on the bank of the Minjiang River, to learn about the local promotion of high-standard farmland construction, strengthening of food production, Promote rural revitalization, etc.
He pointed out that it is necessary to strictly abide by the red line of cultivated land, and promote the accelerated implementation of the strategy of "holding grain in the land and storing grain in technology".
During the summer harvest this year, in Xiaowei Village, Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo, agricultural experts conducted an actual inspection on the high-yield demonstration field of Zhengmai 136, a new wheat variety bred by the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
The yield per mu is 1,900 catties, setting a new local high-yield record.
To ensure food security, seeds are the key.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized many times that only by grasping the seeds of China with our own hands can we stabilize the Chinese rice bowl.
In May 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping entrusted the local area when he inspected Henan to ensure food security must firmly hold the seeds in his own hands.
In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping also pointed out during his inspection in Hainan that it is necessary to realize the self-reliance and self-improvement of the seed industry in science and technology, and the independent control of the seed source.
Henan has accelerated the implementation of the strategy of storing grain and technology, fully implemented the modern seed industry upgrading project, and bred a large number of new wheat varieties with high and stable yields.
The breeding method adopted by Prof. Yin's team is a new technology of double haploid rapidity, which significantly speeds up the breeding of wheat.
The application of advanced technology has accelerated the pace of innovation in the seed industry.
At present, Henan's wheat seed production area exceeds 4.3 million mu, with an annual seed supply capacity of nearly 2 billion kilograms, accounting for about 38% of the country's total.
This year, the total output of summer grain in Henan is 38.131 million tons, ranking first in the country and creating a new record high.
In the Changsha Industrial Park of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Group, a 10.23-meter large-diameter rock tunnel boring machine is being assembled and will participate in the construction of the plateau railway tunnel after it is offline.
Liu Feixiang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Group, said: "The plateau lacks oxygen, and the construction environment and personnel environment are very harsh, and there is an urgent need for unmanned tunnel construction. At present, the intelligent construction equipment for plateau railways is widely used, which is very important for plateau railways. Railway construction brings great convenience.”
In the first half of this year, China Railway Construction Heavy Industry's newly signed contracts amounted to about 9.65 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33.24%.
The good development of this enterprise is the epitome of my country's industrial development.
In the first half of the year, despite the impact of internal and external factors such as the epidemic, the transformation of my country's industrial kinetic energy was accelerated, and the industry was optimized and upgraded. The added value of the national industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 3.4% year-on-year.
The added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 9.6% year-on-year, 6.2 percentage points faster than that of all industries above designated size.
Li Peng, a professor at the Economics Department of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, said: "The most important reason for the resilience of our economy and the resilience of the economy after the situation stabilizes under the shock is that we have formed a stable economic system and the most robust supply in the world. chain, industrial chain.”
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "it is necessary to firmly establish the concept of safe development, accelerate the improvement of the system and mechanism of safe development, make up for relevant shortcomings, and maintain the security of the industrial chain and supply chain."
In the first half of the year, due to internal and external factors, my country's industrial chain and supply chain suffered a huge impact.
At a critical moment, on April 29 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
The meeting emphasized the need to adhere to a national game of chess, ensure smooth transportation and logistics, ensure the normal operation of key industrial chain supply chains, anti-epidemic and supply chains, and key infrastructure.
Li Peng said: "The industrial chain has also been impacted in recent years. The United States has led to the destruction of our industrial system. The supply-side structural reform proposed by the General Secretary's thoughts has advanced foresight. On the one hand, it is based on the domestic industrial structure and economic structure. On the other hand, China's economic growth mainly depends on the real economy, and the real economy depends on its own solid supply base. Therefore, under the basic policy measures of "three eliminations, one reduction and one supplement", we have ensured that our own domestic The supply chain has improved the level of the domestic industrial chain, and stabilized the international resource chain, industrial chain, technology chain, and product chain."
In the first half of the year, the value of newly signed overseas contracts of CRCC increased by 126.25% year-on-year, hitting a record high.
The reason why CRCC's products are favored by the international market is that the company continues to innovate and enhance its market competitiveness.
Innovation is the first driving force for development.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the innovative development of the equipment manufacturing industry. He has repeatedly emphasized that only innovation can lead to self-improvement.
On June 28 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during his inspection in Wuhan that high-end manufacturing is an important support for high-quality economic development.
To promote the transformation and upgrading of my country's manufacturing industry and build a strong manufacturing country, we must strengthen technology research and development, improve the replacement rate of localization, and control the lifeline of science and technology in our own hands. Only then can the country become truly strong.
Liu Shouying said: "The entire manufacturing industry in China is just at the stage of upgrading products and industries to high-end, that is, our entire industry and products are becoming high-end and complicated. At this stage, the competition in manufacturing is actually the competition of knowledge. , innovative competition.”
Innovation gives manufacturing wings to take off.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has elevated innovation-driven development to a national strategy, and batches of major equipment have achieved breakthroughs.
In the first half of this year, the added value of my country's manufacturing industry accounted for 28.8% of the GDP. The economic structure has been continuously adjusted and optimized, and the green transformation has continued to advance.
Looking back at the Chinese economy in the first half of the year, the primary and secondary industries have achieved steady growth, making basic contributions to stabilizing the fundamentals of the Chinese economy, and the overall economic operation has stabilized and rebounded.
This report card not only reflects the potential and resilience of China's economy, but also is the practical result of General Secretary Xi Jinping raising the flag and leading China's economic ship to sail through the waves.
Li Peng said: "Looking back, the basic principles and basic policies put forward by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era have played a huge ideological guiding role in dealing with the unexpected economic situation."
Practice has fully proved that in the face of major historical junctures and major tests, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core is the backbone for us to overcome all risks and challenges.
Qin Xuan said: "The epidemic prevention and control has achieved remarkable results, and the economy can continue to develop steadily. All this depends on the new concepts, new ideas, and new ideas put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping in the process of governing the country to deal with various contradictions and problems. new strategy."
From proposing "five must-paths" to explaining "five strategic favorable conditions"; from clarifying that "food security is the "bigger of the country", to requiring "consolidating the foundation of domestic energy production and ensuring the security of coal supply"... Take Xi Jinping The Party Central Committee with comrades as the core will grasp the overall situation, maintain strategic determination, and lead China's economy to achieve stability and long-term development.
To do a good job of economic work in the second half of the year, we must still adhere to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and fully implement the requirements of "preventing the epidemic, stabilizing the economy, and developing safely" , consolidate the upward trend, and strive to achieve the best results.