Both economic development and epidemic prevention and control must be grasped and tough (commentator observation)

　　Only by effectively coordinating the work of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and insisting on grasping both, can minimize the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development and promote stable and healthy economic development.

　　Only when the epidemic is effectively controlled can economic development and normal life have favorable conditions; the sooner the epidemic is brought under control, the less affected economic development will be.

　　The total import and export of goods increased by 16.6% year-on-year, 2.3 percentage points higher than the previous month; the national urban survey unemployment rate was 5.4%, down 0.1 percentage point from the previous month; industrial added value above designated size, service industry production index, import and export, social consumer goods Total retail sales and fixed asset investment both maintained year-on-year growth... The July economic data released by the National Bureau of Statistics recently showed that the national economy continued to recover as various policies for efficient co-ordination of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development continued to take effect.

This demonstrates the resilience and vitality of China's economy, and strongly confirms the scientificity and effectiveness of my country's epidemic prevention and control policies.

　　Epidemic prevention and control is the "bigger of the country", and economic construction is the central task.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The comprehensive implementation of the requirements of preventing the epidemic, stabilizing the economy, and ensuring safety in development is a whole, and it is necessary to understand, implement, and evaluate as a whole, consolidate the trend of economic recovery, and strive to achieve the best results. "Epidemic prevention and control, normal production and life, and economic and social development are not either "single-choice questions", but a relationship that complements each other and is dialectically unified.

Only by effectively coordinating the work of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and insisting on both, can minimize the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development and promote stable and healthy economic development.

　　Facing the unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19, effective epidemic prevention and control is the foundation of economic and social development.

Only when the epidemic is effectively controlled can economic development and normal life have favorable conditions; the sooner the epidemic is brought under control, the less affected economic development will be.

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. Positive results have been achieved, and new achievements have been made in economic and social development.

More than two years of epidemic prevention and control practices have fully proved that my country's epidemic prevention and control effect is good, the efficiency is high, and there is a good cost-benefit ratio.

If the prevention and control policies such as "collective immunization" and "lying flat" are adopted, the epidemic will inevitably have a serious impact on economic and social development, and will inevitably cause greater losses.

　　Fighting the epidemic is a systematic project, and three aspects need to be considered at the same time: one is to control the epidemic, the other is to ensure the normal life of ordinary people, and the third is to ensure the necessary economic and social operations.

It can be said that insisting on dynamic clearing has never meant giving up economic development. On the contrary, it is to create favorable conditions for economic development.

It should be noted that although the economy continued to recover and develop in July, it still fluctuated slightly due to multiple factors.

There are still many risks and challenges to promote sustained economic recovery and keep the economy operating within a reasonable range.

From an international perspective, the global epidemic is spreading, the industrial chain and supply chain are not smooth, the spillover effects of geopolitical conflicts continue, and the downside risk of the world economy is increasing. From a domestic perspective, the economy is currently in the process of recovery, and the foundation for economic recovery needs to be consolidated.

Potential to rise but not fall.

We are currently at the most arduous point of economic stabilization. We must effectively coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development with a sense of urgency that no time can wait, and consolidate the foundation for economic recovery and development.

　　To coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, "accuracy" is a must-answer question.

Based on the changes in the epidemic prevention and control situation, the characteristics of virus mutation, and the experience summary of actual epidemic prevention and control, dynamic adjustment and optimization of prevention and control measures to improve the scientific and precise nature of epidemic prevention and control is to "minimize the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development." inevitable requirement.

The "New Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Plan (Ninth Edition)" optimizes the management and control cycle of inbound personnel, close contacts, and medium and high-risk areas, which is a concrete manifestation of insisting on scientific precision and dynamic clearing.

However, it should be noted that optimizing prevention and control measures is by no means slackening prevention and control, nor slackening war-weariness.

Recently, the epidemic situation in neighboring countries has rebounded rapidly, and China's foreign defense input pressure has continued to increase. At the same time, the BA.5 subclade of Omicron has become the main epidemic strain in the world, and its transmission power has been significantly enhanced compared with the previous mutant strains.

Against such a background, we must be careful with the end, maintain strategic focus, pay close attention to all work of epidemic prevention and control, and resolutely consolidate the hard-won results of prevention and control.

　　The epidemic has not gone away, the big test is still going on, and the development cannot stop.

Deeply understand the complexity and arduousness of the anti-epidemic struggle, adhere to the people first, life first, adhere to external defense import, internal defense rebound, adhere to dynamic clearing, resolutely control what should be managed, and resolutely protect what should be guaranteed, and fight with one hand.” By focusing on development with one hand, we will surely win the tough battle of epidemic prevention and control, and achieve both victories in epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development.

　　Zou Xiang