Delegates discuss the two sessions

　　Upward and positive, China's economy is moving forward steadily (government of great powers)

　　Our reporter Liao Ruiling Kong Dechen

　　Breaking through 120 trillion yuan, China's economic aggregate has reached a new level!

　　In the past year, in the face of the impact of multiple unexpected factors at home and abroad, China's economy has withstood the pressure, the quality of development has steadily improved, the overall social situation has remained stable, and its economic strength and comprehensive national strength have further strengthened.

　　The achievements were not easy to come by, and the representatives praised it one after another; in the new year, the development is positive, and the representatives are full of confidence.

　　The total volume jumps and the resilience is strong

　　On the eve of the two sessions of the country this year, the "2022 Statistical Bulletin on National Economic and Social Development" was released.

Many representatives and committee members carefully studied the statistical bulletin and said that in 2022, the Chinese economy will forge ahead under continuous pressure and show strong resilience.

　　"Last year, China's GDP reached 121 trillion yuan. This is another leap to a new level after breaking through 100 trillion yuan and 110 trillion yuan in 2020 and 2021. It is a commendable achievement." Representative of the National People's Congress, Liaoning University Principal Yu Miaojie noticed that there were many highlights in China’s economic answer sheet last year—the total import and export of goods exceeded the 40 trillion yuan mark for the first time, reaching 42.1 trillion yuan; the added value of the manufacturing industry reached 33.5 trillion yuan, continuing to rank first in the world The status of a big manufacturing country; the consumer price index rose by 2% throughout the year, significantly lower than the United States, the euro zone and other developed economies.

　　Shan Yang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that last year, facing multiple difficulties such as the spread of the new crown epidemic, record-breaking autumn floods in the north, and high agricultural prices, China tightened its responsibility for grain production and increased policies to support and benefit agriculture. The annual grain output reached 1,373.1 billion catties, an increase of 7.4 billion catties, a new record high, and provided basic support for stabilizing expectations, stabilizing prices, and stabilizing the economic market.

He said: "The state is also vigorously promoting industrial revitalization, developing primary and intensive processing of agricultural products, promoting the healthy development of rural industries, and driving more farmers to increase their income and become rich."

　　"In the past year, the international energy market has fluctuated. China has strengthened domestic coal guarantees and increased oil and gas reserves and production, coordinated and ensured the supply of coal, electricity, oil and gas transportation, and effectively responded to severe challenges such as extreme high temperature and drought in the country. Better guarantee.” Ding Maoting, deputy to the National People’s Congress and chairman of the National Energy Group’s Shuohuang Railway Company, said, “According to China’s resource endowment situation of ‘rich coal, lack of oil and little gas’, we will focus on the layout of coal resources and increase reserves and supply. , Actively release high-quality advanced production capacity. At the same time, insist on using coal power to ensure power stability, and build a number of supportive power supply projects, which have played an active role in helping to ensure energy supply and promote economic and social development.”

　　Innovation drives quality improvement

　　To observe a country's economy, we must look at the trend of quantity, and more importantly, the change of quality.

Over the past year, China has resolutely implemented the innovation-driven development strategy, increased incentives for enterprise innovation, continuously strengthened the national strategic scientific and technological strength, and continued to grow new drivers of development.

　　"The country vigorously advocates scientific and technological innovation and has planted a thick soil for innovation and entrepreneurship, which has greatly enhanced the confidence of enterprises to develop." said Han Feng, deputy chief engineer of the National People's Congress and deputy chief engineer of Sinopec Group Corporation. A lot of new progress has been made in key core technologies such as geological engineering integration and large-scale green electricity to green hydrogen, which have become an important force to promote the development of enterprises.

　　Li Yan, deputy to the National People's Congress and president of Qilu Pharmaceutical Group, said that focusing on innovation and development, the group has established multiple innovative R&D centers in Shanghai, Jinan and the United States, with more than 3,000 R&D personnel, and currently has more than 90 new drugs under development, ranking among the forefront of the industry .

"It is precisely because of the innovative achievements that the company's products not only further meet the needs of the domestic market, but also are exported overseas. In 2022, the export of products will reach 920 million US dollars, an increase of more than 20%."

　　From fighting quantity to fighting quality, the creative potential of the whole society is fully flowing, the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productivity is accelerated, and the trend of industrial digitalization and digital industrialization is accelerating, injecting new sources of vitality into economic development.

Statistics show that China has built the world's largest and leading-edge network infrastructure, and the industrial Internet is applied to 45 major categories of the national economy. Last year, the industrial scale exceeded one trillion yuan.

　　Zhou Yunjie, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of the board of directors of Haier Group, believes that the industrial Internet provides a new path for the digital transformation of enterprises, provides new possibilities for the construction of industrial ecology, and plays a key role in accelerating new industrialization, making the real economy stronger, better and bigger effect.

At present, the Haier Kaos industrial Internet platform has linked 900,000 enterprises and served more than 80,000 enterprises, significantly reducing the cost of digital transformation for enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.

　　speed up recovery

　　Entering the new year, all walks of life are seizing opportunities and fighting for the economy, and China is full of vitality.

　　In January, new credit was 4.9 trillion yuan, a record high in a single month, and the development index of small and medium-sized enterprises rebounded; during the Spring Festival holiday, the country’s domestic tourism revenue was 375.843 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30%, and the movie box office exceeded 6.7 billion yuan. Ranked second in the film history in the same period; in February, Yiwu China Commodity City had more than 220,000 passengers on the first day of its opening in the Year of the Rabbit, and the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 52.6%, which was in the expansion range for two consecutive months...Economic recovery There is a strong sense of warmth in the stable and good situation.

　　"With the accelerated release of market potential, China's economy will have more confidence in its positive development." Zhou Hanmin, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and dean of the Shanghai Institute of Socialism, believes that this year's economic work should start with improving social psychological expectations and boosting development confidence. In particular, efforts will be made to expand domestic demand, and the recovery and expansion of consumption will be given priority.

Among them, supporting the development of culture and tourism in terms of service consumption not only attracts consumers to come, but also makes them linger; in the fields of automobiles, home appliances, housing, and building materials, there is also a lot of room for green consumption.

　　Economic recovery is accelerating, and policy support is stronger.

From increasing monetary policy to private enterprises and further enriching financing channels, to increasing investment in special bonds, appropriately expanding investment areas and the scope of project capital, and clarifying greater efforts to attract and utilize foreign capital and improve The quality and level of trade and investment cooperation... A series of policies and measures have been introduced and implemented at an accelerated pace. Representatives expressed their encouragement and enthusiasm for this.

　　Liu Hanyuan, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of the board of directors of Tongwei Group, said that at present, the state clearly and earnestly implements the "two unwavering" policies to encourage and support the development of the private economy and private enterprises, which greatly boosts the confidence of private enterprises in their development.

"At the end of February, the third phase of Tongwei Solar's Meishan base in Sichuan was fully put into operation, and this year's production capacity will reach 7,000 megawatts. Next, we must improve our internal strength, be refined and specialized, and promote the realization of sustainable development."

　　"We will actively seize the opportunity of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and promote relevant cooperation to be in-depth and solid." Wei Zhaohui, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau, said that we must continue to deepen the ASEAN market and integrate Guangxi and ASEAN The unique geographical advantage of the sea-land connection has been transformed into an open development dividend, and has promoted the high-quality development of Guangxi's foreign trade to take new steps.

(People's Daily Overseas Edition)