(A Closer Look at China) Xi Jinping hopes to radiate and drive Hebei’s economic power to unleash new productive forces
China News Service, Beijing, March 6: Title: Xi Jinping hopes to radiate power from Hebei, a major economic province, to release new productivity
China News Service reporter Huang Yuqin
New productivity is a hot political and economic topic in China.
On the 5th, when attending the deliberations of the Jiangsu delegation at the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, explained China's "dos" and "does not do" in developing new productive forces.
On March 5, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, participated in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation at the Second Session of the 14th National People’s Congress.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng
From the first proposal during a local inspection in 2023, to the first collective study and refocusing of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee this year, to the in-depth explanation at the National Two Sessions, in less than a year, Xi Jinping has gone from concepts to practical methodologies, and has gradually developed new qualities. Productivity is discussed.
Xi Jinping once succinctly summarized what new-quality productive forces are, “The characteristic is innovation, the key lies in high quality, and the essence is advanced productive forces.”
Foreign media commented that this concept will bring new impetus to China's accelerated economic transformation.
Building a modern industrial system, taking scientific and technological innovation as the guide, accelerating the improvement of the basic system of the market economy, and deepening the reform of the scientific and technological system... When participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation this time, these key points drawn by Xi Jinping are undoubtedly closely related to the direction of developing new productive forces. Related.
These requirements are also reflected in this year’s government work report.
The first task of the Chinese government in 2024 is to vigorously promote the construction of a modern industrial system and accelerate the development of new productive forces, including promoting the optimization and upgrading of industrial and supply chains, actively cultivating emerging industries and future industries, and further promoting the innovative development of the digital economy, etc. specific areas.
Some foreign media interpreted that through this policy arrangement related to the future, it can be seen that China hopes to use high technology and technological revolutionary breakthroughs to generate productivity.
Before this year's National Two Sessions, many provinces and cities' local government work reports also mentioned "new productivity", and various regions held the "First New Year Meeting" to further deploy it. From the southeastern coast to the central and western regions, the development of new productivity has its own focus. .
How to develop new productive forces?
When participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation, Xi Jinping focused on one area and looked at the whole country, emphasizing the four words "adapting measures to local conditions."
At the same time, there are still some questions from the outside world about whether developing new productive forces means giving up traditional industries and whether a model must be developed.
After Xi Jinping put forward a series of specific requirements, he changed the topic and emphasized "not doing".
Xi Jinping said, "Developing new productive forces does not mean neglecting or abandoning traditional industries. We must prevent rush and bubble formation, and we must not create a model."
By clarifying the relationship between new quality productivity and traditional industries and clarifying “what should not be done”, it will help all localities break through the blockages that restrict the development of new quality productivity and stimulate the endogenous motivation and innovative vitality of various market entities.
He also emphasized that Jiangsu should fully integrate into and serve the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the integrated development strategy of the Yangtze River Delta, strengthen the connection with other regional development strategies and major regional strategies, and jointly build innovation chains, industrial chains, and supply chains on a larger scale , to better leverage the radiating and driving force of economically large provinces for regional and even national development.
Last year, Xi Jinping discussed high-quality development at the Jiangsu delegation.
Today, Xi Jinping explains the new productivity at the Jiangsu delegation, which also allows the outside world to better understand the relationship between the two.
The commentary pointed out that using technological innovation to promote industrial innovation, especially using disruptive and cutting-edge technologies to spawn new industries, new models, new kinetic energy, and develop new quality productivity, is to provide strong impetus for high-quality development.
The "dos" and "don'ts" of developing new productive forces are also China's careful thinking on its future development plans.
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