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Our reporter Liu Wenxin

How do you view the economic trend in the second half of the year? How is the progress of the construction of a unified national market? How to promote the sustained and healthy development of the private economy? On August 1, the State Council Information Office held a series of press conferences on "Promoting High-quality Development" and invited Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, and others to introduce relevant situations.

The overall economic operation in the first half of the year was stable and made steady progress

Since the beginning of this year, my country's economic operation has been generally stable and has made progress within stability, continuing the upward trend. New momentum and new advantages have been accelerated, high-quality development has been steadily promoted, and the overall social situation has remained stable.

"The economic trend in the second half of the year should be viewed comprehensively and dialectically." Zhao Chenxin believes that on the one hand, we must see the increasing adverse effects brought about by changes in the external environment, insufficient domestic effective demand, and differentiation in economic operations; on the other hand, we must see that the positive factors and favorable conditions in economic operations are constantly accumulating.

From the perspective of external opportunities,international tradeGrowth has recovered and emerging economies have developed rapidly, which is conducive to Chinese companies leveraging their advantages and expanding their international markets.

The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held on July 30 pointed out that it would support the construction of security capabilities in major national strategies and key areas, and make greater efforts to promote large-scale equipment renewal and the replacement of old and new major durable consumer goods. From the perspective of macro-policy combination, major measures such as "two heavy" and "two new" have been accelerated, and super-long-term special government bonds, central budget investment, and local government specialBondsAs the construction of projects such as the issuance of additional treasury bonds in 2023 is accelerated and physical workload is formed faster, there is still ample room for countercyclical policy adjustments.

Judging from the trend of high-quality development, various regions are developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions. Emerging industries such as new energy vehicles are developing well. Future industries are being laid out in an orderly manner. New momentum is accelerating its growth and development. The green transformation of development methods is being steadily promoted.

From the perspective of development vitality, the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee deployed a series of major reform measures, which will effectively resolve deep-seated institutional and mechanism obstacles and structural contradictions, and greatly stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of business entities.

We will unswervingly complete the annual economic and social development goals and tasks, and focus on doing a good job in six areas

"Further comprehensively deepen reforms around promoting Chinese-style modernization, increase macroeconomic control, deepen innovation-driven development, deeply tap the potential of domestic demand, enhance the sustained recovery of the economy, and unswervingly complete the annual economic and social development goals and tasks." Yuan Da, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the National Development and Reform Commission will focus on six aspects of work:

We will accelerate the implementation of landmark reform measures. We will promptly launch a number of reform measures that are mature, tangible and achievable. We will launch guidelines for building a unified national market and publish a new version of the negative list for market access. We will actively cultivate new drivers of foreign trade development and make greater efforts to attract and utilize foreign investment.

We will implement macro policies with greater efforts and efficiency. We will introduce incremental policies based on changing circumstances and continuously improve the effectiveness of macro policy implementation.

Actively expand domestic demand. Promote the consumption of bulk commodities such as automobiles and home appliances, promote the quality and expansion of service consumption such as education, elderly care, childcare, and housekeeping, and support the high-quality development of culture, sports, and tourism. Promote effective investment and implement a new mechanism for cooperation between the government and social capital. Coordinate new urbanization and comprehensive rural revitalization, and promote the implementation of major regional strategies.

Accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system. Develop new quality productivity according to local conditions, promote the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy, and effectively reduce the logistics costs of the whole society.

We will steadily and orderly resolve risks in key areas. We will implement new policies to promote the steady and healthy development of the real estate market and further ensure the delivery of housing. We will further implement a package of debt reduction plans. We will prudently handle financial risks and build a financial stability guarantee system that effectively prevents and controls systemic risks.

We will increase efforts to protect and improve people's livelihood. We will do a good job in employment for key groups such as college graduates, increase residents' income through multiple channels, and deepen public service reforms such as those for the elderly and children.

"In recent times, we have done a good job in all aspects of the 'double-heavy' construction with high quality." Zhang Shixin, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that in terms of "hard investment", the first two lists of "double-heavy" construction projects this year have been issued, mainly focusing on accelerating the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, promoting regional coordinated development and other fields, and we are working hard to ensure that funds are in place as soon as possible and projects are started as soon as possible; in terms of "soft construction", a series of policy documents have been promoted to promote the high-quality development of venture capital, and relevant policy measures and long-term mechanisms are being continuously improved.

Improving the basic system conducive to the construction of a unified national market

The construction of a unified national market is an important part of building a high-level socialist market economic system. "In recent years, we have adhered to the basic principle of breaking and establishing at the same time, establishing first and then breaking, unified rules, facilities and supervision, and promoted a significant increase in the consensus of all sectors of society," said Xiao Weiming, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission.

In terms of "establishment", basic systems such as property rights protection, market access, fair competition, and social credit have been continuously improved. The Fair Competition Review Regulations came into effect on August 1, and the negative list of market access items has been reduced from 151 in 2018 to the current 117 items. The world's largest optical fiber and mobile broadband network has been built, and the operating mileage of high-speed railways and the mileage of completed highways rank first in the world. The unified registration of real estate across the country has been fully realized, and the basic system of data elements has been continuously improved. The national 12315 consumer complaint information disclosure platform has been put into operation, and the unified commodity and service market has moved towards a higher level. Administrative penalties and administrative enforcement matters in the field of market supervision have been managed in a list-based manner.

In terms of "breaking", we have made great efforts to break down various barriers that restrict the construction of a unified national market. We have established a system for rectifying problems of improper interference in the construction of a unified national market and for interviewing and notifying typical cases, carried out problem verification and rectification, and focused on prominent issues such as local protectionism and market segmentation that were strongly reflected by business entities. We have persisted in investigating clues and rectifying problems, and have corrected a number of prominent problems in the fields of government procurement, new energy vehicles, energy resources, pumped storage, etc.

"We will speed up the improvement of basic systems that are conducive to the construction of a unified national market, promote the construction of unified markets in key areas such as transportation, commercial logistics, and energy markets, continue to correct outstanding problems in key areas, and strive to eliminate local protectionism and market segmentation. The new achievements in the construction of a unified national market will provide strong support for the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system." Xiao Weiming said.

The private economy maintained a stable and positive development trend

The CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued an opinion on promoting the development and growth of the private economy in July last year. "Over the past year, we have worked closely with relevant departments to implement the work and jointly promote the development and growth of the private economy," said Yuan Da.

Continue to optimize the development environment. Accelerate the construction of a unified national market, carry out in-depth special actions to clear overdue corporate accounts, build a national financing credit service, recommend projects to private capital and other platforms, and establish and improve the normalized communication and exchange mechanism between the national, provincial, municipal and county levels and private enterprises.

We will continue to strengthen support for key factors. We will introduce and implement 25 measures to support the development of the private economy through finance, and continuously improve the unified urban and rural construction land market and professional talent market.

We continued to promote the rule of law. We continued to improve the legal system related to enterprises, promoted the legislation of the law to promote the private economy, and corrected a number of major wrongful criminal cases involving property rights.

"Thanks to the joint efforts of all parties, the private economy has maintained a stable and positive development trend." Yuan Da said that in the first half of the year, the industrial added value of my country's large-scale private industrial enterprises increased by 5.7% year-on-year, 3.8 percentage points higher than the same period last year; exports of private enterprises denominated in RMB increased by 10.7%, and the proportion of exports increased to 64.9%.

Yuan Da said that in the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will give full play to the role of the inter-ministerial joint conference system for the development and growth of the private economy, adhere to the policies and guidelines that are committed to creating a good environment and providing more opportunities for the development of the private economy, and promote the sustained and healthy development of the private economy.

People's Daily (Page 02, August 02, 2024)