A preview of the two sessions in 2022
Prospects for the two sessions in 2022: What new development signals will the new journey convey? |View depth
The National Two Sessions are about to open. This year is the year of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and it is an important year for us to enter a new journey towards building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and towards the second centenary goal. How to take the new “take the test road” has attracted worldwide attention. This year, the deputies to the National People’s Congress and members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference have entered the fifth year of their duties. What topics will they focus on and what signals of China’s development will be released by the meeting? There are many things to look forward to.
Aspect 1: How to stabilize the economic market?
At present, my country’s economy is resilient and has ample potential, and its long-term positive fundamentals have not changed. At the same time, it is also facing triple pressures of shrinking demand, supply shocks, and weakening expectations. The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of last year emphasized that efforts should be made to stabilize the macroeconomic market.
Zhang Liqun, a researcher at the Macroeconomic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said that in the face of the intertwined impact of the epidemic in the century and the changes of the century, China’s economy must take the lead and seek progress while maintaining stability. By stabilizing the broader economic market, we will be able to overcome the impact of the epidemic, stabilize the bottom line of people’s livelihood, and gain a head start in the new round of growth.
How the two sessions will set the main expected targets for economic and social development has attracted much attention. Zhang Liqun said that taking into account the economic growth rate of the past two years, as well as the internal and external environment, economic growth potential and other conditions, actively and steadily setting targets for this year’s economic growth rate, employment, prices, etc. will help guide the expectations of all sectors of society and boost market confidence. Promote economic operation within a reasonable range.
Recently, a series of policies to stabilize the economy from demand to supply, foreign trade, industrial economy, and service industries have been intensively launched; investment is an important starting point for stabilizing growth, and major projects in the fields of “new infrastructure”, people’s livelihood, and environmental protection have been accelerated. It is worth looking forward to what policies and measures will be introduced to stabilize the economic market during the two sessions this year.
How to support the expansion of effective investment in key areas, rationally arrange local debt, implement larger-scale tax and fee reductions, stabilize the real estate market, increase energy supply guarantees, and strengthen support for the real economy, especially small and micro enterprises and technological innovation enterprises, etc. , will be hotly debated by the delegates.
According to Bai Chong’en, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and dean of the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University, increasing infrastructure investment is an important means of stabilizing growth, and choosing the “right” investment projects is crucial. Investment in related fields such as technological innovation, digital transformation of manufacturing, green and low-carbon transformation can not only create short-term demand, but also lay a solid foundation for medium- and long-term sustainable development.
Aspect 2: How to make progress while maintaining stability in important areas?
Only by seeking progress in stability can we achieve stability and long-term progress. In many important areas, how to plan and deploy the work this year and how to continue to advance the reform are important concerns of the deputies.
2022 is a crucial year for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and the effective connection of rural revitalization. On February 22, the No. 1 document of the Central Committee was released this year, which clarified two bottom lines – ensuring national food security and preventing large-scale return to poverty; and three priorities – rural development, rural construction, and rural governance.
Cheng Guoqiang, a professor at the School of Agriculture and Rural Development of Renmin University of China, said that in addition to implementing the hard measures to protect cultivated land with “long teeth”, it is necessary to focus on food production and importantagricultural productsSupply, but also pay attention to improving farmers’ enthusiasm. In view of the still weak foundation of economic development in some localities and the low income of some people who have been lifted out of poverty, we will strengthen dynamic and accurate monitoring, consolidate and upgrade characteristic industries in poverty-stricken areas, and increase financial security services.
Achieving the “two-carbon” goal is a broad and profound change. In January this year, the state introduced relevant policies to promote green consumption, calling for the expansion of the supply and consumption of green and low-carbon products. At the local two meetings held successively before, “dual carbon” and green and low-carbon development have become the top priorities of many local governments, and the layout of new energy has been included in the target list one after another.
Liu Qiang, a researcher at the Institute of Quantitative and Technological Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that controlling fossil energy consumption, promoting the development of new and clean energy, promoting the in-depth integration of emerging technologies such as Internet big data, artificial intelligence, and 5G with low-carbon industries, curbing the “two highs” “The blind development of the project promotes the transition from “dual control” of energy to “dual control” of total carbon emissions and intensity.
After building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, my country has entered a historical stage of solidly promoting common prosperity. How to effectively plan and explore the path will become an important focus of the delegates.
Liu Xueliang, director of the Income Distribution Research Office of the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that promoting common prosperity and high-quality development are the prerequisites and necessary conditions. It is necessary to completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, focus on solving the problems of regional disparities, urban-rural disparities, and income disparities, and focus on a series of innovative and breakthrough major measures.
Aspect 3: How to continue to strengthen people’s livelihood security?
Stable employment is the top priority of people’s livelihood security. The total number of employed people across the country is large, and the structural contradictions in employment are prominent, especially the youth groups, especially college graduates, are facing greater pressure for employment. Regarding how to create more employment opportunities, maximize the matching of people and positions, and implement labor security for 200 million flexible employment groups, the public expects the representatives to bring more and more specific opinions and suggestions.
Xu Guangjian, a professor at the Institute of Public Finance and Public Policy at the School of Public Administration of Renmin University of China, said that we must be alert to imported inflationary pressures, and we must continue to maintain stable consumer prices and protect them well.common people“Vegetable baskets” and “rice bags” have increased protection for low-income groups, especially those in difficulty.
Housing is related to thousands of households, “steady land price, stablehouse priceThe task of “stabilizing expectations” is arduous. Under the principle of “housing, not speculating,” how to meet reasonable housing needs and maintain a virtuous circle and healthy development of the real estate market is a topic of general concern to the whole society.
In addition, the implementation of the three-child birth policy,educatePeople’s livelihood concerns such as the “double reduction” policy, old-age security, renovation of old communities, and smart medical care will also receive widespread attention.
Point 4: How can epidemic prevention and control be more accurate?
Recently, the global epidemic has fluctuated and fluctuated. More than a dozen provinces in my country have reported new local confirmed cases, and the domestic epidemic is characterized by many points, wide areas, frequent occurrences, and superimposed epidemics of Delta and Omicron variants. How to do a good job in the normalization of epidemic prevention and control is the focus of social attention.
Mi Feng, spokesperson of the National Health and Medical Commission, pointed out a few days ago that it is necessary to seize the key “window period” in the early stage of the treatment of clustered epidemics, and resolutely and decisively take various prevention and control measures to achieve “social zero” as soon as possible.
As of March 1, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have reported a total of 3,135.598 million doses of the new coronavirus vaccine. Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the National Health Commission’s Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, said that vaccination is still a key means of epidemic prevention and control.
“Precision” has become the key word for epidemic prevention and control. Wu Zunyou, chief expert of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, believes that under the premise of adhering to the general strategy of “foreign defense against imports, internal defense against rebound” and the general policy of “dynamic clearing”, all localities must more precise prevention and control, precise treatment, and precise protection .
In the next step, how to further strengthen monitoring and early warning, improve screening efficiency, precise prevention and control, speed up the expansion of high-quality medical resources and regional balanced distribution, and promote more flexibility and resilience in medical treatment resources and public health systems, all need to be put forward by the representative members.
Aspect 5: How to amend the Local Organization Law?
An important agenda of this year’s National People’s Congress is to review the Organic Law of the Local People’s Congresses and Local People’s Governments at All Levels of the People’s Republic of China (Draft Amendment).
The Local Organization Law is the basic law on the organization and work system of local people’s congresses and local governments. It was passed in 1979 and has been revised five times. In 2021, the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress will adopt a decision to revise the Organic Law of the National People’s Congress and the Rules of Procedure of the National People’s Congress. The revision of the Local Organic Law is another important measure to uphold and improve the system of people’s congresses after the revision of the Organic Law of the National People’s Congress.
One of the highlights of the revised draft is that it responds to the new situation and new problems faced by local people’s congresses and local people’s governments at all levels, and further improves relevant organizations and working systems. For example, the functions and powers of the local people’s congresses and their standing committees should be refined, the establishment and names of special committees of the people’s congresses at the provincial and districted city levels should be further regulated, and the basic principles of building a law-based government, a service-oriented government, and a clean government should be clarified to adapt to supervision. Relevant content needs to be added to the system reform.
“Grassroots governance is an important part of the national governance system, but in practice, there are still problems such as the relatively single powers and powers of the grassroots people’s congress and the grassroots government, and the unclear role of the grassroots people’s congress standing committee, which needs to be regulated and clarified by law.” Deputies to the National People’s Congress , said Sun Xianzhong, a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
In addition, the draft amendment to the Local Organic Law also adds relevant provisions on “adhering to people’s democracy throughout the process” by local people’s congresses at all levels, standing committees of local people’s congresses at or above the county level, and local people’s governments at all levels.
Aspect 6: How to deal with the external environment?
The wounds of the global epidemic have not yet been healed, the international economy is in urgent need of recovery, and the challenges of climate change are severe. However, protectionism and unilateralism are rampant, the situation in Ukraine is complex and changeable, and the world situation is fierce and turbulent. How China handles complex international relations, insists on opening to the outside world, and builds a community with a shared future for mankind has attracted much attention.
In 2022, China will continue to play an important role in the multilateral agenda of global governance, including hosting the BRICS leaders’ meeting and attending APEC, G20 and SCO and other related meetings. Analysts pointed out that this year, China’s diplomacy will promote the development of economic globalization towards a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction, and create a sound, safe and stable external environment for domestic economic development.
This year is also the tenth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and many countries, and it is an important node for China to further expand its global partnership. Ruan Zongze, executive vice president of the China Institute of International Studies, said that under the leadership of the diplomacy of the head of state, China will promote coordination and cooperation with major powers, deepen relations with neighboring countries, strengthen solidarity and cooperation with the vast number of developing countries, and continuously expand the “circle of friends”, and cooperate with the rest of the world. Win-win cooperation among countries.
On January 1, the “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement” officially entered into force in 10 countries including China, marking the official landing of the free trade zone with the largest population, the largest economic and trade scale and the greatest development potential in the world. Ruan Zongze said that actively serving domestic opening-up and development will be one of the priorities of China’s diplomatic work this year. The high-quality joint construction of the “Belt and Road”, the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the promotion of China-Japan-Korea free trade negotiations, and the realization of deeper regional economic integration will all be topics discussed by the delegates.
In addition, how to strengthen international anti-epidemic cooperation and build a global immunization defense line also requires the collective efforts of the representatives.
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(Article source: Chinasecuritiesnewspaper)