Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 12th: The economic development has greatly improved, and the ecological environment has been greatly improved – “China’s Ten Years” series of press conferences focus on the construction and reform of economic and ecological civilization
Xinhua News Agency reporter
Building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, starting a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, the new development concept is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and major milestones have been achieved in economic and social development and ecological civilization construction…
The Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held the third press conference on the theme of “This Decade of China” on the 12th, focusing on the construction and reform of economic and ecological civilization.
On May 12, the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a series of press conferences on the theme of “This Decade of China” in Beijing, inviting Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Central Finance Office in charge of daily work, Hu Zucai, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, and Li, deputy minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Meng, Ye Min, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative of International Trade Negotiations, and Chen Yulu, Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China, introduced the construction and reform of economic and ecological civilization, and answered questions from reporters.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
Turning challenges into opportunities
This is a decade in which my country’s economic strength has reached a new level. This is a decade in which innovative development, coordinated development, green development, open development, and shared development have been steadily promoted. Ten years of continuous reform and improvement of the economic system and ecological civilization system…
“The most outstanding theoretical achievement in the past ten years is the formation of Xi Jinping’s economic thought and Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought. The most outstanding practical achievement is that the economic development has been greatly improved and the ecological environment has been greatly improved.” The office of the Central Financial and Economic Commission is in charge of daily work. Deputy Director Han Wenxiu said.
In response to the current pressure, Han Wenxiu emphasized that the epidemic must be prevented, the economy must be stabilized, and development must be safe. All these aspects must be taken into account, not one. “This is a difficult action, and it is a major test for all regions and departments, and it must be implemented carefully.”
Han Wenxiu said that the epidemic is a “stumbling block” for economic and social development. It is necessary to scientifically, accurately and effectively prevent and control the epidemic to create a fundamental prerequisite for the normal operation of the economy and society. In terms of economic work, we must speed up the implementation of the established policies and strive to implement them all in the first half of the year; we must promptly plan and launch incremental policy tools; we must unswervingly deepen reforms, expand opening up, and invigorate the economy; and fully tap the potential of domestic demand.
“China’s economy is at a critical moment of overcoming difficulties and climbing obstacles. We are still facing problems in progress and troubles in growth. As long as we strengthen our confidence and face difficulties, we will be able to turn challenges into opportunities. This is the basic logic of China’s economic development.” Han Wenxiu said.
The quality of people’s life and the level of social sharing have achieved historic progress and all-round leaps
Hu Zucai, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the quality of people’s life and the level of social sharing have achieved historic progress and an all-round leap.
Hu Zucai used “one historicity, three all-rounds” to describe the achievements of the people’s livelihood construction in the past ten years – “the problem of absolute poverty has been solved historically”, “people’s living standards have been improved in all directions”, “all-round universal and inclusive public services”, “social safety net” All-round weaving.”
“Adhere to do our best and do what we can, and continue to protect and improve people’s livelihood in the process of development.” He said, strive to allow all people to enjoy a higher quality of life in high-quality development, step by step, toward the goal of common prosperity. .
Achieving the goal of carbon neutrality is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. Hu Zucai said that he will continue to improve the “1+N” policy system of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, vigorously promote the energy revolution, promote the green and low-carbon transformation and development of the industry, advocate a green lifestyle, and actively participate in global climate governance.
“Maintain strategic focus, keep a close eye on the ‘double carbon’ goal, do not relax, be down-to-earth, work hard for a long time, do not engage in ‘carbon charge’, do not engage in sports ‘carbon reduction’, and promote the ‘double carbon’ work in an orderly and effective manner.” He said.
The road of independent innovation with Chinese characteristics is getting wider and wider
“This is the decade in which my country has made the greatest progress in science and technology and its strength has improved the fastest. The scientific and technological undertakings have undergone historic, overall and structural changes, successfully entered the ranks of innovative countries, and fully integrated into the global innovation network, showing the characteristics of a new era. The overall layout and development trend.” said Li Meng, deputy minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to scientific and technological innovation, listed innovation as the top of the new development concept, made strategic and overall plans for my country’s scientific and technological innovation, and proposed a series of foundation-laying moves, As a long-term strategy, the path of independent innovation with Chinese characteristics will become wider and wider.
The ratio of the whole society’s R&D investment to GDP has increased from 1.91% to 2.44%, and the global innovation index ranking has risen from 34th to 12th; the construction of high-speed railways, 5G networks and other world-leading construction, manned spaceflight, Mars exploration, etc. A major breakthrough in the field…
Li Meng said that the 143 tasks deployed in the implementation plan for deepening the reform of the scientific and technological system have been fully completed, and an institutional and basic framework to support comprehensive innovation has been basically established. Substantial progress has been made in the reform of key areas and key links, and breakthroughs have been made in some key difficulties and blocking problems that have not been resolved for a long time.
The construction of a modern environmental governance system has a long way to go
The ecological environment governance system is an important part of the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, and it is also an important institutional guarantee for the realization of the goal of a beautiful China. In 2020, the Central Office and the State Office issued the “Guiding Opinions on Building a Modern Environmental Governance System”, which for the first time clarified the basic content of a modern environmental governance system.
Ye Min, deputy minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that in consolidating the main responsibilities of the party and government, the central government and each province have formulated lists of responsibilities for ecological and environmental protection. Eco-environmental protection inspector.
In terms of the construction of the rule of law in the ecological environment, since the 13th Five-Year Plan, 13 laws and 17 administrative regulations have been formulated and revised, including the Law on the Prevention and Control of Air, Water and Soil Pollution. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress conducts law enforcement inspections in the field of ecological environment every year to strengthen the connection between administrative law enforcement and criminal justice.
In terms of improving the market mechanism, the national carbon emission rights trading market has launched online trading. Establish a horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism for the entire Yangtze and Yellow River basins. Establish a national green development fund. The role of green finance, taxation and finance continues to increase.
At the same time, more than 3.3 million fixed pollution sources across the country have been included in the sewage management to guide the low-carbon and green transformation and development of enterprises. Promote the formation of a green lifestyle.
“The construction of an environmental governance system has a long way to go.” Ye Min said that it is necessary to further consolidate local ecological and environmental protection responsibilities, improve the vertical management system for monitoring, supervising, and law enforcement by ecological environment agencies below the province, continue to strengthen corporate environmental governance responsibilities, and strengthen social supervision and market system construction.
Unswervingly expand high-level opening up
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has steadily promoted opening-up and development. Wang Shouwen, vice minister of commerce and deputy representative of international trade negotiations, said that in 2012, the total value of trade in goods and services was US$4.4 trillion, ranking second in the world; in 2021, it will increase to US$6.9 trillion, ranking first in the world for two consecutive years.
Institutional opening was accelerated. Wang Shouwen introduced that in 2013, my country launched the first negative list for foreign investment access in the Pilot Free Trade Zone, and the restrictive measures were reduced from 190 to the current 27; in 2016, the country implemented a negative list management model for foreign investment access, restricting measures From the initial 93 items to 31 items; in 2020, the Foreign Investment Law will be implemented; in 2021, the first cross-border service trade negative list will be launched in Hainan. 21 pilot free trade zones have been established, and 278 institutional innovation achievements have been replicated and promoted nationwide. The construction of Hainan Free Trade Port has been launched, and more than 120 institutional innovation achievements have been launched.
“This year’s Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) comes into effect, which means that the world‘s largest free trade zone with the largest population and largest economic and trade scale has officially landed.” Wang Shouwen said that China will actively promote its accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), taking a new step towards the goal of a high-standard free trade agreement.
Firmly defend the bottom line of no systemic financial risks
“Put stable growth in a more prominent position, strengthen cross-cycle policy adjustment, and proactively plan incremental policy tools.” Chen Yulu, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, said that he will continue to stabilize the total amount of credit, reduce financing costs, and strengthen focus on key areas. Financial support for areas and weak links will be strengthened, and further support for the real economy will be increased.
In response to the impact of the epidemic, the implementation of prudent monetary policy has been stepped up, which strongly supports the stability of the macroeconomic market. my country has promptly introduced 23 policy measures to strengthen financial services and increase support for the real economy, and introduced a number of new structural monetary policy tools to increase targeted support for weak links such as green development and small and micro enterprises.
Chen Yulu said that after concentrated tackling, the risk points accumulated in my country’s financial system for a long time have been effectively dealt with, and financial risks have been generally converged and generally controllable. Financial risks in key institutions and key areas were prudently resolved, and the number of high-risk small and medium-sized financial institutions dropped significantly. The special rectification of Internet financial risks was successfully completed, and all Internet platform corporate financial services were brought under supervision. The financialization and bubbleization of the real estate market has been effectively curbed, and the hidden debt risks of local governments have been properly resolved.
Chen Yulu said that the next step will be to adhere to the equal emphasis on risk prevention and mitigation and the construction of long-term mechanisms, financial risk disposal and anti-corruption recovery, and equal emphasis on improving the effectiveness of supervision and reform, innovation and development. The bottom line for the occurrence of systemic financial risk. (Reporters An Bei, Wu Yu, Gao Jing, Hu Zhe, Wang Yuxiao)
