Hold high the banner of reform and opening up.
Reform and opening up is the most distinctive feature of contemporary China and the most distinctive banner of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the new historical period. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, the overall goal of comprehensively deepening reform has been set, and the reform has changed from partial exploration and breaking through the ice to systematic integration and comprehensive deepening, thus creating a new situation for China’s reform and opening up.
Deepen reform in an all-round way and stimulate vitality
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has faced a complicated and severe situation in promoting reform and opening up, but the pace of comprehensively deepening reform is firm.
Internationally, the international environment facing China is generally favorable, but positive and negative factors are intertwined. Domestically, the economy is changing from medium-high-speed growth to high-quality growth, and the development faces new tasks of power transformation, mode transformation and structural adjustment. Some deep-seated institutional and institutional problems and barriers to solidification of interests are increasingly emerging, and the reform has entered a critical period and deep-water areas.
Hit the water in the middle stream, and those who are eager to advance; When people get halfway up the mountain, only the brave win. The reform has made full efforts and made many breakthroughs, and it has been comprehensively promoted and accumulated.
Focusing on further liberating and developing social productive forces, liberating and enhancing social vitality, China’s "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform has been further promoted, reforms in key areas have been accelerated, an international business environment based on marketization and rule of law has been accelerated, and the endogenous power of the market has been optimized and improved.
— — Stimulate the vitality of market players and achieve new results in reform.
The potential of micro-subjects is further released. In November 2018, a private enterprise symposium was held in Beijing, and a series of policy measures were put forward to support the development and growth of the private economy, which created a better development environment for the private economy.
By the end of 2021, there were 154 million registered market entities in China, including 48.42 million enterprises and 103 million individual industrial and commercial households, with private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises accounting for over 90%. The rapid growth of newly established market players has played an important role in promoting high-quality economic development and stabilizing employment. At the same time, the burden of market players was reduced by more than 2.6 trillion yuan in the whole year, and the new tax reduction and fee reduction exceeded 1 trillion yuan. The balance of small and micro loans in the country increased by 27.3% year-on-year, which played a huge role in "staying green and winning the future".
— — Press the "fast forward button" in the reform of state-owned enterprises.
In June 2020, the 14th meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform deliberated and adopted the Three-year Action Plan for State-owned Enterprise Reform (2020— 2022), which is a programmatic document for deepening the reform of state-owned enterprises in China in the new stage of development.
In 2021, with a series of major strategic reorganization and professional integration, such as China Star Network, China Logistics and China Rare Earth Group, the state-owned economy will further move towards strategic emerging industries. The reform of mixed ownership of state-owned enterprises continued to deepen. In 2021, central enterprises implemented more than 890 mixed ownership reforms and introduced more than 380 billion yuan of social capital. The three-year reform of state-owned enterprises has achieved 70% of the target tasks.
— — New steps have been taken in building a high-standard market system.
Market system is the carrier of market economy. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee has attached great importance to the construction of a high-standard market system, and the decisive role of the market in resource allocation has been increasingly enhanced.
In February 2021, with the release of the Action Plan for Building a High-standard Market System, another powerful measure to speed up the improvement of the socialist market economic system began to be implemented. At the end of the same year, the Central Committee comprehensively deepened the 23rd meeting of the Reform Commission, deliberated and adopted the Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of a National Unified Market, and pointed out that to build a new development pattern, it is urgent to speed up the construction of an efficient, standardized, fair competition and fully open national unified market, establish a national unified market system and rules, and promote the smooth flow of commodity elements and resources in a wider range.
With the great progress in the construction of the market system, the market scale and volume are constantly increasing, the market structure is continuously optimized, and the market development environment is continuously improved, and the external attraction of the domestic market is obviously enhanced.
Implement a more proactive opening-up strategy
In September, 2021, China International Fair for Trade in Services, Beijing, in the first digital service area, virtual reality glasses, unmanned vehicles and drones showed a picture of future digital life … … In this year, China’s supply-side structural reform has achieved new results, and the trend of industrial structure upgrading is more obvious. The high-tech manufacturing industry and equipment industry have developed rapidly, and new products, new formats and new models have emerged in the fields of sharing economy and digital economy, which has become the latest footnote for building a new development pattern.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that opening to the outside world is China’s basic national policy; Taking the domestic macro-cycle as the main body is by no means a closed operation behind closed doors, but by exerting the potential of domestic demand, the domestic market and the international market can be better connected, and the international and domestic markets and resources can be better utilized to achieve stronger and sustainable development.
Accelerate the promotion of better connectivity between the domestic market and the international market. In 2013, China became the world’s largest commodity trading country, with the total import and export volume reaching 4.16 trillion US dollars. In 2021, China’s import and export scale reached 6.05 trillion US dollars, a record high. Meanwhile, the trade structure continued to improve. In 2021, the import and export volume of general trade accounted for 61.6% of the total import and export volume, and the export volume of mechanical and electrical products accounted for 59.0% of the total export volume. Structural optimization enhanced the stamina of foreign trade; The import and export volume of cross-border e-commerce reached 1.98 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.0% over the previous year, and the number of overseas warehouses exceeded 2,000. The new model has become an important support for foreign trade development.
Actively expand imports, release the potential of domestic demand, and make a strong domestic market the main engine of its own development and the accelerator of common development. In 2018, the first China International Import Expo was held in Shanghai, which was the first national-level exhibition with the theme of import in the world. In 2021, the 4th China International Import Expo(CIIE) held an unprecedented grand occasion. More than 2,900 enterprises from 127 countries and regions participated in the exhibition, and China International Import Expo(CIIE) became a "demonstration window" to build a new development pattern.
Promote the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and make new progress. In recent years, more than 200 cooperation documents have been signed with 147 countries and 32 international organizations to jointly build the "Belt and Road". Over the years, China-Europe trains have broken through 50,000 trains and transported more than 4.55 million TEUs. Building the "Belt and Road" has become a popular platform for international public goods and international cooperation in the world today.
The construction of Pilot Free Trade Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port promotes institutional opening. On September 29, 2013, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone was put into operation, and a national experiment to explore new ways and accumulate new experiences for comprehensively deepening reform and opening up set sail here. At present, China has set up 21 pilot free trade zones in batches, covering the east, west, north and south, and gradually growing into an important pole to stimulate China’s economic growth.
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Opening up will not stop, and reform will not stop. The CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core made a scientific judgment on the economic situation, made timely adjustments to the development concepts and ideas, and guided the steady and healthy development of China’s economy and society. The open China injected strong kinetic energy and warmth into the recovery of the world economy.
Focus on establishing a basic institutional framework in various fields.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s market economy system has been continuously improved. The basic institutional framework in various fields has been basically established, and many fields have achieved historic changes, systematic remodeling and overall reconstruction.
Through the comprehensive deepening of reform and opening up, we have formed a strong domestic economic cycle system and a solid basic disk, and continuously increased the attractiveness of global factor resources, competitiveness in fierce international competition, and driving force in global resource allocation.
In 2022, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Overall Plan for Comprehensive Reform of Factor Marketization Allocation" to promote the further development of factor marketization allocation reform. We will carry out pilot projects for comprehensive reform of market-oriented allocation of factors, strive to break down institutional and institutional obstacles that hinder the independent and orderly flow of factors, and comprehensively improve the efficiency of coordinated allocation of factors. According to the plan, by 2025, the pilot tasks will be basically completed, and the market-oriented allocation reform of factors will achieve landmark results, making an important demonstration for improving the national factor market system.
The Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of a Unified National Electricity Market System was published in February this year, which started a new round of power system reform. According to the Guiding Opinions, by 2030, the national unified power market system will be basically completed, and the sharing and mutual assistance of power resources and optimal allocation will be promoted on a larger scale throughout the country, laying the foundation for economic development.
The new open economic system at a higher level has reached a new level. We are accelerating the construction of new international economic and trade relations, promoting coordination and cooperation among major powers, deepening economic and trade relations with neighboring countries, strengthening solidarity and cooperation with developing countries, expanding mutual benefit and win-win results, and actively creating a good external environment.
The negative list of foreign investment access in the 2021 edition of the National Pilot Free Trade Zone was further reduced. After the implementation in early 2022, the manufacturing items on the negative list of the Pilot Free Trade Zone were cleared.
On January 1, 2022, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) came into effect. Building a new open economic system at a higher level ushered in a new opportunity. The RCEP origin accumulation rule will strongly promote the minimization of production costs and the optimization of trade efficiency in the region, which is conducive to strengthening the cooperation of industrial chain and supply chain in the region. At the same time, it will enhance the mutual investment growth among member States.
Up to now, China has signed 19 free trade agreements with 26 countries and regions, with free trade partners covering Asia, Oceania, Latin America, Europe and Africa. The trade volume between China and its free trade partners accounts for about 35% of the total foreign trade.
Facing the future, the closer we get to national rejuvenation, the more full of risks and challenges. However, we firmly believe that with the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the United struggle of hundreds of millions of people, there will be overwhelming power. "Today, the Chinese nation is showing the world a thriving atmosphere and is moving towards a great rejuvenation at an unstoppable pace." The sonorous words of the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader show firm confidence and winning strength. (Economic Daily reporter Feng Qiyu)