Continue to implement active fiscal policy and accelerate economic system reform and structural adjustment
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Last Update: 2003-03-12
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Entrusted by the State Council, Zeng Peiyan, director of the State Planning Commission, reported on the focus of future economic work to achieve the goals of this year's national economic and social development plan at the plenary session of the 17th session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress this morning Zeng Peiyan said that in the future, economic work should adhere to the policy of expanding domestic demand, seize development opportunities, continue to implement positive fiscal policies, speed up the pace of economic system reform and structural adjustment, focus on solving prominent contradictions and problems in economic life, and promote the realization of a virtuous cycle of national economic development He introduced the focus of economic work in the current and future period from 10 aspects: (1) continue to implement positive financial policies and strengthen the construction and management of national debt projects The State Council suggested that, on the basis of the scale of issuance of treasury bonds at the beginning of the year, an additional 50 billion yuan of long-term construction treasury bonds should be issued this year and included in the central budget The funds raised by the issuance of additional treasury bonds are basically used to speed up the construction progress of the bond projects in the people's Republic of China, including making up for the lack of local supporting funds for the bond projects in the central and western regions It focuses on infrastructure, ecological construction, urban environmental protection and water source facilities, technological innovation and industrial upgrading, construction of national grain storage, subsidies for construction of teaching facilities in western universities, sand source control projects around Beijing and Tianjin and protection and construction of natural grassland In order to improve the efficiency of the use of national debt funds, all relevant parties should conscientiously sum up the experience and lessons, earnestly take responsibility, do a good job in the construction and management of national debt projects, ensure that the funds are in place in time, and prevent the emergence of "beard project" In accordance with the law of the people's Republic of China on Tenders and bids and the relevant provisions on strengthening project quality management, the responsibility system for project quality management shall be implemented We will strictly implement the relevant provisions on the allocation and use of treasury bonds to prevent misappropriation We will strengthen the inspection of key industries and major projects, and seriously investigate and punish all kinds of violations of laws and disciplines (2) adjust and optimize the economic structure of agriculture and rural areas, and further consolidate the basic position of agriculture We should effectively protect cultivated land, especially basic farmland and its supporting agricultural infrastructure The main grain producing areas should stabilize the planting area, select, introduce and popularize excellent varieties, and improve the grain production efficiency We will continue to adhere to the policy of open purchase of farmers' surplus grain and high quality and good price at the protection price, and appropriately adjust the scope of purchase of grain protection price Actively promote the industrialization of agriculture and greatly improve the processing and transformation capacity of agricultural products On the basis of standardization, we should vigorously develop order agriculture, animal husbandry and aquaculture, and improve the comprehensive economic benefits of agriculture We should take effective measures to reverse the slow growth of farmers' income We will further strengthen water conservancy infrastructure construction, improve agricultural production conditions, and improve our ability to resist natural disasters (3) to further expand the field of consumption and boost economic growth Accelerate the formulation of corresponding consumption policies, resolutely cancel all unreasonable charges for the purchase of cars, and eliminate various forms of local protection measures; continue to implement preferential policies for the construction of affordable housing, meet the purchase demand of low-income families, and accelerate the opening of housing transaction market; adjust the structure of telecommunication charges, further reduce the charging standards, and improve the quality of telecommunication services; actively We should develop education in high school and above, work out specific measures to encourage social forces to run schools, meet the needs of residents to expand education consumption, give full play to the function of individual income tax to regulate income distribution, improve the tax system, strengthen collection and management, and levy inheritance tax as soon as possible 4 We will continue to deepen the reform of state-owned enterprises and increase the adjustment of industrial structure The state-owned large and medium-sized backbone enterprises should speed up the establishment of modern enterprise system and, if possible, develop the limited liability company and joint stock limited company with multiple investors through joint-stock reform We should actively and steadily do a good job in the work of enterprise merger and bankruptcy and debt to equity swap, promote the mechanism of enterprise conversion, and strive to improve the management level, technological innovation ability and international competitiveness We will continue to improve the reform of small and medium-sized state-owned enterprises and increase support for them Speed up the pace of industrial restructuring Vigorously develop information technology and other high-tech industries Relying on key national construction projects, accelerate the research and development of key equipment in urban rail transit, environmental protection, petrochemical industry, electric power and other fields and the production technology of regional aircraft, organize the digestion and absorption of imported technology, and improve the level of domestic manufacturing industry We will continue to strengthen the technological transformation of key enterprises and enhance their technological innovation capabilities by adopting new technologies and processes, focusing on increasing varieties, improving quality, saving energy and reducing consumption, and making comprehensive use of them (5) create an environment of fair competition and promote the rapid development of the non-state economy The non-state-owned economy should be treated equally with the state-owned economy in terms of enterprise establishment, land use, listed financing, import and export, etc Develop intermediary agencies to provide enterprises with services in policy, law, technology, information, etc Support and guide qualified non-state-owned enterprises to participate in infrastructure construction and investment in education, health and other public undertakings We will improve the law on sole proprietorship enterprises and encourage individuals to start businesses (6) continue to improve the three social security lines and accelerate the establishment and improvement of the social security system First, we will ensure that the basic living expenses of laid-off workers in state-owned enterprises and the basic pensions of retirees in enterprises are paid in full and on time, and we will make up for the new arrears this year as soon as possible Second, we will further expand the coverage of urban social insurance, enforce social insurance in all kinds of enterprises and institutions according to law, improve the rate of collection and payment of social insurance premiums, and strictly implement the "two lines of income and expenditure" management of social insurance funds Third, expand the channels of social security funds, gradually increase the proportion of social security expenditure in the financial budgets at all levels, and enrich the social security funds by reducing the proportion of state-owned shares of listed companies and expanding lottery issuance Fourth, accelerate the formulation of the social insurance law, establish a social security system independent of enterprises and institutions, put forward specific plans to improve the social security system as soon as possible, and start the pilot program from next year (7) we should pay close attention to the preparations for China's accession to the WTO and constantly improve the level of opening up We will further expand economic and technological cooperation and exchanges with foreign countries, and work to clean up and revise existing foreign economic policies, laws and regulations We will promote reform of the foreign trade management system, further reduce the variety of commodities under quota and license management, and improve quota management and bidding methods Adhere to the market diversification strategy We will further optimize the structure of export commodities We will actively implement the opening-up strategy of "going global", make plans and supporting policies and regulations, encourage domestic enterprises with competitive advantages and large production capacity to invest in overseas factories, carry out processing trade, cooperate in the development of resources and contract projects with foreign countries, and promote the export of domestic equipment, technology and raw materials We will actively, rationally and effectively attract foreign investment, and step by step promote the opening up of finance, insurance, telecommunications and other fields (8) we will do a good job in increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, and give full play to the role of Finance in supporting economic development We will strengthen tax collection and management, adhere to the principle of tax collection according to the rate, strictly enforce the law, strictly prohibit unauthorized tax reduction, tax deferment and exemption, and crack down on fraudulent export tax rebates in accordance with the law We will further deepen the reform of the fiscal and taxation system, and implement fuel tax and vehicle purchase tax at the right time We will continue to implement sound monetary policies, prevent and resolve financial risks, and ensure the safe, efficient and sound operation of finance First, flexible use of a variety of monetary policy tools, timely adjustment of the money supply We will steadily push forward the market-oriented reform of interest rates Second, in accordance with the requirements of establishing a modern banking system, we will deepen the reform of state-owned commercial banks and improve the internal incentive and restraint mechanisms Third, we will do a good job in rectifying and merging small and medium-sized financial institutions Fourth, further standardize the securities market and actively expand direct financing Timely launch the GEM market mainly for small and medium-sized technology enterprises, and continue to promote the listing of large state-owned backbone enterprises overseas (9) to do a good job in starting the development of the western region and implement policies and measures to promote the development of the western region We will continue to speed up infrastructure construction in the central and western regions, and do a good job in the pilot projects of returning farmland to forests and grasslands and natural forest protection projects in the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River To formulate and implement policies and measures to promote the development of the western region We will gradually increase the scale of transfer payments from the central government to the western regions, and the state funds for poverty alleviation will mainly be used in the western poor areas and ethnic minority areas Investment within the state budget, treasury bond funds and foreign preferential loans continue to tilt towards the central and western regions (10) vigorously promote scientific and technological innovation, accelerate the pace of education, scientific and technological reform and development, and realize the coordinated development of economic construction and various social undertakings We will comprehensively promote the commercialization and transformation of applied scientific research institutions of all departments and local governments, carry out pilot reforms of public welfare scientific research institutions, and vigorously develop science and technology intermediary services We will speed up the establishment of venture capital mechanisms and formulate preferential policies to encourage social investment Accelerate the construction of the national innovation system, continue to focus on the construction of national innovation bases such as major scientific projects, national engineering centers and national key laboratories, concentrate on tackling a number of key and common technologies in economic and social development, and master a number of independent intellectual property rights and core technologies We will strengthen support for compulsory education in poor areas, and continue to reform and adjust the distribution of higher education on the basis of complementary advantages, rational allocation and full use of educational resources We will increase the size of scholarships, subsidies and student loans for students from poor families, and encourage students to work part-time to study Tal (author:)
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