Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 17th
On October 17th, Press Center for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held a press conference, inviting Zhao Chenxin, member and deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Cong Liang, member of the National Development and Reform Commission, secretary and director of the State Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, and Ren Jingdong, member and deputy director of the National Energy Administration, to introduce the implementation of the new development concept, build a new development pattern, promote high-quality development, and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization, and answer questions from reporters. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei photo
Theoretical innovation leads economic and social development and makes historic achievements.
Zhao Chenxi introduced that since the 18 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s economic and social development has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes. From 2012 to 2021, China’s GDP increased from 53.9 trillion yuan to 114.4 trillion yuan, the proportion of China’s economy in the world economy increased from 11.3% to 18.5%, and the per capita GDP of China increased from 39,800 yuan to 81,000 yuan.
He said that the historic leap of China’s economic strength and the extraordinary and extraordinary great achievements in economic construction were achieved against the background of severe and complicated international situation and various major risks and challenges. This is due to the steering of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary and the scientific guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era.
Zhao Chenxin said that the supreme leader’s economic thought insists on observing, grasping and leading the times with Marxism, and in the process of adapting to the new situation, solving new problems and coping with new challenges, it has continuously formed a series of theoretical achievements with distinctive times and creativity, which has made important original contributions to enriching and developing Marxist political economy. The supreme leader’s economic thought has pointed out the correct direction and provided fundamental follow-up for us to do a good job in economic work in the new era, to solve development problems, to enhance development momentum and to cultivate development advantages. At present, China has successfully achieved the goal of the first century of struggle, and is striding on a new journey to the goal of the second century of struggle in high spirits. We are closer, more confident and more capable of realizing the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history.
Firmly grasp the initiative of food security
Food security is "the biggest in the country". When answering whether China can hold on to his rice bowl, Cong Liang said that China’s food security capability has been continuously improved. Since 2015, the grain output has remained above 1.3 trillion Jin for seven consecutive years. In 2021, the per capita grain output was 483.5 kg, even without considering the supplement of imports and abundant stocks, only the per capita grain output has exceeded the internationally recognized food security line of 400 kg; 900 million mu of high-standard farmland has been built, and the improved varieties of food crops have basically achieved full coverage; The grain circulation remained efficient and smooth, and the national standard warehouse was intact with a storage capacity of 700 million tons; Food emergency support is more powerful. There are 6,000 food emergency processing enterprises, 53,000 emergency supply outlets and 4,199 emergency storage and transportation enterprises, which are capable of coping with all kinds of major natural disasters and public emergencies.
"In the future, we have the foundation, conditions, ability and confidence, and always firmly grasp the initiative of food security." Cong Liang said that the next step will be to increase the protection and construction of cultivated land and strictly observe the red line of 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land; Strengthen scientific and technological support such as modern seed industry, realize independent and controllable provenance, and improve the research and development and application level of agricultural machinery and equipment; Optimize the production layout and strengthen the construction of grain production functional areas; Strengthen the regulation of purchasing and storage, strengthen the coordinated guarantee of grain production, purchase, storage and marketing, improve the monitoring and early warning system, and maintain a reasonable reserve scale; Carry out food saving and impairment, and promote food saving and nutrition and health.
Promote coordinated regional development and promote the construction of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Zhao Chenxin said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s coordinated regional development has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes. The top-level design of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development has been completed. The Yangtze River Economic Belt insists on joint protection and does not engage in large-scale development, and the rectification of outstanding problems in the ecological environment is accelerated. The integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta presents a new atmosphere. The "1+N+X" planning system for ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin was accelerated. The relative gap in regional development continues to shrink. Special types of areas to achieve revitalization and development.
Focusing on the next step of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area construction, Zhao Chenxin said that he will focus on key areas, with major cooperation platforms such as Hengqin, Qianhai, Nansha and Hetao as the guide, accelerate the construction of Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center, improve the "two corridors" and "two points" architecture system of Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center, promote the integrated development of Greater Bay Area market in an orderly manner, optimize and upgrade the functions of world-class airports and ports, and strengthen the co-construction and sharing of public services. We will fully support Hong Kong and Macao to deeply participate in the construction of Greater Bay Area, so that Hong Kong and Macao can gain broader development space and continuous development momentum from the overall situation of national development.
Hold the bottom line of energy security
In response to the reporter’s concern about energy security, Ren Jingdong said that he will hold the bottom line of energy security from three aspects.
First, do a solid job in strengthening the foundation. Give full play to the ballast role of coal and the basic regulatory role of coal-fired power, vigorously enhance the exploration and development of oil and gas, and strive to achieve an annual comprehensive energy production capacity of more than 4.6 billion tons of standard coal in China by 2025. The second is to do a solid job of orderly substitution. Focusing on the long-term development needs, we will comprehensively build a clean energy supply system such as wind, light, water and nuclear power, solidly promote the construction of major hydropower and nuclear power projects, and make overall plans to promote the construction of large-scale wind power photovoltaic bases focusing on deserts, Gobi and desert areas. The third is to do a solid job in risk management and control. Establish and improve early warning mechanisms for coal, oil and gas, electricity supply and demand, continuously strengthen infrastructure construction such as emergency power supply and interconnection of pipe networks, solidly improve the level of regional mutual aid and multi-energy, and continuously strengthen the safe supply of energy in key areas and key time periods.
Continuously improve the toughness and safety level of the industrial chain supply chain.
In response to the question of how to maintain the safety and stability of China’s industrial chain supply chain, Zhao Chenxin said that around the continuous improvement of the resilience and safety level of China’s industrial chain supply chain, five key tasks are being continuously promoted: first, forging long boards to make up for shortcomings, second, stabilizing industrial production, third, optimizing industrial layout, fourth, deepening open cooperation, and fifth, strengthening risk prevention.
In response to the reporter’s concern about the national reserve, Cong Liang said that China will speed up the construction of a national reserve system in line with the status of a big country, improve the national reserve system and mechanism, further enhance the reserve strength, give full play to the reserve function, and continuously improve the ability and level of preventing and resolving risk challenges.
Promote high-level opening to the outside world.
Focusing on the situation of foreign investment in China, Zhao Chenxin said that since the beginning of this year, under the overall background of repeated delays in the global epidemic, complicated and severe international situation and weak transnational investment, China has overcome multiple difficulties in attracting foreign investment and achieved remarkable results in increasing steadily and improving quality steadily. From January to August this year, China used 892.74 billion yuan of foreign capital, a year-on-year increase of 16.4% according to comparable caliber. Generally speaking, multinational companies have confidence in investing in China and are optimistic about the China market for a long time.
"The door to China’s opening in the future will only grow bigger and bigger." He said that China will promote high-level opening-up, further strengthen the encouragement of foreign investment, further promote the landing of major foreign-funded projects, and further optimize its services to foreign-funded enterprises.
Some people think that "taking the domestic big cycle as the main body" means that China has to make a big contraction in opening up. Zhao Chenxi emphasized that this understanding is wrong. Building a new development pattern is an open domestic and international double cycle, not a closed domestic single cycle. In the next step, China will focus on smoothing the national economic cycle, firmly implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand, continue to deepen reforms, break down institutional and institutional obstacles, accelerate the construction of a new open economic system at a higher level, and promote the smooth communication of domestic and international dual cycles.
China’s economy will be consolidated and stabilized.
When answering the question about the economic situation in China this year, Zhao Chenxin said that since the beginning of this year, China’s economy has fluctuated from month to month, but it has generally continued to recover its development trend. Judging from the current situation, the economy rebounded significantly in the third quarter.
"There are difficulties and challenges in China’s economic operation, but it is more full of opportunities." He said that China has a population of more than 1.4 billion, the largest middle-income group in the world, and a huge market advantage. Together with a complete industrial system, a complete industrial chain and an increasingly modern infrastructure system, these basic conditions provide great opportunities and broad market space for the development of various enterprises. China’s economic recovery will be further consolidated.
The three delegates also answered other questions raised by reporters. About 270 domestic and foreign journalists from more than 160 media attended the press conference. (Reporter Shen Cheng, Dai Xiaohe, An Bei)
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