How can the Private Economy Development Bureau strengthen the private economy? Qingdao, Jinan, Wenzhou and other places have accumulated practical experience

On September 4th, at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office to promote high-quality development of the private economy, Zhang Shixin, Deputy Secretary General and Director of the Personnel Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that recently, the Central Compilation Office officially approved the establishment of the Private Economy Development Bureau as an internal institution of the National Development and Reform Commission.

Zhang Shixin stated that the main responsibilities of the Private Economy Development Bureau are to track, understand and analyze the development status of the private economy, coordinate and organize the formulation of policies and measures to promote the development of the private economy, and formulate policies to promote the development of private investment. Establish a regular communication and exchange mechanism with private enterprises, coordinate and solve major issues related to the development of the private economy, and support the enhancement of international competitiveness of the private economy.

Regarding the main responsibilities of the Private Economy Development Bureau, the CCTV News client interpreted the article and stated that after reading the entire article, including punctuation, in these 103 words, there is understanding and analysis, coordination, communication and exchange, and problem-solving, but only the word "management" is not mentioned. This indicates that our government departments have a profound understanding of how to develop the private economy and a clear idea of how to proceed with the next step of work. Compared to strict management, what the current private economy needs more is support and encouragement, policy coordination, and practical services. I hope that various regions and departments can understand the good intentions and profound meaning of caring for the healthy development of the private economy from the description of this responsibility.

According to an article on the CCTV news client, China's private economy has grown with the reform and opening up, breaking through various institutional constraints. In the future, it will also fight freely in the tide of socialist market economy in order to further develop and grow.

The reporter from Pengpai News noticed that in fact, at the local level, several years ago, Qingdao City had already taken the lead in establishing the Qingdao Private Economy Development Bureau during the institutional reform.

According to an article published by Shandong media "Dazhong Daily" in January 2019, on January 17, 2019, the Qingdao Private Economy Development Bureau was unveiled and established. It is reported that among the 15 sub provincial cities in China, Qingdao is the first city to establish a private economic development bureau.

According to the report, as a new department established through institutional reform in Qingdao, the Qingdao Private Economy Development Bureau has integrated the responsibilities of relevant departments for the development of the private economy and small and medium-sized enterprises. It is mainly responsible for the comprehensive coordination, development promotion, service guarantee, "double recruitment and double attraction", and party building of private enterprises, and has worked together to promote the healthy and orderly development of the private economy. On that day, the Qingdao Private Enterprise Service Center and the Qingdao Private Economy Expert Advisory Committee were also unveiled and established. The Qingdao Private Economy Development Bureau also launched the "Home of Private Enterprises" service brand and opened the Qingdao Private Enterprise Service Platform.

The leaders of the Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Private Economy Development summarized this institution in the following sentence: "Our main responsibility is to assist, coordinate, and serve private enterprises, seriously act as' shop assistants', provide a package of services in financing, innovation and entrepreneurship, employment, and other aspects, help private enterprises break the 'glass door', 'spring door', and 'revolving door' of market access, move away the 'high mountain of financing', 'volcano of transformation', and 'iceberg of the market', and inject new momentum into the high-quality development of Qingdao's private economy."

The report also cites the suggestion of Chen Hua, a professor at Shandong University of Finance and Economics and director of the Institute of Contemporary Finance, that the government should focus on promoting entrepreneurial spirit, cultivating a social environment that encourages innovation and tolerates failure, protecting the legitimate property of private enterprises from infringement, and at the same time, doing something but not doing something to reduce external government intervention in the market.

The reporter from Pengpai News noticed that on the official website of Qingdao Private Economy Development Bureau, a total of 12 functions of the bureau have been listed.

The first item is to implement laws and regulations that promote the development of the private economy and small and medium-sized enterprises, study and formulate development plans and policy measures, organize and supervise their implementation, and propose to create a favorable social public opinion environment for the development of the private economy.

The second item is "responsible for researching and proposing policy recommendations to accelerate the high-quality development of the private economy, transform old and new driving forces, and reduce the burden on enterprises, leading the formulation of supporting measures and coordinating their implementation", and proposing "coordinating relevant departments to deepen the reform of delegating powers, delegating powers, and improving services in the private economy and commercial system reform, and creating a fair competitive environment".

Placing the creation of a favorable public opinion environment and a fair competition environment for the development of the private economy in the first two aspects of institutional functions, the work direction of the Qingdao Private Economy Development Bureau can be seen.

The reporter from Pengpai News also noticed that among the 12 institutional functions of the Qingdao Private Economy Development Bureau, there are only three mentions of "management", namely "deepening the reform of delegating power, managing power, and serving the private economy", "establishing a modern enterprise management system", and "deepening the reform of delegating power, managing power, and serving the private economy", all of which are proprietary terms.

In addition, the internal institutions of the Qingdao Private Economy Development Bureau are divided into an office, a policy planning department, a coordination and guidance department, an innovation and entrepreneurship service department, a financing and cooperation department, and a government party committee. The subordinate institution is the Qingdao Small and Medium sized Enterprise Public Service Center.

Just two months after the establishment of the Qingdao Private Economy Development Bureau, on March 21, 2019, the Jinan Private Economy Development Bureau was officially established.

At that time, Jinan media summarized it as follows: the establishment of Jinan Private Economy Development Bureau was a "voluntary action" of Jinan City in the city level institutional reform, fully reflecting the high attention of the Municipal Party Committee and Government to the development of private economy. It was a major measure to promote the high-quality development of Jinan's private economy, and also marked that private enterprises in the city had their own "home", which will inevitably promote private enterprises to a broader stage.

At the municipal level, some places have established dedicated institutions related to the private economy.

For example, in the developed private economy of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, the Wenzhou Municipal Bureau for Promoting the Healthy Development of Private Economy was established.

In December 2018, the Wenzhou Municipal Institutional Reform Mobilization Conference announced the "Wenzhou Municipal Institutional Reform Plan", which mentioned adding the brand of the Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology to promote the healthy development of the private economy. Wenzhou is a pioneering area for the development of China's private economy and a forefront of reform and opening up. Wenzhou's private economy has grown from scratch, from small to large, and from weak to strong, creating many "firsts in China" and forming the world-renowned "Wenzhou model". Wenzhou will accelerate the creation of the "two health" pilot zone in the new era and create new advantages for the development of the private economy. "Two health" refers to promoting the healthy development of the non-public economy and promoting the healthy growth of non-public economic personnel.