Implementing the Optimization of the Development Environment for Private Enterprises (Authoritative Release)

On July 19th, the Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting the Development and Growth of the Private Economy were officially released. On July 20th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference, inviting officials from relevant departments to introduce the Opinions and promote the development and growth of the private economy.

Taking multiple measures to promote high-quality development of the private economy

"For a long time, the private economy has played an active role in stabilizing growth, promoting innovation, increasing employment, and improving people's livelihood. It has become an internal element of my country's economic system and an important force in promoting sustained and healthy economic development." Li Chunlin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the introduction of the "Opinions" fully reflects the great importance of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core to the private economy and the deep concern for the private economy, and will effectively promote the development and growth of the private economy.

Some private enterprises have reported that some places have set unreasonable restrictions and implicit barriers on market access, project bidding, and other aspects for private enterprises, which not only affects the local business environment and the construction of a unified national market, but also hinders the healthy development of the private economy. To address these issues, the Opinion proposes targeted measures such as continuously breaking down market access barriers, fully implementing fair competition policy systems, improving social credit incentive and constraint mechanisms, and improving market-oriented restructuring mechanisms.

"In order to accelerate the implementation of these measures, the National Development and Reform Commission will work together with relevant departments to further strengthen relevant work." Li Chunlin introduced that in promoting the construction of a unified national market, policies and measures that hinder the unified market and fair competition will continue to be cleaned up. Special rectification will be carried out on prominent issues in market access and exit, mandatory industrial support or investment, engineering construction, bidding and government procurement, etc; In terms of market access, we will launch a new version of the negative market access list and continuously report typical cases that violate the negative market access list; In the field of bidding and tendering, we will revise and improve the institutional rules for fair competition in bidding and tendering, and formulate and issue the Regulations on Fair Competition Review.

The Opinion proposes many measures to strengthen the legal guarantee for the development of the private economy, promote the healthy development of the private economy, and promote the healthy growth of private economic personnel. "On the one hand, we need to create a rule of law business environment for the private economy, protect the property rights of private enterprises and the rights and interests of entrepreneurs in accordance with the law. On the other hand, private enterprises themselves should also continuously reform, actively innovate, regulate their operations, and improve their internal skills." Li Chunlin said that around the implementation and implementation of the "Opinions", the National Development and Reform Commission will launch several recent measures to promote the development of the private economy, and formulate and issue policy documents to promote private investment. "We will take multiple measures and take multiple measures together, effectively promote the implementation and effectiveness of the" Opinions ", and promote the high-quality development of the private economy."

Effectively carry out the work of stabilizing expectations and strengthening confidence in private enterprises

"Only with stable expectations and sufficient confidence can private enterprises seek development with peace of mind." An Lijia, Vice Chairman of the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce, stated that this year, the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce will prioritize "stabilizing expectations and strengthening confidence" to effectively promote the development and growth of the private economy.

One is to strengthen ideological guidance and help private entrepreneurs form a correct understanding. On the one hand, doing a good job in policy promotion and interpretation can help private entrepreneurs fully understand and correctly understand the policies that encourage and support the development and growth of the private economy, correctly grasp the policy orientation, seize and make good use of the policy dividends, enhance confidence, take action lightly, and boldly develop. On the other hand, it helps private entrepreneurs fully understand the significant advantages of China's national system and governance system, and recognize the fundamental and major trends of China's long-term economic growth.

The second is to do a good job in legal protection, in order to promote the actual progress and effectiveness of the rule of law construction and improve expectations. Continuously improving the legal service system of the Federation of Industry and Commerce, continuing to promote the clearance and revision of laws, regulations, and policy documents that violate fair, open, and transparent market rules, continuously tracking and promoting relevant legislative progress, and legally safeguarding the property rights of private enterprises and the legitimate rights and interests of entrepreneurs.

The third is to do a good job in communication and negotiation, and strive to solve problems for private enterprises and entrepreneurs. Building a platform for government enterprise communication and consultation, promoting the normalization, institutionalization, and standardization of government enterprise communication and consultation, and implementing the construction of a pro Qing government business relationship.

The fourth is to do a good job in positive publicity and create a good atmosphere of respecting and valuing business in the whole society. While vigorously promoting the spirit of outstanding entrepreneurs, we will cooperate with relevant departments to crack down on malicious rumors and smearing of private enterprises in accordance with the law, and create a favorable public opinion environment for the development of private enterprises.

"For private enterprises, the rule of law is the best business environment. According to the 'Evaluation of Business Environment by Ten Thousand Private Enterprises', the satisfaction of private enterprises with the rule of law environment ranks first among the five environmental elements. In An Lijia's view, the' Opinions' respond to the legal expectations of private enterprises, providing strong support for their lawful operation, governance, and rights protection.". He stated that in the next step, the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce will promote education on law-abiding integrity and enhance legal and commercial literacy, promote equal protection of property rights and optimize the legal environment, promote compliance and prevention of internal corruption in private enterprises, promote legal rights protection and mediation by chambers of commerce, and support independent innovation and protection of innovation rights and interests in private enterprises.

Creating a favorable environment for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises

Small and medium-sized enterprises and private enterprises are the main body of each other. More than 90% of private enterprises are small and medium-sized enterprises, and more than 90% of small and medium-sized enterprises are private enterprises. At the meeting, Xu Xiaolan, Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology, introduced the relevant progress in creating a favorable environment for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Efforts will be made to improve the legal environment. Deeply implement the Law on Promoting Small and Medium sized Enterprises and promote the introduction of supporting regulations. At the same time, we will deepen the work of clearing outstanding accounts of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Efforts will be made to improve the policy environment. A series of policies such as "Several Measures to Assist Small and Medium sized Enterprises in Stable Growth, Structural Adjustment, and Strong Capacity" have been introduced. Last year alone, more than 40 national policies supporting small and medium sized enterprises were introduced, leading to the issuance of more than 270 supporting policy documents at the provincial level.

Continuously optimizing the innovation environment. Carry out the "Three Empowerments" special action for small and medium-sized enterprises, including digital empowerment, technological achievement empowerment, and quality standard brand empowerment, to enhance the core competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises. As of now, a total of 5 batches of more than 12000 specialized, refined, and innovative "little giant" enterprises have been cultivated, driving the local cultivation of nearly 90000 specialized, refined, and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, it also cultivates small and micro enterprise entrepreneurship and innovation demonstration bases, small and medium-sized enterprise characteristic industrial clusters, builds innovation carriers, and gathers various innovative resources.

Continuously improving the financing environment. Promote banking and financial institutions to increase credit allocation to small and medium-sized enterprises. At the end of June, the balance of inclusive small and micro loans was 27.7 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.1%, the number of inclusive small and micro credit households increased by 13.3%, and the balance of specialized, refined, and new small and medium-sized enterprise loans increased by 20.4% year-on-year. Support the listing and financing of specialized, refined, and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, leverage the guiding role of the National Development Fund for Small and Medium sized Enterprises, and drive more social capital to invest early and innovate in small investments. As of the end of June, a total of 1446 specialized, refined, and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises have been listed on the A-share market, accounting for 27.7% of the listed companies on the A-share market; The National Small and Medium sized Enterprise Development Fund has established a total of 31 sub funds, with a total fundraising scale of nearly 90 billion yuan, and completed more than 1100 investment projects.

Accelerate the construction of an efficient service system. A preliminary service system for small and medium-sized enterprises has been formed, with nearly 1700 public service institutions for small and medium-sized enterprises at the national, provincial, municipal, and county levels as the backbone, more than 3800 provincial-level or above service demonstration platforms as support, and a large number of socialized service institutions as supplements. In the first half of this year, there were over 7 million service institutions serving enterprises across the country.

"Next, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will further improve its work system, policy and regulatory system, and high-quality service system, and continuously optimize the development environment for small and medium-sized enterprises," said Xu Xiaolan.