Unleashing Consumer Potential to Promote Consumption Upgrading and Doing a Good Job in Economic Development | Elderly Care | Article
CCTV News: The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that efforts should be made to expand domestic demand and enhance the fundamental role of consumption in economic development. Non party personages are an important part of the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the CPC. Commissioned by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a national non party inspection team has been conducting research in Shanghai since April this year on how to further unleash consumption potential and promote consumption upgrading.
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Shanghai is accelerating the construction of a socialist modernized international metropolis and an international consumer center city with global influence. From revitalizing old neighborhoods, creating consumer cultural and tourism IPs, to expanding the application scenarios of consumption vouchers and promoting consumption through services, Shanghai has launched a "combination punch" to tap into consumption potential and promote consumption upgrading.
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The national non party personage delegation has visited and investigated Shanghai International Auto Show, pension institutions, shopping districts, Internet e-commerce platforms, etc., and organized several symposiums to discuss how to expand domestic demand orderly and effectively with government departments, enterprise representatives, research institutions, etc.
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In the second half of last year, Shanghai issued 1 billion yuan of electronic consumption vouchers to the cultural tourism, retail, and catering industries. Statistics show that the issuance of consumption vouchers in Shanghai directly drives the consumption leverage ratio by about four times, effectively leveraging consumption replenishment. At the symposium, topics related to the distribution mode and platform development of consumer vouchers sparked heated discussions.
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How can the market and government work together to unleash consumption potential and promote consumption upgrading? The national non partisan inspection team conducted on-site visits.
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How can the nighttime economy be well managed and serviced? During the survey, members of the inspection team learned that in order to optimize the business environment of the night economy, Shanghai has implemented a series of measures such as relaxing external parking restrictions, adding temporary road parking lots in key areas, and extending subway operation time at important nodes to serve the night consumption market.
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How can online consumption make platform data targeted? Through research on multiple online platforms such as cultural tourism and shopping, the inspection team members provided suggestions.
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In the face of elderly care services in service consumption, how to unleash consumption potential and improve the quality of life of the people, a national non partisan inspection team visited elderly care service institutions in Shanghai to understand the government's measures in land allocation, elderly care service subsidies, nursing insurance, and other aspects.
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It is understood that the development of Shanghai's elderly care service system is at the forefront in China. In June 2016, it became one of the first pilot cities for the long-term care insurance system in China, providing basic living care and clinical nursing services for the elderly with long-term disabilities. In terms of cost payment, a personal and long-term care insurance fund sharing mechanism has been established, where individuals bear about 10-15% of nursing service fees, reducing the payment level of service users.
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The national non partisan inspection team believes that unleashing consumption potential and promoting consumption upgrading will be a "big article" for a considerable period of time in the future of the Chinese economy. In the short term, the focus should be on stabilizing consumer confidence and allowing consumers to consume with peace of mind; In the long run, we need to promote the development of related markets in areas such as automobiles, elderly care, and cultural tourism, solve market difficulties and bottlenecks, and open up new forms of consumption.
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