Wen Jiabao: Firmly Confident In Doing Economic Work Well

Xinhua news agency, Beijing, April, 3 (reporter Zhao Cheng Li Bin) in from April 1st to 3rd, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council investigated the economic operation in Qinzhou, Fujian, Quanzhou, Putian, Fuzhou and other places in Guangxi.

He went deep into the enterprise workshop to see the front line employees, and he held talks with the heads of the enterprises many times.

He also held a forum on the economic situation of four provinces (cities) in Fujian, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang in Fuzhou.

Wen Jiabao pointed out that China's economic operation is generally good, and some major economic indicators have dropped down, but they are still at a reasonable level, and the operation of the national economy continues to move towards the expected direction of macroeconomic regulation and control.

We should fully see favorable conditions and positive factors and firmly strengthen confidence in economic work.

At the same time, we must remain sober minded, enhance the sense of hardship, pay close attention to the new situations and new problems in economic operation, implement flexible macro prudential policies, and conduct timely and appropriate policies.

Firmly support the development of the real economy

On the afternoon of 1 July, Wen Jiabao attended the opening ceremony of China Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park, and came to Petrochemical Industries Co, PetroChina Guangxi, to understand the production and operation of the company, and to discuss with some of the heads of port, logistics and pportation enterprises.

One sitting, Wen Jiabao said, just after the first quarter, I came to understand the operation of logistics enterprises, from the port, pportation, shipping, storage situation, to see what changes in the current economic situation, what is worth noting.

Li Shaode, head of China Shipping (Group) Corporation, reflects that the current "two liters and two falls" phenomenon has been affected by the world economic downturn: freight volume, freight rate, oil price rise and profit decrease.

Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Ye Shixiang reflects that the wharf is still selling more coal and selling less.

Wen Jiabao asked: is there a big change in the import and export of goods with ASEAN?

Ye Shixiang replied, not too big.

Especially the bulk liner has done better.

Zhang Liqun of China Alliance Shipping Co. Ltd. believes that after April, the order of ASEAN countries will increase rapidly with the end of the rainy season.

After listening to the person in charge of the enterprise, Wen Jiabao said, from your reflection, we can see some signs of economic operation: first, the world economy is in a bad state.

External demand declined and orders decreased.

Second, trade and freight volume with ASEAN are basically stable.

The volume of trade between China and ASEAN has exceeded the volume of trade between China and Japan.

This tells us that we must open up multiple markets when trade with Europe and the United States is unstable or declining.

Third, the decline in domestic bulk cargo traffic reflects the difficulties encountered in the first quarter of steel, cement and nonferrous metals industries, which is related to the decline in capital construction.

Wen Jiabao said,

Fujian Quanzhou has a well-developed private economy, and the number, output value and employment of private enterprises account for over 90% of the city's total.

On the morning of 2, Wen Jiabao visited Quanzhou's seven wolves sporting goods company and Quanzhou's "SHOW world" Creative Park, and held talks with some of the heads of private enterprises in the park.

Xu Jingnan, the Fujian PEAK group, which mainly produces basketball shoes, reflects that domestic demand is insufficient and export costs are rising.

It is suggested to increase support for export enterprises.

Heng An International Group Xu Lianjie said.

Wen Jiabao said that the current domestic demand is insufficient, the export cost is rising, and the downward pressure on business operation is increasing. We must face it seriously: first, we must maintain a reasonable financial liquidity and financing scale.

Two, we must stabilize export policy.

Three, enterprises should strive to open up the market and do everything possible to reduce operating costs.

Four, we should actively expand imports and encourage enterprises to accelerate technological pformation.

Wen Jiabao said that our support for SMEs is firm.

The central bank and the CBRC have taken measures to clean up and stop random charges.

We are also studying further efforts to increase structural tax cuts and give more support to SMEs.

The state has carried out a comprehensive financial reform pilot in Wenzhou to encourage the development of small loan companies and village banks to support the development of small and micro enterprises.

In order to further understand the operation of the enterprise, Wen Jiabao arrived at Fuyao Glass Industrial Group Limited by Share Ltd on the afternoon of 2, and held talks with people in charge of petrochemical enterprises, machinery manufacturing, electronic information, textile materials, automotive glass and other industries.

Lu Dong, Fujian refinery and Petrochemical Industries Co, said the market situation was not ideal since the second half of last year.

Crude oil prices continue to rise, demand for downstream enterprises is shrinking, and corporate profits are decreasing.

Qiu Debo, China Dragon Engineering Holdings Limited, said construction machinery industry is a barometer, and downstream represents fixed assets investment.

The current business is mixed with joy. "Worry" is that the demand has been shrinking for a long time since last year.

"Hi" is rising from January this year, the sales are rising and orders are increasing.

Wen Jiabao said investment demand is an important aspect of domestic demand.

One of the key points in presetting fine tuning is to ensure funds for the continued construction projects.

The key is to deal with the relationship between the three parties.

On the morning of 3, Wen Jiabao held a forum on the economic situation of four provinces (cities) in Fujian, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang in Fuzhou.

Su Shulin, governor of Fujian Province, mayor of Shanghai, Han Zheng, governor of Jiangsu Li Xueyong, and Xia Baolong, governor of Zhejiang Province, said in the speech that in the first quarter of this year, all parts of the country grasped the general keynote of "steady progress" and conscientiously implemented various macroeconomic policies. Domestic demand growth was basically stable, industrial production was generally stable, price inflation fell, confidence in the market stabilized, employment situation was generally stable, and the foundation for stable and rapid economic development was solid.

However, the financing difficulties of enterprises are still outstanding. There are some problems in the economic operation, such as the decline in the efficiency of some industries and the slowdown in the growth of foreign trade.

Su Shulin suggested that the financial sector should effectively solve the financing difficulties and financing problems of small micro enterprises, and support the optimization of the structure of local export enterprises and explore the international market.

Han Zheng said that this year's economic situation is rather complicated.

Li Xueyong suggested that the state further increase investment, expand effective demand and increase support for the real economy.

Xia Baolong suggested that the stability and continuity of foreign trade policies should be maintained. The state should further increase its policy support for the development of strategic emerging industries in the eastern region, modern service industries and advanced manufacturing industries.

Wen Jiabao said in the forum that the current global economic situation is still grim and complex.

We should pay close attention to the changes in the situation at home and abroad, comprehensively analyze and properly cope with them, and handle the relationship between the three factors that maintain steady and rapid economic development, adjust the structure and manage inflation expectations well.

Stable and rapid economic development is the foundation. Adjusting the structure is the key. Price stability is the guarantee.

First, we must strengthen and improve macroeconomic regulation and control.

This is the most important task of government work and the foundation of doing other work well.

According to the changing situation, we should introduce adjustment measures as soon as possible, and make policy preparations at the same time, leaving corresponding policy space.

We should pay close attention to implementing the structural tax reduction policies and so on.

Monetary policy should take into account the promotion of stable and rapid economic development, maintaining price stability and guarding against financial risks.

We must unswervingly expand consumer demand, maintain an appropriate scale of investment, improve the quality and efficiency of investment, ensure the capital demand for major projects under construction and continue to implement the major projects of the 12th Five-Year plan in a timely manner, and launch a number of major projects that are related to the overall situation and the strong driving force as soon as possible.

We should continue to support projects with repayment ability and prevent capital chain breaking.

We should continue to do well in price regulation and prevent price rebound.

Two, we must implement the policy of strengthening agriculture and benefiting farmers.

We should do a good job in agricultural production in spring, strive for a good harvest in agriculture, and ensure the effective supply of main agricultural products.

Three, efforts should be made to maintain steady growth in foreign trade.

Accelerate the progress of export tax rebates, and create favorable conditions for enterprises to expand exports.

The study has introduced new policies and measures to support enterprises in developing new markets, cultivating their own brands and expanding exports of service products.

Actively expanding imports, in particular, should attach importance to importing advanced technology and equipment to help enterprises seize the opportunity and speed up technological pformation.

Four, we should vigorously promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

We should improve the fiscal and tax support policies and expand the scale of special funds for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Improving the financial services of small and medium-sized enterprises and alleviating the financing difficulties of small and micro enterprises.

We should effectively break monopoly, relax access, and create a system environment for fair competition and common development of all kinds of ownership economy.

The private economy of three provinces and one city is relatively developed, and the scale of private capital is large. We hope to stand on the local realities and try boldly and strive for something to do, so as to provide references for formulating and improving relevant policies.

Fifth, we must unswervingly continue to implement the real estate market regulation policy.

We should actively promote the construction of affordable housing projects, expand financing channels, ensure land supply, improve design level and ensure project quality.

We should speed up the construction, allocation, management and exit of affordable housing, so as to ensure the sustainable development of affordable housing.

Wen Jiabao stressed that all regions and departments should pay close attention to economic development and strengthen economic trend analysis.

Leading cadres should go deep into the grass-roots level, investigate and study, grasp the situation, take timely targeted work measures, pay more attention to ensuring and improving people's livelihood, and strive to maintain steady and rapid economic development.

During the inspection, Wen Jiabao also heard the reports of the Guangxi District Committee, the district government, the Fujian provincial Party committee and the provincial government on the evening of 1 and 2, and made requests for the work of the two provinces and autonomous regions.