Building The Ballast Stone Of Economy And Stimulating The Endogenous Power Of High Quality Development -- An Interview With Xiao Yaqing, Minister Of Industry And Information Technology

In setting the overall requirements and policy orientation of the economic work in 2022, the central economic work conference stressed that "stability should be the first step and seeking progress in stability", and made a series of deployment such as "to enhance the core competitiveness of manufacturing industry", "to accelerate digital transformation, and to promote the upgrading of traditional industries". 　

Industry is the ballast stone of economic development, and enterprises are the power source. How to promote steady industrial growth in 2022? What specific measures will be taken to help enterprises to alleviate their difficulties and promote their innovation? How to further enhance the core competitiveness of manufacturing industry? Around the above issues, Xiao Yaqing, Minister of industry and information technology, was interviewed by Xinhua. 　　

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　　 Taking stabilizing industrial growth as the most important task and focusing on four aspects of work 　　

At present, China's economic development is facing the triple pressure of demand contraction, supply shock and weakening expectation, which is more prominent in the industrial field. In view of the high base in the first quarter of this year and the difficulties faced by some enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, the industrial economy in the first quarter of next year will face downward pressure, and it is particularly necessary to be steady and make progress while maintaining stability.

"The first thing to do is to maintain a certain growth rate in the industrial field." Xiao Yaqing said that it should be noted that the industrial sector is still facing pressure from high commodity prices and challenges to supply chains in some fields. It is necessary to take stabilizing industrial growth, especially to make a good start in the first quarter of next year, as the most important task at present, so as to play a "ballast stone" role in stabilizing the macroeconomic market.

"Stability is not conservative stability, but positive and progressive stability. We should create conditions to promote high-quality development of the industry." He said that the Ministry of industry and information technology will focus on the four aspects of work and take effective measures to ensure the smooth operation of the industrial economy and the upgrading of quality.

　　 First, we will spare no effort to achieve a smooth succession in the first quarter of next year. The Ministry of industry and information technology, together with the national development and Reform Commission, has made a package of policy arrangements in view of the prominent contradictions and difficulties in the industrial operation. It will further strengthen the coordination of departments and the linkage between ministries and provinces, jointly grasp the implementation of policies, strengthen monitoring and research and judgment, and timely launch more policies and measures conducive to industrial stability according to the actual situation.

　　 The second is to break through the "blocking point" and "sticking point" in the supply of key products. Monitor and dispatch key areas, key industries, key parks and key enterprises, strengthen the coordination of energy, logistics, employment and other elements, and give priority to the stable operation of the supply chain of key industries. Focus on solving the problem of chip shortage in automobile and other fields, and smooth the supply channel of key parts.

　　 Third, efforts should be made to boost investment in the manufacturing industry. As for the key engineering projects in the field of industry and information technology that have been determined in the 14th five year plan, if they are qualified, they should be started and implemented as soon as possible. Encourage and support enterprises to increase investment, and guide financial institutions to increase support for digital and green transformation of enterprises. We will encourage and support foreign enterprises to participate in the construction of domestic industrial chain supply chain.

　　 Fourth, tap the potential of domestic demand. We will launch a pilot project of fully electrified vehicles in the public sector, and launch new energy vehicles, green smart home appliances and green building materials to the countryside. For industries such as intelligent Internet connected vehicles and ice and snow equipment, which are not only conducive to improving people's production and life, but also represent the direction of scientific and technological development, we should strengthen the cultivation and support the large-scale development.

Xiao Yaqing said that the long-term good fundamentals of the industrial economy and the overall situation of recovering growth have not changed. The advantages of complete industrial system and complete supporting capacity are obvious. Accelerating the construction of a new development pattern will continuously release market potential and promote smooth economic circulation, which are favorable conditions for doing a good job in economic work. At the same time, the market still has many conditions and space to improve quality, increase varieties and create brands. "If we do these things well, we will certainly be able to achieve stability. Moreover, we will be able to move forward steadily and have improved stability."

　　 Enhance the core competitiveness of manufacturing industry and strengthen efforts to help enterprises 　

Improving the core competitiveness of manufacturing industry is the inevitable requirement of promoting high-quality development, and is also an important focus of stabilizing industrial economic growth.

Xiao Yaqing said that in 2022, it will carry out in-depth industrial foundation reconstruction project, accelerate the construction of manufacturing innovation centers, promote the development of manufacturing clusters, vigorously transform and upgrade traditional industries, and increase the cultivation of high-quality enterprises.

"We should take the promotion of industrial basic capacity as a key task, pay close attention to the details, and grasp more actual results." He said that next year, a number of key industrial and chemical engineering projects will be launched focusing on core basic components and basic manufacturing processes, basic electronic components, key basic materials, key software and other bottlenecks. We should encourage local governments to innovate policy mechanisms and implementation models, and guide all kinds of factor resources to gather in basic fields.

At present, the Ministry of industry and information technology has built 21 national level manufacturing innovation centers and 2 national and local joint construction centers, which has led to the cultivation and construction of 203 provincial centers in various regions, effectively improving the manufacturing innovation system. Next year, we will further focus on key areas, strengthen the construction of innovation centers, and deeply implement the special actions for the development of advanced manufacturing clusters, the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and the quality improvement actions, so as to vigorously develop high-quality manufacturing.

Only when enterprises are strong can industries be strong. While strengthening the cultivation of high-quality enterprises, the Ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT) has made it clear that it will adhere to the two pronged approach of helping and supporting innovation and upgrading to guide the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises to take the development path of "specialization and innovation".

In the aspect of helping enterprises to relieve the financial difficulties, we should coordinate and implement a series of preferential policies, evaluate the effect of implementation, pay more attention to new problems and new trends, timely launch more targeted policies, and strengthen precise support. At the same time, we should strengthen the governance of the problem of malicious arrears, organize special supervision on typical industries with arrears, and improve the handling methods for complaints against payment of small and medium-sized enterprises, and form a long-term mechanism.

In terms of the development of "specialized and special new" enterprises, we will study and formulate evaluation and cultivation methods for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, "specialized and special new" small giant enterprises and "small giant" enterprises. In 2022, we will cultivate about 3000 "small giant" enterprises, guide more large enterprises to open their markets to "small giant" enterprises, and support more small and medium-sized enterprises to enter the supply chain of leading enterprises, We should cultivate more characteristic industrial clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises.

　　 Closely linked to high quality, firmly digital, Green Upgrade

Digital transformation is an important path for the industry to move towards the middle and high end. China has built 1.396 million 5g base stations, cultivated more than 150 large-scale industrial Internet platforms, and the foundation of digital transformation is more solid, the scene is richer, and the effect is more prominent.

Xiao Yaqing said that in 2022, we will focus on expanding the application of "5g + industrial Internet", activating data potential, and improving the application ability of enterprises' digital technology.

We will steadily and orderly carry out the construction of 5g and gigabit optical networks, accelerate the large-scale construction of virtual private network in 5g industry, lay a solid network infrastructure foundation for digital transformation, focus on key industries such as manufacturing, mining and electric power, and deeply tap the typical application scenarios of "5g + industrial Internet". We will support upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain to open data, accelerate the development of basic common standards such as industrial data interaction, and support local governments to explore and cultivate data element markets. We will further implement the digital transformation of manufacturing industry, accelerate the construction of digital transformation service system, and promote the industrial Internet platform to enter the parks and enterprises.

Carbon peak carbon neutralization is not only a requirement but also an opportunity for the manufacturing industry. In recent years, China has promoted industrial de capacity and green transformation as a whole. The steel industry has reduced crude steel production capacity by more than 150 million tons. This year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles are expected to exceed 3.4 million. Remarkable results have been achieved in terms of capacity reduction, energy consumption per unit of products has continued to decline, and green and low-carbon industries have developed rapidly.

"We should not only focus on the industry itself, accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation, but also increase the supply of green and low-carbon industrial products, and actively contribute to the peak carbon and carbon neutralization of the whole society." Xiao Yaqing said that at present, relevant plans have been formed, and the top-level design will be further completed to steadily and orderly promote the green and low-carbon transformation.

He pointed out that the Ministry of industry and information technology will implement the green and low-carbon transformation of the manufacturing industry, and systematically implement a package of action plans such as industrial energy efficiency improvement, water efficiency improvement, comprehensive utilization of resources and environmental protection equipment. At the same time, we will increase energy conservation and carbon reduction in key areas, strictly control the blind development of "two high-tech" projects, and prevent disorderly expansion of production capacity.

In addition, MIIT will focus on improving the green manufacturing system, improving the industrial green low-carbon standard system, vigorously promoting green design, and cultivating a number of green factories, green supply chains and green industrial parks. We should ensure the supply of primary products, build a number of bases for comprehensive utilization of high-level industrial resources, effectively reduce energy consumption and material consumption per unit product, and improve input-output efficiency. 　

(source: Xinhua News Agency)

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