The achievements of Nanming River governance have been praised on the front page of People＇s Daily

Today, the front page of People's Daily gave a thumbs up to the achievements of China Water Environment Group's Nanming River treatment project in Guiyang, which has become a powerful driving force for promoting high-quality development.

Forming a powerful driving force for promoting high-quality development

——Resolutely achieve the annual economic and social development goals and tasks

People's Daily | Reporter Du Haitao, Ouyang Jie, Luo Shanshan

To further comprehensively deepen reform and promote Chinese path to modernization, it is essential to do a good job in economic work.

Insight into the situation and grasp the initiative. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "We must strengthen our confidence in development, maintain strategic determination, actively respond to problems and challenges, and sing the voice of China's economic prosperity with concrete and high-quality development achievements

If you see it right, do it quickly. If you can do more, do more. Strive to respond to the uncertainty of changing situations with the certainty of your own work——

Issuing the Opinions on Accelerating the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Economic and Social Development, systematically deploying the acceleration of the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China, and accelerating the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature;

Formulate the Five Year Action Plan for Deepening the Implementation of the People oriented New Urbanization Strategy, deploy and implement four major actions, including a new round of urbanization actions for agricultural transfer population;

Introduce the "Opinions on Promoting the High Quality Development of Service Consumption", focusing on six aspects including tapping the potential of basic consumption, stimulating the vitality of improved consumption, and cultivating and strengthening new types of consumption, proposing 20 key tasks;

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Focusing closely on the strategic deployment made at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, all regions and departments adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, develop new quality productive forces according to local conditions, stabilize market expectations, enhance social confidence, form a strong driving force for promoting high-quality development, and steadfastly move towards achieving the annual economic and social development goals.

We must firmly grasp the primary task of high-quality development and develop new quality productive forces according to local conditions

High quality development is the fundamental principle of the new era.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We must firmly grasp the primary task of high-quality development and develop new quality productive forces according to local conditions." "All regions should adhere to starting from reality, establishing first and then breaking through, adapting to local conditions, and providing classified guidance. The Decision of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to "improve the system and mechanism for developing new quality productive forces according to local conditions".

Counting the work lists for the second half of the year in various regions, 'new quality productivity' is of paramount importance.

On July 25th, Sichuan Province issued the "Opinions on Promoting the High Quality Development of the Nuclear Medical Industry", making every effort to build a world-class highland for the development of the nuclear medical industry;

On August 5th, the Henan Provincial Department of Finance issued the "Implementation Plan for the Henan Angel Investment Guidance Fund", establishing a total scale of 3 billion yuan for the Angel Investment Guidance Mother Fund, with a focus on supporting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements;

On August 6th, the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress issued the "Regulations on Science and Technology Innovation in Guangdong Province", which outlines the layout of the innovation chain throughout the entire process of basic research, technological breakthroughs, achievement transformation, science and technology finance, and talent support

Starting from the 'new' and moving towards the 'new'. Faced with a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, various regions are based on their own technological strength and industrial foundation advantages, focusing on key links, developing new quality productive forces according to local conditions, and shaping new driving forces and advantages for development.

—Focusing on the 'new', cultivating and strengthening emerging and future industries.

On August 8th, the first phase of the Shidi New Energy Photovoltaic Junction Box project was put into operation at the Hailing District New Energy Industrial Park in Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province. The project is planned to be constructed in two phases with a total investment of 3 billion yuan, and the first phase has a total investment of 2 billion yuan. After full production, it will become the world's largest production base for photovoltaic module junction boxes.

With strong support from the local government, the project progress has accelerated by about two months compared to expectations, "said Liu Guoxi, General Manager of Shidi Photovoltaic Technology (Taizhou) Co., Ltd. Taizhou City focuses on accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system, cultivating and developing new quality productive forces, and making greater efforts to promote project attraction, accelerate project construction, and optimize project services, laying a solid foundation for accelerating project construction.

Cultivating and strengthening strategic emerging industries and future industries is an important battlefield for developing new quality productive forces, and it is also an essential part of promoting high-quality development.

The expansion and improvement of the Beijing high-level autonomous driving demonstration zone depict the future of intelligent transportation here; In Wuhan, Hubei, starting from the Optics Valley of China, a "Optics Valley Technology Innovation Corridor" linking Wuhan, Ezhou and other places is becoming wider and wider

Jin Zhuanglong, Secretary of the Party Group and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that we will continue to make good use of the domestic market and enrich application scenarios, systematically promote technological innovation, large-scale development, and industrial ecological construction, cultivate a group of leading enterprises with strong ecological leadership, and form more emerging pillar industries that can lead industrial upgrading.

—Make efforts to "transform" and use new technologies to upgrade traditional industries.

Traditional industries are the foundation of the modern industrial system and the fundamental basis for the development of China's manufacturing industry.

Entering the factory of Shandong Uni President Ceramic Technology Co., Ltd., real-time updates on information such as exhaust emissions, power consumption, and production capacity are displayed on the central control screen. Through digital transformation and upgrading of kilns, drying kilns, and glazing systems, Uni President Ceramics has greatly increased production capacity and reduced electricity consumption by 20%.

Based on local advantages and upgrading traditional industries: Relying on mature coke oven gas to methanol technology and industrial foundation, Jinzhong, Shanxi Province is accelerating the construction of a 100 billion level methanol full chain economy; Seizing the opportunity of large-scale equipment upgrading and transformation, Anshan, Liaoning supports industrial enterprises to expand production, increase energy and adjust products, and extend production equipment to high-end

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that it is necessary to target the direction of high-end, intelligent, green, and integrated development, support the pilot of new manufacturing technology transformation in cities, implement major technological upgrades and large-scale equipment updates in the manufacturing industry, and make traditional industries grow new shoots and become important carriers for forming new quality productivity.

—Anchor the strong and vigorously promote high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement.

Technological innovation is the core element for developing new quality productive forces. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed the construction of a system and mechanism to support comprehensive innovation, and placed deepening the reform of the science and technology system in an important position.

From promoting central local collaboration in scientific and technological innovation to coordinating the reform of the education, science and technology talent system and mechanism, the Ministry of Science and Technology has further clarified the key reform measures.

Yin Hejun, Secretary of the Party Group and Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, stated that the Ministry of Science and Technology will anchor the goal of building a strong country in science and technology by 2035, take high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement as the main line, strengthen the overall planning, policy measures, scientific research capabilities, major tasks, resource platforms, regional innovation and other six aspects, and promote new and greater breakthroughs in scientific and technological reform and development.

Focusing on boosting consumption and expanding domestic demand, the focus should shift more towards benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption

Domestic demand is the fundamental driving force for China's economic development and an inevitable requirement for meeting the growing needs of the people for a better life.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that we must vigorously implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand and take more effective measures to achieve a virtuous cycle of social reproduction. Accelerate the cultivation of a complete domestic demand system, which was included in the Decision of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

The meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held on July 30th emphasized the need to deepen innovation driven development and tap into the potential of domestic demand, and called for the expansion of domestic demand with a focus on boosting consumption. The focus of economic policies should shift more towards benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption.

On the evening of August 1st, the large-scale cultural and tourism project Emei · Immortal Heroes Gathering located at the foot of Mount Emei in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, was officially unveiled. Tens of thousands of tourists from all over the country flocked to this comprehensive tourism characteristic block. Here, tourists can enjoy 23 performing arts programs including dance, acrobatics, drama, etc. They can also immerse themselves in ancient costumes, participate in interactive projects, and taste various cuisines.

Chen Hanyu, the planning director of the operating company of the project, is full of confidence in the project: "Seeing the booming cultural and tourism market, we believe that by continuously creating new tourism products and building new consumption scenarios, we can definitely achieve the goal of receiving 500000 tourists within this year.

Faced with the complex and ever-changing domestic and international situation, various regions and departments continue to rely on the advantages of the domestic super large market, deeply tap into the potential of domestic demand, focus on boosting consumption to expand domestic demand, and continuously enhance the supporting role of domestic demand in economic development.

Strong policies, comprehensive recovery of consumption, and continuous consolidation of foundation—

The introduction of the trade in policy has effectively boosted sales in the store. In late July, there were more customers buying cars. The traditional peak sales season for Golden Nine cars is approaching, and we are confident in the market. On the morning of August 7th, at the GAC Aion First Experience Center, sales manager Lv Jianling busy received consumers who came to choose and test drive cars.

The trade in of old consumer goods is a major highlight of this year's consumer market. Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance issued the Several Measures on Strengthening Support for Large scale Equipment Renewal and Consumer Goods Trade in, which directly allocated about 150 billion yuan of ultra long term special treasury bond funds to local governments in terms of consumer goods trade in, to support local governments to independently implement consumer goods trade in.

The consumption potential of Chinese residents has been released in an orderly manner, and the overall growth trend of the consumer market has been maintained. Zhao Chenxin, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, introduced that targeted efforts will be made to increase support for the exchange of old for new consumer goods. It is believed that this will have a positive driving effect on the consumer market in the second half of the year and better meet the people's demand for high-quality life.

Project driven, stable investment growth trend continues—

On July 9th, in the middle reaches of the Yellow River from Qikou to Yumenkou, excavators waved their iron arms and excavated the diversion tunnel branch. The Guxian Water Conservancy Hub Project, a key control project on the main stream of the Yellow River, officially entered the construction phase. As one of the 102 major projects in the 14th Five Year Plan, the Guxian Project will fully leverage its comprehensive benefits such as flood control and sediment reduction, water supply and irrigation, power generation and carbon reduction, and ecological protection after completion.

The construction of infrastructure such as energy, water conservancy, and transportation is progressing vigorously, and a number of major projects have refreshed their progress; The policy of encouraging private investment continues to take effect, and the willingness and ability of private investment continue to recover; New driving forces and advantages are constantly shaping, driving rapid growth in investment in high-tech industries and providing more support for the next stage of economic growth.

The relevant person in charge of the National Bureau of Statistics introduced that efforts should continue to be made to expand effective investment, vigorously promote the construction of major engineering projects in the 14th Five Year Plan, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, solidly promote large-scale equipment updates, implement new mechanisms for cooperation between government and social capital, and continuously stimulate the vitality of private investment.

Energy storage and potential tapping, solid promotion of comprehensive rural revitalization—

It is the season of corn harvest, and Liu Guoqiang, a major grain grower in Shangtang Town, Qingyun County, Shandong Province, has newly harvested golden corn that covers the sun drying field. "The high standard farmland has been transformed and upgraded to be able to irrigate in drought and drain in flood, with large corn ears and full grains. The yield has increased year after year, and next year the planting scale will be expanded to 200 acres

On July 31st, the State Council issued the Five Year Action Plan for Deepening the Implementation of the People oriented New Urbanization Strategy, outlining a new blueprint for promoting the construction of new urbanization in the next five years.

From the perspective of consumption, after the agricultural migrant population achieves stable employment and residence in cities, their wage levels and income growth expectations will increase, and they will be able to enjoy better public services. Their willingness and ability to consume will also increase, and their consumption structure and quality of life will be upgraded. According to estimates, an increase of 1 percentage point in China's urbanization rate can generate over 200 billion yuan in new consumer demand annually.

From an investment perspective, new urbanization can effectively drive investment in municipal public utilities, public services, and other areas, as well as investment in residential housing. Preliminary estimates suggest that a 1 percentage point increase in China's urbanization rate can stimulate trillion yuan in new investment demand.

Intensify institutional openness and shape new advantages for a higher-level open economy

Opening up is a distinctive symbol of Chinese path to modernization.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, Only an open China can become a modernized China. We will continue to build a market-oriented, rule of law, and international first-class business environment, and shape new advantages for a higher-level open economy. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed, Building a new system for a higher-level open economy.

In the face of complex and severe domestic and international situations, all regions and departments will continue to expand high-level opening up, promote international cooperation in the industrial chain supply chain, enhance the linkage effect between domestic and international markets, and lay a strong material foundation for Chinese path to modernization.

Vitality is thriving, cultivating new driving forces for foreign trade development—

On August 6th, Suzhou held a customs advanced certification (AEO) enterprise certification ceremony, and 20 foreign trade enterprises obtained certification. Enterprises that have obtained Customs AEO certification can enjoy convenient measures such as reducing regulatory frequency and prioritizing inspections, greatly improving customs clearance efficiency, said Shouting, the logistics manager of Suzhou Datian Logistics Warehousing Co., Ltd.

Suzhou Customs Director Liu Yangwu stated that Suzhou Customs will focus on key pillar industries, increase efforts to cultivate new energy distribution enterprises, optimize the adaptation standards of new trade modes, continuously enhance the value of AEO enterprises, and help enterprises expand overseas markets.

Take multiple measures to promote the quality, quantity and stability of foreign trade: the Ministry of Commerce, the People's Bank of China, the General Administration of Financial Supervision and other departments jointly issued the Opinions on Strengthening the Coordination of Commerce and Finance to Support the High Quality Development of Cross border Trade and Investment on July 12, forming a greater joint force to support the high-quality development of cross-border trade and investment; The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has implemented the "Thousand Teams Going Global" initiative to help enterprises expand into international markets

Zhao Zenglian, Deputy Director of the General Administration of Customs, stated that a more efficient and fair new customs supervision mechanism will be established, which can be both flexible and manageable. With credit supervision, risk grading, and classified management as the premise, we will coordinate reform+technology and implement intelligent supervision.

Magnetic force sufficient to promote the stabilization and recovery of foreign investment utilization—

On August 7th, Allianz Fund, a wholly foreign-owned public fund company, released its prospectus and officially launched its first public fund for investors in the Chinese market, which was publicly offered on August 12th. Optimistic about the opportunities in the Chinese market, this year multiple foreign public funds such as BlackRock Fund, Lubomi Fund, and Fidelity Fund have actively launched new products.

From payment, travel to accommodation, entering the second half of the year, various departments continue to optimize the business environment and enhance the attractiveness of the Chinese market. The Ministry of Commerce and other departments jointly issued the Notice on Several Measures to Facilitate the Accommodation of Overseas Personnel for High level Opening up Services; The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released the Opinions on Innovating the Management and Optimizing the Business Environment of the Information and Communication Industry, proposing to further pilot and expand the opening of value-added telecommunications services

The Research Report on China's Business Environment for Foreign Investment in the Second Quarter of 2024 released by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade on July 26 shows that in the second quarter of this year, the overall satisfaction of surveyed foreign-funded enterprises with China's business environment was high, with over 90% of them rating satisfied or above on seven indicators including municipal public infrastructure installation, obtaining business premises, and market access.

Wang Wentao, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, said that the zero clearing requirements for restrictions on foreign investment access in manufacturing should be implemented as soon as possible, the negative list of foreign investment access should be reasonably reduced, and the orderly expansion of opening up in telecommunications, Internet, education, culture, medical care and other fields should be promoted. In short, we will do a good job in reducing the negative list and adding optimizing the business environment, so that foreign-funded enterprises can feel at ease, reassured, and confident.

Smooth logistics and high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road—

On August 5th, a batch of 16.82 tons of Thai durian arrived at Guanlei Port in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan through Lancang Mekong International Shipping. After being supervised and released by Kunming Customs, it was sent to China to compete for fresh market. On July 29th, the designated supervision site for imported fruits at Guanlei Port passed the inspection and was put into use. More high-quality fruits from ASEAN countries such as Laos and Thailand can choose to be transported by waterway, making the logistics channel in the Lancang Mekong River Basin more smooth.

The three-dimensional interconnection network connecting the the Belt and Road was accelerated.

On July 19th, Chongqing Customs announced that the State Council has officially approved the expansion of the opening of Chongqing Port's water transportation ports, including the Xintian Port Area in Wanzhou, the Longtou Port Area in Fuling, and the Luohuang Port Area in Jiangjin, injecting new momentum into Chongqing's efforts to build an inland open comprehensive hub;

On August 1st, the public bonded warehouse of Xinjiang Southern Airlines Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd. was approved by Urumqi Customs, becoming the first public bonded warehouse at Xinjiang Airport Port, laying the foundation for the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone to carry out bonded maintenance business

The Ministry of Commerce said that it would improve and promote the mechanism of high-quality co construction of the the Belt and Road, coordinate and promote major landmark projects and small and beautiful livelihood projects, build the Silk Road E-commerce cooperation pilot area, build high-quality overseas cooperation parks, and build the the Belt and Road into a happy road that benefits all parties and the world.

Further guarantee and improve people's livelihoods, prevent and resolve risks in key areas

Chinese path to modernization focuses on people's livelihood.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the people's aspiration for a better life is our goal of struggle. Pursuing reform and promoting development is ultimately to enable the people to live a better life. The Decision of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly states that ensuring and improving people's livelihoods in development is a major task of Chinese style modernization. The Politburo meeting of the Communist Party of China Central Committee held on July 30th emphasized the need to increase efforts to ensure and improve people's livelihoods.

Prioritize employment and weave a strong social security network—

Employment is the most basic livelihood. Faced with the complex and severe domestic and international situation, various regions and relevant departments have further formulated and implemented a series of policy measures to promote employment and weave a solid social security network.

Hebei Province releases a list of employment and entrepreneurship policies; Jiangsu increases the cultivation of digital economy talents and builds a smart employment service platform; Guangdong is promoting the sinking of public employment services and supporting the construction of five provincial-level standardized gig work markets... These measures to stabilize employment have enriched people's sense of gain and accumulated more outstanding talents for industrial development.

To ensure the well-being of the people, health is paramount. On August 1, the General Office of the State Council issued the Guiding Opinions on Improving the Long term Mechanism of Basic Medical Insurance Participation, which for the first time gives incentive policies for continuous insurance participation, liberalizes the restrictions on registered residence, and further expands the scope of individual accounts of medical insurance for employees. More people enjoy fair and accessible health services, and their sense of access to medical care, happiness, and security continues to increase.

Protecting the environment and fighting the battle against pollution prevention and control—

A good ecological environment is the most universal welfare for people's livelihoods. Every Saturday morning, Yan Chunyan, a native of Guiyang, takes her son for a run along the Nanming River: The Nanming River has undergone great changes. Before, the water was always clear and turbid, especially during the rainy season, when the smell was very unpleasant after the rain. Now the Nanming River has returned to the way I was when I was a child. My child loves to observe the plants and birds on the banks of the Nanming River. The environment has improved, and my sense of happiness has also increased.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment introduced that we will comprehensively and accurately implement the requirements of precise, scientific, and lawful pollution control, continuously improve the modernization level of ecological environment governance, and plan and promote ecological environment protection work with higher standards.

Prevent risks and provide people with a place to live—

With batches of decoration teams entering, the Greenland Luyun International Community in Hunan Xiangjiang New Area is becoming increasingly lively. The new district's housing and construction department has been tracking the delivery status of the community throughout the entire process, which makes us very reassured. Owner Duan Zurong is full of expectations for the upcoming new home life. Hunan Xiangjiang New Area has established a project delivery guarantee team to provide comprehensive supervision and guidance on project delivery, and invites owner representatives to participate in the full supervision of funds throughout the process.

In the second half of the year, we will further promote the effective implementation of the coordination mechanism for urban real estate financing, accelerate the implementation of financing for subsequent batches of whitelist projects, improve supporting systems, and urge financial institutions to actively support and meet the reasonable financing needs of real estate projects and enterprises while effectively preventing risks, said the person in charge of the relevant department of the State Administration of Financial Regulation.

Maintain strategic composure and strengthen confidence in development. The China giant ship will surely follow the high-quality development path, cut through waves and move forward with determination.