Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 19th. The Economic Reference News published an article written by reporter Wang Zixu on February 19th, “Multiple positive policies to stimulate the vitality of the private economy will be issued.” The article said that the private enterprise symposium held on the 17th sent an important signal to promote the healthy and high-quality development of the private economy. The reporter learned that in the next step, multiple favorable policies for the private economy, including further breaking down barriers to market access, will be introduced. Relevant departments will revise and issue a new version of the negative list for market access as soon as possible, and continue to promote fair opening of infrastructure competitive areas and major national scientific research infrastructure to private enterprises. At the same time, further improve laws and regulations, strengthen punishment for breach of trust, and promote the resolution of the arrears of private enterprises. The issue of the model.
From the humanoid robot showing off yangge dance and handkerchief on CCTV Spring Festival Gala to the popular domestic AI model DeepSeek, at the beginning of the New Year, a number of scientific and technological innovation achievements from private enterprises attracted attention and demonstrated the innovative vitality of my country’s private economy. .
The private economy is the new force in promoting Chinese-style modernization and an important foundation for high-quality development. In order to boost confidence in the private economy and promote high-quality development of the private economy, in recent years, the state and relevant departments have made intensive statements and made careful arrangements, from the issuance of the “31 Articles of Private Economy” to the establishment of the Private Economy Development Bureau within the National Development and Reform Commission, and then To promote the legislative process of the Private Economy Promotion Law, a series of policy “combination punches” will continue to be refined and implemented.
The latest data shows that the number of private enterprises in my country accounts for more than 92% of the total number of enterprises; among national high-tech enterprises, the proportion of private enterprises has also expanded to more than 92%. In 2024, private project investment (excluding private investment in real estate development) increased by 6.0% over the previous year, especially private investment in manufacturing increased by 10.8%, driving private project investment to grow by 5.3 percentage points.
However, the development of the private economy still faces some problems and challenges. Industry insiders pointed out that at present, hidden barriers to private enterprises entering some key areas still exist, the protection of property rights and entrepreneurial rights of private enterprises is not sufficient, and there are still shortcomings in policy implementation and service supply.
The reporter learned that a number of policies that are beneficial to the high-quality development of the private economy will be introduced one after another, further breaking down the market access barriers for private enterprises and effectively alleviating difficulties for private enterprises.
Nuclear power projects are related to the lifeline of the national economy and energy security. my country’s nuclear power projects have always been controlled by central enterprises and local governments. Previously, there were cases of private capital participating in nuclear power projects, but the shareholding ratio was not high. Last year, the State Council approved the introduction of private capital to participate in five nuclear power projects, and the shareholding ratio of private enterprises increased to 10% for the first time, demonstrating the country’s determination to support private enterprises to participate in the construction of major national projects. In addition, my country has also made breakthrough progress in the liberalization of competitive businesses in key industries and fields such as electricity, telecommunications, railways, oil and natural gas.
The reporter learned that in the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will revise and issue a new version of the negative list for market access as soon as possible, and continue to promote fair opening of infrastructure competitive areas and major national scientific research infrastructure to private enterprises, and support private enterprises to actively participate in the “two levels” Construction and “two new” work.
While resolutely breaking down barriers to market access and factor acquisition, relevant departments will also implement various policies to help enterprises alleviate difficulties and continue to make great efforts to solve the prominent problems reflected by private enterprises.
The National Development and Reform Commission revealed that it will work with relevant departments to further refine and implement measures, further improve laws and regulations, strengthen punishment for breach of trust, prevent liabilities while clearing, and promote the solution of the problem of arrears of accounts owed by private enterprises.
“Improve the long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in the construction of major national projects, roll forward and continuously promote projects to private capital, and expand the development space of private investment. Screen key private investment projects to deepen investment and loan linkage cooperation, promote the implementation of more new PPP mechanism projects, and make greater We will support the expansion of infrastructure REITs market, and through these measures, we will continue to help private enterprises solve problems such as difficulty, high cost of financing and other development problems.” Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference held by the State Information Office earlier .
In addition, the draft of the Private Economy Promotion Law has been submitted for deliberation, and relevant departments will speed up the preparations for the issuance and implementation. At the same time, we will accelerate the improvement of the benchmark for administrative discretion, actively participate in special law enforcement actions involving enterprises, and resolutely prevent illegal law enforcement in other places and profit-seeking law enforcement.
“The development of private economy and private enterprises in 2025 has good expectations and prospects. With the progress of the legislative process of the Private Economy Promotion Law, it is expected that the growth rate of private investment and the confidence of private entrepreneurs in 2025 will be improved compared with the past year. .” said Tan Haojun, an associate professor at Central South University of Finance and Economics.
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