The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on March 18 to analyze the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic at home and abroad and the economic situation, and study and deploy to coordinate the prevention and control of the epidemic and the key tasks of economic and social development. CPC Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech.
It is necessary to accurately grasp the domestic and foreign epidemic prevention and control and the phased changes in the economic situation, and adjust the focus and response measures according to the time and the situation.
Xi Jinping pointed out that with the joint efforts of the whole country and the people, the situation of national epidemic prevention and control has continued to improve, and the recovery of production and life order has been consolidated and expanded. The overall promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development has achieved positive results. At the same time, we are also facing many new situations and new problems, especially the spread of the epidemic abroad and its adverse impact on the world economy, which also brings new challenges to my country's epidemic prevention and control and economic development. It is necessary to accurately grasp the domestic and foreign epidemic prevention and control and the phased changes in the economic situation, adjust the focus and response measures according to the time and the situation, to ensure that the people's war, the overall war, and the resistance war of epidemic prevention and control are won, and the decisive victory and the comprehensive construction of a well-off society The society, the decisive battle against poverty, the goal and task.
We must not relax, pay close attention to all prevention and control work, and must not allow the hard-won epidemic prevention and control to continue to improve.
Xi Jinping emphasized that while fully affirming the achievements of my country's epidemic prevention and control work, it is necessary to clearly see the complexity and severity of the epidemic situation at home and abroad. We must not relax, pay close attention to all prevention and control work, and must not allow the hard-won epidemic prevention and control to continue to improve. It is necessary to strengthen international cooperation in epidemic prevention and control, and work closely with the World Health Organization to improve prevention and control strategies and policy measures to deal with imported risks. It is necessary to strengthen the guidance and support for the prevention and control of the epidemic situation of Chinese citizens abroad, and do a good job in all aspects to protect their lives and health.
Actively and orderly promote the resumption of work and production of enterprises and institutions. All counties and districts under its jurisdiction are low-risk provinces, and normal production and living order must be fully restored.
The meeting pointed out that due to various factors at home and abroad, the downward pressure on my country's economy continues to increase. Party committees and governments at all levels must increase their sense of urgency, accelerate the establishment of an economic and social operation order compatible with epidemic prevention and control, actively and orderly promote the resumption of work and production of enterprises and institutions, and strive to minimize the losses caused by the epidemic. It is necessary to promote the restoration of economic and social order with the province as a unit. All counties and districts under its jurisdiction are low-risk provinces, and normal production and living order must be fully restored.
The meeting requested that, in addition to Hubei and Beijing, for provinces that still have medium-risk counties in the province, precise prevention and control should be done to restore order in production and life in an orderly manner. For the movement of people and goods between low-risk areas, the necessary health certificates must be mutually recognized across the country, no more barriers should be set up, and personnel should not be isolated. It is necessary to improve the efficiency of resuming work and production, focusing on solving the needs of enterprises for labor, capital, and raw material supply, and targeted and precise policies to open up "blocking points" and make up "break points." We must do a good job in legal services and resolve disputes in contract performance, corporate debt, and labor relations in a timely manner.
Both epidemic prevention and control and foreign economic and trade cooperation must be taken into consideration to ensure the normal development of various economic and trade activities.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen the research, judgment and analysis of the international economic situation, and formulate targeted policy measures in a timely manner. It is necessary to take into account epidemic prevention and control and foreign economic and trade cooperation, provide convenience for business personnel exchanges under the premise of implementing epidemic prevention measures, maintain a smooth international supply chain, innovate investment promotion and exhibition service models, and ensure the normal development of various economic and trade activities.
Various measures have been taken to stabilize the basic foreign trade and promote trade and investment exchanges between China and other countries. Help companies participate in domestic and foreign trade promotion and exhibition activities.
General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment on February 23, and hosted the Politburo Standing Committee on February 12 and March 4, proposing to focus on stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment, and to promote the resumption of work and production in the process of opening up. Do a good job in stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment. On March 10, Premier Li Keqiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council to study and determine six measures to deal with the impact of the epidemic and stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment.
Recently, the Chinese government's policy measures and actions closely related to the supply chain have been intensively unveiled: the State Council has accelerated the in-depth implementation of the "Foreign Investment Law" and supporting regulations; the National Development and Reform Commission has issued the "Notice on Further Deepening the Reform in Response to the Epidemic and Doing a Good Job in Foreign Investment Projects"; The State Council executive meeting last week proposed to make preparations for the Spring Canton Fair and vigorously promote foreign trade cooperation. The State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism emphasized at a press conference on the work of stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment in response to the impact of the epidemic, and emphasized the need to optimize public services, support localities, industry organizations, and trade promotion agencies to build public service platforms to provide enterprises with necessary laws and regulations. Information services to help companies participate in domestic and foreign trade promotion and exhibition activities. These major policies and specific measures will help stabilize and optimize the global supply chain impacted by the epidemic and help solve the current supply chain problems.
China's door to the outside world will open wider and wider. The Chinese market has huge potential, and the fundamentals of its long-term economic improvement remain unchanged, and it will continue to be a hot spot for foreign investment.
Recently, a survey report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China showed that 55% of the interviewed companies believe that it is too early to judge the impact of the epidemic on the business strategy of companies in 3-5 years; 34% of companies believe that there will be no impact; 63% Of surveyed companies intend to expand their investment in China in 2020.
In fact, this is also true. A group of multinational companies with strategic vision have not stopped at the impact of the epidemic, but have accelerated their investment in China. For example, retail giant Costco announced that it will open its second store in mainland China in Shanghai; Toyota will cooperate with FAW to invest in the construction of an electric car factory in Tianjin; Starbucks will invest US$129 million in Kunshan, Jiangsu, to build Starbucks’ world’s greenest coffee Baking factory, this factory is Starbucks' largest baking factory outside the United States and the company's largest overseas production investment. In this regard, Premier Li Keqiang personally sent a congratulatory letter. He said that Starbucks has actively participated in China's reform and opening up for many years. Process, made contributions, shared opportunities, and achieved mutual benefit and win-win results. As a productive strategic investment project, the "Coffee Innovation Industrial Park" targets the latest international standards and realizes green production, which is conducive to innovating and modernizing the industrial chain and supply chain.
Li Keqiang pointed out that the Chinese government's commitment to deepening reform and opening up is firm and unswerving, and the door to the outside world will open wider and wider. China's general manufacturing industry has been fully liberalized, and the service industry is also opening up faster. We will further relax market access, and create a non-discriminatory and continuously optimized business environment for all types of ownership, domestic and foreign companies. The Chinese market has huge potential, and the fundamentals of its long-term economic improvement remain unchanged, and it will continue to be a hot spot for foreign investment. Enterprises from all over the world are welcome to further expand cooperation with China and better achieve common development.
In addition, the third China International Import Expo, which has attracted worldwide attention, is also actively attracting investment and exhibitions. Up to now, the contracted exhibition area of the third China International Import Expo has exceeded 50% of the planned area, and more than 1,000 exhibitors have signed up. The list of 143 exhibitors was also announced at Ri'an. The 3rd CIIE will set up new themes such as public health and non-banking finance for the first time. At the same time, it will open up the “recruiting and docking” model for the first time to help global exhibitors and procurement. Businesses are better connected.
In addition to the 3rd CIIE, the 127th Canton Fair, the 2020 Beijing Trade Fair, Investment and Trade Fair, the 102nd National Sugar and Alcohol Fair, the 7th China-Russia Expo, the 3rd China International Smart Industry Expo in 2020, the 3rd The preparations for the Digital China Construction Achievements Exhibition, the 17th China-ASEAN Expo and other major exhibitions are proceeding in an orderly manner as planned.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the more at this time, the more we must look at the situation from a comprehensive, dialectical, and long-term perspective. Premier Li Keqiang pointed out that the more difficulties we encounter, the more we must expand reform and opening up. In the next step, it is necessary to implement the work of the Party Central Committee and the State Council in responding to the epidemic to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, give full play to the investment promotion role of major exhibition platforms such as China International Import Expo and CIFIT, continue to make preparations for the 127th Canton Fair, and give full play to The Canton Fair will play a good role in helping companies take orders, expand the market, and stabilize the basic foreign trade market.
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