The COVID-19 epidemic will inevitably have a huge impact on economy and society. The more we look at the development of China comprehensively, dialectically and in the long run, the more we must strengthen our confidence. On the whole, the fundamentals of China's long-term economic improvement have not changed, and the impact of the epidemic is short-term and generally controllable. As long as we turn pressure into motivation, be good at turning crisis into opportunity, restore the order of production and life in an orderly manner, strengthen the measures of "six stabilities", intensify policy adjustment, and fully release the great potential and powerful kinetic energy of China's development, we can achieve the goals and tasks of economic and social development this year.
The first is to implement accurate resumption of production by zoning and grading. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, it is a great challenge to integrate forces to fight the epidemic in a short time. After the epidemic has slowed down, it is also a great challenge to coordinate the prevention, control and recovery of the epidemic. We can't take a "one size fits all" approach to different regions, which will hinder the recovery of economic and social order, and we can't relax prevention and control improperly, which will lead to the previous efforts being wasted. At the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau (PSC) on February 12, I proposed that the non-epidemic prevention and control key areas should formulate differentiated prevention and control strategies in different regions and at different levels, which is the reason. At present, there are 1396 counties (districts) in China with no confirmed cases (accounting for 46%), and some counties (districts) have few cumulative cases and basically no new cases. These low-risk areas should adjust the prevention and control strategies for foreign imports as soon as possible to fully restore the order of production and life. Medium-risk areas should resume work and production in an orderly manner according to the prevention and control situation. High-risk areas should continue to concentrate on epidemic prevention and control. As the situation of epidemic prevention and control continues to improve, qualified provinces should reduce their response levels in a timely manner and implement dynamic adjustments.
Second, strengthen macro-policy adjustment. Macro-policies should be based on counter-cyclical adjustment, and the rhythm and intensity should be able to hedge the impact of the epidemic, prevent economic operation from slipping out of a reasonable range, and prevent short-term shocks from turning into trend changes. The proactive fiscal policy should be more active, and the policies such as financial discount, large-scale fee reduction and deferred tax payment that have been introduced should be implemented to enterprises as soon as possible. We should continue to study and introduce phased and targeted tax reduction and fee reduction policies, increase support for the resumption of production in some industries, and help small and medium-sized enterprises tide over the difficulties. It is necessary to focus on the use of some central departments' stock funds and make overall plans for epidemic prevention and control and ensuring key expenditures. Some local governments are greatly affected by the epidemic, so it is necessary to increase the transfer payment to ensure the basic livelihood of the grassroots. It is necessary to expand the issuance scale of local government special bonds and optimize the investment structure within the budget. A prudent monetary policy should pay more attention to flexibility and moderation, put support for the recovery and development of the real economy in a more prominent position, make good use of existing financial support policies, and introduce new policy measures in due course. In view of the urgent problems faced by enterprises in returning to work and production, such as debt repayment, capital turnover and financing expansion, we will innovate and improve financial support methods, list the credit scale of key epidemic prevention areas, and provide special credit lines to industries, private enterprises and small and micro enterprises that are greatly affected by the epidemic. It is necessary to adjust and improve the repayment and interest payment arrangements of enterprises, increase the extension and renewal of loans, appropriately reduce the loan interest of small and micro enterprises, and prevent the capital chain of enterprises from breaking.
Third, comprehensively strengthen measures to stabilize employment. It is necessary to implement the employment priority policy, adjust the policy strength according to the changes in the employment situation, reduce the burden, stabilize the post and expand the employment simultaneously, and do a good job in reducing social security fees, unemployment insurance and returning employment subsidies in stages to improve the accuracy of the policy in view of the outstanding contradictions such as the serious shortage of jobs in some enterprises, the pressure of stabilizing the post and the difficulty in finding jobs for key groups. It is necessary to encourage migrant workers in low-risk areas to return to their jobs as soon as possible and adopt "point-to-point, one-stop" direct transportation services. It is necessary to support multi-channel flexible employment and solve the problem of individual industrial and commercial households resuming business as soon as possible. It is necessary to speed up online unemployment registration and unemployment insurance benefits application, and ensure that the unemployed should be fully insured. We should attach importance to the employment of college graduates, make overall plans for graduation, recruitment, examination and other related work, so that they can graduate smoothly and get employment as soon as possible.
Fourth, resolutely complete the task of getting rid of poverty. This year, the fight against poverty will be fully completed. At first, there were many difficult battles to fight. Now we must work hard to overcome the impact of the epidemic. We must work harder and pay close attention to the implementation of this arduous work The export and import places of labor services should be accurately docked, helping poor laborers to return to their posts in an orderly manner, supporting leading poverty alleviation enterprises and poverty alleviation workshops to resume work as soon as possible, and absorbing local employment. It is necessary to organize the docking of production and marketing to solve the sales problem of agricultural and livestock products in poor areas. It is necessary to speed up the establishment and improvement of mechanisms to prevent poverty. For those who return to poverty due to epidemic or other reasons, it is necessary to implement assistance measures in time to ensure that their basic livelihood is not affected.
Fifth, promote enterprises to resume work and production. It is necessary to implement the accurate prevention and control strategy of zoning and grading, open up the blocking points of people flow and logistics, and liberalize the restrictions on freight logistics to ensure that employees can get back, raw materials can be supplied and products can be exported. The industrial chain is interlocking, one link is blocked, and upstream and downstream enterprises cannot operate. It is necessary to strengthen the docking of upstream and downstream production and marketing between regions and promote the coordinated resumption of production in all links of the industrial chain. It is necessary to actively expand effective domestic demand, speed up the construction progress of projects under construction and newly started, strengthen the protection of employment, land use, capital and other factors, make good use of investment in the central budget, special bond funds and policy finance, and optimize the investment structure. The epidemic situation is both a challenge and an opportunity for industrial development. Some traditional industries have been hit hard, while emerging industries such as intelligent manufacturing, unmanned distribution, online consumption and medical and health care have shown strong growth potential. We should take this opportunity to transform and upgrade traditional industries and cultivate and expand emerging industries.
Sixth, seize the opportunity to do a good job in spring agricultural production. Now, spring ploughing has started from south to north. Pay close attention to solving the outstanding problems affecting spring ploughing, organize the production, circulation and supply of agricultural materials, and carry out spring sowing in due course. Even in Hubei and the provinces with the worst epidemic situation, farmers should be organized to carry out agricultural production according to the actual situation. Most agricultural production sites are in the fields, so some unreasonable restrictions should be removed to ensure that agricultural production does not miss the farming season. It is necessary to continuously strengthen the prevention and control of major animal diseases such as African swine fever and highly pathogenic avian influenza, and promote the all-round development of animal husbandry and aquaculture.
Seventh, effectively guarantee the basic livelihood of the people. The epidemic situation directly affects residents' income, and the difficulties faced by some people in their basic lives may increase if the factors of rising prices are added. It is necessary to implement the "rice bag" governor responsibility system and the "vegetable basket" mayor responsibility system to ensure the supply of staple food. It is necessary to pay close attention to the impact of the epidemic on market supply and demand, do a good job in ensuring the supply and demand of residents' daily necessities market, and prevent prices from rising too fast. It is necessary to maintain basic livelihood services during the epidemic and encourage the service industry closely related to people's lives to resume business in an orderly manner. It is necessary to strengthen the guarantee for the needy people, and the standard of temporary price subsidies can be appropriately raised where conditions permit. Patients, especially families whose loved ones were killed, should be taken care of and their basic lives arranged. For groups isolated at home due to the epidemic, such as elderly people who are lonely, children with difficulties, and seriously ill and disabled people, it is necessary to strengthen visits and necessary help to prevent incidents that impact the bottom line of social morality. It is necessary to coordinate the medical treatment of patients with other diseases, so that the treatment of acute and severe patients is guaranteed, the medication for patients with chronic diseases is guaranteed, and the general patients are guaranteed to seek medical treatment.
Eighth, stabilize the basic disk of foreign trade and foreign investment. It is necessary to ensure the smooth operation of the foreign trade industrial chain and supply chain and stabilize the international market share. It is necessary to make full use of compliant foreign trade policy tools such as export tax rebate and export credit insurance, expand the supply of export credit, and moderately relax the conditions for underwriting and claims settlement. It is necessary to simplify customs clearance procedures, reduce port and inspection and quarantine fees, and introduce more foreign exchange facilitation services. It is necessary to encourage all localities to simultaneously promote incremental and stable stocks and do a good job in landing major foreign-funded projects. It is necessary to expand the opening of financial and other service industries. Continue to optimize the business environment, do a good job in attracting investment, ensuring business stability, and enhance the confidence of foreign investors in long-term investment and operation.