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Jiang Meng. Security is the foundation of development, and stability is the prerequisite for prosperity. 2023 is the first year of the full implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, although facing the complex international political and economic environment and the arduous task of domestic reform, development and stability, under the strong leadership of the whole party, the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country have withstood the pressure, overcome difficulties, and strive to expand domestic demand, optimize the industrial structure, enhance innovation ability and competitiveness, and effectively promote China's economy to move forward in the climbing hills. Firmly establish the concept of safe development at all levels and departments, strive to ensure the new development pattern with a new security pattern, and make every effort to prevent and resolve various risks and hidden dangers while effectively enhancing economic vitality, especially pay attention to playing a good first move, take the initiative in various key areas, adhere to bottom-line thinking, think of all possibilities as much as possible, and strive to make full preparations, and constantly win and maintain the strategic initiative of economic development.
Food security in the world, agricultural stability and social security. For China, with a population of more than 1.4 billion, ensuring food security has always been the "greatest thing in the country". In 2023, Document No. 1 proposes to "implement a new round of 100 billion catties of grain production capacity improvement action" to consolidate the foundation of food security in an all-round wayThe national grain sowing area is 178.5 billion mu, an increase of 954 over the previous year60,000 acres, an increase of 05%；All localities continue to strengthen the construction of high-standard farmland, focusing on the annual tasks of building 45 million mu and transforming and upgrading 35 million mu, so as to lay a solid foundation for high and stable grain productionCoupled with the hard work of hundreds of millions of farmers......A series of solid efforts to secure the "Chinese rice bowl" have been rewarded with heavy harvests. In 2023, the country's total grain output will be 13,908200 million catties, an increase of 177 over the previous year600 million catties, the output hit a record high, stable at 1 for 9 consecutive yearsMore than 3 trillion catties will further enhance our confidence in coping with various risks and challenges, and consolidate the confidence to accelerate high-quality economic development.
Energy is an essential element of economic development, and the bottom line of energy security must be firmly established. From January to October this year, China's production reached 174.05 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 17%。At present, coal production is stable and orderly, and transportation is strongly guaranteedNatural gas resources are relatively sufficient, and all kinds of gas storage facilities should be exhausted before winter, and ...... should be storedWe will continue to tap the potential for increasing production and supply, and the overall stability of energy and resources will continue to improve the security of energy resources, providing a steady stream of power for China's economic and social development.
Ensuring the safety and stability of the industrial chain is more related to the healthy cycle of the national economy. On the one hand, all localities combine local resource endowments and characteristic advantages to continuously optimize the layout of the industrial chain division of laborOn the other hand, we will focus on the self-reliance and self-improvement of science and technology in key industries and emerging industries, continue to increase R&D investment, make every effort to overcome the difficulties of "stuck necks", and promote the modernization of the industrial chain. Under the joint action of technical support, application traction and synergy, we will effectively improve the level of China's modern industrial system and the resilience, safety and stability of the industrial chain, and consolidate and improve the quality, efficiency and core competitiveness of China's economy.
There will be times when the wind and waves will be long, and the clouds will sail into the sea. China's economy has always developed and grown in overcoming challenges. Looking forward to economic work in 2024, it is necessary to coordinate high-quality development and high-level security, and further comprehensively improve the ability to ensure safe development. We must always firmly grasp the lifeline of economic development in our own hands and constantly enhance the independence, security, and sustainability of China's economic development.
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