On December 6, the relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission's National Economic Comprehensive Department answered reporters' questions on the current macroeconomic situation, saying that on the whole, since the beginning of this year, China's economy has overcome difficulties and challenges, withstood downward pressure, and the economic recovery has shown the characteristics of wave-like development and zigzag progress. China's economy is resilient, has sufficient potential, has wide room for maneuver, and its long-term positive fundamentals have not changed and will not change, and it is confident and more capable of achieving long-term stable development, and will continue to bring new impetus and new opportunities to the world with China's new development.
The above-mentioned person in charge said that since the beginning of this year, the economic operation has rebounded, supply and demand have improved steadily, structural adjustment and optimization have been accelerated, employment prices have been basically stable, and high-quality development has been solidly promoted. The international mainstream voice is optimistic about China's economic prospects, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently changed China's GDP growth rate in 2023 and 2024 from2% to6%；The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently increased China's GDP growth rate from 5 in 20231% to 52%。
Looking forward to the next step, the person in charge said that China's economic development still has many favorable conditions and supporting factors. China is the world's largest and most potential consumer market, residents' clothing, food, housing, transportation and spiritual and cultural needs have huge potential, there is still a lot of room for investment in short boards, weak links and new industrial fields and new tracks, and the development of new urbanization will also inject vitality into the expansion of demand. It has the supply advantage of complete industrial system. China has the world's most complete industrial system, an increasingly complete infrastructure network, continuous improvement of the security and security capabilities of food, energy resources, and important industrial chains, further enhancement of economic resilience, and advantages such as massive data resources and rich application scenarios, which will boost the digital transformation of traditional industries and accelerate the growth of emerging industries. It has the power advantage brought about by the continuous deepening of reform and opening up. Comprehensively deepening the reform and deepening the in-depth promotion, supporting the deepening of the reform of state-owned enterprises, promoting the development and growth of the private economy, increasing the efforts to attract foreign investment, and continuously optimizing the business environment will continue to stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of business entities.
Original**: China ** Daily, China Securities Network.