At present, the construction of a unified national market has achieved phased results. **The press office held a regular policy briefing on December 26, and the heads of relevant departments introduced the latest progress and focus of the construction of a unified national market. According to the press conference, since the beginning of this year, all regions and departments have done a good job in implementing various tasks, and have made efforts to eliminate a number of outstanding problems in local protection and market segmentation. Various economic data fully show that the entire market environment and business operations are improving significantly, and the major reform deployment of speeding up the construction of a unified national market has played a positive role in promoting stable development expectations. Li Chunlin, deputy director of the state, said that in the next step, the country will study and improve the top-level design of the market access system, and promote the construction of a new market access system that is open and transparent, standardized and orderly, fair competition, clear rights and responsibilities, and strong supervision.
The market environment and business operations have improved significantly.
Li Chunlin introduced that the construction of a unified national market is simply and colloquially called "five unifications" and "one elimination", that is, through a unified basic system and rules, a unified connected market facilities, a unified factor resource market, a unified commodity and service market, a unified market supervision and the elimination of local protection, to build a highly efficient, standardized, fair competition, fully open super-large-scale market.
According to the press conference, since the beginning of this year, all regions and departments have done a good job in implementing various tasks, and have made efforts to eliminate a number of outstanding problems in local protection and market segmentation. For example, the state has established a system for the rectification of improper interference in the construction of a national unified market and the interview and notification of typical cases, and carried out the verification and rectification of clues that hinder the construction of a national unified marketThe State Administration for Market Regulation has organized all localities to clean up regulations and practices that hinder the construction of a unified large market and fair competition.
Judging from this year's economic situation, China's economy has rebounded and high-quality development has been steadily promoted. Various economic data fully show that the entire market environment and business operations are improving significantly, and the major reform deployment of speeding up the construction of a unified national market has played a positive role in promoting stable development expectations. Li Chunlin said that on the whole, accelerating the construction of a unified national market has played a positive role in promoting the smooth domestic cycle, stimulating market vitality, reducing transaction costs, releasing the potential of domestic demand, and consolidating the foundation for economic recovery.
Regarding the "acceleration and improvement of market access" pointed out by the executive meeting, Li Chunlin said that in recent times, a total of 107 typical cases of violating the negative list of market access have been notified in six phases, and the market access environment for new formats and new fields has been continuously optimized, and the market access efficiency assessment has been steadily carried out.
In terms of boosting the development of new industrialization through the construction of a unified national market, Li Liejun, director of the Department of Industrial Policy and Regulations of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the deployment of building a unified national market has been implemented from three aspects to support new industrialization: closely focusing on promoting the smooth circulation of the national economy, and striving to improve the quality of the manufacturing supply system;Closely focus on optimizing the industrial layout, and actively guide the industrial transfer and manufacturing industry exhibitionFocusing on strengthening and promoting new industrialization, we will continue to promote and deepen the market-oriented reform of factors.
Break down local protection and market segmentation.
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly called for the construction of a unified national market. The first economic work conference just held not long ago stressed the need to speed up the construction of a unified national market and strive to eliminate various forms of local protection and market segmentation. Accelerating the construction of a unified national market is conducive to the smooth flow of commodity elements in a wider range and promoting the efficient linkage of domestic and international markets, which is an inevitable requirement for smoothing the domestic cycle and promoting the construction of a new development pattern, and is also an important starting point for releasing the potential of domestic demand and consolidating the foundation for economic recovery.
On December 18, the executive meeting listened to the report on the progress of accelerating the construction of a unified national market, and clarified the key work of basic system construction, reform in key areas, and breaking down various obstacles. This is the second time this year that the executive meeting has studied this work. On May 19, the executive meeting studied the overall work plan and recent measures for the implementation of the construction of a unified national market. The relevant arrangements reflect the importance and urgency of this work.
Previously, the "Opinions of the Communist Party of China on Accelerating the Construction of a National Unified Market" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") made it clear that the unification of a unified market is not uniform, but on the premise of maintaining a unified national market, combined with the implementation of major regional strategies and regional coordinated development strategies, priority is given to the construction of regional market integration.
The "Opinions" put forward that all regions should be guided to integrate factors such as comparative advantages, resource and environmental carrying capacity, industrial base, and disaster prevention and risk avoidance capabilities, find out their own functional positioning, and vigorously guard against greed for foreign goods, low-level redundant construction, and excessive homogeneous competition, and do not engage in "small and complete" self-small circulation, let alone engage in regional blockade in the name of "internal circulation".
Zhu Keli, founding dean of the National Research Institute of New Economy and chief researcher of the New Economy Think Tank, said in an interview that the local government attaches too much importance to GDP and local taxes, and the local protectionist tendency is more serious. Each region often has its own support for enterprises and brands, delineating either open or dark thresholds, building barriers of interests, and other homogeneous enterprises and products are difficult to enter. These problems were covered up when the economy was developing rapidly, but when the economy faced downward pressure, external fluctuations, and difficulties in production and operation of enterprises, it highlighted the urgency of forming a unified market.
Some analysts in the industry believe that regions such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration, the Yangtze River Delta, the Greater Bay Area, and the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle are in the unification of the factor resource market.
First, the unification of market platform facilities, etc., they have a series of experience and practices in promoting the regional integration of the market in the accumulation, through the construction of these regional models, but also to provide a good favorable support for the national unified market.
The unified basic system rules will be improved.
According to Li Chunlin, in the next step, we will focus on four aspects: improving the market access system, continuing to promote the relaxation of access to new formats and new fields, continuing to carry out the collection and notification of cases violating the negative list for market access, and promoting the full coverage of market access efficiency assessment.
In terms of improving the market access system, we will study and improve the top-level design of the market access system, and promote the construction of a new market access system that is open and transparent, standardized and orderly, fair competition, clear rights and responsibilities, and strong supervision.
In terms of continuing to promote the relaxation of access to new forms of business and new fields, we will do a good job in the evaluation and promotion of the special measures for relaxing market access in Hainan and Shenzhen. In the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Pudong New Area, and Nansha in Guangzhou, pilot projects to relax market access will be carried out, with a focus on continuously optimizing the access environment for new business forms and new fields.
In terms of continuing to carry out the aggregation and notification of cases violating the negative list for market access, we will do a solid job in the investigation and aggregation of cases, vigorously promote supervision and rectification, and effectively solve the problem of access for business entities. The collection, sorting, circulation, and rectification of cases is a task that must be persisted in for a long time.
In terms of promoting the full coverage of market access efficiency assessment, we will fully realize the full coverage of market access efficiency assessment nationwide, continue to improve the construction of the evaluation index system, deepen the application of efficiency assessment results, and strive to improve access efficiency.
It is worth noting that in order to promote the construction of a unified national market to achieve greater practical results, Li Chunlin revealed that he will study and formulate standard guidelines for the construction of a unified national market, accelerate the introduction of the "Social Credit Construction Law" and "Fair Competition Review Regulations", optimize the standard supply structure, strengthen the management of standard formulation, and further improve the unified market basic system rules. We should thoroughly study and improve the local tax system, and improve the fiscal and taxation system that is commensurate with the powers of affairs, the responsibility for expenditure, and the financial resources. Encourage Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the Yangtze River Delta to take the lead in the construction of regional market integration.
In addition, the elimination of local protection and administrative monopolies is of great significance to speeding up the construction of a unified national market. Zhao Chunlei, head of the Competition Policy Coordination Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, said that in 2024, it will organize and carry out actions to improve the quality and efficiency of law enforcement by abusing administrative power to eliminate restrictions on competition, increase efforts to eliminate regulations and practices that hinder the unified market and fair competition, vigorously cultivate and promote the culture of fair competition, create a fair competition market environment for all kinds of business entities, and continue to promote the efficient and smooth operation and scale expansion of the domestic market.
Comprehensive report by Beijing Business Daily.