From December 11th to 12th, the ** Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing. The meeting comprehensively summarized this year's economic work, deeply analyzed the current economic situation, and systematically deployed next year's economic work. The meeting emphasized that next year, we should focus on promoting high-quality development, highlight the key points, grasp the key, and do a solid job in economic work.
Highlight the key points and grasp the key", the key and the key are inseparable from the new quality of productivity. The new quality productivity is different from the traditional productivity, involving new fields and high technology content, relying on innovation drive is the key, and the new quality productivity represents a kind of leap in productivity, which is the productivity in which scientific and technological innovation plays a leading role. The new quality productivity provides scientific guidance for accelerating scientific and technological innovation and promoting high-quality development in the new era and new journey.
How to develop new quality of productive forces, the meeting has given the answer -- "leading the construction of a modern industrial system with scientific and technological innovation" is the first of the nine key tasks of economic work next year, precisely because this is the key to the development of new quality productive forces. Obviously, the development of new quality productivity needs to be led by scientific and technological innovation, and this conference also fully demonstrated the importance of new industries, new forms of business and new models.
The meeting mentioned: "It is necessary to vigorously promote new industrialization, develop the digital economy, and accelerate the development of artificial intelligence." "Whether it is macro new industrialization, micro digital economy or more specific subdivision of artificial intelligence, it is synonymous with scientific and technological innovation. At the same time, the meeting also emphasized that it is necessary to build a number of strategic emerging industries such as biomanufacturing, commercial aerospace, and low-altitude economy, open up new tracks for future industries such as quantum and life sciences, widely apply digital intelligence technology and green technology, and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. In other words, the importance of scientific and technological innovation lies not only in new industries, new formats and new models, but also in the transformation of traditional industries. As market participants pointed out, this economic work conference will put the relevant expressions of scientific and technological innovation in front, and the overall expression is more positive and systematic.
Regarding how to implement the "construction of a modern industrial system led by scientific and technological innovation", among the other eight key tasks, one is to deepen the reform of key areas, and the other is to expand high-level opening up.
Private enterprises are an important force in China's scientific and technological innovation, therefore, in deepening the reform of key areas, the meeting requires that the development and growth of private enterprises be promoted. In the past decade, private enterprises have become the main force of scientific and technological innovation and an important driving force for high-quality development. However, the obstacles restricting the innovation of private enterprises still need to be solved in reality, which is where the reform in key areas needs to be deepened. The meeting pointed out that a number of measures should be implemented in terms of market access, access to factors, fair law enforcement, and protection of rights and interests, and emphasized the promotion of the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. The above-mentioned specific measures will help to enhance the protection of private enterprises, so that the private economy can develop scientific and technological innovation with a more solid foundation under the "two unwavering" and achieve new breakthroughs.
Opening-up is the key to the sustainable development of a country's scientific and technological innovation, in terms of expanding high-level opening-up, the meeting emphasized the relaxation of market access for telecommunications, medical and other service industries, benchmarking international high-standard economic and trade rules, earnestly solving the cross-border flow of data, equal participation in procurement and other issues, and continuing to build a market-oriented, law-based, international first-class business environment. Institutional opening-up in key areas plays a crucial role in promoting the development of a field, an industry and even the economy as a whole. In addition, the meeting also earnestly proposed to "open up the blockages for foreign personnel to do business, study, Xi and tourism in China". Recently, the inability of foreigners to do business and live in highly digital China due to digital barriers has become a major factor affecting foreign investment and foreign tourists' entry. The meeting focused on this specific blocking point, fully demonstrated the sincerity of optimizing the business environment for foreign investment and strengthening healthy competition and cooperation, and was a pragmatic footnote to build the "Invest in China" brand.
to lead the construction of a modern industrial system with scientific and technological innovation", develop new quality productive forces, deepen reform, and expand opening up, and the focus of economic development in 2024 has been set.