Beijing, China, Feb. 21 -- Today, the Ministry of Justice, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress jointly organized a legislative symposium on the Law on the Promotion of Private Economy to listen to the opinions and suggestions of representatives of private enterprises, experts and scholars on legislation. The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to the guidance and persistence of the socialist thought with Chinese characteristics in the new era"Two unwavering"Accelerate the formulation of a law on the promotion of the private economy and promote the development and growth of the private economy. He Rong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Justice, presided over the meeting. Wang Ruihe, vice chairman of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Liu Guixiang, deputy ministerial-level full-time member of the Adjudication Committee of the Supreme People's Court, Gong Ming, deputy procurator general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Wang Zhenjiang and Hu Weilie, vice ministers of justice, and Fang Guanghua, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, attended the meeting. Representatives of private enterprises Wang Yu, Zhang Wenzhong, Song Liuping, Chen Dongsheng, Chen Zhilie, Zhao Jiazhen, Xia Hua, Liang Zhixiang and some experts and scholars attended the forum and made speeches.
The participants believed that the formulation of the law on the promotion of the private economy should thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the National Economic Work Conference, study and comprehend the important expositions of the general secretary on the development of the private economy, adhere to and improve the basic socialist economic system, protect the property rights of private enterprises and the rights and interests of entrepreneurs in accordance with the law, and further optimize the development environment of private enterprises. It is necessary to sum up practical experience, consolidate the achievements of reform, respond to the concerns of enterprises, make up for shortcomings and weaknesses, and earnestly implement the requirements for equal treatment of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises in the legal system with hard measures, so as to give full play to the role of the rule of law in consolidating the fundamentals, stabilizing expectations, and benefiting the long-term.
The meeting pointed out that in accordance with the requirements of the first deployment, we should focus on the core concerns of private enterprises such as protecting the property rights of private enterprises and the rights and interests of entrepreneurs in accordance with the law, fair participation in market competition, equal use of production factors, fair law enforcement and justice, and governance of small and medium-sized enterprises' account arrears, establish and improve relevant systems, maintain the consistency and stability of policy formulation and implementation with rule of law thinking and rule of law, further boost confidence, stimulate the endogenous power and innovation vitality of various business entities, and promote the acceleration of the development of new quality productivity.
He Rong stressed that the drafting of the law on the promotion of the private economy has been launched, and it is necessary to adhere to the principle of opening the door to opinions, gathering wisdom, listening to opinions extensively, abiding by the legislative procedures, improving the quality and efficiency of legislation, gathering consensus and strength of all parties, formulating a pragmatic, effective and operational law, promoting the healthy development of the private economy, and better creating a market-oriented, law-based and international first-class business environment, so as to provide a solid legal guarantee for solidly promoting high-quality development and Chinese-style modernization. The National Development and Reform Commission, the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and other participating units said that they will jointly promote the legislative work of the private economy promotion law, effectively solve the current practical problems affecting the development of private enterprises, and stabilize the development expectations of the private economy.
*: China**Net.