On March 4, the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Source: Xinhua News Agency).
On March 4, the Second Session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) opened in Beijing, marking the opening of the 2024 National People's Congress and the National People's Congress of China. In the past few days, the world has mainly focused on the two sessions, looking forward to understanding the direction of China's policy.
Understanding the vitality of China from the two sessions. Every year at the two sessions, the expected goals of China's economic development have attracted the attention of the world. On the eve of the two sessions this year, foreign media such as "Wall Street**" Deutsche Welle "**Singapore's "Straits Times" focused on China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth target this year and analyzed China's economic trend. To observe China's economy, we should not only look at the "shape" of short-term fluctuations, but also look at the "potential" of long-term development. Looking back at 2023, China's economy will be 5The growth rate of 2% is significantly faster than that of the United States5%, Eurozone 05%, Japan 1The economic growth rate of 9% is expected to contribute more than 30% to world economic growth, and it is still an important engine of global economic growth. This year's Spring Festival holiday is 8 days, and China's domestic tourism travel is 47.4 billion person-times, a year-on-year increase of 343%, the total cost of domestic tourists is 63268.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 473%, a record high, once again let the world feel the vitality of China's economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently said that from the end of 2024 to 2025, China's economic growth rate will continue to be higher than the global growth rate, significantly higher than the growth rate of developed economies, and continue to rank among emerging economies and developing countries. How China's economy will consolidate the foundation of "stability" and continue to accumulate the power of "progress", the two sessions this year will give a clearer answer.
Understanding innovative China from the two sessions. "New quality productivity" has become a hot word of great concern in Chinese society, and it is expected to continue to arouse heated discussions during the two sessions. According to an article published by the Policy Research Institute of the Asia Society in the United States, China will attach importance to accelerating the development of new quality productivity, which will be led by innovation, and will be marked by a substantial increase in total factor productivity. Singapore's Channel News Asia also reported that "new quality productivity" will be a key theme in China's annual political event, quoting a scholar from the National University of Singapore as saying that at the two sessions, China will boost confidence in the economy, "which could be a morale-boosting meeting". Where does China's confidence come from in the development of new quality productive forces? Looking back at 2023, China's social research and experimental development expenditure will be 33 trillion yuan, with a ratio of 2 to GDP64%；The total amount of human resources, scientific and technological human resources, and the total number of R&D personnel all rank first in the world; The number of high-tech enterprises is about 400,000, the number of the world's top 100 scientific and technological innovation clusters has jumped to the first place in the world, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain are accelerating the transformation and application ......These achievements have converged into a joint force to jointly promote the formation and growth of new momentum for China's development. The continuous "upgrading" of new quality productivity will continue to inject new momentum into China's economy.
Read about open China from the two sessions. At present, the recovery of the world economy is sluggish, protectionist tendencies are on the rise, the trend of pan-politicization and pan-security is spreading, and arguments such as "small courtyards with high walls", "decoupling and breaking chains" and "de-risking" are emerging one after another. Under such circumstances, China has shown with concrete actions that it firmly chooses to open up between openness and closure. Implement five measures to facilitate foreign personnel to come to China, and further break through the blockages related to foreign personnel coming to China for business, study and tourism; revise the national version of the negative list for foreign investment access, and completely remove the restrictions on foreign investment access in the manufacturing sector; Promote the "24 Measures for Foreign Investment" to accelerate the implementation and achieve results, and continue to create a market-oriented, law-based, and international first-class business environment ......Pakistan Today noted that China has pledged to provide more market access to foreign investors, encourage Chinese companies to do more with the outside world, and implement a wider scope, wider and deeper opening up. Through the two sessions, the world will be able to better understand the connotation and philosophy of China's policies. On the eve of the two sessions, in an interview with the overseas network, the ambassadors of Cyprus, Egypt, Nepal and other countries to China expressed their urgent desire to strengthen cooperation with China.
China's "Two Sessions Time", the world's "China Moment". Going to this "spring event" with China, the world will understand China's development and look forward to China's future through the two sessions. (He Wei).
Overseas network copyright works shall not be authorized **.
Editors-in-charge: He Wei, Mao Li.
*: Overseas Network.