After the Central Economic Work Conference of the Communist Party of China proposed to support the development of the private economy to boost market confidence, the relevant person in charge of the Finance Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China said that the requirements for equal treatment of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises should be lowered from the system and law.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the relevant person in charge of the Central Finance Office said in a question-and-answer form on Sunday (December 18) that China's private economy and small, medium and micro enterprises are currently facing many difficulties in production and operation, with weak development expectations and insufficient confidence. The Central Economic Work Conference attached great importance to this issue, emphasizing the need to optimize the development environment of private enterprises and promote the development and growth of the private economy.

In the face of the outside world's debate on whether China still engages in a socialist market economy and whether it adheres to the "two unswervingly", the person in charge responded by emphasizing that the central government has a firm and clear attitude and is unequivocal. "At the Central Economic Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized in his speech that we must always adhere to the direction of socialist market economic reform and adhere to the'two unswervingly '."

The person in charge further said that, on the one hand, the requirement to treat state-owned enterprises and private enterprises equally and equally should be dropped from the system and law. For example, it is necessary to protect the property rights of private enterprises and the rights and interests of entrepreneurs in accordance with the law, and prevent and correct the use of administrative or criminal means to interfere in economic disputes. It is necessary to comprehensively review and revise laws, regulations and policies related to enterprises, and continue to break down barriers affecting equal access. It is necessary to improve the fair competition system, oppose local protection and administrative monopoly, and open up more space for private enterprises. State-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and foreign enterprises must operate in accordance with laws and regulations.

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On the other hand, it is necessary to encourage and support the development and growth of the private economy and private enterprises in terms of policies and public opinion. It is necessary to vigorously publicize the important role of the private economy in economic and social development, employment, fiscal taxation, science and technology, and innovation. For example, the private economy has the important characteristics of "566 789", that is, it contributes more than 50% of tax revenue, more than 60% of GDP, more than 70% of technological innovation achievements, more than 80% of urban labor employment, and more than 90% of the number of enterprises.

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said: "In 2021, the tax contribution of the private economy has reached 59.6%, and private enterprises account for 96% of the market, and the proportion has further increased. It can be said that the private economy has become a new force in safeguarding people's livelihood, promoting innovation, and promoting high-quality development."

The person in charge also called on leading cadres at all levels to solve problems and do practical things for private enterprises, and build pro-Qing government-business relations. It is necessary to strengthen management services for small, medium and micro enterprises and support the development of small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households. It is necessary to plan a new round of comprehensive and deepening reforms around building a high-level socialist market economic system and promoting high-level opening up. It is necessary to protect property rights and intellectual property rights in accordance with the law, abide by the spirit of the contract, and promote economic development on the track of the rule of law, so that enterprises, especially private enterprises, can enhance their confidence in long-term development.