CCTV News:On February 1st, "News Network" reported the financial revenue and expenditure of China in 2023, the scale of service trade, the new breakthrough of Xiamen Port’s "Silk Road Shipping" route, etc. Combined with the recent new achievements in the fields of people’s livelihood, opening up to the outside world and energy supply, it can be seen that China’s economy will carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, and the new year will surely sail and sail.
[Promote the economy to achieve effective improvement in quality and reasonable growth in quantity]
In 2023, fiscal revenue maintained a recovery growth trend.
At the press conference held by the State Council Office on February 1, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said that in 2023, China’s fiscal revenue maintained a recovery growth trend, and the national general public budget revenue exceeded 21 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.4%, and the fiscal revenues of 31 provinces all achieved positive growth; The national general public budget expenditure exceeded 27 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.4%. Social security, employment, science and technology and other key expenditure areas are strongly guaranteed.
This year, the central government will appropriately raise the level of central and provincial investment subsidies for the construction of high-standard farmland, and the structural tax reduction and fee reduction policy will focus on supporting scientific and technological innovation and manufacturing development, so as to promote the effective improvement of quality and reasonable growth of the economy.
Ministry of Finance: Take effective measures to support scientific and technological innovation in 2024.
Scientific and technological innovation is an important direction of China’s fiscal expenditure. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said that in 2024, China will take more powerful and effective measures to promote the construction of modern industrial system with scientific and technological innovation and develop new quality productivity.
Vice Minister of Finance Wang Dongwei:In terms of policy orientation, it pays attention to strengthening the main position of enterprise innovation. Pay attention to the role of demand traction. Pay attention to improving the toughness and safety level of the industrial chain supply chain. Pay attention to stimulating the vitality of researchers, support the pilot reform of salary system in universities and research institutes, accelerate the pilot reform of ownership or long-term use right of post scientific and technological achievements, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity of researchers.
Wang Dongwei said that in 2024, in terms of the use of funds, efforts will be made to deepen the reform of the allocation and use mechanism of financial science and technology funds, strengthen the overall planning of scientific and technological tasks and funds, and highlight key support points. It is necessary to increase investment in basic research, applied basic research and cutting-edge research, and support the promotion of original innovation ability; Fully guarantee to win the key core technology battle, support the layout and implementation of a number of major national science and technology projects, and accelerate the seizure of the commanding heights of science and technology; At the same time, we should focus on national laboratories, national scientific research institutions, high-level research universities and leading enterprises in science and technology, and support the strengthening of national strategic scientific and technological strength; It is also necessary to strengthen the overall planning of innovative resources such as projects, funds, bases and talents, strengthen performance management, and strive to improve the use effect of science and technology funds.
Ministry of Finance: The subsidy level for high-standard farmland construction will be appropriately raised.
In 2023, China’s grain production achieved another bumper harvest and maintained growth for many years, which is inseparable from the support of state financial funds. At the press conference, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said that in 2024, the central government will appropriately raise the level of central and provincial investment subsidies for high-standard farmland construction.
Li Xianzhong, Director of the Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance:In 2024, the central government will appropriately raise the level of central and provincial investment subsidies for the construction of high-standard farmland, continue to support the seed industry revitalization action, the short-board action of agricultural machinery and equipment, and agricultural socialization services, explore the establishment of an inter-provincial horizontal interest compensation mechanism for grain production and marketing areas, improve the diversified investment mechanism, and at the same time, strengthen supervision over the use of funds and the implementation of policies to better ensure national food security.
According to reports, in 2023, the central government allocated 92 billion yuan to support the construction, renovation and upgrading of 80 million mu of high-standard farmland, and launched a pilot project for comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land. Raise the minimum purchase price of wheat, and expand the coverage of full cost insurance and planting income insurance for the three major grain crops to all major grain-producing counties in China.
[The scale of China’s service trade reached a record high in 2023]
According to the data released by the Ministry of Commerce on February 1, 2023, the total import and export of services in China was 6,575.43 billion yuan, up 10% year-on-year, and the scale of service trade reached a record high. Among them, travel services have the fastest growth. The import and export of travel services in the whole year was 1,485.62 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 73.6%.
At present, China is comprehensively deepening the pilot of innovation and development of service trade, and at the same time carrying out a comprehensive pilot of expanding and opening up the service industry, and continuously releasing the pilot system dividend. There are already 112 export bases of special services in China, covering seven fields, including culture, digital services, geographic information, intellectual property rights and language services.
[The first batch of special loans for urban village reconstruction projects will benefit people’s livelihood]
The reporter learned from China Development Bank and China Agricultural Development Bank that the first batch of special loans for urban village reconstruction projects have been distributed in Guangzhou, Zhengzhou and other cities since January 30th, involving more than 100 projects.
On January 30, China Development Bank issued a special loan of 9.08 billion yuan for the renovation of villages in cities, involving nearly 100 projects in Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Nanjing and other cities, benefiting more than 100,000 residents and building 238,400 sets of resettlement houses. China Agricultural Development Bank has also issued special loans to urban village reconstruction projects in more than ten cities including Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Chengdu, Wuhan, Ningbo, Hefei and Guiyang since January 30th.
Wang Xinfeng, Deputy Director of Housing and Urban Construction Business Department of China Development Bank:The special loan funds are earmarked for the preliminary work of the transformation of villages in cities, the construction of compensation and resettlement housing communities, and the related supporting infrastructure (construction) of the communities. The use of funds is closed and earmarked. In the process of fund management, we strive to reduce the cost of funds and provide low-cost and efficient financial support for the transformation of villages in cities.
At the end of last year, the Central Economic Work Conference proposed to accelerate the construction of affordable housing, the construction of public infrastructure for ordinary and emergency use, and the reconstruction of villages in cities.
Dong Ximiao, Principal Investigator of Zhaolian:The special loan for urban village reconstruction has the advantages of stable source, large amount of funds, low interest rate and long term, which is helpful to solve the problems of large capital demand and long period in the early stage of urban village reconstruction. The landing of the first batch of special loans for the reconstruction of urban villages means that the reconstruction of urban villages has been accelerated.
[China will build a highland for cooperation with Africa in the inland province of Hunan]
Ministry of Commerce: Support Hunan to accelerate the development of cooperation with Africa
Recently, the Overall Plan for the Construction of China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Pioneer Zone was approved by the State Council and officially issued. At the special press conference held on January 31, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce said that by giving full play to Hunan’s industrial and geographical advantages, it will further optimize the accumulation and allocation of non-cooperative resources and support Hunan to accelerate its development of non-cooperation with Africa.
According to reports, the "Overall Plan for the Construction of China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Pioneer Zone" clearly requires that the pioneer zone should focus on the construction of an innovative zone for economic and trade cooperation with Africa, a leading zone for deep economic and trade cooperation with Africa, a bearing zone for industrial chain cooperation with Africa and a "meeting room" for economic and trade exchanges and cooperation with Africa, and build an African non-resource product distribution and trading center, a China-Africa cross-border e-commerce cooperation center, a China-Africa industrial chain cultivation center, a China-Africa financial cooperation center, a China-Africa logistics center serving the central and western regions and a China-Africa
In addition, the Pioneer Zone relies on the China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone, meets international high-standard economic and trade rules, strengthens policy integration and innovation in optimizing China-Africa trade structure, deepening capacity cooperation, promoting financial logistics service innovation, and strengthening people-to-people exchanges in think tanks, and comprehensively improves the level of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, and timely summarizes and evaluates new experiences and practices, so as to replicate and promote them in a wider scope.
The construction of the pioneering area will emphasize "depth" and "pioneering"
At the special press conference held on January 31, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce said that the construction of the pioneering zone of China-Africa deep economic and trade cooperation will highlight the two aspects of "depth" and "first", and strive to promote the in-depth development of China-Africa cooperation, improve quality and increase efficiency.
Deepen cooperation in key areas. The pioneer area will focus on trade, investment, finance, personnel exchanges and other fields, promote the liberalization and facilitation of the flow of resource elements, and accelerate the cooperation between China and Africa in the fields of digital economy, green and low carbon, transportation and logistics; Deepen the docking of domestic and foreign markets, strengthen the docking of the pioneering zone with Chinese enterprises in Africa and overseas economic and trade cooperation zones, promote the development of industrial agglomeration in China and Africa, and close the cooperation between China and Africa; We will further promote the participation of all sectors of society and build a good platform for more domestic departments, localities, enterprises and financial institutions to exchange and cooperate with Africa.
In terms of "going first", we should try first to expand opening up and facilitate cooperation with Africa. Further optimize market access, strengthen market distribution function, cultivate new formats of cross-border e-commerce and carry out product processing cooperation; We will take the lead in linking the Pilot Free Trade Zone and innovating the policy measures for cooperation with Africa. Relying on the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone, we will promote the introduction of supporting policies for the Pilot Free Trade Zone and form a pattern in which the Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Free Trade Zone promote each other.
[Clean energy helps to build Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s energy security defense line]
After 30 years of safe operation, Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station has supplied 310.4 billion kWh of electricity to Hong Kong.
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station was officially put into commercial operation on February 1, 1994, and has been safely put into operation for 30 years. On February 1, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group said that in the past 30 years, Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station has supplied 310.4 billion kWh of electricity to Hong Kong.
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station is the first large-scale commercial nuclear power station in mainland China, with six million kilowatt nuclear power units. By the end of last year, the cumulative on-grid electricity consumption of six units reached 939.1 billion kWh, equivalent to reducing the consumption of standard coal by over 280 million tons and reducing carbon dioxide emission by over 770 million tons, equivalent to afforestation of about 2.11 million hectares. Among them, 80% of the on-grid electricity of Units 1 and 2 of Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station was delivered to Hong Kong, and the cumulative power supply to Hong Kong reached 310.4 billion kWh, accounting for nearly 30% of the social electricity consumption in Hong Kong.
Land construction of the platform for the second phase of "Deep Sea No.1" project was completed.
China CNOOC was released on February 1st, and the land construction of the comprehensive processing platform for the second phase of "Deep Sea No.1" project was completed. At the same time, underwater construction is also stepping up, laying the foundation for scheduled production.
The comprehensive processing platform of the second phase of "Deep Sea No.1" project consists of underwater jacket and water production blocks, with a total height of about 136 meters, equivalent to the height of nearly 49-story residential buildings, and a total weight of 12,215 tons, equivalent to the weight of more than 8,100 cars. Among them, the deck plane of the water production block is 57.5 meters long and 36 meters wide, and the projection area is equivalent to the size of five standard basketball courts.
At the same time as the construction of land facilities in the second phase of "Deep Sea No.1" project is stepping up, the underwater construction is also advancing. Recently, the underwater jacket supporting the platform successfully slipped into the water near Sanya and was accurately positioned. It is planned to be installed with the water production block during the Spring Festival.
"Deep Sea No.1" gas field is the first 100 billion cubic meters ultra-deep water gas field independently explored and developed in China, with the maximum water depth exceeding 1500 meters. The second phase of "Deep Sea No.1" project is about 70 kilometers away from "Deep Sea No.1" energy station. The design adopts intelligent joint control data sharing scheme, and the oil and gas produced is remotely controlled by the energy station. The treated natural gas is transported to the natural gas receiving terminal in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province through pipelines and supplied to Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Up to now, the cumulative natural gas production of "Deep Sea No.1" exceeds 7 billion cubic meters, and the cumulative oil production exceeds 700,000 cubic meters.
[Shipping+Land Transport Paves a New Way for the Belt and Road Initiative]
Xiamen Port’s "Silk Road Shipping" route has exceeded 10,000 times.
According to Xiamen Customs, the "Silk Road Shipping" route originating from Xiamen Port exceeded 10,000 ships on February 1, and the container throughput was 11.16 million TEUs.
Zhejiang: China-Europe trains ushered in a "good start" in the first month, with a year-on-year increase of 26.8%.
On January 31st, the X8020 China-Europe train with 110 TEUs of small commodities and hardware supplies slowly left Yiwu West Railway Station. This train will leave the country via Alashankou Port in Xinjiang and go to Malashevich, Poland.
The reporter learned from Hangzhou Railway Logistics Center of Shanghai Railway Bureau that in January this year, 110 trains were operated in Zhejiang Central Europe, and 12,000 TEUs of goods were delivered, a year-on-year increase of 26.8%, which ushered in a "good start" in the first month.
["Small package" mapping vitality China has taken many measures to smooth the "microcirculation" of people’s livelihood happiness]
With the approach of the Spring Festival, the business volume of postal express delivery has gradually increased. At present, nearly 500 million pieces of express delivery are received and sent every day. According to the State Post Bureau, due to the large business volume of postal express delivery in Spring Festival travel rush this year, the Spring Festival is relatively late and the pre-holiday promotion lasts for a long time, the business volume mainly based on new year’s goods is larger than in previous years. Going out empty-handed has become a new trend this year, and more and more people send their luggage, gifts and specialties home by express delivery. In addition, the recent rainy and snowy weather period is at the peak of the delivery of new year’s goods before the Spring Festival, and the areas seriously affected by rain and snow are located in the central transportation hub provinces of China, which has put great pressure on the delivery of new year’s goods. The State Post Bureau has deployed a large-scale investigation and rectification campaign for the hidden dangers of major accidents in the postal express delivery industry to ensure the safe operation of the express delivery business.