CCTV News (News Network): General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that to build a new development pattern, it is urgent to accelerate the construction of an efficient, standardized, fair and fully open national unified market, establish a national unified market system and rules, and promote the smooth flow of commodity factor resources on a larger scale. At present, all localities are focusing on reforms in key areas and key links, actively integrating into the construction of a unified national market, building a fairer and more vibrant market environment, and promoting high-quality economic development.
At the beginning of the new year, the pace of construction of a unified national market has accelerated. In the Jiangsu Electric Power Dispatch Hall, the 300,000 kilowatts of electricity that had just been purchased from Sichuan were immediately merged into the power grid, alleviating the pressure during peak electricity consumption. At present, the construction of a unified power market in the country is accelerating, and the current situation of power cannot be flexibly dispatched across provinces has been broken, and more than 6,000 business entities have achieved cross-provincial and cross-regional trading of electricity.
A few days ago, the national unified market construction guide was issued, with more than 50 measures breaking down market barriers between regions, promoting the free flow of people, money and materials across the country, and stimulating market vitality and social creativity.
Today, China has nearly 130 trillion yuan of economic output, over 400 million middle-income groups, and nearly 190 million business entities. They together form a super-large-scale market. However, there are still bottlenecks in the "capillaries" of the economic cycle, such as inconsistent institutional rules and poor flow of factor resources, and the large Chinese market must be stronger and more dynamic. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that forming a strong domestic market is an important support for building a new development pattern and is also the economic advantages of a major country. In Chongqing, Shandong and other places, he emphasized that we must actively build a major international logistics channel and strive to become an important node for smoothing domestic and international dual circulation. In Hunan, Fujian and other places, he emphasized that we must better participate in the construction of a unified national market and actively connect with major regional strategies. At the symposium on comprehensively promoting ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, he emphasized that we should deeply participate in the construction of a unified national market and resolutely break down all forms of local protectionism.
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China further deployed major reform measures to build a unified national market from the aspects of promoting the smooth flow of production factors, improving the circulation system, strengthening unified market supervision, and standardizing improper market competition and market intervention behavior. Anchoring the goals, deepening reforms, and stepping up the introduction of multiple institutional arrangements to lay a solid foundation for the construction of a unified national market from the top-level design.
The "Opinions on Improving the Market Access System" was issued, elevating the results of reform of the system and mechanisms related to market access into institutional arrangements; the "Regulations on Fair Competition Review" was issued, and for the first time, it made clear provisions on the objects and standards of fair competition review in the form of administrative regulations, filling the legislative gap in the fair competition review system.
A series of reform measures are accelerated to promote the effective flow of factors and resources.
In the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, more and more "bay area standards" are being introduced at an accelerated pace. From almond cakes to food cold chain emergency delivery standards, a total of 215 standards have been issued. One standard is passed by the Bay Area, and Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are accelerating the integration.
The first new district in the country to jointly build across provinces - Sichuan, Chongqing, Gaozhu New District, Sichuan, Chongqing, and the first list of administrative management matters delegated to the new district will be released soon. During this period, government personnel from the two places have intensive discussions. What contents are included in the list? How can we ensure that administrative management power can be left out, taken over and managed well? At present, more than 300 items have been initially sorted out, and the reform exploration of moderate separation between economic zones and administrative zones has taken another step forward.
To build a unified national market, we must also break down institutional barriers. At present, the Ministry of Justice and other departments are carrying out a comprehensive cleanup of laws, regulations and policies involving unequal treatment of enterprises. At present, more than 90,000 policies and measures have been revised and abolished to hinder the unified market and fair competition.
Between "establishing" and "breaking", a more vibrant market space is opening up. Accelerating the construction of an efficient, standardized, fair, and fully open national unified market will provide strong support for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.
