Insist on transformation and not relax

The data show that in the first half of this year, the province’s GDP increased by 9.9%, and the economic operation showed a trend of “stable growth, good quality, speedy transformation, and improved people’s livelihood”. Although the results are gratifying, it is necessary to do a good job in the second half of the year to ensure that the established goals for the year are fulfilled. In particular, to achieve the “reasonable growth” requirement put forward by the provincial party committee, arduous efforts must still be made to ensure that the transformation does not relax.

The key to "reasonable growth" is to achieve the unity of development speed and economic quality and efficiency. Rationality comes from matching the growth rate with the economic quality and efficiency, that is, the “comprehensive coordination and sustainability” required by the scientific concept of development. To achieve reasonable growth, the fundamental policy is to unswervingly accelerate the change in the mode of economic development and vigorously promote transformation and upgrading. This is due to the big environment and is also an inherent requirement for Zhejiang to seek scientific development and harmonious development.

This year, the complexity of the macroeconomic environment has not diminished. From an international perspective, the financial crisis as a whole has not yet passed. The world economy has not yet embarked on the normal track. Global incidents, natural disasters, and political and military conflicts have continued. The international development environment we face is still not relaxed. From the domestic perspective, although the economic development situation is generally good, the dilemmas faced by macroeconomic regulation and control are increasing. The lagging effect of monetary policy and the superposition of multiple factors may further affect the real economy, and the uncertainties in maintaining stable and rapid economic development remain. More. From the perspective of the province, under the complicated background of domestic and international economic environment, some contradictions and problems have emerged in the current economic operation of our province. In particular, this year's enterprises in our province are facing a considerable degree of labor shortage, shortage of funds, and shortage of electricity. There are widespread problems such as labor costs, costs, raw material costs, etc., which have caused difficulties for some companies, especially small and medium-sized ones. The difficulties and problems in the operation of enterprises, the high prices of goods, the decline in industrial growth, and other issues are intertwined and will continue to affect the economic operation in the second half of the year. The contradictions between the international and domestic development trends and the risks in the economic operation of our province have further strengthened the economic transformation and upgrading. If we do not effectively enhance the initiative, predictability, pertinence and effectiveness of economic work, and do not take effective measures to continue to accelerate economic transformation and upgrading, development will not be sustainable and growth will not be ensured.

We must also realize that transformation and upgrading do not happen overnight, but rather a long-term and arduous process; not only can there be a forced mechanism to spontaneously advance, but we need to gather and integrate large amounts of capital, talent, technology, platforms, etc. Quality elements will also necessarily involve the adjustment of related interests. We must adhere to the combination of stabilizing economic growth and accelerating the pace of structural adjustment, and more prominent in order to promote stability and strive to achieve reasonable economic growth.

Accelerate the transformation and upgrade and achieve reasonable growth. Currently, we must strongly promote the “four major constructions” and effectively adjust and optimize the industrial structure. It is necessary to further strengthen the construction of industrial agglomerations and effectively grasp the development of strategic emerging industries. We must take major project construction as a starting point, further optimize the investment structure, accelerate the progress of project construction, strengthen the pre-project work, optimize the allocation of land, capital, and other factors, continue to encourage and guide private capital to participate in the “four major constructions”, and promote stable and rapid growth of investment. . At the same time, we must accelerate the development of the service industry, actively cultivate modern service industry clusters and key enterprises, and promote the construction of major service projects.

Accelerating the construction of demonstration zones for marine economic development is one of the highlights of Zhejiang's economy this year, which has given us more room for development. It is necessary to focus on promoting the construction of major marine economic projects, increase investment in oceanic emerging industries, create a more favorable development environment, and strive to make the marine economy a new growth point for the transformation and development of our province.

In order to achieve a more balanced development of the region and urban and rural areas, it is necessary to increase policy support for accelerating development in underdeveloped regions, and to promote green development, ecological enrichment, and scientific leapfrog in underdeveloped regions such as Southwest Zhejiang and become a rich ecological barrier. We must increase the overall development of urban and rural areas and jointly promote the construction of urban areas, regional center cities and central towns, speed up the construction of “beautiful villages”, and accelerate the formation of a new pattern of integrated urban and rural development.