CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee holds economic work conference in Nanjing

2022-12-27 16:42:00

The CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee held the economic work conference in Nanjing on December 26. In his speech, Wu Zhenglong, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, stressed the in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress as well as decisions made in the Central Economic Work Conference and the third plenary session of the 14th CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee. He also reviewed the province’s economic performance in 2022, analyzed the current economic situation and arranged next year's economic work.

It was noted that 2022 is an extremely important year in the history of the Party and the country. In the face of complicated international environment and formidable tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, the province has adhered to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as a guide, and striven to ensure effective COVID-19 containment, economic stability and development security. Jiangsu has actively shouldered its responsibilities, stayed committed to the general principle of making advances while maintaining stable performance, fully and accurately implemented the new development philosophy, accelerated efforts to serve the new development pattern, promoted high-quality development, and responded to COVID-19 while advancing economic and social development in a well-coordinated way. The province has ensured development and security, maintained a stable and healthy economic environment, a peaceful social environment, and a clean and righteous political environment, and taken solid steps on the new journey to build a modern socialist country in all respects. In recognition of the achievements, it’s also necessary to have a clear idea that the province's economic development is still facing some outstanding problems and challenges. The province will firm up confidence, face the difficulties squarely, focus on tackling challenges, take the initiative to turn crises into opportunities, and keep striving to secure new victories.

The meeting stressed that 2023 marks the start of the comprehensive implementation of the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and it’s also a daunting task and of great significance to do a good job in the economic work. Jiangsu will give priorities to five endeavors - pursuing steady progress while ensuring economic stability, enhancing confidence in development, accelerating self-reliance and self-improvement, focusing on coordination, and fully stimulating market vitality. The province will advance six key tasks to boost domestic demand, promote the development of a modern industrial system, strengthen the role of education, science and technology and talent, deepen reform and expand opening-up, step up measures to improve people's well-being, and effectively prevent risk and hazard. To ensure progress of the objectives and key tasks, Jiangsu will promote efforts on nine fronts. They are: to continue to expand effective demand and keep economic operations within a reasonable range; to accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system and consolidate the foundation of the real economy, especially the manufacturing industry advantages; to promote sci-tech self-reliance and self-strengthening and cultivate new momentum for innovation-driven development; to deepen reform and expand opening-up and increase the development vitality; to promote development of agriculture and rural areas as a priority and comprehensively advance rural vitalization; to promote the high-quality integration of Yangtze River Delta and coordinate the region’s development; to strengthen ecological civilization efforts and push forward the beautiful Jiangsu initiative; to put into effect people-centered development and continue to do a good job of protecting and improving people's livelihoods; to actively prevent and resolve risks and challenges and safeguard the new development paradigm with new approach.