The General Office of the State Council Recently Issued the Opinions on Leading the Accelerated Development of New Types of Consumption with New business forms and models
On September 21, the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Accelerating the Development of New Types of Consumption with New Business Forms and New Models (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").
The Opinions pointed out that we should take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guide, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Plenary Sessions of the 19th Central Committee, fully implement the task of "six stabilities" and "six guarantees", firmly implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand, take the new business type and new model as the lead, accelerate the promotion of new consumption expansion and quality improvement, strive to achieve the accelerated development of new consumption, and promote the formation of a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international double cycles mutually promoting each other.
The Opinions clearly states that we should promote e-commerce, digital services and other enterprises to "go global", accelerate the construction of an international delivery logistics service system, coordinate the construction of international logistics supply chains, develop international markets, especially businesses along the "Belt and Road", and cultivate a group of world-class platform companies and logistics supply chain companies with global resource allocation capabilities. Fully rely on new consumption to drive traditional commodity markets to expand foreign trade and promote regional industrial agglomeration. Continue to improve the level of facilitation of customs clearance and optimize the application process. Explore the gradual promotion of RMB settlement under the new type of consumer trade circulation. Encourage enterprises to realize overseas localized operations in various forms, reduce logistics costs, and build marketing channels.
The Opinions also points out that after 3-5 years of efforts, we should have improved the institutional mechanisms and policy systems for promoting the development of new types of consumption. By 2025, cultivate and form a batch of new consumption model cities and leading enterprises. The online retail sales of physical goods accounted for a significant increase in the total retail sales of consumer goods. "Internet + service" and other new consumer business forms and models have been popularized and mature. The Opinions clearly puts forward 15 policy measures in four areas:
Firstly, step up efforts to promote the organic integration of online and offline consumption. Further cultivate and expand various new consumption business forms and models, orderly develop online education, actively develop Internet health and medical services, and encourage the development of smart tourism, vigorously develop smart sports and innovate contactless consumption models. Promote the two-way acceleration of online and offline integrated consumption, support Internet platform companies to extend and expand offline, and guide entity companies to develop more digital products and services. Encourage enterprises to rely on new types of consumption to expand international markets.
Secondly, accelerate the construction of new consumer infrastructure and service guarantee capabilities. Strengthen the construction of information network infrastructure, increase the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G network and Internet of Things, and prioritize coverage of core business districts, key industrial parks, important communication hubs, and main application scenarios. Improve the network of business and circulation infrastructure. Vigorously promote the integrated and innovative application of intelligent technology. Promote data commercial use in a safe and orderly manner to better provide enterprises with computing resource support and preferential services. Plan to build a new type of consumption network node, and focus on building a regional consumption center with strong radiation driving ability and advantages in resource integration.
Thirdly, optimize the environment for new consumption development. Strengthen the construction of relevant laws and regulations. Deepen inclusive, prudential and coordinated supervision, strengthen the construction of a consumer credit system, and improve the cross-departmental coordinated supervision mechanism. Improve the service standard system and promote the construction of new consumption standardization. Simplify and optimize the license application, and further optimize the business environment for new retail formats and new models.
Fourthly, increase support for new consumption policies. Strengthen financial support and study further optimization of tax collection and management measures for enterprises in the new consumption field. Optimize financial services and encourage banks and other payment and settlement service entities to reduce handling fees. Improve labor security policies, and promote new business models and new models to participate in social insurance.
The Opinions emphasizes that all regions and relevant departments should fully understand the importance of cultivating and expanding new business formats and new models and accelerating the development of new types of consumption. Strengthen organization and leadership, strengthen monitoring and evaluation, pay attention to publicity and guidance, refine and actualize policy measures, optimize the institutional environment, strengthen element guarantees, continuously expand domestic demand, expand final consumption, and create conditions for household consumption upgrades.
(Source: www.gov.cn)
