Cctv newsIn view of the difficulty in innovation and transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and relevant departments recently launched a special campaign to empower small and medium-sized enterprises with scientific and technological achievements and a special campaign to assign brand names to small and medium-sized enterprises with quality standards.
On May 19th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a policy briefing to introduce the two "special actions" and answer reporters’ questions.
Xu Xiaolan, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly given important instructions, emphasizing that small and medium-sized enterprises can do great things, and that small and medium-sized enterprises have aura and vitality, demanding that more specialized and innovative enterprises emerge; On September 8, 2022, the General Secretary personally sent a congratulatory letter to the National Conference on the Development of Specialized Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, fully affirmed the important position and role of small and medium-sized enterprises in the new era, put forward ardent expectations for the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises to take the road of specialized and special development, and put forward clear requirements for party committees and governments at all levels to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. The Party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress proposed to "adhere to two unshakable principles", "support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises" and "support the development of specialized and special new enterprises". Promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises is the long-term development strategy of the party and the country.
In recent years, faced with the impact of unexpected factors on small and medium-sized enterprises, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with relevant departments and localities, thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of a series of important instructions issued by the Supreme Leader General Secretary on promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, resolutely implemented the decision-making arrangements made by the CPC Central Committee in the State Council, and insisted on paying attention to both relief and training, so as to help the vast number of small and medium-sized enterprises develop steadily and healthily.
Last year alone, more than 40 policies were issued at the national level to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and more than 270 supporting policy documents were issued at the local level. With the support of various policies to benefit enterprises, the vast number of small and medium-sized enterprises are striving for self-improvement and facing difficulties. In 2022, the operating income and total profit of industrial small and medium-sized enterprises above designated size increased by 5.2% and 1.1% respectively, showing strong resilience and vitality.
Since the beginning of this year, the production and operation of small and medium-sized enterprises have generally maintained a recovery trend, and further improvement is expected. According to the survey, in April, 35% of small and medium-sized enterprises thought that their production and operation were in good condition, up 3.2 percentage points from the previous month. Big data monitoring shows that in March, the purchasing and sales indices of SMEs were 51.9% and 51.1% respectively, both of which rose for two consecutive months. Specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises with strong innovation ability performed more brilliantly. In March, the revenue profit rates of "Little Giant" enterprises and specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises were 9.6% and 7.0% respectively, which were 5.5 and 2.9 percentage points higher than those of the regulated small and medium-sized enterprises. From January to April this year, 55.3% of newly listed A-share enterprises were specialized and innovative SMEs, and 67% of newly listed enterprises in science and technology innovation board were specialized and innovative SMEs.
At present, small and medium-sized enterprises are still in the recovery period after the epidemic, and the foundation for stabilization and recovery is still not solid. China’s small and medium-sized enterprises and private enterprises are the main bodies of each other, with strong innovation motivation, courage and vitality. They are both the suppliers of innovation achievements and the demanders of innovation elements. There are difficulties in obtaining and transforming scientific and technological achievements. At the same time, the quality management and standardization level need to be strengthened, the brand value needs to be improved, and the supporting level of industrial chain needs to be improved.
In view of the new situation and situation faced by the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, in January this year, several measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises to stabilize their growth and adjust their structural strength were promulgated, which clearly put forward "giving wisdom to scientific and technological achievements", "assigning quality standards to brands" and "digitally empowering" small and medium-sized enterprises. The special action of empowering SMEs with scientific and technological achievements, the special action of assigning brand names to SMEs with quality standards, and the "three-fu" special action of digitally empowering SMEs that has been carried out in the early stage are the concrete achievements of studying and implementing the theme education of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, the "combination boxing" to help improve the innovation ability and core competitiveness of SMEs, and the important measures to promote the high-quality development of SMEs.