Li Keqiang presided over the executive meeting of the State Council
China Central Television network news (news broadcast): Premier Li Keqiang chaired an executive meeting of the State Council on May 5 to deploy further relief measures for small, medium-sized and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, so as to ensure stable employment of market players; Determine measures to promote the stability and quality improvement of foreign trade, and help stabilize the economy and stabilize the industrial chain and supply chain.
The meeting pointed out that small, medium-sized and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households are an important foundation for stabilizing the economy and the main support for stabilizing employment. At present, the difficulties of relevant market players have increased significantly. It is necessary to implement the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and increase assistance. First, pay close attention to the implementation of the determined policies and measures such as tax rebate, tax reduction and fee reduction, deferred payment of social security fees, smooth logistics, and promoting enterprises to return to work and reach production. Ensure that all the stock tax credits of small and micro enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households and qualified medium-sized enterprises will be refunded before June 30. Second, increase policy support, especially financial support. This year, large state-owned banks added 1.6 trillion yuan of inclusive small and micro loans to guide banks to strengthen active services. For small, medium-sized and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, the loan renewal, extension and adjustment of repayment arrangements shall be reasonable, and the penalty interest shall be exempted. Expand the coverage of government financing guarantees. Introduce specific measures to support the standardized and healthy development of the platform economy as soon as possible. All localities should arrange special funds for the relief of small, medium-sized and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, and give subsidies such as rent, guarantee fee and loan interest to those with operating difficulties. Local governments are encouraged to implement phased preferential electricity prices and “non-stop supply of arrears” of water and electricity for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households. Reduce broadband and dedicated line charges for small, medium-sized and micro enterprises by another 10%. Third, comprehensively check the accounts of small and medium-sized enterprises owed by organs, institutions and large enterprises before the end of May. If there is no difference, the arrears will be paid off together. We will promptly introduce measures to reduce the acceptance period of commercial bills. The meeting stressed the need to consolidate responsibilities, especially the responsibilities of local governments, and solve the problem of policy implementation blocking points.
In order to help foreign trade enterprises cope with difficulties, the meeting decided that first, we should strive to ensure orders and stabilize the import and export of key industries and labor-intensive industries. Ensure the stability of production and circulation in the field of foreign trade, determine the list of key foreign trade enterprises, and guarantee production, logistics and employment. Second, we should effectively and orderly dredge the collection and distribution of sea and air ports. Make good use of air cargo capacity. Third, we should introduce policies to facilitate the return and exchange of cross-border e-commerce exports. Labor intensive processing trade in the central and western regions and Northeast China will be included in the catalogue of industries encouraged by the state. Expand the scope of bonded maintenance. Fourth, we should increase the credit supply of foreign trade enterprises, support banks not to blindly withdraw, cut off and suppress loans, and sort out a number of enterprises in urgent need of funds to give key support. Expand the scale of export credit insurance short-term insurance. Keep the RMB exchange rate basically stable. Fifth, we should optimize platform services such as the Canton Fair. All localities should make good use of the special funds for foreign economic and trade development to support small, medium-sized and micro enterprises to participate in overseas exhibitions.
The meeting examined other matters.
[steadfast and practical · authoritative interview] go all out to stabilize the basic agricultural market
CCTV news (news broadcast): in the first quarter, the agricultural and rural economy maintained a steady momentum of development. Due to the multi-point spread of the current epidemic, we still face many difficulties in capturing a bumper grain harvest, consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and increasing farmers’ income. How to maintain stable development of agricultural and rural economy? Let’s see our reporter’s exclusive interview with Deng Xiaogang, member of the Party group and vice minister of the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas.
Deng Xiaogang said that at present, the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas takes winning the annual grain harvest as the primary task, stabilizing grain rations, stabilizing corn, expanding soybeans and oil, strengthening the adjustment and transportation of agricultural materials, coordinating and breaking through the blocking points and checkpoints of agricultural machinery on the road, and doing a good job in production.
At present, there is increasing pressure to promote the continuous increase of farmers’ income. Deng Xiaogang said that he would strengthen guidance, respond scientifically and strive to increase farmers’ income. In terms of industrial development, expand and strengthen the Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) processing industry, orderly restore the rural leisure tourism industry, and promote the improvement of agricultural quality and efficiency and the continuous increase of farmers’ income. In terms of job stability and employment, we will build a rural industrial integration platform and high-standard farmland projects to increase employment opportunities. In terms of promoting entrepreneurship, we will strengthen policy support, bring employment with Entrepreneurship and increase income with employment. In terms of investment and business development, we should guide industrial and commercial capital to the countryside and drive farmers to get rich together.
Deng Xiaogang said that next, he will go all out to promote the development and growth of rural industries. Strengthen policy promotion, stabilize land use, finance, insurance and other policies, and stabilize expectations and confidence. Strengthen the platform pull, create a number of industrial integration development platforms, and stabilize the supply chain, industrial chain and value chain. Strengthen the main drive, identify a number of national key “leading enterprises”, cultivate a number of entrepreneurship and innovation leaders, and develop a number of industrial consortia.
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China’s 2895 counties have achieved basically balanced development of county compulsory education
Recently, the Education Steering Committee of the State Council announced the list of 94 counties that passed the national supervision and evaluation of the balanced development of compulsory education in 2021. So far, China’s 31 provinces (autonomous regions and cities) and 2895 counties of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps have achieved the basic balanced development of county compulsory education. This is another important milestone in the development of compulsory education in China after the full realization of the “two basics”.
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the Marrakech treaty entered into force for China, benefiting tens of millions of people with dyslexia
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in the first quarter, China’s total import and export of services increased by 25.8% year-on-year
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“May Day” holiday, 2.81 billion express packages were delivered nationwide
The National Post Office released data today (May 5). During the May Day holiday this year, the national postal express industry operated smoothly, receiving 1.34 billion express packages, a year-on-year increase of 2.3%; 1.47 billion express packages were delivered, a year-on-year increase of 19.7%.
head office “May Day” cloud concert delivers warmth with music
China Central Radio and Television Corporation, together with 20 symphony orchestras across the country, broadcast “music conveys warmth, persistence is victory -” May Day cloud concert “for five consecutive days, bringing more than 30 Chinese and foreign famous songs to the audience, and launched the cross screen ensemble” my motherland “, reaping 25 million cross media views.
