CCTV News: my country's private enterprises are growing and growing, and the number of private enterprises accounts for more than 92%. The private enterprise symposium held on February 17 clearly stated that solid implementation of policies and measures to promote the development of the private economy is the focus of the current work to promote the development of the private economy. What should I do next?

The private enterprise symposium made it clear that it is necessary to continue to promote fair opening of infrastructure competitive fields to all types of business entities, and resolutely break down various obstacles to equal use of production factors in accordance with the law and fair participation in market competition.

Zheng Bei, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission: Revise and issue a new version of the negative list for market access as soon as possible, and implement the requirement of "no ban or entry". Refine measures, continue to promote fair opening of infrastructure competitive areas and major national scientific research infrastructure to private enterprises, and support private enterprises to actively participate in the construction of the "two-fold" and the "two-new" work.

The "two" refers to the implementation of major national strategies and the construction of security capacity in key areas, and the "two new" refers to the promotion of a new round of large-scale equipment updates and consumer goods traded in old products. Data shows that my country's private infrastructure investment grew by 5.8% in 2024, 1.4 percentage points higher than the growth rate of all infrastructure investment. Experts said that in the future, some key areas will further open the door to private enterprises.

Huang Hanquan, Director of the Macroeconomic Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission: It is equivalent to giving private enterprises more room for development, or opening up a larger opening in terms of access, so that private enterprises can have the opportunity to participate more in this investment in some infrastructure fields.

Bai Chongen, Dean of the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University: Allow the private economy to obtain equal factors, participate in government projects equally, enter the market equally, and achieve greater development.

Next, my country will continue to protect the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs in accordance with the law, and accelerate the legislative process of the law on promoting the private economy.

Zheng Bei, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission: The Private Economy Promotion Law has been submitted to the National People's Congress for review, and we will make relevant preparations for its promulgation and implementation. Accelerate the improvement of the administrative discretion benchmark, actively participate in special law enforcement actions involving enterprises, and resolutely prevent violations of off-site law enforcement and profit-seeking law enforcement.

In addition, we must continue to make great efforts to solve the problems of difficulty and high cost of financing for private enterprises and solve the problem of defaulting on corporate accounts.

Shan Zhongde, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Vice Minister: Promote the introduction of more universal and targeted policy measures. Improve the long-term mechanism for clearing out the accounts arrears of enterprises and protect the legitimate rights and interests of small and medium-sized enterprises in accordance with the law.

Experts introduced that in the implementation of various policy measures, we must pay attention to both sensible and accessible, and also attach importance to coordination and cooperation.

Huang Hanquan, Director of the Macroeconomic Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission: (For) the private economy, it should be said that many support policies have been introduced, but the key is to implement it. Let private enterprises truly feel a sense of gain and truly feel the value and real benefits of national policies.

The new era and new journey, the development prospects of the private economy are broad and there is great potential, and it is time for private enterprises and private entrepreneurs to show their skills. The latest data shows that private enterprises have contributed more than 70% of the technological innovation achievements of the whole society. Strengthening independent innovation and continuously improving the quality, efficiency and core competitiveness of enterprises are the focus of the development of the private economy. How to further stimulate the vitality of the private economy?

Today, innovation has become the development password for many private enterprises. Of every 10 newly developed products in my country, 8 are from private enterprises; among every 10 high-tech enterprises, 9 are private enterprises. Recently, domestic AI models have been sought after worldwide, and domestic robots have been turned into handkerchiefs when they debuted on the Spring Festival Gala. Chinese electric vehicles have become very popular in the international market with their excellent quality and cost-effectiveness.

Bai Chongen, Dean of the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University: The private economy can make great contributions to innovation. Especially some relatively unknown innovations and our more pioneering innovations, the private economy has its advantages in this regard. The second aspect is that the private economy is usually more sensitive to the needs of residents and is easier to grasp some new changes in residents' needs and provide the products and services needed by residents in response to these new changes.

As of the end of 2024, the total number of small and medium-sized enterprises in my country exceeded 60 million, of which more than 600,000 scientific and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, more than 14,000 specialized and new "little giant" enterprises reached 14,600. 300 specialized and new industrial clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises have been cultivated and formed.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that in the future, it will improve the gradient cultivation system of high-quality enterprises, support specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises to undertake national scientific research tasks, improve the supporting capabilities of the industrial chain, and stimulate the emergence of more specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises. By 2026, we will focus on supporting the high-quality development of more than 5,000 specialized and new "little giant" enterprises.

Shan Zhongde, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Vice Minister: Support small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in the national talent special project and introduce high-level talents, continue to carry out special actions to empower small and medium-sized enterprises in digital empowerment, deepen the construction of pilot cities for digital transformation, and vigorously develop "small, fast, light and accurate" digital products and solutions, so that more small and medium-sized enterprises dare to, know how to transfer, and transfer well.