CCTV News: At the series of press conferences on the "Achievements of China's High-Quality Economic Development" held by the State Council Information Office on the 21st, a relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that in 2024, the economic operation of my country's small and medium-sized enterprises will be stable and progressing. In 2025, my country will increase efforts to promote the high-quality development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

The latest data shows that in 2024, the economic operation of small and medium-sized enterprises has made steady progress, and the added value of small and medium-sized enterprises above designated size increased by 6.9% year-on-year, 2.8 percentage points higher than large enterprises. In terms of innovation and strengthening enterprises, my country has cultivated a total of 14,600 specialized and innovative "little giants" enterprises, and the number of technology and innovative enterprises nationwide exceeds 600,000. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will further increase its support for small and medium-sized enterprises. We will speed up the revision and promulgation of the "Regulations on Guaranteeing the Payment of Funds for Small and Medium Enterprises" and implement the special action to empower small and medium-sized enterprises in depth.

Zhang Yunming, deputy director of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said: "In 2025, more than 30 pilot cities will be supported, and 100 characteristic industrial clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises will be recognized. Accelerate the construction of a mechanism to promote the development and growth of specialized, specialized, and new small and medium-sized enterprises, study the establishment of the second phase of the National Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Development Fund, actively cultivate the public service platform (base) of small and medium-sized enterprises, provide more high-quality and efficient services for small and medium-sized enterprises, and help small and medium-sized enterprises develop in specialized, specialized, and new ways of small and medium-sized enterprises."

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: "Four Increases and Three Decreases" in 2024

At the press conference on the 21st, a relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also stated that industry is the main battlefield for green and low-carbon development. In 2024, the ecological background of industrial development will become brighter and brighter, mainly manifested in "four increases and three decreases".

The first "increase" means that the number of national green factories has reached 6,430, and the output value of the realization accounts for about 20% of the total output value of the manufacturing industry. These factories have basically achieved land use intensively, harmless raw materials, clean production, waste resource utilization, and low-carbon energy.

The second "increase" refers to the expected comprehensive utilization rate of bulk industrial solid waste in 2024, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from the previous year.

The third "increase" refers to the expected comprehensive utilization of retired power batteries in 2024, an increase of about 33% year-on-year.

The fourth "increase" refers to the fact that there are currently nearly 30,000 electrical and electronic products meeting the relevant national pollution control requirements, an increase of about 10% year-on-year.

Zhang Yunming, deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the "three reductions" refer to the continued decline in energy consumption per unit of industrial added value in key industries such as steel, cement, and glass, the continuous decline in energy consumption per unit of industrial added value, the continuous decline in water consumption per 10,000 yuan.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that the next step will strengthen the promotion and application of advanced green and low-carbon technology equipment, explore the construction of zero-carbon factories and zero-carbon industrial parks, and cultivate a batch of green manufacturing benchmarks. At the same time, several policies and measures have been introduced to promote the high-quality development of environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry. Focus on key industries such as metallurgy, petrochemical and chemical industry, and actively expand clean and low-carbon hydrogen application scenarios. Focus on emerging solid waste such as waste power batteries and waste photovoltaic modules, accelerate the improvement of laws and regulations, improve recycling and comprehensive utilization systems, and promote safe and efficient recycling.