The State Council recently issued the "Package of Policies and Measures to Stabilize the Economy", proposing 6 specific policies in terms of stabilizing investment and promoting consumption, including accelerating the promotion of a number of well-documented water conservancy projects, accelerating investment in transportation infrastructure, and continuing to promote urban underground according to local conditions. Comprehensive pipe gallery construction, stabilization and expansion of private investment, etc.Recently, many places have introduced stable investment policies. While focusing on traditional infrastructure, many places focus on new infrastructure.
Song Xiangqing, deputy dean of the Institute of Government Management of Beijing Normal University and director of the Industrial Economics Research Center, told the Securities Daily reporter that investment is the main driving force for economic growth.Various localities have successively introduced investment stabilization plans, which can not only expand effective investment to promote economic growth, but also optimize resource allocation, improve people's livelihood, and expand employment.
At present, the construction of major projects in many places has entered the "acceleration period" of heavy investment.For example, on June 26, Yichang City, Hubei Province started construction of 195 major projects with a total investment of 109.4 billion yuan, mostly projects such as industrial transformation and upgrading, infrastructure, and ecological livelihood.On June 21, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province started 281 infrastructure projects with a total investment of 59.8 billion yuan, covering new infrastructure, transportation, energy, water conservancy, municipal facilities and other fields; The province's 2022 Provincial Major Project List" requires all efforts to promote the implementation of major projects to form effective investment.The list of major projects released this time includes more than 1,200 projects, involving new energy, new materials, agriculture, digital economy, biomedicine and other industrial fields.
In addition, the reporter noticed that relevant infrastructure investment documents were released in many places to expand effective investment.For example, on June 23, Shandong Province issued the "Shandong Province Infrastructure "Seven Networks" Construction Action Plan, proposing the implementation of the new infrastructure network construction action plan; by 2025, the number of 5G base stations will reach 250,000, and the penetration rate of 5G users will reach 250,000. It has increased to 56%, and high-quality, large-scale 5G networks have been fully built.The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region recently issued the "Ningxia Major Infrastructure Project Construction Action Plan", proposing to accelerate the construction of new infrastructure, improve the level of traditional infrastructure, and promote the integrated development of "new infrastructure" and "traditional infrastructure"; the first batch of 364 major infrastructure Facility construction projects, with a total investment of 1,603.5 billion yuan, of which 35 information infrastructure projects, including the Ningxia Hub Data Center Cluster Construction Project of the National Computing Network, have a total investment of 310.1 billion yuan.
Wu Qi, executive director of the Wuxi Digital Economy Research Institute, told the Securities Daily reporter that the focus of investment in new infrastructure is to play the role of expanding effective investment. Digital and intelligent transformation of traditional industries."Promoting the overall coordination and integrated development of new infrastructure and traditional infrastructure is the key point. At the same time, the construction of the computing power hub and data center of the Eastern Digital and Western Computing Project has become an important force, which is conducive to driving the improvement of the computing power economy industry ecology in the central and western regions. form, and promote the coordinated development of the region.”
Song Xiangqing believes that investing in new infrastructure is conducive to promoting the comprehensive transformation and upgrading of the economy and society; it is conducive to optimizing the allocation of resources, optimizing the industrial structure, and optimizing the business environment; it is conducive to improving the efficiency of capital governance and improving the competitiveness of enterprises; it is conducive to promoting consumption upgrades.
Recently, Meng Wei, a spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission, said that in the second half of the year, various localities and key enterprises will increase investment, and a number of major projects will start construction.In the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will accelerate the deep integration of 5G, artificial intelligence, big data and the real economy, build a number of important integrated infrastructure and computing power infrastructure, and actively explore new technologies, new industries, new formats and new models. .At the same time, strengthen the layout of the national integrated big data center, increase support around planning, network, energy consumption, etc., support the construction of the "East Number and West Calculation" project, and promote the construction of various hub nodes to take effect as soon as possible.
Wu Qi said that in order to make the new infrastructure play a better role, the layout and investment scale of the new infrastructure should be scientifically planned.Strengthen resource sharing, platform co-construction and industrial cooperation between the eastern region and the central and western regions, and accelerate the extension of new urban infrastructure to rural areas.At the same time, commercial financial institutions are encouraged to explore the establishment of special loans for new infrastructure, and encourage and support the participation of social capital.
Song Xiangqing said that in the process of promoting new infrastructure, all localities must do a good job in the overall coordination of new and old infrastructure, and do a good job in the evaluation and assessment of investment and operation.It is recommended to explore the establishment of a new infrastructure investment evaluation and assessment index system, design an "examination paper" for investors to assess their investment efficiency and efficiency; Change trend of indicators; draw a "panorama" for users, depicting the benefits brought by the new infrastructure to the economy from the fields of element support, benefit efficiency, and use effectiveness.
