On the long-term significance of promoting sound and rapid economic development
First, it is Scientific Outlook on Development's top priority to deeply understand the great significance of promoting sound and rapid development of the national economy. Sound and rapid development is the essential requirement of Scientific Outlook on Development and the concrete embodiment of implementing Scientific Outlook on Development in economic work. The so-called "good" means maintaining the stability of development, keeping the economic growth rate within a reasonable range and preventing ups and downs; It is to enhance the coordination of development, constantly optimize the economic structure, adhere to the "five overall plans", comprehensively promote economic, political, cultural and social construction, and prevent "one leg is long and the other leg is short"; Is to improve the efficiency of development, low input and high output, achieve the unity of speed and structure, quality and efficiency, and prevent the growth cost from being too high; It is to realize the sustainability of development, promote the coordination of economic development with population, resources and environment, and prevent unsustainable development; It is to ensure the inclusiveness of development, adhere to the people-oriented principle, let the fruits of development be enjoyed by the broad masses of the people, and prevent excessive income distribution gap and polarization. Facing the new tasks in the new period, we must speed up the national economy to the track of scientific development and realize sound and rapid development. Otherwise, resources are hard to support, the environment is hard to accommodate, society is hard to bear, and development is hard to sustain. China's economy will not go well or far. In the near future, promoting sound and rapid development is the need to maintain sustained, rapid, coordinated and healthy development of the national economy and prevent ups and downs. Since 2003, China's economy has maintained steady and rapid growth for many years. However, at the same time of rapid growth, there are still some contradictions and problems in economic life, some of which are still outstanding, mainly including: excessive investment growth, excessive credit supply, excessive trade surplus, unrelenting pressure from rapid economic growth to overheating, and high cost of economic growth. Take this year as an example, the GDP growth in the first quarter was 1 1. 1%, and reached1/0.9% in the second quarter. The current increase is the highest since 1994. From the trend, the growth rate showed an upward trend, with the growth rate in the first quarter increasing by 0.4 percentage points compared with the fourth quarter of last year, and in the second quarter by 0.8 percentage points compared with the first quarter. Although it stabilized slightly in the third quarter, it is still not consolidated. Although the increase rate is relatively slow, it is necessary to prevent quantitative change from causing qualitative change. From a regional perspective, the growth rate in most areas is higher than the national value, and some even reach 14%- 15%, and it has been many years. Structurally, the industrial growth rate is high. From June 5438 to September, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 18.5%, which was much higher than the average growth rate in 2003-2006 and became the main force to promote rapid economic growth. In industry, heavy industry is developing too fast. From June 5438 to September, the growth rate of heavy industry was 19.6%, which was 1.4 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year and 3.5 percentage points higher than that of light industry. In heavy industry, the growth of the six industries with high energy consumption and high emissions, which account for 70% of industrial energy consumption, is still high. This growth model further increases the danger that the economy will turn from fast to overheated. What needs special attention is that China consumes a lot of energy resources while its economy is growing rapidly, and the price paid is too high. According to the current exchange rate, China's GDP accounted for about 5.5% of the world last year, but the important energy resources consumed for this account for a much higher proportion of the world. For example, the energy consumption is 2.46 billion tons of standard coal, accounting for about15% of the world; Steel consumption is 388 million tons, accounting for 30%; Cement consumption is 654.38+0.2 billion tons, accounting for 54%. Even considering the exchange rate, it is an indisputable fact that China consumes too much energy resources. If we can't change the development mode and adjust the economic structure according to Scientific Outlook on Development's requirements to achieve sound and rapid development, but continue to compete with speed and resources, it will not only be difficult to maintain the good momentum of rapid growth, but also lead to economic ups and downs and pay more costs. In the long run, promoting sound and rapid development is the need to achieve the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has put forward new requirements for realizing the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. The most striking thing is that by 2020, the per capita GDP will quadruple that of 2000 on the basis of optimizing the structure, improving efficiency, reducing consumption and protecting the environment, and the people's wealth will be generally improved, the quality of life will be significantly improved and the ecological environment will be good. To achieve this new goal, to a great extent, depends on China's energy supporting conditions and environmental carrying capacity. Since the reform and opening up, our energy consumption has doubled, supporting the quadrupling of GDP. Per capita GDP will quadruple. If we also consider doubling energy, experts preliminarily estimate that China's primary energy consumption will exceed 3 billion tons of standard coal in 2020. In terms of resource conditions, China's total energy resources are relatively rich, but the remaining recoverable reserves of fossil resources such as oil, natural gas and coal are limited. If we don't speed up the transformation of development mode and achieve sound and rapid development, it will be very difficult to quadruple the output from the perspective of energy supply. At the same time, the rapid economic development, especially the high emissions and pollution caused by the rapid industrial growth, has seriously affected people's livelihood. At present, the emissions of sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide in China rank first and second respectively in the world. The emission of sulfur dioxide has exceeded the environmental capacity, and 10% cities in China are seriously affected by acid rain. Due to air pollution, more than 654.38 billion people in China can't breathe fresh air every day, and about 654.38+05 million people suffer from bronchitis every year. Since the beginning of this year, a series of water pollution incidents such as Taihu Lake and Chaohu Lake have sounded the alarm again, and environmental pollution is becoming an important restrictive factor affecting social harmony. In order to provide people with a more beautiful living environment, cleaner air, sweeter drinking water and greener food, and to make people have a healthier body, we must also make the greatest determination and strength to promote the fundamental transformation of economic development mode and achieve sound and rapid development. From a broader perspective, promoting sound and rapid development is the need for future generations and mankind to achieve sustainable development. Solving the contradiction between the increasingly urgent population, resources and environment and accelerating industrialization and rapid economic growth is a severe challenge facing mankind in the new century and new period. During the 20th century 100 years, human beings created more material wealth than the previous historical sum, and at the same time accelerated the consumption of resources. The global GDP increased by 18 times, and the annual consumption of oil, steel, copper and aluminum increased by 170 times, 29 times, 27 times and 3608 times respectively. Among them, more than 60% of energy and more than 50% of mineral resources are consumed by developed countries with less than 15% of the world population. In the new century, another 85% of the world population, including China, has gradually entered the stage of industrialization. If we don't speed up the transformation of development mode and still take the traditional road of industrialization, it will consume a lot of resources to complete industrialization. As a responsible country and government, we should not only consider the survival and development of contemporary people, but also consider the survival and development of future generations; We should consider not only the survival and development needs of the Chinese nation, but also the survival and development needs of all mankind. Therefore, we must speed up the transformation of economic development mode, truly embark on a new industrialization road with China characteristics with high scientific and technological content, good economic benefits, low resource consumption and less environmental pollution, and give full play to the advantages of human resources, so as to achieve sound and rapid development. First, to achieve sound and rapid development of the national economy is to deepen the understanding of the laws of economic construction. From "fast and good" to "good and fast", although it is only a change in the order of "good" and "fast", its significance is very profound. It embodies the inherent requirements of Scientific Outlook on Development and the sublimation of the guiding ideology of economic construction, which enables us to grasp the law of development in the new stage more comprehensively, the policy of guiding development is more in line with reality, and the thinking of solving development problems is clearer. From the word "fast" to the word "good", it has experienced a historical process of deepening practice and improving understanding. After the reform and opening up, we implemented the "three-step" strategy of modernization, led the people to work hard, and promoted the sustained and rapid development of China at a speed rare in the world. The economic aggregate has jumped sharply, and people's lives have developed from insufficient food and clothing to a well-off society as a whole. The shortage that has plagued us for many years no longer exists, and social goods have achieved a balance between supply and demand or a slight surplus. In the new era, China's economic development has entered a new stage. With the increase of per capita income, the consumption structure of residents has been continuously upgraded, and the industrial structure has been accelerated. Satisfying diversified social needs with better quality and more varieties, and opening up the market with products with independent intellectual property rights and well-known brands through independent innovation have become the key factors for sustained and rapid development. At the same time, with the acceleration of industrialization and urbanization, the situation of resources and environment has seriously restricted economic development, and the contradiction of unbalanced development between urban and rural areas, between regions and between economy and society tends to be prominent. To adapt to the new situation and solve new problems, we must adhere to the people-oriented, overall consideration, correctly handle the relationship between speed, structure, quality and benefit, correctly handle the relationship between urban and rural areas, regions, economy, society, population, resources and environment, and promote the sound and rapid development of the national economy. Second, promoting sound and rapid development is the need to maintain sustained, rapid, coordinated and healthy development of the national economy and prevent ups and downs. Since 2003, China's economy has maintained steady and rapid growth for many years. However, at the same time of rapid growth, there are still some contradictions and problems in economic life, some of which are still outstanding, mainly including: excessive investment growth, excessive credit supply, excessive trade surplus, unrelenting pressure from rapid economic growth to overheating, and high cost of economic growth. What needs special attention is that China consumes a lot of energy resources while its economy is growing rapidly, and the price paid is too high. According to the current exchange rate, China's GDP accounted for about 5.5% of the world in 2006, but the important energy resources consumed for this accounted for a much higher proportion of the world. For example, the energy consumption is 2.46 billion tons of standard coal, accounting for about15% of the world; Steel consumption is 388 million tons, accounting for 30%; Cement consumption is 654.38+0.2 billion tons, accounting for 54%. Even considering the exchange rate, it is an indisputable fact that China consumes too much energy resources. If we can't change the development mode and adjust the economic structure according to Scientific Outlook on Development's requirements to achieve sound and rapid development, but continue to compete with speed and resources, it will not only be difficult to maintain the good momentum of rapid growth, but also lead to economic ups and downs and pay more costs. Third, promoting sound and rapid development is the need to achieve the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has put forward new requirements for realizing the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. The most striking thing is that by 2020, the per capita GDP will quadruple that of 2000 on the basis of optimizing the structure, improving efficiency, reducing consumption and protecting the environment, and the people's wealth will be generally improved, the quality of life will be significantly improved and the ecological environment will be good. To achieve this new goal, to a great extent, depends on China's energy supporting conditions and environmental carrying capacity. If we don't speed up the transformation of development mode and achieve sound and rapid development, it will be very difficult to quadruple the energy output. At the same time, the high emissions and pollution caused by the rapid economic development, especially the rapid industrial growth, seriously affect people's livelihood, and environmental pollution is becoming an important restrictive factor affecting social harmony. In order to provide people with a more beautiful living environment, cleaner air, sweeter drinking water and greener food, and to make people have a healthier body, we must also make the greatest determination and strength to promote the fundamental transformation of economic development mode and achieve sound and rapid development. Fourth, promoting sound and rapid development is the need for future generations and mankind to achieve sustainable development. Solving the increasingly urgent contradiction between population, resources, environment, accelerating industrialization and rapid economic growth is a severe challenge facing mankind in the new period. During the 20th century 100 years, human beings created more material wealth than the previous historical sum, and at the same time accelerated the consumption of resources. The global GDP increased by 18 times, and the annual consumption of oil, steel, copper and aluminum increased by 170 times, 29 times, 27 times and 3608 times respectively. Among them, more than 60% of energy and more than 50% of mineral resources are consumed by developed countries with less than 15% of the world population. In this century, another 85% of the world population, including China, has gradually entered the stage of industrialization. If we don't speed up the transformation of development mode and still take the traditional road of industrialization, it will consume a lot of resources to complete industrialization. As a responsible country and government, we should not only consider the survival and development of contemporary people, but also consider the survival and development of future generations; We should consider not only the survival and development needs of the Chinese nation, but also the survival and development needs of all mankind. Therefore, we must speed up the transformation of economic development mode, truly embark on a new industrialization road with China characteristics with high scientific and technological content, good economic benefits, low resource consumption and less environmental pollution, and give full play to the advantages of human resources, so as to achieve sound and rapid development.