How to promote high-quality development of central enterprises in 2024? How to accelerate the formation of new quality productivity? At the first "ministerial channel" of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress held on the 5th, Zhang Yuzhuo, head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, responded to concerns.

Zhang Yuzhuo said that this year, state-owned central enterprises to promote high-quality development, the focus will be on promoting reasonable growth in quantity, effective improvement in quality and high level of coordination.

In 2023, the performance of central enterprises is remarkable: annual revenue of nearly 40 trillion yuan, total profit of 2.6 trillion yuan, and total investment of 6.2 trillion yuan. Zhang Yuzhuo said that in the first two months of this year, indicators such as sales of electricity by central enterprises, aviation, logistics and transportation show that the economy continues to consolidate in a good trend, and we are full of confidence in the central enterprises to do a good job this year.

In Zhang Yuzhuo's view, to promote the high-quality development of central enterprises, we must improve the core competitiveness of enterprises and enhance core functions. To this end, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council has downplayed the assessment of scale, and promoted enterprises to focus on value creation and improve efficiency in all aspects; At the same time, we will promote the "three concentrations" of state-owned capital - the concentration of state-owned capital in important industries and key areas related to national security and the lifeblood of the national economy, the concentration of public services, emergency response capabilities, public welfare areas related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the concentration of forward-looking strategic emerging industries.

"Our goal is to increase the assets of central enterprises corresponding to the 'three concentrations' by more than 1 percentage point, effectively improving the functions of central enterprises." Zhang Yuzhuo said.

In addition, he said, last year, the purchase volume of central enterprises reached 13 trillion yuan, directly driving the industrial chain upstream and downstream large and small enterprises 2 million. The industrial chain integration and development of central enterprises launched last year has promoted the establishment of deep-level cooperative relations between central enterprises and more than 5,000 enterprises, and this work will continue to deepen this year to promote the coordinated development of enterprises of all types of ownership.

At present, new quality productivity has become a hot word with high social attention. Zhang Yuzhuo believes that for central enterprises, to accelerate the development of new quality productivity, mainly to put innovation in a prominent position, innovation and quality is the top priority. He used the three words of "source, rise and state" to summarize the key direction of future state-funded central enterprises.

"Source" means the source of the technology. In recent years, central enterprises have continuously increased their investment in scientific and technological innovation, reaching 106.6 billion yuan last year. After years of layout, domestic large aircraft, aviation engines, gas turbines, fourth-generation nuclear power units and other achievements have accelerated.

Zhang Yuzhuo said that in the next step, the central enterprises should continue to increase investment in research and development, strive to achieve more landmark achievements, and face up to the gap, and further increase the intensity of basic research and applied basic research; It is necessary to adhere to open innovation, strengthen collaboration with innovation entities such as universities, research institutes and private enterprises, and actively integrate into the global innovation network.

"Upgrading" refers to industrial upgrading. Zhang Yuzhuo said that state-owned enterprises on the one hand should use new technologies to promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of traditional industries; On the other hand, we must vigorously develop strategic emerging industries and layout and build future industries.

In 2023, the central government's investment in strategic emerging industries increased by 32.1% year on year. "By 2025, the proportion of strategic emerging industry revenue of central enterprises should reach 35%, and the layout of brain-like intelligence, quantum information, controlled nuclear fusion and other aspects should be arranged in advance." 'he said.

"State" refers to the innovation ecology. "The development of new quality productive forces ultimately depends on talent." Zhang Yuzhuo said that the state-owned central enterprises will optimize the good ecology to promote the development of new quality productivity, vigorously promote the spirit of scientists and excellent entrepreneurship, and encourage the scientific and technological workers of the central enterprises to make due contributions to the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation.

Source: SASAC of The State Council