
The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission released the "15th Five-Year Plan" for central enterprises, emphasizing high-quality development and technological innovation
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The "15th Five-Year Plan" for central enterprises is the focus of the work of state-owned central enterprises and aims to promote high-quality development of enterprises. The plan has been officially issued and covers multiple quantitative indicators such as added value and functional value.
China News Service, Beijing, September 28 (Reporter Pang Wuji) Pang Xiaogang, spokesperson and deputy director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, said in Beijing on the 28th that according to the plan, by 2030, the proportion of the added value of strategic emerging industries of central enterprises will increase by another 5 percentage points.
The preparation of the “15th Five-Year Plan” for the development of central enterprises is the “highlight” of this year’s work for state-owned central enterprises. At the press conference of the State Council Information Office held that day, Pang Xiaogang introduced that the plan is clear that by 2030, central enterprises will create greater value for the high-quality development of the national economy; focusing on five aspects: added value, functional value, economic added value, strategic emerging industry added value, and brand value, Set quantitative indicators to promote value creation as the core driving force for enterprise development; in particular, highlight added value and weaken scale indicators such as operating income to guide enterprises to effectively shift their focus to high-quality development and to increase their contribution to the national economy and social development. At present, the plan has been officially issued.
In terms of industrial layout, he revealed that the plan is clear to play a greater role in the fields of defense equipment manufacturing, energy resource production and supply, and backbone infrastructure construction, guide enterprises to pay more attention to industrial security and industrial resilience, proactively connect with international rules, and further enhance the security support capabilities of the state-owned economy. In the field of forward-looking strategic emerging industries, the plan proposes that by 2030, the proportion of the added value of strategic emerging industries of central enterprises will increase by another 5 percentage points, further strengthen basic support such as industrial software and key components, take the lead in promoting artificial intelligence to empower thousands of industries, innovate and develop service-oriented manufacturing, and strive to create emerging pillar industries. In the field of public services, the plan requires that the construction of "six networks" be solidly promoted and investment in public services such as producer services, daily services, and emergency industries be increased.
In terms of promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, Zhang Jianlong, director of the Science and Technology Innovation Bureau of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, said here that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, scientific research investment will be ensured to grow steadily and resolutely complete the national goal of an average annual growth rate of R&D investment of more than 7%. On this basis, we will strive to increase the proportion of basic research investment to more than 15% and promote R&D investment to focus on major national scientific research tasks that serve the advancement of the industry.
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