From July 22 to 23, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council held a seminar for the heads of central enterprises. Zhang Yuzhuo, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council attended and delivered an important speech.

At the meeting, the results of the assessment and evaluation of the responsibility system of the party building work of the central enterprises in 2023 and the results of the business performance assessment of the heads of the central enterprises were successively announced, showing the dual improvement of the party building leadership and business performance of the state-owned central enterprises.

The meeting pointed out that since the beginning of this year, state-owned central enterprises have actively responded to the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and The State Council, taking inspection and rectification as a major political task and valuable opportunity to promote development through rectification, and achieved remarkable results. The production and operation of central enterprises maintained steady progress and improved quality and efficiency. In the first half of this year, the total profit reached 1.4 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.9% year-on-year, the return on equity reached 6.9%, and a number of key economic indicators increased steadily. At the same time, state-owned central enterprises have played an irreplaceable supporting role in major national tasks such as flood prevention and rescue, energy security and supply, demonstrating the responsibility and responsibility of state-owned enterprises.

In the construction of a modern industrial system, state-owned central enterprises have both wings, the layout of emerging industries has accelerated, and the pace of transformation and upgrading of traditional advantageous industries has accelerated. The efficiency of scientific and technological innovation has been significantly improved, new breakthroughs have been made in key core technologies, and they have been further integrated into the national innovation system. Actions to deepen and upgrade the reform of state-owned enterprises continued to deepen, key reform tasks were accelerated, and the efficiency of supervision and services was significantly improved.

The meeting stressed that in the face of new situations and new tasks, state-owned central enterprises should take the development of new quality productivity as an important focus and accelerate the promotion of high-quality development. Specifically, it is necessary to highlight high-quality stable growth, focus on the goal of "one interest stable growth, five rates of continuous optimization", strengthen cash flow management and lean control, actively expand effective investment, and ensure that the economy continues to recover and improve. At the same time, it is necessary to vigorously promote scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, actively undertake major national science and technology projects, optimize the support policy for talent development, and accelerate the establishment of a precise, differentiated and long-term assessment system for scientific and technological innovation, so as to inject strong impetus into high-quality development.

In addition, the meeting also stressed the need to effectively prevent and defuse major risks, further promote the deepening and upgrading of state-owned enterprise reform, comprehensively strengthen the Party's leadership and party building, and ensure that the Party Central Committee's decision-making deployment in state-owned central enterprises is consistent to the end. Especially in the inspection and rectification, it is necessary to strictly grasp the rectification work from the ground up, reflect the "two maintenance" with high-quality rectification results, resolutely break all kinds of stubborn problems, and ensure that the real reform and reform are in place.

During the seminar, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council also made deployment arrangements on issues such as promoting the high-quality development of the international operation of central enterprises in the new era and strengthening the training of scientific and technological talents. The participants had in-depth exchanges on the theme of the seminar, and the heads of six enterprises, including China National Nuclear Corporation, China Three Gorges Corporation and National Energy Corporation, made exchanges and speeches.

Source: SASAC of The State Council