Provincial Party Secretary: Need to stick to the growth scenario in the last 6 months of 2019

On the morning of June 28, the 18th Provincial Party Executive Committee held its 15th Conference, listening to and giving opinions on many important contents.

Attending the conference were comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee.Photo: My Nga

Registered investment capital is still low

At the conference, the Provincial Party Executive Committee listened to and gave opinions on the socio-economic situation in the first 6 months of the year, tasks and solutions for the last 6 months of 2019.

In the first 6 months of 2019, the growth rate of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) reached 7.09% over the same period. State budget revenue is estimated at 7,180 billion VND, reaching 53.2% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council and increasing by 17.6% over the same period in 2018.

Regarding investment attraction and business development, as of June 10, 2019, the province has granted new licenses to 46 projects, with a total registered investment capital of VND 5,858.58 billion. In 2019, 842 new enterprises were established with a total registered capital of VND 7,072.72 billion, an increase of 31.52% over the same period in 2018.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reported on the socio-economic situation in the first 6 months of the year and tasks for the last 6 months of 2019. Photo: My Nga

The Provincial People's Committee has directed the implementation of the key tasks of the "Year of Administrative Reform" 2019, actively preparing to establish the Provincial Public Administration Service Center. The Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) increased by 2 ranks, ranking 19th out of 63 provinces and cities, the highest ever; the Administrative Reform Index (Par-Index) increased by 2 ranks, ranking 29th out of 63 provinces and cities.

The socio-cultural fields continued to have positive changes. National defense and security continued to be firmly consolidated; social order and safety were ensured.

However, in the first 6 months of the year, the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee also pointed out some shortcomings and limitations such as: the GRDP growth rate in the first 6 months of 2019 was lower than the same period in 2018 and lower than the growth scenario; the number and registered investment capital of investment attraction projects, although increased compared to the same period in 2018, were still low, mainly small-scale projects, there were no large projects that were dynamic and promoted development.

Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper Pham Thi Hong Toan contributed some opinions at the conference. Photo: My Nga

At the conference, delegates were also very concerned about the prolonged heat wave in the province, which has greatly affected people's lives and production; the complicated development of epidemics, especially African swine fever; violations of the Law on Forest Protection, illegal logging, exploitation and transportation of forest products, forest fires, etc., still occurring, especially the case of deforestation in Chau Phong commune, Quy Chau district that occurred in the past few days.

Stick to the growth scenario

Concluding this content, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh especially emphasized administrative reform and investment attraction.

Acknowledging the efforts of all levels and sectors in the field of investment attraction, in which in the first 6 months of the year the province received a number of large enterprises coming to raise issues and implement investment, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh emphasized that this is both an opportunity and a challenge for the province, because when investing, enterprises all want to implement urgently, requiring strict appraisal to avoid risks.

Departments, branches and localities need to focus on removing procedures for investors, focusing on large projects to complete licensing procedures and implement projects. Strengthen supervision of post-licensing investment, resolve arising problems, urge investors to implement projects and disburse on schedule.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits TH Group's products at the agricultural products exhibition. Photo: Archive

In addition to the strong changes in administrative reform, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh pointed out some limitations, currently only 17/42 provincial-level units have developed implementation plans. Therefore, the Provincial Party Secretary requested all levels, sectors and localities to tighten administrative discipline, clearly define work and specific groups of issues, thereby directing and operating administrative reform work resolutely, thereby helping the province's administrative reform work to be more substantial and effective.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh gave a speech directing tasks for the last 6 months of 2019. Photo: My Nga

Regarding the growth momentum in the last 6 months of 2019, the Provincial Party Secretary requested departments, branches and localities to continue to closely follow the growth scenario to have drastic solutions, remove difficulties, focus on completing the goals, in line with the spirit of 2019 of acceleration and breakthrough.

Accordingly, maximum mobilization of resources, focusing on socialized resources to build increasingly synchronous infrastructure, especially transport infrastructure, seaports, economic zone infrastructure, industrial parks, industrial clusters, etc. to meet essential infrastructure for sustainable industrial development.

Regarding regular citizen reception, the Provincial Party Secretary requested localities to clearly identify and classify the content of citizen reception to avoid overlap between Party committees and authorities.

On the same morning, the conference also heard a report summarizing 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 33-NQ/TW of the 9th Central Conference (11th tenure) on building and developing Vietnamese culture and people to meet the requirements of sustainable national development; a report summarizing 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 18-NQ/TU of the Provincial Party Executive Committee on the Action Program to implement the Resolution of the 6th Conference of the 10th Party Central Committee "on continuing to build the Vietnamese working class in the period of promoting industrialization and modernization of the country".