Nghe An has 419 effectively operating cooperatives.
(Baonghean.vn) - Speaking at the 2020 year-end conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu requested the Provincial Cooperative Union to continue to do a good job of propaganda, affirming the important position and role of the collective economy and cooperatives in the market economy.
On the afternoon of January 15, the Provincial Cooperative Union held a conference to summarize activities in 2020, deploy tasks in 2021 and award decisions on the titles of artisans and skilled workers in the field of small-scale industry and craft villages in 2020. Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended and gave a speech.
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Conference scene. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
In 2020, Nghe An has55 new cooperatives were established, bringing the total number of cooperatives in the province to 794 by the end of 2020. During the year, procedures for dissolving 4 cooperatives were carried out according to regulations.
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Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu spoke at the conference. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Up to now, there are 419 cooperatives operating effectively (accounting for 53%), 345 cooperatives operating averagely (accounting for nearly 43.4%); 30 cooperatives operating ineffectively (accounting for less than 4.0%).
Total revenue of the cooperative sector in 2020 reached 2,125 billion VND (an increase of 195 billion VND compared to 2019). The average revenue of a cooperative in 2020 was nearly 2 billion VND/year. Average labor income reached 4 - 4.5 million VND/month.
However, the operation of the cooperative sector still has some limitations: The number of effectively operating cooperatives is not high, and there are still many cooperativessmall scale, weak internal capacity and competitiveness. The number of cooperatives operating according to the model, linked to the production value chain, and consuming products for members accounts for only 26%. The number of cooperatives participating in membership is still low, only 47.7%...
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Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the Third Class Labor Medal to individuals with outstanding achievements. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
In 2021, the Provincial Cooperative Union strives to establish 40-50 new cooperatives and 1-2 Cooperative Unions. Support 3-4 cooperatives to buildmodelvalue chain linkage. Cooperate with districts to build 1-2 new cooperative models linking value chains every year. By the end of 2021, nearly 60% of cooperatives will operate effectively and 86.2% of wards, communes and towns in the province will have cooperatives.
Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's CommitteeHoang Nghia HieuCommend the achievements of the cooperative economic sector, cooperatives and the activities of the Provincial Cooperative Union and the system of member units in 2020.
At the same time, it is recommended that the Provincial Cooperative Union closely follow the assigned targets and tasks, continue to innovate, develop and improve the efficiency of the collective economy.
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Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the title of artisan to an individual. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Continue to do a good job of propaganda, affirming the important position and role of collective economy and cooperatives in the socialist-oriented market economy.
Focus on reviewing the operational efficiency of cooperatives, cooperative unions, invested and built models and implemented policies to continue advising the Provincial People's Committee to supplement effective leadership and implementation solutions, especially consolidating and improving the operational quality of ineffective cooperatives and replicating new cooperative models with high efficiency.
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Provincial leaders awarded the title of skilled worker to 9 individuals. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
It is recommended that localities pay more attention to cooperative economy, cooperatives, and craft villages, and allocate resources to consolidate and improve the efficiency of production and business activities of cooperatives.
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3 individuals were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Provincial People's Committee. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
On this occasion, the President awarded the Third Class Labor Medal to 1 individual and 1 individual was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Prime Minister; 1 collective achieved the title of excellent labor at the provincial level and 3 individuals were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Provincial People's Committee. The Provincial People's Committee recognized the title of 1 artisan and 9 skilled workers in the field of small-scale industry./.