Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee: Focus investment resources on key projects

Thu Huyen DNUM_BCZAHZCABI 11:56

(Baonghean.vn) - That was the direction of Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong at the online conference with districts and cities on the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and state budget estimate for 2019; meeting on basic construction work in the first 6 months of 2018 held on the morning of July 12.

Toàn cảnh hội nghị trực tuyến. Ảnh: Thu Huyền
Overview of the online conference. Photo: Thu Huyen

Estimated domestic revenue in 2019 increased by 12-14%

In 2019, Nghe An determined the goal of continuing to implement the Action Program to implement the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress and Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW of the Politburo on the direction and tasks for the development of Nghe An province until 2020. Striving to achieve a growth rate of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in 2019 of about 9.0 - 10.0%. Sustainable development of rural agriculture; Accelerating the restructuring of the agricultural sector towards increasing added value and sustainable development in the period of 2018 - 2020.

Chủ tịch UBND tỉnh Nguyễn Xuân Đường  chủ trì Hội nghị. Ảnh: Thu Huyền
Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference. Photo: Thu Huyen

The objectives for the work of building the 2019 State budget estimate and the 3-year State budget - financial plan 2019 - 2021 are: Continuing to restructure the budget and public debt towards safety and sustainability associated with rearranging the organizational apparatus, streamlining the payroll, innovating the public service sector; tightening budget discipline, strengthening revenue management, and using public resources economically and effectively. The domestic revenue estimate for 2019 (excluding revenue from land use fees and lottery revenue) increases by an average of at least 12 - 14%; revenue from import-export activities increases by an average of at least 5 - 7% compared to the estimated implementation in 2018.

Regarding this content, comrade Le Xuan Dai - Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that the economic growth rate in the first 6 months of the year reached 7.39 - the highest ever. However, to achieve the growth scenario of 9% in 2018, the last 6 months of the year must reach 10.5%, all levels and sectors must direct strongly. Regarding budget revenue, the total revenue can be achieved, but the concern is the structure of domestic revenue, currently revenue from state-owned enterprises, industry and trade, and revenue from foreign-invested enterprises is low; tax debt is high. These are issues that need to be analyzed to find solutions.

Disbursement of construction investment capital is higher than the whole country

Đồng chí Nguyễn Văn Độ - Giám đốc Sở KH&ĐT . Ảnh: Thu Huyền
Comrade Nguyen Van Do - Director of the Department of Planning and Investment said that there are 3 sources of low disbursement: national target program sources, government bonds and foreign capital sources. The main reason for slow disbursement is land clearance problems. Photo: Thu Huyen

Regarding the implementation of the basic construction investment plan in the first 6 months of the year, according to the report of the Department of Planning and Investment, the assigned public investment plan for 2018 is 5,450 billion 347 million VND, the volume of implementation in the first 6 months is 2,787 billion 675 million VND, reaching 51.15%; disbursement reached over 44% (higher than the national average (32.53%) and higher than the same period (nearly 40%).

There are 3 sources of disbursement that have achieved good results: government target programs (64.22%); local budget balance according to scoring criteria 58.26% and land use revenue 52.66%. There are 8 localities with good disbursement (over 60%) including: Thanh Chuong, Anh Son, Thai Hoa, Quynh Luu, Cua Lo, Yen Thanh, Dien Chau and Nghi Loc.

Phó chủ tịch HĐND tỉnh. Ảnh: Thu Huyền
Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Viet Duong spoke, requesting local departments and branches to clarify the reasons for slow disbursement so that solutions can be found to speed up the progress in the coming time. Photo: Thu Huyen

Speaking at the conference, leaders of departments, branches and localities spoke and shared the difficulties in the implementation process. Deputy Director of the Department of Transport Nguyen Duc An said that in 2018, the source allocated for the transport sector was more than 1,400 billion VND, but the disbursement progress to date has only reached more than 36%. To speed up the disbursement progress, the Provincial People's Committee is requested to direct localities to speed up the progress of site clearance for projects and consider allocating capital for completed projects.

Assessing this content, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien said that the progress of some projects is slow, procedures are still stuck, especially site clearance. Currently, some projects with large capital sources focus on the fields of transportation, irrigation, and electricity but have many problems. Meanwhile, one of the conditions to achieve the economic growth target in 2018 depends heavily on the disbursement of capital construction. Therefore, all levels and sectors need to review and direct more drastically.

Thảm bê tông nhựa tuyến đường Vinh - Cửa Lò. Ảnh: Thu Huyền
Asphalt concrete pavement on Vinh - Cua Lo road. Photo: Thu Huyen

Concluding the conference, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong requested all levels and sectors to closely follow the situation, resolutely and synchronously implement key tasks and solutions to promote growth in sectors and fields in order to strive to complete the goals and targets of the 2018 Socio-Economic Development Plan in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister in Directive No. 13/CT-TTg dated May 24, 2018. Sectors and levels review the remaining tasks of 2018 to direct and organize effective implementation to successfully complete the tasks.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the responsibility of departments, branches and localities to evaluate and estimate the implementation of the 2018 socio-economic development plan of the sector and locality in conjunction with the 2016 - 2020 plan. Localities and units need to base on the implementation data of the first 6 months of 2018 announced by the Provincial Statistics Office, and at the same time base on actual conditions to estimate the implementation of the whole year and forecast development prospects to determine the 2019 plan targets, in accordance with the system of indicators of the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2016 - 2020 of the local sector.

Regarding disbursement of capital construction investment, based on the assessment of the achieved results as well as the shortcomings and problems, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong requested to strengthen the direction of site clearance, budget management, focus investment resources on key projects; review and adjust plans, and not allocate capital for projects that generate debt.

Assign responsibility to heads of departments, branches, and localities to inspect, urge, and report to the Provincial People's Committee for solutions to difficulties and problems in basic construction...

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