Provincial Party Secretary: Without synchronous and breakthrough solutions, there is a high risk of "breaking" targets
(Baonghean.vn) - This issue was raised by comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation at a working session with the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee on the afternoon of March 26.
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| Working session scene. Photo: Dao Tuan |
Also chairing the meeting were comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; attending the meeting were comrades Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, relevant departments, branches and sectors.
Budget revenue in the first quarter reached 3,354 billion VND
Regarding the economic development situation in the first quarter of 2019, according to the report of the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee, the growth rate of the total product in the province (GRDP) is estimated to increase by 7.0%. The estimated budget revenue is 3,354 billion VND, reaching 24.9% of the estimate, up 14.5% over the same period in 2018, reaching 22% of the estimate.
Regarding agricultural, forestry and fishery production: The area for planting annual crops in the 2018-2019 winter-spring crop is estimated at 226,092 hectares, an increase of 1.7% compared to 2018. The area for newly planted concentrated forests is estimated at 4,466 hectares; the output of exploited timber is estimated at 150,507m3.3Total output of exploitation and aquaculture is estimated at 43,370 tons, up 8.91% over the same period...
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| The comrades chairing the conference. Photo: Dao Tuan |
Industrial production development index is estimated to increase by 7.51% over the same period in 2018; Service sector: Total retail sales of goods are estimated at 15,127.88 billion VND, up 12.27% over the same period...
The Provincial People's Committee has directed all levels and sectors to focus on implementing the decision to assign the public investment capital plan for 2019; focus on urging and speeding up the progress of key projects; coordinate with ministries, sectors and localities to start a number of important projects...
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| Director of the Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Do speaks at the meeting. Photo: Dao Tuan |
The province successfully organized the Spring Meeting with Investors 2019. As of March 15, 2019, the province has newly granted (approved investment policies and issued investment certificates) to 22 projects, with a total registered capital of VND 5,021.95 billion, an increase of 12.7% of registered capital compared to the same period in 2018.
There needs to be a breakthrough in economic development.
Speaking at the meeting, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh said that the province's economic growth target for 2019 is set at 9-9.5%. Without synchronous solutions and breakthroughs, it will be very difficult to achieve the set targets.
Meanwhile, according to the analysis of the Provincial Party Secretary, in the past 5 years, many investment projects have not achieved results, some projects have tax debts or low tax payments.
Therefore, comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh suggested that it is necessary to evaluate why these projects only stop at creating a few jobs for workers, and provide very little support for social security work.
The Provincial Party Secretary said that, based on the above reported figures, the indicators are basically higher than the same period in 2018, but there is absolutely no basis to believe that the growth rate for the whole year will reach the set target, and there is a high risk of "breaking" the target.
The Provincial Party Secretary requested a clear analysis of why Nghe An ranks 10th in the country in terms of economic scale but 17th in terms of budget revenue.
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| Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh gave a speech at the meeting. Photo: Dao Tuan |
At the meeting, in addition to presenting some opportunities to create room for growth, delegates also analyzed and clarified some causes of difficulties affecting economic growth. These were difficulties related to public investment, import-export activities of some economic groups and large manufacturing companies; some enterprises and investors did not contribute well or owed taxes; and state budget support.
After listening to the delegates' speeches, the Provincial Party Secretary said that if Nghe An only maintains the current "average" growth rate without any breakthroughs, it will be very difficult to complete the set targets for 2019. He affirmed that currently in a difficult period, many unfinished projects require a complete resolution, so the Provincial People's Committee needs to consider which goals, projects, and works to prioritize.
Identify bottlenecks to solve
The Provincial Party Secretary noted that 2019 is the time to prepare the medium-term investment plan for the next 5 years and prepare for the next 10-year plan. Therefore, the Provincial People's Committee needs to determine priority investment targets, not to invest in a scattered and small-scale manner.
According to the Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, economic growth must rely on social resources. Analyzing further on this issue, Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh stated that currently the number of enterprises in the province is increasing but budget revenue is on a downward trend.
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| The textile industry is growing strongly in Nghe An. Photo courtesy of Thu Huyen |
One of the reasons is that in Nghe An, enterprises mainly conduct bidding based on the State budget, while the number of enterprises investing in production development is small. Besides, the domestic enterprises are also facing many difficulties, so they need more attention.
Investment attraction is being carried out in two directions: internal and external. Internal force is to attract large domestic enterprises, external force is to call for foreign investors. To increase economic efficiency, investment promotion activities need to be more drastic, regular inspection and supervision are needed to minimize the time for handling administrative procedures and implementing construction in the field. Requesting to see bottlenecks to resolve, the Provincial Party Secretary hopes that the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee need to have timely and synchronous solutions, improve the investment environment, and accompany businesses to remove difficulties.
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| Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy speaks at the meeting. Photo: Dao Tuan |
Receiving the direction of the Provincial Party Secretary, at the meeting, comrade Thai Thanh Quy also assigned specific tasks to members of the Provincial People's Committee, with the goal of implementing the socio-economic development plan set out in 2019.