Editor's Note: The annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, known as the two sessions and considered the most significant annual political event in China, are underway in Beijing. Lawmakers and political advisors with entrepreneurial backgrounds have made numerous suggestions and proposals. Let's see what they've said.
Over 200 million people in China are in flexible employment. The relevant social security systems should be improved according to a proposal from Li Dongsheng, founder, and chairman of Chinese consumer electronics giant TCL and an NPC deputy.
Li proposed an independent platform for people with flexible employment to participate in social security programs within the national social security system.
Li also said the government should standardize the terms and content of labor contracts for people with flexible employment and protect their legitimate rights and interests.
Li also provided suggestions for nationwide carbon reduction. For example, establishing a unified platform for measuring individual carbon emissions could be in trial in first-tier cities with strong low-carbon awareness.
The government could set carbon emission limits for residents and guide people to choose low-carbon lifestyles and consumption habits based on monitoring data. Li added that financial incentives are another way to encourage carbon reductions for residents.
According to statistics released by the Ministry of Public Security, China had 7.84 million new energy vehicles by the end of 2021, an increase of 59.25 percent yearly.
Li Shufu, chairman of Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group and a deputy to the National People's Congress, proposed accelerating the construction of battery swapping stations, further improving policies and regulations for electronic vehicle battery swapping, and accelerating the standardization of battery swaps.
Li also proposed to apply methanol fuel nationwide, saying the low-carbon power is safer and more convenient than other new energies.
Li said methanol automobiles should enjoy the same policy support as other new energy vehicles. Thus, more enterprises would compete for R&D in methanol vehicles, and carbon neutrality in the transport sector would be reached soon.
Chen Hong, chairman of SAIC Motor. (Photo provided to China Daily)
Chen Hong, chairman of China's largest carmaker SAIC Motor and an NPC deputy, proposed a special plan for the low-carbon development of the automobile industry.
The formulation and implementation of carbon emission standards for the whole life cycle of automobile products should be accelerated, he said.
Chen also proposed the commercialization of intelligent and connected vehicles, adding a grade evaluation certification system and access mechanism could assist in applying autonomous driving technology.
Dong Mingzhu, chairwoman of Gree Electric Appliances and an NPC deputy, proposed standards for the service life of home appliances, should be issued in the form of mandatory standards or laws and regulations.
The safe service life of each type of household appliance should be cleared, while manufacturers are obliged to inform consumers of the specific expiration date of the products.
Dong also proposed to improve power battery safety monitoring standards, for example, to include certain safety testing methods into the national mandatory standards, and modify the standards with the development of technology.
Zhou Yunjie, president of home appliance giant Haier Group and an NPC deputy, suggested using the industrial internet to enable the high-quality development of the urban digital economy.
Zhou suggested increasing financial support to encourage cities to build city-level industrial internet service platforms to provide life cycle services to enterprises.
He also suggested industrial leaders build a vertical industry platform with industrial internet platform enterprises, enhance digital upgrading for industrial parks and economic development zones, and encourage regional manufacturing resource sharing and coordination.
Liu Yonghao, chairman of China's agricultural conglomerate New Hope Group and a national political advisor, suggested the feed and breeding industry nationwide should act together to save grain and improve efficiency from the production end.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China's grain output reached 682.85 million tons in 2021. "If New Hope Group increases the comprehensive utilization rate of feed by 1 percent every year, it can save 1.5 million tons of grain in five years," Liu said.
"We talked more about saving grain from the consumption side in the past, but it was also important for the production side to save grain," he added.
According to Liu, the group will save grain by improving breeding methods and feeding formulas to increase the utilization rate of feed.
Buchang Pharma president Zhao Chao. (Photo/Xinhua)
The operating revenue of China's pharmaceutical industry reached 2.35 trillion yuan ($371.98 billion) in the first ten months of 2021, up 22.8 percent year-on-year, and the industry's total profit increased 76.7 percent yearly.
Zhao Chao, president of Buchang Pharma and an NPC deputy, proposed more preferential policies to boost new medicine R&D, clinical trials, and market introductions and stimulate drug innovation and increase the accessibility of innovative drugs.
As traditional Chinese medicine has been extensively used in treating COVID-19, Zhao also proposed TCM to be included in the national infectious disease prevention and control system.
China's service manufacturing industry has great potential for optimization. Shen Nanpeng, founding and managing partner of Sequoia Capital China and a member of the CPPCC, suggested utilizing industrial data for the transformation of the manufacturing industry.
Shen suggested accelerating the compatibility and adaptation of industrial sensors and communication protocols and strengthening data support capacity through technological transformation and new technologies.
He also suggested reducing development costs and expanding digital technology service providers based on real enterprise demand scenarios.
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