From August 12th to 13th, the municipal government held a series of thematic meetings to discuss the city’s key priorities. Chen Ping, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, emphasized that maintaining stable growth should be raised to a more prominent position. The government should spare no effort to complete critical tasks such as fixed asset investment, special bonds application, use and management, connecting dead-end roads in metropolitan areas, and consumption expansion and upgrading. Besides, the government should also work hard to stabilize the economy’s fundamentals and strive to accomplish all the goals and tasks for the year.
Chen Ping emphasized that it is crucial to focus on key investment projects, strengthen overall planning, and spare no effort to stabilize investment and the economy. The government should improve the dedicated support on projects, focusing on the key projects (worth 5.3 billion CNY) that have not yet started to ensure that their construction can be kicked off as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the government should also step-up project planning work and strive to achieve continuous growth with projects running at different stages from planning to under construction and operation. By doing so, the city can achieve high-quality development by carrying out high-quality territorial spatial planning work.
Chen Ping asked to strengthen the acquisition, use and management of special bonds. The government should seize the opportunity of the early issuance of 2023 special bonds for local governments and step up project planning by speeding up the preparation work and project approval process to ensure that the conditions for construction commencement and bond issuance are met. The government should also ensure that we can make full use of the special bond in a timely manner to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of bond usage. We should also establish and improve the full life cycle management mechanism of special bonds and strengthen the auditing, supervising and verification process to prevent risks. It is also essential to enhance intercity road connectivity. We should continue to push forward the reconstruction and expansion of the Wuhuang Expressway, the second phase of the Airport Expressway construction, the Dongfangshan project, and the reconstruction of 106 National Highway so that the nine dead-end roads between Wuhan and Ezhou will be connected by the end of the year.
Chen Ping emphasized that it is vital to promote the expansion and upgrading of consumption and ensure the stable and healthy operation of the economy. The government officials should be able to view things from a higher level, deepen our understanding of the current situation, strengthen the collaboration between departments, promote consumption replenishment, and release consumption potential. The government should also focus on securing and facilitating the growth of enterprises of different types by fully releasing their potential, promoting the growth of total retail sales of consumer goods in our region, and laying a solid foundation for achieving the annual target.
Yu Ke, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor, Yi Biwei, member of the Municipal Government Party Leadership Group, and Fu Baoshan, Secretary-General of the Municipal Government attended the meeting.