The following is a written record:

Meng Wei: Good morning, media friends! Welcome to the December press conference of the National Development and Reform Commission. Firstly, introduce three aspects of the situation to everyone, and then answer any questions you are concerned about.

Regarding the economic operation situation

Focus on reporting data from three aspects.

One is the operation of electricity. From the perspective of power generation, the national industrial power generation above designated size increased by 3.4% year-on-year from January to November, with a growth rate 0.3 percentage points higher than that from January to October. Among them, thermal power, hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power generation increased by 1.6%, 5.4%, 18.8%, 7.4%, and 13.3% respectively year-on-year. In November, power generation increased by 4.0% year-on-year, maintaining the same growth rate as the previous month.

From the perspective of electricity consumption, the total electricity consumption of the whole society in China increased by 4.5% year-on-year from January to November. Among them, the electricity consumption of the primary, secondary, tertiary, and residential areas increased by 5.1%, 3.1%, 9.4%, and 5.7% respectively year-on-year, while the electricity consumption of the tertiary sector continued to maintain rapid growth. Looking at different regions, electricity consumption is increasing in 27 provinces (regions, cities) across the country. In November, the total electricity consumption of the society increased by 4.7% year-on-year, with a growth rate 0.3 percentage points lower than the previous month.

The second is the approval status of investment projects. In November, the Commission approved 8 fixed assets investment projects with a total investment of 7.1 billion yuan, mainly in the energy industry. Among them, the approved Hebei Xintian Tangshan LNG receiving station export pipeline project (Baodi Yongqing section) is of great significance in ensuring the safety of regional natural gas supply, improving the atmospheric environment, and promoting economic and social development along the route.

The third is the price operation situation. In November, the year-on-year increase in consumer prices for Chinese residents has expanded, and the structural characteristics of rising prices for certain foods such as pork remain prominent.

In terms of consumer prices, the month on month increase in November was 0.4%, with the growth rate narrowing compared to the previous month; A year-on-year increase of 4.5%, with an increase of 0.7 percentage points compared to the previous month; The average increase from January to November was 2.8%. The rise in pork prices remains the main reason for the expansion of CPI growth. Based on the core CPI excluding food and energy prices, the year-on-year increase in November was 1.4%, with an average increase of 1.7% from January to November.

In terms of ex factory prices for industrial producers, the year-on-year decline in November was 1.4%, narrowing the decline by 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous month; The average decline from January to November was 0.3%.

Recent monitoring data shows that pork prices have stabilized after falling from a high level. On December 2nd, the average retail price of pork (lean meat) in 36 large and medium-sized cities decreased by 10.7% compared to early November; From December 2nd to 6th, the average daily price increase was 0.23%. The prices of fruits have also slightly decreased, with the average prices of five fruits including apples and pears dropping by 4.4% month on month in late November.

Overall, the overall price level in China will remain relatively stable in the coming period.

Secondly, regarding the strengthening of financing support for private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises

Since the beginning of this year, the National Development and Reform Commission has made positive progress by implementing the "Credit Easy Loan" and issuing corporate bonds to increase financing support for private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises.

In September of this year, the National Development and Reform Commission and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission jointly issued the "Notice on Deepening the Support of Financing for Small and Medium sized Enterprises through Credit Information Collection and Sharing", which aims to solve the problem of information asymmetry between banks and enterprises, urge and guide financial institutions to increase their support for credit loans for small and medium-sized enterprises, and alleviate the problem of difficult and expensive financing for small and medium-sized enterprises. As of now, relevant financial institutions have issued over 1.5 trillion yuan of "Credit Easy Loan" funds, including "Bank Tax Interaction", to eligible enterprises. Leveraging the national credit information sharing platform, they have built a comprehensive credit service platform for financing of small and medium-sized enterprises nationwide and actively promoted its application nationwide.

In terms of strengthening corporate bond financing, since the beginning of this year, we have actively supported high-quality private enterprises with good credit, stable operations, and a role in industrial structure transformation and upgrading or regional economic development to issue bonds for financing. Currently, a total of 31 billion yuan of high-quality private enterprise bonds have been approved. For small and medium-sized enterprises, various methods such as small and medium-sized enterprise credit enhancement collective bonds, venture capital enterprise bonds, and special bonds for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship incubation are used to fully leverage the role of corporate bonds in supporting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and focus on alleviating the problem of difficult and expensive financing for small and medium-sized enterprises. As of now, 58 small and micro enterprise credit enhancement collective bonds worth 48.75 billion yuan, 15 venture capital enterprise bonds worth 43.25 billion yuan, and 34 special bonds for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship incubation worth 45.07 billion yuan have been approved.

Thirdly, regarding the recently issued policy documents.

One is the Guiding Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Post Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction of Particularly Major Natural Disasters.

China is a country with frequent occurrence of natural disasters. In order to implement the central decision-making and deployment, and further improve the system for post disaster recovery and reconstruction of particularly major natural disasters in China, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Emergency Response have jointly studied and formulated the "Guiding Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Post disaster Recovery and Reconstruction of Particularly Major Natural Disasters" based on in-depth summarization of post disaster recovery and reconstruction experiences in Wenchuan, Yushu, Lushan, Ludian and other places, fully soliciting opinions from all parties, and submitted it to the state for approval before being officially issued.

As an important guiding document for implementing various post disaster recovery and reconstruction work, the "Guiding Opinions" clarify the procedures and contents of central overall guidance, the responsibilities and tasks of local authorities to play a leading role, and the channels for broad public participation. It strictly limits the starting conditions for post disaster recovery and reconstruction of particularly major natural disasters and proposes practical and feasible safeguard measures. It plays an important role in improving the new mechanism for post disaster recovery and reconstruction, enhancing the capacity and level of post disaster recovery and reconstruction, and perfecting China's disaster prevention, reduction, and relief system and mechanism.

The second is the Opinions on Promoting the Development of "Internet plus Social Services".

Recently, with the consent of the state, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Health Commission and the General Administration of Sport jointly issued the Opinions on Promoting the Development of "Internet plus+Social Services".

The Opinions closely revolved around the deployment requirements of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee for coordinating the urban and rural livelihood security system and meeting the people's growing needs for a better life, promoted the development of "Internet plus social services", promoted the digitalization, networking, intelligence, diversification and synergy of social services, better benefited the people, and helped the growth of new drivers.

The Opinions adhere to the problem oriented and goal oriented approach. In view of the main contradictions and challenges facing the development of "Internet plus social services" in China, it focuses on mobilizing the enthusiasm of social forces, removing barriers to social forces' participation, and puts forward 13 operable and practical measures in five aspects in combination with the characteristics of various industries. At the same time, the Opinion clarifies three guarantee measures: strengthening education and training, enhancing digital skills, increasing financial support, optimizing financing services, strengthening overall coordination, and promoting task implementation.

Next, the National Development and Reform Commission will closely cooperate with relevant departments to actively promote the implementation of various goals, tasks, and policy measures.