Xi Jinping presided over the fourth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, emphasizing that a new round of large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods will effectively reduce the logistics cost of the whole society

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 23 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, state president, chairman of the Central Military Commission, and director of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, presided over the fourth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Commission on the afternoon of February 23 to study the issue of large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods, and to study the issue of effectively reducing the logistics cost of the whole society. Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the meeting, emphasizing that accelerating product upgrading is an important measure to promote high-quality development, and it is necessary to encourage and guide a new round of large-scale equipment renewal and consumer goods trade-in. Logistics is the "tendon" of the real economy, connecting production and consumption, domestic trade and foreign trade, we must effectively reduce the logistics cost of the whole society, enhance the core competitiveness of the industry, and improve the efficiency of economic operation.

　　Li Qiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, premier of the State Council, and deputy director of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and member of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, and Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council, and member of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, attended the meeting.

　　The meeting listened to the report of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods, and listened to the report of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Transport, and the Ministry of Commerce on effectively reducing the logistics cost of the whole society. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the State Railway Group made written reports.

　　The meeting stressed that the implementation of large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods will effectively promote investment and consumption, which will benefit both the present and the long-term. It is necessary to do a good job in policy combination, promote the continuous increase in the proportion of advanced production capacity, more high-quality durable consumer goods into people's lives, waste resources are recycled, and the quality and level of national economic circulation have been greatly improved. It is necessary to adhere to the market-oriented, government-guided, insist on encouraging the advanced and eliminating the backward, adhere to the guidance of standards, and improve in an orderly manner.

　　The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to promote the renewal and technological transformation of various production equipment and service equipment, encourage traditional consumer goods such as automobiles and household appliances to be exchanged for the new, and promote the trade-in of durable consumer goods. Promote large-scale recycling and recycling, and strengthen the development of the "replacement + recycling" logistics system and new models. For the trade-in of consumer goods, it is necessary to adhere to the linkage between the central government and local governments, and coordinate and support all links in the whole chain to benefit consumers more.

　　The meeting emphasized that reducing the logistics cost of the whole society is an important measure to improve the efficiency of economic operation. The starting point and foothold of logistics cost reduction is to serve the real economy and the people, the basic premise is to maintain the proportion of manufacturing industry is basically stable, the main way is to adjust the structure, promote reform, and effectively reduce transportation costs, warehousing costs, and management costs. Optimize the transportation structure, strengthen the "road to rail" and "road to water", deepen the reform of the comprehensive transportation system, and form a unified, efficient, competitive and orderly logistics market. Optimize the main trunk channel, open up the blocking points, improve the modern trade circulation system, and encourage the development of new logistics models that combine with the platform economy, low-altitude economy, and unmanned driving. Coordinate the planning of logistics hubs, optimize the construction of transportation infrastructure and the layout of major productive forces, and vigorously develop the airport economy and port economy.

　　Members of the Central Financial and Economic Commission attended the meeting, and responsible comrades of relevant departments of the central and state organs attended the meeting as observers.