Director Zheng Zhajie presided over a symposium for private enterprises to solicit opinions and suggestions on the development of the service industry during the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period.

On November 11th, Zheng Shujie, director of the National Development and Reform Commission, chaired a symposium on private enterprises to discuss the preparation of the "Outline" for the 15th Five-Year Plan and to listen to opinions and suggestions on accelerating the development of the service industry. The symposium was attended by industrial automation control, software and information services, industrial internet and comprehensive productivity service enterprises, as well as catering and lifestyle service enterprises. During the meeting, Director Zheng Shujie carefully listened to the speeches of the participating companies and had in-depth exchanges with them on the opportunities and challenges facing the development of the service industry during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, addressing each company's concerns. The participating companies mentioned that in recent years, China's service industry has developed rapidly, with the market size continuing to expand and new models and formats emerging constantly, providing broad space for high-quality development of enterprises. In the future, the demand for the service industry market is huge, and enterprises are striving to promote professional and refined development in this field, with confidence in better serving various production activities and meeting the needs of the people. It is suggested that when formulating the "Outline" for the 15th Five-Year Plan, the country should further deepen institutional and structural reforms, improve the social security, tax, and other policy support systems, innovate supervision methods, strengthen the guarantee of service industry development elements, and help enterprises achieve better development. Director Zheng Shujie stated that the service industry is an important part of the national economy, and the level of service industry development is an important indicator of a country's economic development. China's service industry has huge room for expansion and improvement in quality, and the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party has made important arrangements to promote the quality and efficient development of the service industry. Facing the complex and ever-changing market situation, it is hoped that enterprises will have confidence in development, tap potential business opportunities, seize development opportunities, promote the specialization and high-end extension of productive service industries, and promote the high-quality, diverse, and convenient development of lifestyle service industries. Good opinions and suggestions put forward by enterprises will be absorbed and adopted in the preparation of the "Outline" for the 15th Five-Year Plan. The National Development and Reform Commission will deeply implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, in accordance with the decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, work together with relevant parties to implement the action to expand and improve the service industry, create better development conditions, environment, and ecology for operating entities, promote deep integration of modern service industries with advanced manufacturing and modern agriculture, promote the improvement of quality and reduction of costs and carbon emissions in the industry, and continuously promote the high-quality and efficient development of the service industry. At the same time, strengthen the regular communication and exchange between the government and enterprises, combining points and faces to help solve actual difficulties for enterprises, promote the healthy development and high-quality development of the private economy. The heads of companies such as Dahan Holding Group, Zhejiang Supcon Technology Co., Ltd., Taoranju Catering Culture Group, iSoftStone Information Technology, Heihu Network Technology, etc., participated in the symposium. Yuan Da, Secretary General of the National Development and Reform Commission, and the heads of the Planning Department, Comprehensive Department, Private Department, and Industry Department also attended. This article is selected from the official WeChat account of the National Development and Reform Commission. Editor: Liu Jiayin.