On the morning of December 20, Xu Zhongjian, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Huaihua, presided over the Municipal Party Committee's economic work seminar. He stressed that we must thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, conscientiously implement the deployment requirements of the Provincial Party Committee of Hunan, scientifically plan the city's economic work next year, and unswervingly promote high-quality economic development.

At the meeting, He Zunqing, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee's Political and Legal Affairs Commission, Li Wanqian, Chairman of the Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee, Niu Shunsheng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Municipal CPPCC, Members of the Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayors of the Municipal Government, and comrades in charge of relevant departments of the municipal government and relevant units in Huaihua successively spoke and voiced opinions and suggestions on doing a good job in the city's economic work next year.

After listening carefully to everyone's speeches, Xu Zhongjian pointed out that it is necessary to accurately grasp the Party Central Committee's scientific judgment on the current economic situation and the decision-making and deployment of economic work next year, accurately grasp the deployment requirements of the Provincial Party Committee, accurately grasp the economic operation situation and development trend of Huaihua City, and further strengthen the confidence and determination to accelerate the promotion of high-quality economic development.

Xu Zhongjian emphasized that we must focus on key points and go all out to promote high-quality economic development, that we must scientifically determine the economic and social development goals for next year, including both bottom-line goals and goals to strive for, that we must seize policy opportunities and implement them in projects, and that we must carry out the "Project Construction Year" activities in depth, carefully organize the Provincial Tourism Development Conference, earnestly grasp the key reforms such as the reform of the investment and financing system, the reform of the zero-based budget, the reform of the park system and mechanism, and the pilot of the ecological product value realization mechanism, compile the "15th Five-Year Plan" with high quality, and work hard to grasp the key tasks such as Huaihua International Land Port, the "5+10" modern industrial system, the integration of Hecheng District and Zhongfang County, the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, the guarantee of people's livelihood, and security and stability, so as to ensure new breakthroughs and new results.

Xu Zhongjian emphasized that municipal leaders should take the lead in managing economic work, promoting local development, and guaranteeing the bottom line. The comprehensive economic functional departments should better shoulder their responsibilities and give full play to their functional roles. Other relevant departments directly under the municipal government should perform their duties and cooperate closely to form a joint force for implementation. Xu noted that we must continuously improve our professional ability to manage economic work, accurately grasp the policy orientation, strengthen systematic thinking, grasp the key links, and be good at using reform methods to solve problems in development, and must insist on putting work first, seeking truth and being pragmatic, and resolutely oppose formalism and bureaucracy that is keen on showing off to superiors instead of being responsible to subordinates, and considering effectiveness. We must strictly implement the "three distinctions" and clearly support and encourage cadres who are doing things, starting businesses, and taking responsibility, Xu added.

Xu Zhongjian also pointed out that departments at all levels in the city should coordinate and do a good job in various tasks at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, make a full sprint towards the end, and do everything possible to achieve the annual goals and tasks, do a solid job in people's livelihood protection, safe production, prevention of rain, snow and freezing disasters, payment of wages for migrant workers, supply and price stability of important commodities, energy supply and Spring Festival travels, and effectively maintain the harmony and stability of the overall social situation in the city, strive to achieve the best results, and lay a solid foundation for a good start next year.

(Translated by Le Guobin)