Attending were Mr. Nguyen Van Loi - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Delegation of the National Assembly Deputies; Mr. Nguyen Hoang Thao – Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and comrades in the Standing Committee, Executive Committee of Provincial Party Committee, leaders of departments, committees, branches and districts, towns and cities.
Overcoming difficult period
The conference focused on discussing and evaluating the results of socio-economic development, defense and security of Binh Duong province in 2021. Mr. Nguyen Hoang Thao – Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee said that 2021 is the first year of implementing the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress, Resolution of the 11th Provincial Party Congress, also the year that Binh Duong faced many difficulties and challenges from the province's political upheaval along with the outbreak and extremely complicated developments of the 4th Covid-19 pandemic wave, which seriously affected production, business and people's lives.
In that context, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee have focused on leading and directing drastically, along with the efforts of all levels and branches, so far, 10/18 targets have been achieved and exceeded in the Resolution of the Provincial Party Committee in 2021; 08 targets have not been achieved but have a higher increase compared to the same period in 2020.
The Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in the first 6 months of the year reached 7.23%, but due to the impact of the pandemic, the whole year only reached 2.79% (in 2020, GRDP grew by 6.91%, the Resolution set the target to increase by 8.5 - 8.7%). GRDP per capita is 153.6 million VND (in 2020 it was 151 million VND, the Resolution set 161.8 million VND). The economic structure has shifted in a positive direction, with industries - services - agriculture - products taxes less subsidies on production, with the respective proportions 68.12% - 21.42% - 3.1% - 7.36%.
The industrial production index is estimated to increase by 4.5% (in 2020 it increased by 8.02%, the plan in 2021 increased by 9.2%). Import and export growth is high compared to the same period last year. Export turnover is estimated at 31 billion 500 million USD (in 2020 it reached 27 billion 443 million USD), up 13.5%. Import turnover is estimated at 24 billion 600 million USD (in 2020 it reached 21 billion 446 million USD), up 14.7%. Trade surplus reached 6.8 billion USD. Total budget revenue is estimated at 61,200 billion VND, reaching 104% of the Provincial People's Council's estimate; total expenditure to balance the local budget is estimated at 32,201 billion VND, reaching 124% of the estimate.
Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Hoang Thao reports on the results of socio-economic development, defense and security of Binh Duong province in 2021
Facing complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic, Binh Duong focused on pandemic prevention and control with the motto "People's lives and health are first, foremost and most important". The province has mobilized the entire political system, people and enterprises to participate in pandemic prevention and control; sent 30 leaders at the deputy department and branch levels, more than 1,200 provincial officials and more than 1,000 teachers and officials of the Education branch to support localities for pandemic prevention and control. In particular, there were more than 60 support delegations with more than 4,000 doctors, nurses, volunteers in central agencies, provinces and cities, more than 25,000 police and army soldiers participating in pandemic prevention and control. In a very short time, the province has directed and mobilized a huge resource in terms of facilities; enterprises have invested in building field hospitals, concentrated quarantine areas with unprecedented scale, meeting about 100,000 beds for F0 quarantine and concentrated treatment; quickly invested in completing and putting into operation 02 emergency resuscitation hospitals with more than 1,000 beds to treat Covid-19 patients turned severe, contributing to reducing the number of deaths.
In addition to the central government's policies, the province has promptly issued support policies and disbursed support packages for those affected by the pandemic. As of November 13, 2021, the province has provided support for more than 3.9 million cases, with an amount of 2,897 billion VND.
With "Making the most of all resources and time, focusing on vaccination quickly; both doing and learning from experience, combining creativity in pandemic prevention and control", Binh Duong has overcome extremely difficult and dangerous period. Up to now, the pandemic situation in the province has been initially controlled, the number of new cases has decreased, the number of patients discharged from the hospital has increased, the entire province has moved to a state of flexible, safe adaptation and effective control over the Covid-19 pandemic in the spirit of the Government's Resolution no. 128/NQ-CP.
Efforts to restore socio-economy, maintain position
Discussing at the conference, the delegates pointed out a number of limitations and difficulties in socio-economic development in 2021. Due to the impact of the pandemic, many enterprises in the province have temporarily suspended business and operations; total social investment capital decreased by 4.3% compared to 2020. Disbursement of public investment capital was low compared to the plan, only 37.6%, many key projects had to stop construction because of the pandemic situation; planning, compensation for site clearance was still slow, etc.
In addition, the grassroots health system, preventive medicine and treatment capacity of medical facilities in the province revealed limitations after the recent pandemic. The Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) is among the lowest in the country.
Binh Duong is determined to implement solutions for socio-economic recovery and development
Talking about solutions for socio-economic development in the coming time, Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized, in 2020, in addition to the task of pandemic prevention and control, the province will focus on urgently implementing the provincial planning and district land use planning, the planning of industrial parks and clusters for the 2021-2025 period; implement a housing and urban development program associated with building a Smart City. Continuing to maintain the "new normal" to ensure safety and efficiency, and prevent the outbreak of the pandemic again. Focusing on removing difficulties for enterprises, especially labor resources, towards restoring production, business, and goods circulation. At the same time, focusing on cultural development, ensuring social security, political security, social order and safety; promoting administrative reform.
Agreeing with the direction and tasks set out in 2022, Ms. Nguyen Thi My Hang - Secretary of the Phu Giao District Party Committee said that the district will focus on implementing solutions to develop hi-tech agriculture, in which focus on fostering skills in applying science and technology to farmers, working with departments and branches to support farmers to connect to the market to find stable output, and to support treatment of diseases on citrus trees.
According to Mr. Vo Hoang Ngan - Director of the Department of Construction, it is expected that in the 2021-2025 period, the province will develop more than 20 million m2 of residential floors, striving to build 1 million social housing units for workers. At the same time, encouraging households and individuals to upgrade rental boarding houses to ensure a green, clean and beautiful place to live, contributing to stabilizing the life of workers.
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi concludes the conference
Concluding the conference, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi highly appreciated the results of socio-economic indicators of the province in 2021. In a difficult situation, the results achieved are very meaningful and encouraging, which is the foundation for all branches and levels to continue making efforts to bring Binh Duong to stability and continue to develop commensurate with its position. The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee asked the entire political system not to be negligent, subjective, and make the best efforts in pandemic control. Improving the health system, creating conditions for F0 to access treatment quickly and reduce deaths. In addition, it is necessary to firmly grasp the situation and solve the "bottlenecks and knots" for enterprises to restore production. Mobilizing social resources, attracting foreign investment; investing in infrastructure which is dynamic and pervasive (National Highway 13, My Phuoc - Tan Van Road, Ring Road 3, Ring Road 4, etc.). The Secretary emphasized that the fields of culture and society must be focused on investment to match the economic development of the province, immediately, promoting propaganda and organizing activities to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the re-establishment of the province, happy spring, welcome the Lunar New Year in accordance with the pandemic situation. Well performing the job of recruiting soldiers for military service in 2022. The Secretary asked branches and levels to promote well their roles and responsibilities, lead and direct the organization of 2022 goals and tasks, especially pandemic control, economic recovery, striving complete the targets set out by the Resolution of the 11th Provincial Party Congress.
Reported by Phuong Chi-Translated by Nguyen Trang