In the new year, China's GDP growth target is set at about 5.5%, which is a medium high growth rate on a high base. Face“ Triple pressure”, This year's government work report puts stable growth in a more prominent position; Stable; The frequency of Chinese characters is as high as 78 times, which also echoes the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference at the end of 2021

The economic growth goal guides the development direction of the environmental protection industry, and the environmental protection industry, as a national pillar industry, also plays an important role in stimulating economic growth. On“ Double carbon” Guided by the goal, the low-carbon economy will bring decades of investment opportunities and broad market space to the environmental protection industry. In particular, with the release of a new round of combined tax policy, the problem of capital flow that plagues environmental protection enterprises will be solved soon

The GDP growth target was lowered, but the funds allocated by the central government for ecological and environmental protection increased rather than decreased

The market and academia have been discussing the GDP growth target in 2022 for a long time, and have generally reached a consensus that the GDP growth target will be lowered. The key is, how much lower

On the morning of March 5, Premier Li Keqiang gave the answer when he delivered the government work report& mdash; 5.5%. The reporter found that, except that there was no GDP growth target in 2020 due to the impact of the epidemic, this is the first time that China has reduced its GDP growth target to below 6% in the past 20 years

How to understand this“ About 5.5%;? Is it high or low

Yang Weimin, deputy director of the Economic Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, analyzed that the setting of the GDP growth target should not only look at that year, but also consider the base of the previous year, as well as the subsequent sustainable development, and try to avoid the ups and downs between years

Xiang Dong, deputy director of the Research Office of the State Council, said that it is more scientific and reasonable to set the GDP growth target at about 5.5% this year, which is in line with China's potential growth level at this stage, and is conducive to guiding expectations, boosting confidence and building consensus on development

However, it is not easy to achieve the GDP growth target of about 5.5%. When Li Keqiang attended the Prime Minister's press conference, he used“ Climbing” To compare China's economic growth task in 2022:“ It's like climbing a mountain. If you want to climb a 1000 meter mountain and want to climb 10%, you can climb a 100 meter mountain; If you want to climb a 3000 meter mountain and want to climb 5%, that is 150 meters. And the conditions have also changed. The higher the air pressure is, the lower the oxygen is. It seems that the speed has slowed down, but actually the weight is heavier. Achieving growth of about 5.5% is a high level of stability. In essence, it is not easy. It must be supported by corresponding macro policies& rdquo;

At present, China's economic development is faced with the triple pressures of shrinking demand, supply shocks and weakening expectations, and stable growth is placed in a more prominent position. This year's government work report clearly stated that all regions and departments should earnestly shoulder the responsibility of stabilizing the economy and actively introduce policies conducive to economic stability

From the perspective of the overall economic situation, ecological and environmental protection will find that although the current economy is facing downward pressure and challenges, the central government still attaches great importance to ecological and environmental protection. In particular, under the tone of emphasizing the government's tight schedule, the funds allocated by the central government for ecological and environmental protection have increased rather than decreased

On March 14, the Report on the Implementation of the Central and Local Budget in 2021 and the Draft of the Central and Local Budget in 2022, made by the Ministry of Finance at the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress, was officially released. In 2022, the central finance will increase 4.5 billion yuan for air and water pollution prevention and control

Specifically, the central government allocated 30 billion yuan for air pollution prevention and control, an increase of 2.5 billion yuan; The fund for water pollution prevention and control was 23.7 billion yuan, an increase of 2 billion yuan; The transfer payment arrangement for key ecological functional areas was 99.204 billion yuan, up 12%; The special fund for key ecological protection, restoration and governance was 17 billion yuan, up 42.9%; Establish Kunming Biodiversity Fund; Research and establish the National Low Carbon Transformation Fund

In addition, in the general public budget expenditure of the central government in 2022, the central government will transfer 8997.5 billion yuan to local governments, including 783.608 billion yuan of special transfer payment, mainly to increase expenditure in ecological protection, industrial transformation and upgrading, regional coordinated development and other fields. Among the 783.608 billion yuan of special transfer payments, 640 billion yuan of investment arrangements within the central budget was also included, an increase of 30 billion yuan over the previous year

So, where will the 640 billion yuan be spent

According to the government work report, around the major national strategic deployment and; Fourteenth Five Year Plan” Plan to invest in infrastructure in advance. The government will invest more in projects related to people's livelihood, and increase efforts to address weaknesses in the field of social livelihood

“ Moderately advance infrastructure investment”, In fact, it was proposed at the Central Economic Work Conference held last December. As an important part of infrastructure construction, environmental infrastructure construction is still facing many weaknesses

For example, in some urban areas, the supporting pipe network is not in place and the rainwater and sewage are not separated, resulting in the normal operation of the sewage treatment plant; Some local landfill sites are overloaded, and the planned new projects cannot be completed due to various reasons

These weaknesses in environmental infrastructure and in the field of people's livelihood need to be supplemented by the guidance and promotion of government funds, which also means that the field of environmental infrastructure can get a share of the 640 billion yuan allocated this year, and at the same time, it can play the role of environmental protection investment in stimulating the economy

Before the National Two Sessions were held, the General Office of the State Council forwarded the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Urban Environmental Infrastructure (GBH [2022] No. 7) formulated by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Ecological Environment, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development and other departments, which defined the objectives, priorities and measures for accelerating the construction of urban environmental infrastructure, and targeted qualified urban environmental infrastructure projects, It will be supported through investment within the central budget and other channels

This year, the state also plans to arrange 3.65 trillion yuan of special bonds for local governments, focusing on nine major directions, including ecological protection, transportation infrastructure, energy, agriculture, forestry, water conservancy, social undertakings, urban and rural cold chain and other logistics infrastructure, municipal and industrial park infrastructure, national major strategic projects and affordable housing projects

It is not difficult to see that the central government's emphasis on ecological protection has not weakened, whether it is the special expenditure of the central financial funds, the investment arrangement within the central budget, or the special bonds of local governments

However, we should pay attention to that under the situation of increasing difficulties in economic development and increasing downward pressure, some regions pay less attention to ecological environmental protection, reduce their willingness to protect, relax their action requirements, and reduce their investment; Two high” The impulse of the project is rising, and the abnormal operation of enterprise environmental protection equipment, illegal and excessive pollution discharge and other phenomena are also increasing

How to deal with the relationship between economic development and ecological environmental protection? This requires adhering to the concept of system, taking into account the ecological and environmental protection work in the overall situation of economic and social development, and finding a good combination point, focus point and breakthrough point under the general tone of "stability first" and "progress in stability", so as to improve the quality of the ecological environment, promote high-quality economic development, and promote social harmony and stability