In the afternoon of June 2, the provincial People's Committee held a regular meeting in May. Mr. Tran Thanh Liem, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Attending were Mr. Nguyen Thanh Truc, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, leaders of departments, branches and localities. In the context of complicated Covid-19 epidemic, Binh Duong still ensures its dual goal, which is to control the epidemic situation well, and at the same time continue to develop the economy, ensure social security and stability.
Mr. Tran Thanh Liem, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting
Socio-economic changes positively
In May, the Covid-19 epidemic was well controlled, the province's socio-economic situation was gradually recovered and positively changed. Main industries maintained stable growth momentum with the Industrial Production Index (IIP) in May 2020 estimated to increase 5.63% over the previous month, up 4.05% over the same period, accumulated In the first 5 months, IIP increased by 4.84% over the same period (same period increased by 7.78%). Total retail sales of goods and services in May reached VND 20,688 billion, up 17.2% over the previous month, up 10.4% over the same period, accumulated in the first 5 months, reaching VND 100,016 billion, increased by 7.8% over the same period. Export turnover is estimated at USD 2 billion, up 32.9% over the previous month and up 0.4% over the same period; Accumulated 5 months export turnover increased 0.4% over the same period. The import turnover is estimated to reach 1 billion 740 million US dollars, up 10, 8% over the previous month and down 4% over the same period; Accumulated 5 months of the year imports increased 7.6% over the same period. Maintain a trade surplus of USD 1.8 billion.
In the first 5 months of 2020, budget revenue reached VND 26,800 billion, equaling 98% over the same period, accounting for 43% of the estimate of the provincial People's Council. Local budget balancing expenditure was estimated at 1,100 billion dong, accumulated in 5 months was 5,100 billion dong, up 29% in the same period, reaching 21% of the provincial People's Council's estimate.
The province is interested in implementing well the social security policies, the people's life in the province has been increasingly improved. In the first 5 months of the year, the province has timely and fully implemented the regimes and policies for people with meritorious services, social protection beneficiaries, poor households, near-poor households, lottery ticket sellers ... affected due to the Covid-19 epidemic. At the same time, directing to review, update, summarize the situation of labor, employment affected by the disease to timely support.
Appreciating the efforts of all levels, sectors and localities, Mr. Tran Thanh Liem emphasized that the socio-economic development results achieved in the province in May and the first 5 months were very positive, but due to the The impact of Covid-19 epidemic, the pressure placed in June and the following months is still very large, requiring levels, sectors and localities to have more determination and determination in their work. Direct operator; focusing on budget revenue and expenditure tasks, speeding up the disbursement of public investment capital in 2020, solutions to remove difficulties, attract investment, promote socio-economic development; timely and timely implementation of the assistance to subjects in need due to the impact of epidemics; review the status and demand to ensure sufficient supply of raw materials for production activities;
Attempts to improve provincial competitiveness index
In the PCI rankings in 2019, Binh Duong ranked 13th nationwide with 67.38 / 100 points, belonging to the "Good" group. Binh Duong is also the top province in the PCI 2019 ranking of Southeast region. Regarding the PAR Index and the People's and Organization Satisfaction Index for the service of the state administrative agency (SIPAS) in 2019, Binh Duong reached 88.2%, ranked first. The Southeast region and 13th in the country, up 2.9% compared to 2018 (85.3%).
According to the leaders of the Department of Planning and Investment, this result is thanks to the efforts of the authorities at all levels, plus the creative and flexible solutions of the provincial leaders, regularly organizing meetings with business community to timely listen, share and promptly remove obstacles and difficulties, create an open and open environment for businesses and investors.
The representative of the Department of Home Affairs also said that the provincial SIPAS Index in 2019 (13/63) was similar to the results of some other indicators such as PCI (13/63), PAPI (25/63), PARI (17)/63), especially the results of administrative procedure reform (administrative procedures) of Binh Duong with the 2019 indicators show similar groups of factors, with improvement over the years as a result of costs. Unofficially, the time spent on administrative procedures is significantly reduced. In the coming time, the Public Administration Center will promptly, actively handle or coordinate the fastest processing to respond to the feedback and recommendations of people and organizations. At the same time, agencies and units actively propagandize deeply to people and businesses about the purpose, meaning and ways of reforming administrative procedures to join hands, accompany and reflect properly.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Tran Thanh Liem emphasized that the province has made great efforts in improving PCI, Par Index, PAPI ... in order to reform administrative procedures, create a good investment and revenue environment. attract capital of domestic and foreign enterprises to invest in industrial, trade - service, tourism and technical infrastructure sectors to boost socio-economic development. However, in the context of increasingly vibrant economic integration, the results of improving indicators on a national scale are very fast, the province's growth rate is still not breakthrough. Business community wants Binh Duong to reform more strongly about administrative procedures, land access mechanism, transparent and favorable information so that people and businesses can easily access and develop. In the coming time, departments, branches and localities should continue to promote reform of administrative procedures.
Reported by Ngoc Thanh – Translated by Vi Bao
