On the afternoon of January 3, 2025, the Standing Committee of Bac Giang Provincial Party Committee held a meeting with leaders of Business Associations and a number of enterprises in the province on the occasion of the New Year 2025.
Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Van Gau - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Thi Huong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Viet Oanh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Lam Thi Huong Thanh - Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Mai Son - Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nghiem Xuan Huong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Phan The Tuan - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of a number of departments, branches and sectors in the province.
Providing general information on the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan in 2024, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan The Tuan said that in 2024, Bac Giang implemented the socio-economic development plan in a context of many difficulties and unpredictable fluctuations. However, with the close and timely leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Council, and the Provincial People's Committee, together with the consensus of the people and the support of the business community, the province has achieved many important and comprehensive results in all fields.
The province's economic growth rate reached 13.85%, ranking first in the country. The economic scale GRDP reached 207 trillion VND, ranking 12th in the country, leading the Northern Midlands and Mountains region. Industrial production continued to be the main driving force for economic growth. Production value reached more than 705 trillion VND, exceeding the annual plan by 5.9%.
The province's business investment environment has improved. The provincial competitiveness index ranks 4th in the country. In 2024, the province attracted more than 2.14 billion USD in converted investment capital, ranking 10th in the country in attracting foreign direct investment. The province's total import and export turnover reached 60 billion USD, an increase of 14.5% compared to 2023.
Total state budget revenue reached more than VND 20.4 trillion, exceeding 30.8% of the estimate assigned by the Central Government and 27.5% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council. The management of public investment capital plans was carried out seriously and resolutely, and investment efficiency was improved. In 2024, the province disbursed more than VND 9,180 billion in public investment capital, equivalent to 97.8% of the total capital plan.
Infrastructure of industrial zones and clusters has received investment attention. To date, the province has 12 industrial zones with an area of over 2,800 hectares. The transport network continues to receive investment attention in a synchronous and modern direction, increasing the connectivity between localities inside and outside the province, contributing to promoting socio-economic development in the area. The arrangement of administrative units of the province has been effectively implemented, ensuring publicity, democracy and compliance with regulations.
Social security work has been implemented practically, promptly and effectively, and people's lives have been improved. The poverty rate in the province is 1.73%, down 0.9% compared to 2023, lower than the national average. Education and training have developed comprehensively. National defense and security work has been implemented synchronously and comprehensively. Political security, order and social safety have been maintained and stabilized.
At the meeting, businesses highly appreciated the attention and support of the leaders of Bac Giang province and departments, branches and sectors that have created favorable conditions for businesses to implement investment projects, production and business in the area. At the same time, they hoped that the province would continue to pay attention to reforming administrative procedures, creating favorable conditions for businesses; directing localities and relevant agencies to speed up the progress of site clearance for investment projects, and promptly hand over clean land to businesses.
Some opinions suggested that the province continue to improve the investment and business environment, accompany and promptly remove difficulties when enterprises propose. In particular, it is necessary to carefully review the difficulties of enterprises related to land, planning, etc. that have existed for many years to have measures to remove them, avoiding the situation of shirking responsibility and fear of responsibility. Along with that, when the province implements new regulations related to enterprises in the locality, it is necessary to widely disseminate them to enterprises to grasp and apply them in practice, avoiding violations... Continue to pay attention to listening and receiving opinions of enterprises to promptly grasp information, have quick and effective solutions, creating a favorable investment environment for enterprises. At the same time, there is orientation in inspection, examination and supervision activities to help enterprises operate with peace of mind;...
Speaking here, Comrade Nguyen Viet Oanh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee accepted the opinions of enterprises and delegates, and at the same time stated that the Provincial People's Committee will continue to pay attention and direct relevant agencies and localities to have solutions to promptly remove difficulties, creating a favorable investment and business environment for enterprises. He hopes that in 2025, the business community will promote the spirit and results of the past time, have further breakthroughs, contributing to promoting the socio-economic development of the province.
Speaking at the meeting, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Gau emphasized that looking back at 2024, enterprises in the province have made efforts to overcome difficulties, take advantage of opportunities, strive to rise up, and keep up with the development trend. Enterprises have created jobs, ensured income for hundreds of thousands of workers; actively contributed to the transformation of economic structure, labor structure, and increased budget revenue. Enterprises also actively accompanied social security activities; actively supported and joined hands with Party committees and authorities at all levels to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for poor households, near-poor households, and meritorious people; actively supported overcoming the consequences of storms and floods; actively supported the establishment of funds for the poor; humanitarian charity funds; gave gifts to policy families; gave Tet gifts to poor households; helped and supported the movement to encourage learning and talent; Joining hands to build new countryside... There are more and more effective businesses, many successful businessmen, becoming important core, actively contributing to the overall development of the province.
On behalf of the provincial leaders, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Gau commended and thanked the business community and entrepreneurs for their efforts to overcome difficulties, actively support and make extremely important contributions to the province's development in the past year.
The Provincial Party Secretary said that the opinions expressed were all very accurate, showing the concerns and enthusiasm of associations and businessmen for the development of the business community in particular and the development of the province in general. This is a very important and useful source of information, helping provincial leaders understand more clearly and comprehensively the difficulties, obstacles and practical issues facing businesses so that the province can continue to have directions, orientations, and propose appropriate and effective mechanisms, policies and solutions.
He informed that Bac Giang is on the path of development, the province's potential and advantages are very large and diverse, not only in the industrial production sector but also in the service and agricultural sectors. The provincial leaders always identify the development of enterprises and entrepreneurs as the main driving force to promote the socio-economic development of the province. Accordingly, the province determines to continue to focus on removing obstacles and shortcomings related to legal regulations, policies and mechanisms; focus on promoting administrative reform, improving the investment and business environment, building a truly open, equal, public and transparent investment and business environment; promote digital transformation to bring businesses and investors the best services and utilities. In particular, the province continues to focus on building and improving the quality and sense of responsibility of the staff and civil servants; tightening administrative discipline and order, strictly handling cadres and civil servants with negative behaviors, harassment, causing trouble and difficulties for businesses.
He suggested that the Provincial Business Association should strengthen its role as a bridge between businesses and local authorities. Strengthen links and cooperation between businesses and businesses, between businessmen and businessmen; take the advantages of one business to compensate for the limitations of another. Cooperation and association will help businesses bond, organize into production chains, supply chains, increase product value, increase competitiveness in the market, thereby bringing benefits to all parties involved. The Association needs to grasp what FDI enterprises need from domestic enterprises to promote links and cooperation.
He requested the Provincial People's Council, Provincial People's Committee and provincial departments and agencies to always pay attention to accompanying and removing difficulties for enterprises. Continue to develop plans to organize meetings and dialogues more frequently with enterprises; consider and resolve the opinions of enterprises as soon as possible, quickly, clearly, publicly and transparently. Continue to research and promulgate or submit to the Provincial People's Council for promulgation, or amend the province's mechanisms and policies that are no longer suitable. Actively support enterprises, especially small and medium enterprises, to promote and seek markets for their products, support enterprises to access loans from banks to serve production and business development; have appropriate solutions, mechanisms and policies to attract workers and provide vocational training for workers, meeting the labor needs of enterprises; strengthen security and order in industrial parks and clusters.
Continue to direct the effective implementation of tasks and solutions to promote improvement of the investment and business environment; improve the business environment, enhance provincial competitiveness; focus on rectifying areas and indicators that enterprises report as weak or troublesome, and resolutely replace officials who do not meet task requirements.
Thoroughly grasp and promote the sense of responsibility, change the thinking, awareness, and attitude of each cadre, party member, civil servant, and public employee in serving enterprises and investors; strictly implement discipline, administrative discipline, build office culture, and public ethics in the process of performing tasks. Departments and branches must proactively take part, and localities must directly participate in removing difficulties for enterprises. In solving work, between departments and branches and between departments and branches and localities, it is necessary to strengthen and proactively carry out coordination work, putting the goal of serving enterprises and serving the people above all.
In working and interacting with enterprises, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Gau requested that departments, agencies, units and localities of the province must promote clarity, openness and transparency. Clearly answer enterprises about issues they want to learn about and are interested in; provide specific and detailed instructions on documents and procedures for enterprises to complete at once, avoiding each meeting with a little guidance, causing enterprises to waste a lot of time traveling, causing trouble and frustration for enterprises; clearly state the support mechanisms and policies of the province for enterprises. In particular, it is necessary to strictly manage cadres and civil servants, fight against indifference, negativity, harassment, and making things difficult for people and enterprises.
The Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee are committed to always listening, accompanying, supporting and creating the most favorable conditions for enterprises to carry out investment activities, develop production and business in the area and hope that enterprises will continue to spread information, calling for other enterprises to invest in the province. On the occasion of the New Year 2025 and preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year of At Ty, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, I would like to send to the business community and entrepreneurs my best wishes for a peaceful, happy and successful new year.
On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Business Association signed a Coordination Regulation on supporting business development in the province./.
Duong Thuy
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