More than 100 million households! Recently, according to the data released by the State Administration of market supervision, by the end of 2021, the number of registered individual industrial and commercial households in China had reached 103 million, a year-on-year increase of 11.1%, 2.5 times that of 2012, with an average annual increase of 10.9%, accounting for about 2 / 3 of the total number of market subjects (154 million). Individual industrial and commercial households and small and micro enterprises are the basic cells of the national economy and an important force to promote the development of the socialist market economy. Why did individual industrial and commercial households reach the level of 100 million households? Through the data, what are the aspects of the vitality and potential of the market economy brought by individual industrial and commercial households? What other policies will be introduced in the future? From less than 10000 households to more than 100 million households: the number of individual industrial and commercial households reached a new high More than 100 million households, which is an amazing number. In 1980, at the beginning of reform and opening up, there were less than 10000 individual industrial and commercial households in China, accounting for less than 1% of the market. Yuebin restaurant in Beijing opened at that time and became the first individual restaurant in China. Since then, individual businesses have sprung up all over the country. Guo Hua, the third-generation operator of yuebin restaurant, told reporters that for more than 40 years, it is not easy for his restaurant to operate as an individual industrial and commercial household until today. "It can be said that we have seen all kinds of wind and rain." Guo Hua said with a smile, "the epidemic situation in the past two years is a great difficulty, but fortunately, it will always be sunny, and we all survived smoothly." Guo Hua recalled that the two months before and after the Spring Festival in 2020 were the most difficult period for restaurants. "I've been cruel to others. Under no circumstances will our hotel be closed. I didn't expect to 'slap in the face'." Guo Hua said, "it was just in time for the Chinese New Year. We had to mobilize our employees to stay during the Spring Festival in previous years, but we let the employees go home that time. Without guests, I went out to help sell vegetables for a few days." "There are four generations of customers in our store, divided into three groups. One group is the older generation of Beijingers over the age of 50, who have been eating since the opening of our house; one group is young people in their twenties and thirties, and another group is tourists." Guo Hua said, "during the epidemic period, there were not many tourists and regular customers didn't go out much, so our passenger flow was reduced to the lowest. This is the situation in most catering industries, especially the repeated epidemic, which made many peers at a loss." The epidemic is a major difficulty for most individual businesses. Many residents found that during the epidemic, many small shops nearby quietly closed down. Hardware shop, pedicure shop, fruit shop... The door of the shop is locked, and the opening date is postponed again and again. Fortunately, as the epidemic has been gradually controlled, individual businesses have gradually slowed down. "I'm really grateful to be able to survive today. The government attaches so much importance to epidemic prevention and control, and nucleic acid testing and vaccination have been done all the time." Guo Hua said. Pu Chun, deputy director of the State Administration of market supervision, said that in the past two years, individual industrial and commercial households have been affected by the epidemic, but their overall development is stable. "By the end of 2021, 103 million individual industrial and commercial households had been registered nationwide, accounting for 2 / 3 of the total market players. This is a historic breakthrough. 90% of them are concentrated in the service industry, mainly in wholesale and retail, accommodation and catering and residential services." Pu Chun said, "according to the survey, the average number of employees of individual industrial and commercial households is 2.68. Based on this calculation, individual industrial and commercial households across the country have solved the employment of 276 million people in China." Tax reduction, rent free and service facilitation: the assistance is "full" As "a pool of spring water" to activate the socialist market economy, individual industrial and commercial households play a unique and important role in prospering the economy, stabilizing employment, promoting innovation and facilitating people's life. Not only has the total amount exceeded 100 million, but also individual industrial and commercial households have a brilliant performance in terms of new speed, type and quality. —— The new situation returned to the pre epidemic level. According to the data of the State Administration of market supervision, in 2021, 19.701 million new individual industrial and commercial households were established nationwide, accounting for 68.2% of the newly established market entities (21.348 million households), with a year-on-year increase of 17.2% and an average growth rate of 10.4% in two years, 4.7 percentage points higher than that of enterprises, providing support for the expansion of employment. In 2021, a total of 9.835 million individual industrial and commercial households were registered and revoked nationwide, and the newly established exit ratio was 100:50, giving full play to the role of the market mechanism in the survival of the fittest. —— It enriches the "fireworks" of urban life. Individual industrial and commercial households are the most direct service providers of people's life. The most concentrated industries are "wholesale and retail", "accommodation and catering", "resident service, repair and other services". There are large account books related to people's livelihood and life hidden in small shops. By the end of 2021, the three industries of registered individual industrial and commercial households accounted for 3.8%, 6.0% and 90.2% respectively, and the tertiary industry accounted for more than 90%. —— Become a positive force in transformation and upgrading. In 2021, the growth rate of newly established individual businesses in emerging service industries was strong, and the growth rates of "culture, sports and entertainment", "scientific research and technology services" and "information transmission, software and information technology services" were among the highest. By the end of 2021, there were 29.487 million individual industrial and commercial households in the "four new" economy, accounting for 28.6% of the total registered individual industrial and commercial households. In 2021, there were 7.789 million individual industrial and commercial households in the "four new" economy, with a year-on-year increase of 29.3%, 12.1 percentage points higher than the total number of individual industrial and commercial households. Behind the gratifying data, thanks to the hard work of individual industrial and commercial households, it is also the result of the joint efforts of all sectors of society. In the past two years, the government has made frequent efforts to help individual industrial and commercial households and small and micro enterprises. Increase policy support. In February 2020, the State Administration of market supervision and other six departments issued the guiding opinions on coping with the impact of the epidemic and strengthening support for individual industrial and commercial households to help individual industrial and commercial households cope with the impact of the epidemic and return to work and production in an orderly manner as soon as possible; Last December, the "national individual and private economic development service network" was launched to solve the problem of information asymmetry and improve the accessibility of various preferential policies for enterprises. Tax reduction and rent free, "real gold and silver" to self-employed households. Since 2021, the state has launched a set of "combined fist" of preferential tax policies to strengthen tax incentives for small, medium-sized and micro enterprises, extend the implementation period of policies such as reducing value-added tax for small-scale taxpayers introduced during the epidemic, and continue to implement institutional tax reduction policies. "The tax threshold has been raised continuously, and our restaurant has paid less and less taxes in the past two years." Guo Hua said. The degree of service facilitation has been continuously improved. In Shanghai, Gu Aiqin, a self-employed clock repairer, successfully registered as a self-employed industrial and commercial household after "affiliated" with the party masses Service Center of Tianlin street community; In Jilin, Li Bojing, the operator of Changchun Shengji beef noodles, has enjoyed an efficient and convenient online service experience through the "e-window" system "personal to enterprise" guidance platform of Jilin market subject; In Anhui, various measures to promote the development of platform economy and private economy have been continuously promoted. A few days ago, a special financial activity of "lending small businesses and serving the people's livelihood" was carried out to support the development of individual industrial and commercial households The healthy growth of individual industrial and commercial households is not only a direct embodiment of the resilience of small, medium-sized and micro enterprises, but also a vivid annotation of the great vitality of China's economy. "The majestic force of hundreds of millions of market players has promoted China's total economic volume to reach the mark of millions of billion yuan and the steady growth of national financial and social wealth." Pu Chun said. In the face of difficulties and challenges, the support is not reduced: "self-employed households will be better and better" Affected by the repeated epidemic and other factors, the development of individual industrial and commercial households still faces many difficulties. Pu Chun said that according to the investigation of the market supervision department, the difficulties are mainly concentrated in five aspects: first, the expectation is unstable and the development confidence is insufficient. Some individual businesses are worried about the continuous decline of business volume caused by the continuous epidemic and the uncertainty of the external environment; Second, the problem of difficult recruitment and expensive employment is serious, the structural contradiction of talents is prominent, and the information between posts and talent supply and demand is asymmetric; Third, rising costs have reduced profit margins, mainly due to repeated epidemics and supply chain disruptions, which have led to the continuous rise of bulk commodities, logistics costs and facade rents, pushing up the operating costs of individual industrial and commercial households; Fourth, the network platform enterprises use the advantages of capital, data and technology to expand disorderly, constantly squeezing the living space of individual industrial and commercial households; Fifth, the problem of tight capital chain has not been well solved. The relevant person in charge of the State Administration of market supervision told reporters that in the next step, all relevant departments will continue to introduce a series of assistance policies in tax relief, financial support and employment promotion in view of the actual difficulties faced by individual industrial and commercial households in production and operation, so as to promote the sustainable and healthy development of individual industrial and commercial households. First, give full play to the role of the inter ministerial Joint Conference on supporting the development of individual industrial and commercial households, jointly study, strengthen communication and constantly improve policies. Secondly, from the aspects of Finance and taxation, finance, social security and employment, we will study and issue a number of policies to accurately support the development of individual industrial and commercial households, strengthen publicity and interpretation, simplify the handling process, speed up the handling progress, and realize more policies of "enjoy without application" and direct enjoyment. Strengthen the evaluation of the effect of policy implementation, and introduce the follow-up measures after the expiration as soon as possible for the phased policies with significant effect, high perception and strong sense of acquisition of individual industrial and commercial households. A good business environment is fertile ground for the healthy development of individual industrial and commercial households. The official said that in the next step, we will continue to optimize the business environment, implement the fair competition review system, and ensure that individual businesses participate in market competition on an equal footing. Strengthen antitrust supervision, prevent disorderly expansion of capital, prohibit enterprises with dominant positions from squeezing the living space of individual industrial and commercial households in order to seize market share, and maintain a market environment of fair competition. In addition, service measures need to be improved. Through the theme of law popularization month, we will carry out direct service for individual businesses and enterprises to solve their practical difficulties through training for individual businesses and enterprises. At the same time, explore the establishment of an integrated and one-stop service platform, and use the methods of government guidance, market participation and social sharing to provide various services such as policy release, entrepreneurship training, employment docking, market information and financial support, so as to expand the awareness and benefits of policies. "It can be seen from the continuous assistance policies in the past two years that the state is very concerned about our self-employed and small and micro enterprises." "We all believe that self-employed people will get better and better," Guo Hua said (Xinhua News Agency)