On November 22, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council presided over an executive meeting of the State Council to study and promote the healthy development of the platform economy.

The meeting emphasized that the development of the platform economy is essential to expand domestic demand, stabilize employment and benefit people's livelihood, and is also of great significance to empower the real economy and cultivate new productive forces. In order to promote the healthy development of the platform economy, it is necessary to strengthen overall guidance, increase policy support, focus on the construction of the industrial Internet platform system, encourage consumer Internet platforms to tap the market potential, ensure the effective supply of data elements in the platform economy, and promote the orderly cross-border circulation of data in accordance with the law, so as to ensure that the platform economic policy is consistent with the direction of macroeconomic policy.

What are the new highlights of this meeting for the platform economy? Jingtai interprets it for you.

Interpretation 1: Enhance the consistency with macro policy orientation

Further strengthen the overall guidance for the healthy development of the platform economy

The meeting pointed out that the development of the platform economy is crucial to expanding domestic demand, stabilizing employment and benefiting people's livelihood, and at the same time has a far-reaching impact on empowering the real economy and cultivating new productive forces. In order to promote the healthy development of the platform economy, it is necessary to strengthen overall guidance, increase policy support, focus on the construction of the industrial Internet platform system, support the consumer Internet platform to dig deep into the market potential, ensure the effective supply of data elements, promote the cross-border circulation of data in accordance with the law and order, and ensure the consistency of the platform economy policy and the macroeconomic policy direction.

The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to standardize the order of market competition, establish and improve a normalized regulatory system, guide platform enterprises to operate legally and compliantly, maintain a fair and competitive market environment, improve service quality, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results for all parties. At the same time, it is necessary to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and workers, improve the mechanism for the publicity of online consumer complaints and post-consumer evaluation, guide platform enterprises to regulate employment in accordance with the law, and give full play to the role of the platform economy in promoting employment.

As an important carrier for the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy, the platform economy plays an irreplaceable role in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship, promoting industrial upgrading, and cultivating new momentum for development. Jin Zhuanglong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, pointed out in his signed article that promoting the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy is an inevitable choice for building a modern industrial system. To this end, it is necessary to accelerate the improvement of the basic systems in key areas such as platform economy and data, fully stimulate the vitality of resource elements such as platforms and data, and provide a solid guarantee for the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy.

At present, the platform economy is undergoing a transformation from the consumer Internet to the industrial Internet, and from a single digital platform to a diversified digital ecosystem. Wang Yong, a tenured professor at Tsinghua University and deputy director of the Institute of Economics, believes that in the future, China should focus on how to cultivate an innovative digital ecosystem. In this process, it is necessary to provide business value services for ecosystem members, including enhancing openness, creating more business opportunities for digital ecosystem members, and jointly promoting the deep integration and development of the digital economy and the real economy.

Interpretation 2: Accelerate the promotion of old chemical equipment

Accelerate the elimination and modernization of old chemical equipment

The meeting discussed and adopted the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Safety of Hazardous Chemicals (Draft)" and decided to submit it to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation. The meeting emphasized that we must always pay attention to the safety management of hazardous chemicals, adhere to the supremacy of people and life, follow the principles of safety first, prevention first, and comprehensive management, build a dual prevention mechanism of safety risk grading control and hidden danger investigation and management, and comprehensively strengthen the safety management of hazardous chemicals in production, storage, use, operation, transportation and other links.

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the main responsibility of enterprises, clarify the regulatory responsibilities of the government, strengthen cross-departmental and cross-regional joint law enforcement, and resolutely prevent and curb the occurrence of major and extraordinarily serious safety accidents. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the source management of hazardous chemical safety, improve the professional skills of employees, make full use of equipment renewal policies, accelerate the elimination and renewal of old equipment in the chemical industry, and minimize safety risks.

In June this year, the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued the "Work Plan for the Elimination and Upgrading of Old Chemical Equipment". The program proposes specific classified treatment measures for enterprises holding safety production licenses and safe use permits for hazardous chemicals, especially those old devices, pressure-type liquefied hydrocarbon spherical tanks and some atmospheric flammable and highly toxic liquid storage tanks that have been confirmed to have potential safety hazards after investigation, aiming to eliminate a batch in accordance with the law, withdraw a batch in an orderly manner, and transform and upgrade a batch to ensure that safety standards are strictly implemented.

In addition, the meeting decided to revise some provisions of 21 administrative regulations such as the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices, and repeal 4 administrative regulations such as the Provisions on Several Issues of the Patriotic Health Campaign Committee and its Offices, so as to adapt to the new safety management requirements and promote the improvement of the legal and regulatory system.

Interpretation 3: Emphasize the supply of data elements

Strengthen the supply of data elements of the platform economy, and promote the orderly and orderly flow of data across borders in accordance with law

On November 22, the National Data Administration released the Guidelines for the Construction of National Data Infrastructure (Draft for Comments) (hereinafter referred to as the "Consultation Paper") through its official WeChat official account to solicit public comments. This is the first time that it has been clearly proposed to "strengthen the supply of data elements in the field of platform economy and promote the orderly cross-border flow of data in accordance with the law".

The Consultation Paper points out that in the era of digital economy, network facilities, computing facilities, and application facilities together constitute digital infrastructure. Data has become a key factor of production, and ensuring that data is "available, flowing, used well, and safe" is of great significance to support the implementation of the data infrastructure system, build a national integrated data market, and cultivate and develop new quality productivity.

In this context, emphasizing the data supply of the platform has a profound connotation. Xu Xiang, a professor at the School of Economics at the Central University of Finance and Economics and a researcher at the Institute of Chinese Economic Thought and Practice at Tsinghua University, said that the conference gave the digital platform the identity of a data element provider and provided useful guidance for the platform to participate in the ecological construction of China's data industry. This means that the platform economy can be regarded as the source of kinetic energy and the key grasp of the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy, which is a great encouragement for the development of the platform economy.

Jin Zhuanglong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, also mentioned in a signed article that promoting the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy is an inevitable requirement for building a modern industrial system. He stressed that it is necessary to accelerate the improvement of basic systems in key areas such as platform economy and data, fully stimulate the vitality of resource elements such as platforms and data, and provide a solid guarantee for the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy.

Interpretation 4: Promote the orderly competition of platform enterprises

Regulate the order of competition in the platform economy and protect the rights and interests of consumers and workers

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to standardize the market competition order of the platform economy, establish and improve the normalized regulatory system, promote the standardized operation of platform enterprises, orderly competition, improve service quality, and promote mutual benefit and win-win results for all parties. At the same time, it is necessary to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and workers, improve systems such as online consumer complaint publicity and post-consumer evaluation, guide platform enterprises to regulate employment in accordance with the law, and better play the important role of the platform economy in promoting employment.

Healthy and orderly development of the platform economy

The healthy development of the platform economy requires a standardized and orderly market environment. At present, some platforms still have problems such as opaque price rules, unreasonable price structure, difficulty in measuring the effect of paid services, and abuse of independent pricing power. In addition, the platform itself is not strictly supervised, which has led to many negative effects in public opinion dissemination, online shopping, and live streaming.

Innovation-driven, standardized employment

In order to achieve innovative development, the platform should no longer rely on the traditional traffic monetization model, but should focus on technological innovation at the level of algorithms and computing power. The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and workers, and guide platform enterprises to standardize employment in accordance with the law. This shows that under the new situation, flexible employment has become an important channel for the platform economy to create jobs, which needs to be regulated and managed.

Co-governance of multiple subjects to ensure healthy development

To this end, it is necessary to establish a linkage and coordination mechanism composed of regulatory authorities, trade unions of new employment practitioners, industry associations and other parties, so as to give full play to the initiative and enthusiasm of multiple entities in the process of extensive consultation, joint construction, joint governance and sharing, so as to ensure the healthy development of the new employment field. Through these measures, the platform economy will develop in a more healthy and orderly manner and better serve the prosperity of society and economy.