Chapter 435 The Power of the Media
Chapter 435 The power of media
The feedback from surveys in various places shows that local protectionism is very serious and has caused varying degrees of obstacles to the implementation of a market economy.
Local protectionism is a long-standing problem in the development of the market economy. Local protectionism, understood in a narrow sense, means that local governments use their administrative power to implement differential economic treatment for local and foreign enterprises, and treat local enterprises as normal. To protect production activities, or to provide an umbrella for illegal activities such as counterfeiting, counterfeiting, or violations of environmental protection regulations such as sewage discharge.
If understood in a broad sense, it should also include administrative intervention in the reorganization and merger of enterprises and the provision of additional subsidies or preferential treatment for enterprises within the administrative region.
There are many forms of local protectionism. For example, local governments issue local regulations and documents to force or disguise themselves to force only local products to be sold, purchased, and used in their own administrative areas, or to only accept products from their own administrative areas. The services provided by enterprises prohibit or restrict the entry and sale of foreign products, or local governments require foreign products to go through approval procedures that are stricter than those for local products, or adopt discriminatory policies for products entering the local area, set up customs cards, charge additional fees, or implement different policies. The tax standards may also be different from those within the administrative region in terms of technical and quality requirements for products outside the administrative region, repeated inspections and certifications, and another form is to grant certain preferential treatment to enterprises within the administrative region. and subsidies, so that enterprises outside the administrative region and enterprises within the administrative region cannot compete fairly at the same level.
It can be said that the current problem encountered by Shen Ying's Confucius Banquet is a very typical local protectionism. The local government has issued local regulations and documents to force the administrative region to restrict the entry and sale of foreign products, giving normal access to foreign goods. Marketing practices create barriers.
Among the information that Fan Wubing has obtained so far, there is a lot of information in this regard.
He contacted CCTV to send a focus interview and arranged for a total of five camera crews to conduct unannounced visits. The targets of the unannounced visits included the liquor industry, agricultural materials, building materials, washing supplies, and medical supplies.
Naturally, there are still high-level officials behind this matter, otherwise CCTV would not dare to bear such a large responsibility and attack five industries at the same time. In this way, many local governments will be targeted.
The emergence of local protectionism is because local governments face conflicts between a high degree of political centralization and a high degree of economic decentralization.
The reform of the fiscal system of separate households has resulted in economic decentralization, which has led to the local government’s own interests. Now these interests are mainly reflected in indicators such as the number of projects launched, the number of enterprises built, and the degree of economic growth.
From the basic interests.
Local governments must consider local economic development issues. Capacity is limited in the local market. Under the circumstances that the foreign market cannot be opened for the time being. Local governments will inevitably ensure the maximization of local fiscal revenue by strengthening the localization of resource allocation and protecting local markets. Promote local economic development. Moreover, due to administrative decentralization, local governments have greater power to allocate resources. This also provides the possibility of maximizing local economic interests.
It can be seen from this. The existence of local government self-interest and the continuous enhancement of local government administrative power. It is a hotbed for local protectionism.
Since the central government instituted the tax-sharing system, the momentum of protectionism has become stronger. High-level officials also see this issue very clearly. However, no targeted measures have been taken for the time being. After all, the wind is rising. But I haven't seen any serious harm yet. It is not advisable to act blindly.
But this time Fan Wubing raised this issue very seriously. And after using other local resource channels to collect a large number of negative impacts and obstacles caused by local protectionism on the promotion of market economy. Senior management can no longer turn a blind eye.
The reason is also very simple. Fan Wubing will never do anything meaningless. The matter he raised seriously must be a very critical issue. Especially his economic foresight. It is even more unparalleled.
After the five camera crews of CCTV's Focus Interview column shouldered the heavy responsibility and conducted intensive unannounced visits in more than a dozen provinces and municipalities across the country. Finally, when I returned to the capital in mid-January, the first-hand information obtained was more intuitive and convincing.
Although Fan Wubing did not hint at anything to CCTV, CCTV directly raised the issue of local protectionism in the liquor industry to the most important position.
This is not to say that CCTV is trying to please Fan Wubing. It’s because Shen Ying’s status as the three-time bidder is not placed. It is the image that CCTV should strive to maintain that makes this brand fall. It has a lot of influence on CCTV’s bid for the spot. Another reason for the big impact is that as the Spring Festival is approaching, the safety and sales of liquor
It is the issue that the people are most concerned about. Using this as a starting point is more likely to sensitize people and arouse better public opinion effects.
Because the program has been a bit long, this time the focus interview program has been held for three more times. It mainly focuses on local protection, counterfeit wine, and sales aspects of the liquor industry. It uses a large number of detailed undercover interviews to illustrate the current existence of the entire liquor industry. issues, and the in-depth comments elicited from them reveal the huge harm of local protectionism.
In particular, regarding the behavior of some local governments actually adopting administrative regulations to provide protection for the local liquor industry, the host of CCTV's Focus Interview column said that such behavior is unbelievable and unheard of. This is not only unfair business competition, but also a violation of the current situation. Crazy trampling of laws and regulations.
Finally, the host changed the subject and introduced the topic of counterfeiting and selling, which is of greatest concern to the people. "At this stage, counterfeit and shoddy goods are rampant in our country, ranging from food, tobacco and alcohol, washing supplies, medical supplies, etc. that are closely related to people's lives." From household appliances to agricultural materials, construction materials, communication equipment, automobiles and their accessories, and large machinery and equipment, everything is immune. It can be said that counterfeit and shoddy goods are almost everywhere. Why counterfeiting is so rampant? It should be said that local protectionism is the social root cause of its proliferation. ”
"Local protectionism is a social phenomenon that is based on local interests. Local protectionism in my country at this stage has become a common phenomenon. It has developed from a single administrative means to the use of economic, administrative and even judicial means. to safeguard local interests.”
“Protectionism in local departments goes against the laws and essence of the market economy. In areas where local protectionism is implemented, local governments build high protective barriers, preventing the laws of competition from fully functioning, and at the same time denying the principles of equal competition, free trade, and survival of the fittest. principle. It subordinates the operating rules of the market to administrative rules, cuts off normal market connections between regions, prevents the orderly flow of various commodities and production factors, hinders the development and growth of a unified socialist market, and results in the formation of local monopolies. Separatist state.”
“This situation provides good soil for the breeding and growth of counterfeit goods, creating a situation where genuine products from outside cannot come in and fake goods from inside are rampant, forcing residents to buy local products of low quality and high prices. This phenomenon may bring prosperity to local economic development in the short term, but this prosperity is only a false superficial phenomenon. In essence, it cannot inject real vitality into local economic development. On the contrary, it will only hinder it. The development of local economy has even become a stumbling block to local economic development.”
"Local protection departments act as a protective umbrella for counterfeit goods. Some local leaders think that they are doing it for the benefit of their region and department, and mistakenly regard the huge profits from counterfeit goods as a way to make their families rich, or even as a panacea for economic development in the region. They They only saw the fiscal revenue brought by the production and sale of counterfeit goods, but ignored the harm and impact of counterfeit and shoddy goods on the entire national economy. They turned a blind eye to the distribution centers of counterfeit and shoddy goods. Not only did they not rectify or ban them, they even opened the door to facilitate them. As long as the profits and taxes completed every year are large, it will provide room for illegal activities to manufacture counterfeit and shoddy goods.”
"In some areas, fines are used in lieu of punishment. Compared with the huge profits gained from making and selling counterfeit goods, fines can only be said to be symbolic. This method not only fails to deter lawbreakers in the slightest, but also makes them Having found a legitimate reason to exist, we have become more unscrupulous and intensified in manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy goods.”
"There are also counterfeiters in some areas who collude with government leaders and social underworld forces. Under the guise of economic development, they excuse and intercede for those who make and sell counterfeit goods, and work together to form layers of protection networks. It can be seen that under the protection of local organizations, , the production and sale of counterfeit goods will become more rampant, and the proliferation of counterfeit and shoddy goods will make certain places become distribution centers for counterfeit goods. "
After turning off the TV, Fan Wu received a call from Shen Ying.
"The things I prepared were not used. CCTV just did this. If I had known, I wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble." Shen Ying complained to Fan Wubing.
Fan Wubing laughed, but didn't say anything else.
Although Shen Ying's tone was a bit complaining, she was very happy in her heart. After all, after CCTV did this, the local government had to restrain itself for a while. The peak season for liquor sales is around the Spring Festival, and now Confucius's banquet is Sales are going to soar.
"By the way, there is something I don't know what to do." Shen Ying said to Fan Wubing.
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