The conference room on the sixth floor of the municipal government office building has an extremely solemn atmosphere.

Mayor Zhou Tao convened an enlarged meeting of the party group of the municipal government involving issues such as prices and economic development.

In addition to the members of the party group of the municipal government, Sheng Mingcai, director of the Municipal Price Bureau, Yang Wenxue, director of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Nie Haiyong, deputy director of the Municipal Finance Bureau and director of the Office of Taxation, Finance and Price Inspection, were present at the ministry.

Zhou Tao conveyed the spirit of the just-concluded meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and said: "This year is destined to be a year in which our party and government will be severely tested, and in general, it will be a year that will test our ability to govern......

In fact, without waiting for Zhou Tao to say, the Yu Department who attended the meeting knew what was about to happen.

The central government wants to break through the price barrier and fully liberalize prices.

In fact, this sign has appeared since the beginning of this year, in the month of this year, Osan adjusted the retail prices of P0 goods, most of which are small commodities and daily necessities, with an increase of between 30%. The variety of commodities involved is unprecedented.

In the month, the state's price subsidies for four kinds of non-staple foods, including pork, fresh eggs, sugar, and road vegetables, were changed from dark subsidies to open subsidies. In the past, in order to keep the price of these non-staple foodstuffs low, the state subsidized the commercial sector, but now it is supplied to the population and the prices are liberalized. As a result, the price of fresh vegetables has increased by more than a third, and the price of pork has increased by about half

This month, at the Osan Department Store, 13 kinds of famous cigarettes and liquors, such as Moutai and Zhonghua, which were rarely seen in the past, were put on the counter and prices were relaxed. As a result, the price of Moutai also soared, with the price of Moutai jumping from more than 300 yuan per bottle, Fenjiu from 8 yuan to 40 yuan, Gujing Gongjiu from 70 yuan to 70 yuan, and Zhonghua cigarette from 8 yuan per pack to more than 10 yuan.

At present, there is news circulating throughout the country that the central authorities have decided to reform prices, and the general direction is that the prices of a small number of important commodities and services will be managed by the state, and the prices of the vast majority of commodities will be liberalized, and the time to achieve this goal is about five years.

However, the difference is that the central authorities' policy decision is to reform the price and wage systems, and at the same time liberalize prices, raise wages and appropriately increase subsidies, so as to ensure that the actual living standards of the majority of workers and workers will not be lowered.

But the folk gossip, only noticed the price liberalization, noticed the five-year period, and after the reform and opening up, almost every time a certain commodity enters the market from jihua, the price will soar sharply, this time the country completely reformed prices, in the eyes of the people, the crazy rise in the prices of all commodities is almost inevitable.

According to the statistics of various banks, since the beginning of this year, residents' deposits have been declining sharply, and in the first quarter, residents' deposits have plummeted by several billion yuan.

Clearly, a rush is coming.

At this time, on the eve of the storm, the central government issued emergency notices one after another, requiring all provinces and municipalities to do a good job in ensuring the supply of goods, using various channels to stabilize the mood of the masses, and prevent the emergence of robbery.

The latest news is that the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has decided that the State Council will draw up a plan for price and wage reform, and the basic assumption is that prices will rise for five consecutive years, and wages will rise by 10 years in a row.

Obviously, the central authorities have already made up their minds, and some central leaders said: "Long-term pain is better than short-term pain, don't be afraid to take risks, and be bolder." If you are afraid of wolves and tigers, you will not be able to walk. ”

At present, a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee is being held in Beijing to discuss the price and wage reform plan.

Zhou Tao introduced these situations, and said with a solemn face: "The state emphasizes stable prices every year, and is afraid of indiscriminate price increases, so it does not dare to take the initiative to raise prices, which leads to spontaneous and indiscriminate price increases, and the more chaotic the country, the more dare not raise prices." ”

"But this year's situation is different, the central government has made up its mind to achieve a price breakthrough, how to complete the tasks assigned by the central government, how to prevent the emergence of robbery, I hope to hear the opinions of comrades."

After Zhou Tao finished speaking, no one squeaked in the conference room for a long time, and what Mayor Zhou Tao wanted to hear about major events involving the national economy and people's livelihood was obviously not a fake and empty rhetoric.

Zhou Tao's eyes looked at Sheng Mingcai, director of the Price Bureau.

Sheng Ming raised his head, just in time to meet Zhou Tao's gaze, and had no choice but to say: "I think it is better to keep up with the pace of the central government, implement the price reform, and mobilize the ......masses in the ministry."

After saying two sentences, seeing that Zhou Tao's face was very heavy, Sheng Ming closed his voice in a sneer.

Yang Wenxue, director of the Bureau of Commerce, said: "We still have to ensure that the supply is sufficient, right? As the saying goes, if you have enough food, your stomach will not panic. When the people see that all kinds of commodities are sufficient, they have the bottom in their hearts, will they still rob them at high prices? We, the commercial sector, will do our best to procure goods from all over the world and fight this battle well."

When Lu Zheng was in the Planning and Economic Commission, Yang Wenxue was the executive deputy director of the Planning and Economic Commission, and Lu Zheng had some dislikes, more than two years later, Lu Zheng became the city leader, Yang Wenxue is still standing still, and may even be transferred to the director of the Commercial Bureau, but this is the norm for most of the Ministry, after all, the more you go up, the fewer seats.

Every time Yang Wenxue sees Lu Zheng now, he feels a little annoyed, regretting that he didn't know how to compete with him Lu Zheng at that time?

Next, Bu Kangkang, deputy mayor and director of the Planning and Economic Commission, and Liu Baojun, director of the Municipal Foreign Economic Cooperation Commission, made a few speeches.

Zuihou, Zhou Tao looked at Lu Zheng and asked, "Lu Zheng, tell me what you think." ”

Lu Zheng had been drinking tea and groaning, and was named by Zhou Tao, so he put down the teacup, sighed and said: "I think the central government is still a little anxious, I can't avoid this rush." ”

In fact, many people also have this idea, but unlike Lu Zheng, you can say it without any worries, everyone has become accustomed to Lu Zheng's comments on the central policy, and now the political atmosphere is relaxed, and Osan is a special economic zone that has explored various reform experiences, and many policies and the mainland have deviations, but they don't feel anything

Lu Zheng continued: "But from our Wushan, the market has been gradually opening up since very early days, the pace has accelerated in the past two years, and it is already a semi-commoditized society. ”

"And I think Director Sheng is right, we still have to mobilize the masses in the ministry, don't spread rumors, don't believe rumors."

When Lu Zheng said this, Sheng Ming glanced at Lu Zheng gratefully.

Lu Zheng took a sip of tea and continued: "The main thing is to publicize the transparent policy of our party, and now, the gossip outside is flying all over the sky, which is nothing more than saying that prices are going to skyrocket, and if you don't hoard goods now, you will suffer a big loss in the future, so we have to strengthen propaganda for this." We are going hand in hand with price reform and wage reform, and when prices rise, our wages will rise as well. ”

"I think we can digest this trend through the transparent administration of the government, and in the past, before our policies were introduced, we often kept it secret, which created soil for the spread of rumors and rumors. We want to do the opposite, and I hope that our media in Osan will increase their propaganda efforts to analyze the price and wage reform plan in depth, so that the people can have confidence and let them know that this reform is not only about the price of goods, but also about our income

"The government is transparent, and the Southern Special Administrative Region has done a very good job, and there was a press spokesman system two years ago, and we can learn from its practices, and we must do better than it"

Zhou Tao nodded slightly when he listened, turned his head, and said, "Record carefully, and discuss it at the office meeting tomorrow." ”

Lu Zheng pondered, and said: "But no matter what, the rise in prices will lead to the shrinkage of the wealth accumulated by the people over the years, which is also the root cause of the robbery. But the fact is that together with the rush to the wind, prices will inevitably soar sharply and will rise to a very unreasonable price, which is the most terrifying. ”

"I think there is another measure that can be implemented, that is, our bank interest rate, which can open value preservation savings, so that the interest on deposits for more than three years is not lower than the rate of price increase, so that the soft landing of price reform can be achieved to the greatest extent.

Zhou Tao nodded slightly.

Lu Zheng also said: "I still have a new idea, and during this period of time, I have held several forums and listened carefully to the opinions of experts and comrades from the People's Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China, and other experts, and I feel that my idea is still feasible. Lu Zheng spoke, gestured, and handed over a stack of thick materials to the staff next to him, and the staff sent them to Zhou Tao.

Lu Zheng said: "Originally, I wanted to report to you after the meeting, but when it comes to value preservation savings, I think we in Wushan can take the first step and ask the Ministry of Finance and the People's Bank of China for approval to use rural credit cooperatives to take the lead in promoting value preservation savings." ”

Zhou Tao looked at the materials in his hand, which was put forward by Lu Zheng and hoped to establish a joint-stock bank to serve the economy of the Wushan Special Economic Zone.

At present, due to the chaotic system and lax loan examination, the five rural credit cooperatives in Osan have formed a large number of bad loans, which are regarded as chicken ribs by the Wushan branch of the Agricultural Bank of China

Lu Zheng pointed out that in accordance with the spirit of the State Commission for Structural Reform and the People's Bank of China on reforming the management system of rural credit cooperatives and establishing various forms of financial institutions, these rural credit cooperatives and the Agricultural Bank of China can be separated and a joint-stock bank can be built to provide financial services for the economy of the special zone, so as to solve the problems of the operation of credit cooperatives and the guidance of financial funds in the special economic zone with one stone.

Zhou Tao looked at it slowly, and forgot that it was in the meeting.

Zhou Tao can weigh the weight of this jihua book, which is a big deal, especially if it can reflect the courage and ability of the rulers.

Perhaps, this can't help but make his heart pound.

Liu Baojun handed Lu Zheng a smiling look, and Liu Baojun knew that it must be Lu Zheng who had started some ambitious jihua again.