Forming an Economic Order That Is Both ‘Liberalized’ and ‘Well-Regulated’

At the Central Economic Work Conference held late last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping summarized and refined our Party’s understanding of the laws governing economic work, put forward five instances of “must balance,” and further enriched and developed Xi Jinping’s economic thought. The first of these is “must balance the relationship between an effective market and a competent government to form an economic order that is both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated’.” This is an inevitable requirement for upholding and improving the socialist market economy system, developing the socialist market economy, and promoting high-quality development. We must deeply study and understand the standpoints, viewpoints, and methods that run through Xi Jinping’s economic thought, deepen our understanding and faithfully follow the laws of economic development, deepen reform of the economic system, form an economic order that is both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated’, and steadily and swiftly promote high-quality development.

在去年底举行的中央经济工作会议上，习近平总书记总结提炼我们党对经济工作的规律性认识，提出五个“必须统筹”，进一步丰富和发展了习近平经济思想。其中第一个是“必须统筹好有效市场和有为政府的关系，形成既‘放得活’又‘管得住’的经济秩序”，这是坚持和完善社会主义市场经济体制、发展社会主义市场经济、推动高质量发展的必然要求。我们要深入学习领会习近平经济思想所贯穿的立场观点方法，深化认识和切实遵循经济发展规律，深化经济体制改革，形成既“放得活”又“管得住”的经济秩序，蹄疾步稳推动高质量发展。

To form an economic order that is both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated’, we must base the balance between an effective market and a competent government on the historical consciousness of developing the socialist market economy.

形成既“放得活”又“管得住”的经济秩序，就要把统筹好有效市场和有为政府的关系建立在发展社会主义市场经济的历史自觉上

The relationship between government and the market is a factor that has a decisive effect on economic development. After the founding of New China, our Party led the people in arduous exploration and practice based on proceeding from China’s actual conditions and following the laws of economic development to build the economy well, and gradually found the correct path of developing the socialist market economy. It can be said that the exploration, formation, and expansion of this path has always revolved around the core issue of how to correctly understand and handle the relationship between government and the market. This is a historical process of continuously understanding objective laws, upholding truth, and correcting errors on the basis of practice, a historical process where there is no ultimate perfection, only continuous improvement. From the planned economy to “planned economy as the mainstay, market regulation as a supplement,” to “planned commodity economy on the basis of public ownership,” to “combining the planned economy with market regulation,” and then to the socialist market economy — it has advanced step by step in this manner. Building a socialist market economy is a great innovation in the history of the world economy, because before this it was widely believed that a market economy was something unique to capitalism and that a planned economy was a basic feature of a socialist economy.

政府和市场的关系是对经济发展具有决定性影响的因素。新中国成立后，我们党领导人民在从中国实际出发、顺应经济发展规律搞好经济建设的基础上进行艰辛探索和实践，逐步找到了发展社会主义市场经济这条正确的道路。可以说，这条道路的探索、形成、拓展，始终是围绕如何正确认识和处理政府和市场的关系这个核心问题进行的。这是一个在实践基础上不断认识客观规律、坚持真理、修正错误的历史过程，是一个没有做得最好、只有做得更好的历史过程。从计划经济到“计划经济为主、市场调节为辅”“在公有制基础上的有计划的商品经济”“计划经济与市场调节相结合”，再到社会主义市场经济，就是这么一步步向前走出来的。搞社会主义市场经济是世界经济史上的一大创举，因为在这之前人们普遍认为市场经济是资本主义特有的东西、计划经济是社会主义经济的基本特征。

In the course of building a socialist market economy, our practical exploration and theoretical understanding of the socialist market economy have never stopped, nor have they stopped at “enabling the market to play a basic role in the allocation of resources under the state’s macroeconomic regulation and control.” This is the Chinese Communists’ steadfast adherence to historical materialism and their historical consciousness in the pursuit of truth. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments on handling the relationship between government and the market, guiding the ship of the socialist market economy to break waves and advance. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee[1]1 The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (held in November 2013) adopted the “Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms,” which marked a new stage in China’s reform agenda. proposed that economic system reform is the focus of comprehensively deepening reforms, and the core issue is to handle the relationship between government and the market properly, enabling the market to play a decisive role in the allocation of resources and allowing the government to play its role better; the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee proposed upholding and improving the basic socialist economic system, giving full play to the decisive role of the market in the allocation of resources, allowing the government to play its role better, and promoting the better combination of an effective market and a competent government; the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee[2]2 The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (held in July 2024) focused on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese-path modernization. proposed that we must give better play to the role of market mechanisms, create a fairer and more vibrant market environment, achieve the optimization and maximization of the efficiency of resource allocation, be both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated’, better maintain market order and remedy market failures, smooth the national economic cycle, and stimulate the endogenous dynamics and innovation vitality of the whole society.

在搞社会主义市场经济的过程中，我们对社会主义市场经济的实践探索和理论认识一直没有停步，没有止步于“使市场在国家宏观调控下对资源配置起基础性作用”。这是中国共产党人对历史唯物主义的坚定恪守、对真理追求的历史自觉。党的十八大以来，习近平总书记围绕处理好政府和市场的关系提出一系列新思想、新观点、新论断，引领社会主义市场经济航船破浪前行。党的十八届三中全会提出，经济体制改革是全面深化改革的重点，核心问题是处理好政府和市场的关系，使市场在资源配置中起决定性作用和更好发挥政府作用；党的十九届五中全会提出，坚持和完善社会主义基本经济制度，充分发挥市场在资源配置中的决定性作用，更好发挥政府作用，推动有效市场和有为政府更好结合；党的二十届三中全会提出，必须更好发挥市场机制作用，创造更加公平、更有活力的市场环境，实现资源配置效率最优化和效益最大化，既“放得活”又“管得住”，更好维护市场秩序、弥补市场失灵，畅通国民经济循环，激发全社会内生动力和创新活力。

Ideas guide practice; the path determines destiny. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “A key factor in the great success of China’s economic development is that we have given play to both the strengths of the market economy and the superiority of the socialist system.” It is under the guidance of the Party’s innovative theories that we have advanced with determination along the correct path of developing the socialist market economy and made continuous progress in building an effective market and a competent government, thus creating a miracle of rapid economic development. From 1979 to 2023, China’s economy grew at an average annual rate of 8.9%, far higher than the world average of 3.0% over the same period, contributing an annual average of 24.8% to world economic growth, ranking first in the world. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, China’s aggregate economic output has repeatedly crossed new thresholds, and in 2024 it is expected to exceed 130 trillion yuan. At the same time, it must be recognized that in the long river of history, the socialist market economy is still a new thing, and the socialist market economy system is still a new system. Whether in fully giving play to the decisive role of the market in the allocation of resources, or in allowing the government to play its role better, continuous exploration in practice is needed, and we must do better through continuously summing up and applying experience. We must deeply appreciate the relationship between an effective market and a competent government from the magnificent historical process of the Party leading the people in developing the socialist market economy, deepening economic system reform, and promoting high-quality development, constantly enhance the historical consciousness of balancing an effective market and a competent government, and open up new horizons of history with historical consciousness.

思想引领实践，道路决定命运。习近平总书记指出：“我国经济发展获得巨大成功的一个关键因素，就是我们既发挥了市场经济的长处，又发挥了社会主义制度的优越性。”正是在党的创新理论指引下，我们沿着发展社会主义市场经济的正确道路奋力前行，在有效市场和有为政府建设上不断取得进展，才创造了经济快速发展奇迹。1979—2023年，我国经济年均增长8.9%，远高于同期世界经济3.0%的平均增速，对世界经济增长的年均贡献率为24.8%，居世界第一位。党的十八大以来，我国经济总量连续跨越新台阶，2024年预计超过130万亿元。同时要看到，在历史长河中，社会主义市场经济还是一个新生事物，社会主义市场经济体制还是一种新体制。无论是在充分发挥市场在资源配置中的决定性作用方面，还是在更好发挥政府作用方面，都需要在实践中不断探索，在不断总结和运用经验中做得更好。要从党领导人民发展社会主义市场经济、深化经济体制改革、推动高质量发展的壮阔历史进程中深刻体悟有效市场和有为政府的关系，不断增强统筹好有效市场和有为政府关系的历史自觉，以历史自觉打开历史新天地。

Making the formation of an economic order that is both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated’ the starting point and the goal of balancing the relationship between an effective market and a competent government

把形成既“放得活”又“管得住”的经济秩序作为统筹好有效市场和有为政府的关系的出发点和落脚点

When undertaking any work, the first thing is to clarify the purpose, that is, to define the starting point and the goal of the work. The Central Economic Work Conference held late last year proposed “must balance the relationship between an effective market and a competent government,” and it was connected with “forming an economic order that is both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated’,” thus clarifying the goal of balancing the relationship between an effective market and a competent government. We must aim at this goal and work hard towards it.

干事创业，首先要弄清楚目的所在，也就是明确工作的出发点和落脚点。去年底举行的中央经济工作会议提出“必须统筹好有效市场和有为政府的关系”，是跟“形成既‘放得活’又‘管得住’的经济秩序”连在一起讲的，这就明确了统筹好有效市场和有为政府的关系的目标。我们要盯紧这个目标发力、下功夫。

In a certain sense, economic order is the lifeline of economic development. Without good economic order, there is no economic development, a universal truth that applies to all times and all countries. Reform of the economic system, in the final analysis, is to create a good economic order so that economic construction can be carried out sustainably and healthily. What kind of order is needed for developing a socialist market economy? The Central Economic Work Conference, on the basis of past understanding, condensed and deepened it, and distinctly summarized the basic characteristics of being both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated.’ This is put forward on the basis of a deep understanding of the past vicious cycle of “once liberalized, chaos erupts; once controlled, stagnation sets in.” It is also put forward in response to the phenomenon that the decisive role of the market in resource allocation is not fully played and the government’s role is not better played in reality. Moreover, it is the concentrated expression of dialectics and the “two-point theory”[3]3 “Two-point theory” (两点论) refers to the dialectical method of seeing both sides of a contradiction, emphasizing a holistic and balanced approach rather than a one-sided view. in the relationship between an effective market and a competent government.

从一定意义上讲，经济秩序是经济发展的生命线。没有良好经济秩序，就没有经济发展，古今中外概莫能外。搞经济体制改革，说到底就是为了营造良好的经济秩序，让经济建设能够持续健康进行。什么样的秩序才是发展社会主义市场经济所需要的？这次中央经济工作会议在过去认识基础上进行凝练、深化，鲜明概括出既“放得活”又“管得住”的基本特征。这是在深刻认识过去存在的“一放就乱、一管就死”怪圈基础上提出来的，也是针对现实中充分发挥市场在资源配置中的决定性作用、更好发挥政府作用不到位的现象提出来的，更是在有效市场和有为政府关系上讲辩证法、两点论的集中体现。

It should be recognized that government and the market each have their own roles in promoting economic development; they are organically unified and cannot replace each other. Neither should the decisive role of the market in resource allocation be used to replace or even negate the role of the government, nor should the better role of the government be used to replace or even negate the decisive role of the market in resource allocation. Instead, both the “invisible hand” and the “visible hand” should be used and be effective, each staying in its proper place, performing its own duties, giving full play to its strengths, and coordinating tacitly. Only in this way can social and economic life exhibit both vibrant vitality and orderly organization. It should also be recognized that the reasonable boundaries between the government’s role and the market’s role are not immutable; they change with changes in the domestic development stage, the principal contradiction in society, technological and economic conditions, and the international development environment. This reminds us that balancing the relationship between an effective market and a competent government cannot be accomplished overnight, nor can it be done once and for all; it requires sustained and unremitting effort. We must adhere to dialectical materialism and historical materialism, proceed from reality and actively adapt to the constantly changing reality, and understand the effective market and competent government in step with the times.

应该看到，政府和市场在推动经济发展中各有自己的作用，相互有机统一、不可替代，既不能用市场在资源配置中的决定性作用取代甚至否定政府作用，也不能用更好发挥政府作用取代甚至否定市场在资源配置中的决定性作用，而是“看不见的手”和“看得见的手”都要用、都要硬，各安其位、各司其职、各展所长、配合默契。只有这样，社会经济生活才会呈现出活力四射和井井有条的局面。还应看到，政府作用和市场作用的合理边界并不是一成不变的，是会随着国内发展阶段、社会主要矛盾、技术经济条件以及国际发展环境的变化而变化的。这就提醒我们，统筹好有效市场和有为政府的关系，不可能一蹴而就，也不可能一劳永逸，而需要绵绵用力、久久为功。必须坚持辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义，从实际出发并主动适应不断变化的实际，与时俱进地认识有效市场和有为政府。

From the perspective of institutional construction, the economic order that is both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated’ is an order of the rule-of-law economy. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The socialist market economy is essentially a rule-of-law economy; the chaos of economic order often stems from the failure to abide by laws and the failure to investigate violations, so we must adhere to the rule-of-law mindset, enhance the concept of the rule of law, and regulate and manage the economy according to law.” Whether it is ‘liberalized’ or ‘well-regulated,’ both need to proceed on the track of the rule of law. Only with rules and the rule of law, with all aspects acting according to law, can economic order be formed. Therefore, we emphasize that major reforms should have a legal basis, emphasize equal protection of the lawful rights and interests of citizens, legal persons, and other organizations, emphasize that selective law enforcement is not allowed and that there is no favoritism beyond the law, and emphasize the unremitting efforts to create a market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized first-class business environment, to steadily expand institutional opening up in rules, regulations, management, and standards, to draft laws such as the Law on the Promotion of the Private Economy, to enforce the law and the judiciary in anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition, to regulate and guide the healthy development of capital according to law, to tackle prominent issues such as infringement of the lawful rights and interests of workers and consumers, and so on. All these aim to improve the legal environment necessary for promoting economic development and to create an economic order that guarantees high-quality development.

从制度建设的角度看，既“放得活”又“管得住”的经济秩序就是法治经济秩序。习近平总书记指出：“社会主义市场经济本质上是法治经济，经济秩序混乱多源于有法不依、违法不究，因此必须坚持法治思维、增强法治观念，依法调控和治理经济。”无论是“放得活”，还是“管得住”，都需要走在法治轨道上。有规矩、有法治，方方面面都依法作为，经济秩序才能形成。因此，我们强调重大改革于法有据，强调平等保护公民、法人和其他组织合法权益，强调不能搞选择性执法、更不能搞法外开恩，强调锲而不舍地抓营造市场化、法治化、国际化一流营商环境，抓稳步扩大规则、规制、管理、标准等制度型开放，抓民营经济促进法等法律的制定，抓反垄断和反不正当竞争执法司法，抓依法整治金融乱象、规范和引导资本健康发展，抓侵害劳动者、消费者合法权益等突出问题，等等，目的都是完善促进经济发展所必需的法治环境、营造保障高质量发展的经济秩序。

To form an economic order that is both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated’, we must also adhere to the combination of goal orientation and problem orientation, and take the urgent solution of real problems as the focus of balancing the relationship between an effective market and a competent government

形成既“放得活”又“管得住”的经济秩序，也要坚持目标导向和问题导向相结合，把抓紧解决现实问题作为统筹好有效市场和有为政府的关系的着力点

To accomplish things and do things well, we must adhere to both goal orientation and problem orientation. Because the process of achieving goals is actually the process of solving real problems, in order to solve and resolve real problems. Forming an economic order that is both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated’ also requires the combination of goal orientation and problem orientation.

办成事情、办好事情，既要坚持目标导向，也要坚持问题导向。因为实现目标的过程实际上就是解决现实问题的过程，是为了把现实问题解决掉、解决好。形成既“放得活”又“管得住”的经济秩序，也要坚持目标导向和问题导向相结合。

At present, in the operation of China’s socialist market economy, there are still some prominent problems both in the construction of an effective market and in the construction of a competent government. There are problems of nonfeasance or misfeasance, such as some local governments improperly intervening in micro-entities, engaging in local protectionism, or failing to fulfill their responsibilities for safe production, and there are also problems of unfair competition, such as some enterprises abusing their dominant market position or engaging in false commercial propaganda. Therefore, it is necessary to solve both the problems that affect the effective functioning of the market and the problems of the government’s absence and misplacement. The fundamental way to solve these problems is to strengthen institutional construction. Because institutions have a fundamental, overall, stable, and long-term nature; the sustainable and healthy development of the socialist market economy is inevitably accompanied by the continuous improvement of the socialist market economy system.

当前，在我国社会主义市场经济运行中，无论是在有效市场建设上还是在有为政府建设上，仍存在一些突出问题，既存在个别地方政府不当干预微观主体、搞地方保护主义、落实安全生产责任不力等不作为乱作为问题，也存在个别企业滥用市场支配地位、虚假商业宣传等不正当竞争问题。因此，既要解决好影响市场作用有效发挥的问题，又要解决好政府作用缺位、越位问题。解决这些问题，根本途径是加强制度建设。因为制度具有根本性、全局性、稳定性、长期性，社会主义市场经济持续健康发展的过程必然伴随着社会主义市场经济体制的不断完善。

Focusing on the core issue of handling the relationship between government and the market, improving the socialist market economy system requires both strengthening the construction of relevant mechanisms and institutions and strengthening the implementation of existing institutions. In terms of strengthening mechanism and institution building, a recent typical example is the formulation of the Law on the Promotion of the Private Economy. Formulating the Law on the Promotion of the Private Economy, which codifies the principles and policies of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on the private economy since reform and opening up, especially since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, together with effective practices in practice, into a legal system, is conducive to forming a legal environment and social atmosphere that promotes the common development of all forms of ownership, including the private economy, and is also a fundamental institutional construction project for improving the socialist market economy system. In terms of strengthening the implementation of existing institutions, there is also a recent typical example: the General Office of the State Council issued the “Opinions on Strictly Regulating Administrative Inspection of Enterprises.” In response to the frequent occurrence of arbitrary administrative inspections of enterprises by some local governments and departments, affecting the normal production and operation of enterprises and the improvement of the business environment, the Opinions clearly require that regulating administrative inspections be made an important part of the special action to standardize law enforcement involving enterprises, to curb arbitrary inspections at the source, to increase the intensity of investigating and dealing with arbitrary inspections, and to strive to achieve neither absence nor misplacement. These two typical examples clearly embody the firm will and pragmatic spirit of the Party Central Committee and the State Council in improving the socialist market economy system, and have exemplary and guiding significance for forming an economic order that is both ‘liberalized’ and ‘well-regulated’.

围绕处理好政府和市场的关系这个核心问题，完善社会主义市场经济体制，既要加强相关体制机制建设，又要强化既有制度执行。在加强体制机制建设方面，最近一个典型事例就是制定民营经济促进法。制定民营经济促进法，将改革开放以来特别是党的十八大以来党中央、国务院关于民营经济的方针政策和实践中的有效做法确定为法律制度，有利于形成促进包括民营经济在内的各种所有制经济共同发展的法治环境和社会氛围，也是完善社会主义市场经济体制的基础性制度建设项目。强化既有制度执行，最近也有一个典型的事例，就是国务院办公厅印发《关于严格规范涉企行政检查的意见》，针对一些地方和部门涉企行政检查乱作为问题时有发生、影响企业正常生产经营和营商环境改善，明确要求把规范行政检查作为规范涉企执法专项行动的重要内容，从源头上遏制乱检查，加大对乱检查的查处力度，努力做到既不缺位也不越位。这两个典型事例鲜明体现了党中央、国务院完善社会主义市场经济体制的坚定意志和务实精神，对形成既“放得活”又“管得住”的经济秩序具有示范性、引领性意义。

All regions and departments, in balancing the relationship between an effective market and a competent government, should link up with their own realities, vigorously implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, and correct the problems of market failure, market chaos, and government absence and misplacement by further deepening reforms comprehensively and improving mechanisms and institutions. We must give better play to the role of market mechanisms, create a fairer and more vibrant market environment, and achieve the optimization and maximization of the efficiency of resource allocation. We must ensure that all forms of ownership can equally and lawfully use factors of production, participate fairly in market competition, and receive equal legal protection, promoting the complementary advantages and common development of all forms of ownership; support and guide various enterprises to improve the efficiency of resource factor utilization, management level, and fulfill social responsibilities; strengthen anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition, clean up and abolish various regulations and practices that hinder a unified national market and fair competition; regulate local investment attraction regulations and systems, strictly prohibit illegal and irregular provision of preferential policy benefits, enhance the comprehensive supervision capability and level of the market, and deepen the reform of the local standard management system; improve the mechanism for determining factor prices mainly by market supply and demand, preventing improper government intervention in price formation; improve the mechanism for determining the contribution of production factors such as labor, capital, land, knowledge, technology, management, and data by the market and determining remuneration according to contribution; improve the mechanism for government investment to effectively drive social investment, deepen the reform of the investment approval system, and form a market-led endogenous growth mechanism for effective investment; improve the long-term mechanism for expanding consumption, reduce restrictive measures, and reasonably increase public consumption; equally and permanently protect the property rights of all forms of ownership according to law, establish an efficient comprehensive intellectual property management system, apply the same responsibility, same guilt, and same punishment for acts infringing on the property rights and lawful interests of all forms of ownership, and improve the punitive damages system; prevent and correct the use of administrative and criminal means to intervene in economic disputes, and improve the mechanism for identifying and correcting wrongful enterprise cases according to law; optimize the market access environment for new business forms and new sectors, and improve the social credit system and regulatory system; and so on.

各地区各部门在统筹好有效市场和有为政府的关系上，要联系自身实际，狠抓党的二十届三中全会精神贯彻落实，以进一步全面深化改革、完善体制机制来矫正市场失灵、市场乱象和政府缺位、越位的问题，更好发挥市场机制作用，创造更加公平、更有活力的市场环境，实现资源配置效率最优化和效益最大化。要保证各种所有制经济依法平等使用生产要素、公平参与市场竞争、同等受到法律保护，促进各种所有制经济优势互补、共同发展；支持和引导各类企业提高资源要素利用效率和经营管理水平、履行社会责任；强化反垄断和反不正当竞争，清理和废除妨碍全国统一市场和公平竞争的各种规定和做法；规范地方招商引资法规制度，严禁违法违规给予政策优惠行为，提升市场综合监管能力和水平，深化地方标准管理制度改革；完善主要由市场供求关系决定要素价格机制，防止政府对价格形成的不当干预；健全劳动、资本、土地、知识、技术、管理、数据等生产要素由市场评价贡献、按贡献决定报酬的机制；健全政府投资有效带动社会投资体制机制，深化投资审批制度改革，形成市场主导的有效投资内生增长机制；完善扩大消费长效机制，减少限制性措施，合理增加公共消费；依法平等长久保护各种所有制经济产权，建立高效的知识产权综合管理体制，对侵犯各种所有制经济产权和合法利益的行为实行同责同罪同罚，完善惩罚性赔偿制度；防止和纠正利用行政、刑事手段干预经济纠纷，健全依法甄别纠正涉企冤错案件机制；优化新业态新领域市场准入环境，健全社会信用体系和监管制度；等等。

At the same time, we must also deeply understand the internal connection between government behavior and the role of the market: the more standardized government behavior is, the more effective the role of the market will be. The government must exercise its functions according to law, fulfill its statutory duties, adhere to the principle that statutory duties must be performed and actions without legal authorization must not be taken, and do what it should do and refrain from doing what it should not do. For what it should do, it must continuously build a rule-of-law economy and a credit economy, improve market rules and take the lead in observing them, and correct market failures and regulate competition order through the lawful exercise of government functions; for what it should not do, it must respect and give play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, and prevent improper intervention in the activities of micro-entities.

同时，还要深刻认识政府行为与市场作用的内在联系：政府行为越规范，市场作用就越有效。政府要做到依法行政，履行好法定职责，坚持法定职责必须为、法无授权不可为，做到有所为、有所不为。有所为，就要不断建设法治经济、信用经济，完善市场规则并带头遵守规则，通过依法行使政府职能来矫正市场失灵、规范竞争秩序；有所不为，就要尊重和发挥市场在资源配置中的决定性作用，防止对微观主体活动的不当干预。

(The author is a vice-chairman and a member of the Leading Party Members’ Group of the Development Research Center of the State Council)

（作者为国务院发展研究中心副主任、党组成员）

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