Small goals, big changes

Source: Economic Daily

Increasing the profit margin of enterprises by 1% is the core of Wuhu City's "1% work method". Although 1% is a small target, it has brought about major changes in the concept of performance, development methods, and government service capabilities and levels for local governments.

In many places, "attracting the big and attracting the strong" is still the key to promoting local economic development. Compared with the expansionary development idea of "bigger", Wuhu City starts from improving the profit margin of enterprises, pays more attention to the quality of development and the sense of enterprise acquisition, and takes the new road of connotative development of "strengthening the body". In fact, high return is the golden signboard to attract enterprise investment, in this regard, Wuhu has established a new concept of performance, but also grasped the pain points of enterprises.

The "1% work method" has brought about new changes in the ability of government services. 1% is a specific quantitative goal, but also a more scientific assessment system. Whether the service is good or not, the policy is not good, it is not okay to say it according to feelings, the personal preferences of the leaders cannot be influenced, and everything is spoken with facts and data. In the interview, the reporter saw that the grass-roots staff often worked overtime, studied the financial statements of the enterprise in depth, and analyzed which costs could be reduced again, and which policy preferences had not yet been implemented. In order to improve the profit margin of the enterprise, the staff took the initiative to sink to the front line, serve to the grass-roots level, and actively help the enterprise to make suggestions.

The "1% work method" has brought about a new transformation in the mode of economic development. In the process of implementing the "1% Work Method", new measures and new platforms have emerged in Wuhu City, advanced technology applications such as industrial Internet, fully automatic production lines, and big data planning and logistics systems are in the ascendant, and strategic emerging industries and innovative talents are accelerating. Improving profit margins with new technologies, new products and new services has become the consensus of the government and enterprises, and innovation drive is becoming the main driving force for Wuhu's economy to improve quality and efficiency.

Of course, it should also be noted that Wuhu City's "1% work method" has only achieved initial results, and the focus of coverage is only industrial enterprises above designated size. Whether from the perspective of economic growth foundation, digitization rate or upgrading space, the work measures of service enterprises in Wuhu City still need to be improved. How to upgrade the "1% work method" to allow more enterprises to have a greater sense of gain needs to be further explored locally. (Source of this article: Economic Daily Author: Liang Rui)