Xi's article on building unified national market to be published

BEIJING -- An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on further building a unified national market will be published on Tuesday.

The article by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will be published in this year's 18th issue of the Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee.

Building a unified national market is essential for creating a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development, according to the article. It notes that advancing the building of a unified national market requires the unification of underlying market institutions, market infrastructure, government conduct, regulatory enforcement, and markets of production factors and resources, as well as the continuous expansion of opening up.

To deepen the building of a unified national market, it is important to focus on key and difficult tasks, such as dealing with the problem of disorderly price competition among some enterprises, and standardizing government procurement and tendering procedures. It is also imperative to regulate local governments' practices to attract investment, promote the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade, and address shortcomings in legal and regulatory frameworks, according to the article.

Additionally, officials should be guided to have a correct understanding of what it means to perform well, says the article.

Describing the construction of a unified national market as a long and tough task, the article calls for strengthened coordination and cooperation nationwide in building synergy to advance the related work.