su ning : bankcard services for farmers in anhui province, china speech by mr su ning, deputy governor of the peoplea€™s bank of china, at the launching ceremony and press conference of bankcard services for farmers, hefei, anhui province, 12 october 2007. * * * respected vice governor mr. huang haisong, distinguished guests, friends from the media, ladies and gentlemen : good morning! in this beautiful autumn season, i'm very pleased to attend the " launching ceremony and press conference of bankcard services for farmers in anhui province ". the successful launch of the bankcard services for farmers is of great importance in the run - up of the 17th cpc congress. on behalf of the people's bank of china ( pbc ), i'd like to express our warmest congratulations on the launch of the farmers'bankcard services, and our sincere gratitude to anhui provincial cpc committee, anhui provincial government and other friends for your support to our work! our thanks also go to all those comrades who devoted themselves to this endeavor. to strengthen the work in " agriculture, rural areas and farmers " and to steadily push ahead with the construction of a new socialist countryside is a necessary requirement for the comprehensive implementation of the scientific approach to development and construction of a harmonious socialist society, and an important task to accelerate the socialist modernization drive. the pbc attaches great importance to the rural financial system, and puts it high on our agenda. the successful launch of bankcard services for farmers is an important measure for the pbc in its efforts to implement the scientific approach to development and to serve the construction of a new socialist countryside ; an effective means to speed up rural financial infrastructure construction and improve the financial services in rural areas ; and also a good way to support and guide rural financial institutions, rural credit cooperatives ( rcc ) in particular, to accelerate business innovation, uplift rural financial services and achieve a win - win situation. the launch of the bankcard services for farmers has two pre - conditions : first, large migrant workers exporting provinces ( autonomous regions or municipalities ) ; second, sound rcc integrated systems. based on these two conditions, the pbc launched the service in 13 provinces or municipalities, enabling a large number of migrant workers to access convenient, expedient and secure bankcard services, hence becoming quite popular among migrant workers and generating good socio - economic benefits. now we are delighted to see that

pan gongsheng : speech - 2023 annual conference of financial street forum speech by mr pan gongsheng, governor of the people's bank of china and safe administrator, at the 2023 annual conference of financial street forum, beijing, 9 november 2023. * * * distinguished party secretary yin li, mayor yin yong, administrator yunze, chairman huiman, president fu hua, president jin liqun, and dear guests, good morning! the convening of the annual conference of financial street forum is of special significance at a time when the central financial work conference has just concluded. general secretary xi jinping delivered an important speech at the central financial work conference, summarizing the financial work since the 18th national congress of the communist party of china ( cpc ), analyzing the situation facing the high - quality development of finance, and deploying the financial work both at the current stage and in the years to come, which provided us with fundamental guidance for advancing financial work in the new era. studying and implementing the guidelines of the central financial work conference is the most important task of the financial system at present. now, in light of the current economic and financial developments, i will share my insights on studying and implementing the guidelines of the central financial work conference. first, china's economic growth has witnessed sustained rebound, and the highquality economic development has been steadily advanced. in the first three quarters of 2023, china's gdp grew at a rate of 5. 2 percent, and the annual target of 5 percent is expected to be achieved smoothly. the day before yesterday, i met with a delegation from the international monetary fund ( imf ) who visited china for economic and financial consultations. their latest forecast for china's economic growth in 2023 stands at 5. 4 percent, which is leading among the world's large economies. as the macro adjustment policies continue to unleash their benefits, the economic growth momentum has been strengthened, production and consumption have steadily rebounded, employment and prices have generally improved, the balance of payments has maintained a basic equilibrium, and major economic indicators have picked up. china's economic transition has continued to make headway, and investment in high - tech industries has maintained fast growth. in the first three quarters, the contribution of final consumption to economic growth reached 83 percent. therefore, there are favorable conditions to continuously maintain steady economic growth and stable prices. there are two perspectives for analyzing china's economic growth.