The ministry of industry and information technology has strictly forbidden steel, cement and other new projects to expand capacity

Miao wei *, secretary of the party group and minister of the ministry of industry and information technology, carried out the spirit of the central economic work conference and was interviewed jointly by wang zheng from People's Daily, zhang xinxin from xinhua news agency, song wan from CCTV and huang xin from economic daily.

Miao wei said that in 2019, we will work hard to "consolidate, strengthen, upgrade and smooth the flow", further advance the industrial supply-side structural reform, consolidate the achievements of overcapacity reduction, support key provinces in steel capacity reduction, and continue to optimize the layout of the steel industry.We will strictly control the increase of electrolytic aluminum production capacity. We will make more use of market-based and law-based means to continue withdrawing backward production capacity in accordance with the law and regulations, and accelerate the liquidation of more industries with excess capacity.We will raise the level of the industrial chain, strengthen key core technologies and key weak links, take the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries as an important measure to ensure high-quality development, and increase technological upgrading and equipment upgrading.We will continue to improve the business environment for enterprises, encourage and support non-public capital to participate in the restructuring and restructuring of state-owned enterprises in the manufacturing sector, and build global competitive manufacturing enterprises.We will foster a number of "individual" enterprises that focus on specific sectors, vigorously promote entrepreneurship, and encourage entrepreneurs to focus on industry and concentrate on their main businesses.We will continue to upgrade and expand information consumption. We will support the accelerated development of high-definition video, Internet of vehicles, and new energy vehicles. We will guide the popularization of general aviation, ice and snow equipment, and other equipment.