罗志恒：提振消费需要政府企业和居民共同推进，消费是目的而非手段

Core Viewpoint - The increase in consumer spending in China is a collective effort involving the government, enterprises, and residents, rather than just a result of individual behavior [1][3]. Group 1: Consumer Spending Insights - The gap in consumer spending rates between China and other developed countries is primarily due to underutilized service consumption, including high-end healthcare, elder care, cultural tourism, and domestic services [1][3]. - The current urbanization level of the floating population in China is insufficient, and issues such as inadequate supply of high-quality service products and long working hours limit the potential for service consumption [1][3]. Group 2: Strategies for Increasing Consumer Spending - To enhance consumer spending capacity, it is essential to create an environment that encourages residents to consume, which includes reforming local government assessment and fiscal incentive systems [3][4]. - Enterprises should focus on providing higher quality goods and services to better meet consumer demand, and market access should be relaxed to foster healthy competition among businesses [3][4]. Group 3: Income Distribution and Social Security Reforms - The core of increasing consumer spending rates lies in reforms of income distribution and social security systems, aiming to raise the proportion of residents' income in national income distribution [4]. - Strategies to improve income distribution include stabilizing the real estate and stock markets, increasing minimum wages, and enhancing the property tax system to ensure fair income and wealth distribution [4]. - Social security reforms should involve linking state-owned assets to fiscal policies for social security funding and transitioning to a universal minimum pension system supported by central and local finances [4].