刘世锦：高收入多纳税与保护产权不矛盾，“保护产权就是保护税源”

Group 1 - The "Sina Finance 2025 Conference and the 18th Golden Unicorn Forum" will be held on January 15, 2026, in Beijing, focusing on the theme "Starting the 14th Five-Year Plan, New Economic Journey - Reshaping Growth Paradigms, Creating Future Prosperity" [1][5] - Liu Shijin, Deputy Director of the Economic Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former Deputy Director of the State Council Development Research Center, will attend and speak at the conference [1][5] Group 2 - Liu Shijin emphasized the need to learn from successful high-income countries with lower Gini coefficients, suggesting that China's Gini coefficient should be reduced to below 0.4% to avoid the middle-income trap and support the transition to high-income status [3][7] - A goal to double the middle-income group from 400 million to 800-900 million people was proposed, aiming for this group to constitute over half of the total population [3][7] - To achieve this, Liu suggested increasing the share of labor compensation in GDP while narrowing the gap in basic public services between urban and rural areas, and converting a significant amount of state-owned capital into social security funds to enhance the income and security of low- and middle-income groups [3][7] Group 3 - In terms of fiscal and tax systems, Liu advocated for a shift from indirect taxes to direct taxes, optimizing production-related taxes while increasing reasonable taxation on high-income individuals and their assets [4][8] - He addressed concerns about the potential impact on property rights and stability, asserting that increasing tax contributions from high-income groups would incentivize the government to protect property rights, as these rights are essential for tax revenue [4][8] - Liu highlighted the strong correlation between tax sources and government behavior, indicating that effective tax policy can drive positive governmental actions [4][8]