The national government has the responsibility to comprehensively formulate and implement policies concerning small and medium-sized enterprises, in accordance with the basic principles of the preceding Article (hereinafter simply referred to as the "basic principles").
国は、前条の基本理念（以下単に「基本理念」という。）にのつとり、中小企業に関する施策を総合的に策定し、及び実施する責務を有する。
basic principlesmachine translation
「基本理念」
The basic principles in Article 3: that, since small and medium-sized enterprises (中小企業) form the base of Japan's economy and have an important part in keeping it vigorous, their varied and vigorous growth is to be achieved by encouraging the independent enterprises' own efforts, promoting their business innovation and start-ups, strengthening their business foundations and easing their adaptation to economic and social change, and that small-scale enterprises (小規模企業), which support their regions' economies and residents' lives and contribute to Japan's future development, are to be able to make the most of their vitality in a business environment that supports their own efforts.
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1)