The meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, chaired by General Secretary Xi Jinping on March 27, revealed that the central government has made a series of important deployments of the latest judgment on the current situation of domestic and foreign new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention and control and economic operation. The amount of information is huge and worthy of careful study.

Focus of epidemic prevention and control: external defense input internal defense rebound

Data from a recent period of time show that most of the newly diagnosed cases of new coronary pneumonia in China every day are overseas imported cases, and there are almost no new local confirmed cases, and overseas imported related cases in some places are also being closely monitored. The spread of the epidemic in Wuhan's main battlefield was basically blocked, and the city of Wuhan as a whole was reduced from a high-risk area to a medium-risk area.

At the same time, the epidemic situation abroad is severe. WHO real-time statistics show that as of March 27th, 18:00 (Central Time, March 28th, Beijing time), 512,701 new pneumonia cases and 23,495 deaths have been diagnosed worldwide. At present, new crowns have appeared in 201 countries and regions around the world. About 430,000 cases of pneumonia have been diagnosed outside China.

This is why this meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee emphasized that the current situation of epidemic prevention and control at home and abroad is undergoing major new changes. The epidemic situation abroad is accelerating and spreading, and the pressure on China's epidemic import continues to increase. China's epidemic prevention and control strategies and response measures must be adjusted and improved in a timely manner. In short, the focus of epidemic prevention and control is eight words: external defense input, internal defense rebound.

In response to the new situation of epidemic prevention and control at home and abroad, this session of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee emphasized that we must continue to focus on the key tasks of epidemic prevention and control, and continue to consolidate and expand the effectiveness of epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, the meeting also pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the care and care of Chinese citizens abroad, and the embassies and consulates abroad must do a good job of consular protection, protective guidance and material security to protect their lives and physical health. It is necessary to closely track and analyze the global epidemic situation, quickly and accurately identify and control risk sources and risk points, strengthen port health quarantine, optimize entry procedures, implement centralized isolation requirements for immigrants, and arrange life services and health monitoring. It is necessary to promote international cooperation in epidemic prevention and control, deepen exchanges and cooperation with the World Health Organization, and continue to provide relevant countries with assistance within their ability.

Economic and social development: expanding domestic demand

Linked to the global epidemic, the economic situation is also undergoing major new changes. The growth of the world economy and trade has been severely impacted, and economic development, especially the recovery of the industrial chain, is facing new challenges.

On February 23, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed at the conference on coordinating and advancing the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and economic and social development. The more this time, the more comprehensive, dialectical, and long-term perspective is used to view China's development. Strengthen your confidence. The fundamentals of China's long-term economic improvement have not changed, and the impact of the epidemic is short-term and generally controllable.

This session of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee made a series of arrangements for economic and social development. The meeting emphasized the need to speed up the restoration of production and living order under the conditions of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, and increase the adjustment and implementation of macro policies. Proactive fiscal policy must be more proactive, and prudent monetary policy must be more flexible and appropriate. All these measures are to turn pressure into motivation, be good at turning crisis into opportunity, and fully release the huge potential and strong kinetic energy of China's development.

China is a large country with a population of 1.4 billion and has a vast domestic demand market. China has sufficient economic resilience and ample room for manoeuvre. This meeting emphasized the need to accelerate the release of domestic market demand, and in the premise of prevention and control measures in place, it is necessary to promote the orderly resumption of various shopping malls and markets, and the normal operation of the life service industry. It is necessary to expand household consumption, increase public consumption reasonably, start physical store consumption, and maintain the popularity of new online consumption. It is necessary to strengthen international economic and trade cooperation, accelerate the construction of an international logistics supply chain system, and ensure the smooth flow of international freight.

Stable employment, stable finance, stable foreign trade, stable foreign investment, stable investment and stable expectations. From the second half of 2018, the central government has explicitly proposed to do a good job in the "six stable" work. In response to the major examination of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the central government has repeatedly emphasized the need to comprehensively do a good job in the "six stability". "Six Stability" has strong pertinence and operability, and is an important guarantee for effectively responding to various risks and challenges, fighting the three major offensives, promoting high-quality development, and maintaining economic and social stability.

This session of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee stressed the need to support the orderly resumption of production and production in Hubei on the premise of good epidemic prevention and control. It is necessary to strengthen support for the economic and social development of Hubei, formulate special support policies, help Hubei solve practical difficulties such as finance, financing, and supply chain, and support Hubei in doing a good job of assisting enterprises, stabilizing posts, promoting employment, and protecting people's livelihood. It is necessary to give full play to the leading role of financial policies such as re-loan re-discounting, loan deferred repayment of principal and interest, dredge the transmission mechanism, alleviate financing difficulties, and provide precise financial services for epidemic prevention and control, resumption of production and real economy development. These measures are all concrete manifestations of doing a good job in the "six stability".

Decisive Fight against Poverty: More Hard to Resolutely Win

The number of poor people has decreased from 99.99 million at the end of 2012 to 5.51 million at the end of 2019. The incidence of poverty has fallen from 10.2% to 0.6%. China's achievements in poverty reduction have attracted worldwide attention. After the poverty alleviation task is completed this year, China will achieve the poverty reduction goal of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years in advance. No country in the world can achieve the poverty alleviation of so many people in such a short period of time. has great significance.

The sudden outbreak of new crown pneumonia has brought new difficulties and challenges to the poverty alleviation work. On March 6th, a forum on decisive victory over poverty was held in Beijing. General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech stressing that all rural poor under the current standards by 2020 will be lifted out of poverty. This is a solemn commitment made by the Party Central Committee to the people throughout the country and must be achieved on schedule. . This is a tough battle, and the string will become tighter in the end. It cannot be stopped, careless, or relaxed. It is necessary to advance the fight against poverty with greater determination and strength, resolutely overcome the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and resolutely win the all-out victory in the fight against poverty.

This session of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee examined two important documents, the "Report on the Evaluation of the Results of the Poverty Alleviation in 2019" and the "Comprehensive Report on the" Looking Back "on the Special Inspection of the Central Poverty Alleviation". Judging from the evaluation of the effectiveness of poverty alleviation and special inspections, "looking back", the tasks facing poverty alleviation are still arduous and complex. Those who have not yet got rid of poverty are the most difficult "hard bones"; those who have got rid of poverty, and the task of consolidating the results of getting rid of poverty is very onerous. The new crown pneumonia epidemic has brought new difficulties and challenges, and it will take even harder work to win the all-round victory of poverty alleviation.

The meeting put forward the "three persistences" to overcome poverty, namely: adherence to target standards, adherence to precise strategies, adherence to strictness and pragmatism. It is required to maintain the overall stability of the poverty alleviation policy, continue to increase investment, work, and assistance, comprehensively check for shortcomings, make up for shortcomings and weaknesses, and consolidate the results of poverty alleviation. The meeting especially emphasized when deploying the work of returning to work and resuming production, to increase the progress of the work to resume poverty alleviation projects, to help the poor laborers return to work as soon as possible, and to implement timely assistance measures for those who returned to poverty due to the epidemic. These deployments have fully demonstrated the determination, endurance, and confidence of the Central Committee to resolutely win the battle against poverty.

(Text 丨 Xinglai)