[Ten Years of Experience] How does China make a big share of the economic "cake"?

　　China News Service, Beijing, September 21, Question:

　　Reporter Shi Rui

　　"The development we pursue is the development that benefits the people, and the prosperity we pursue is the common prosperity of all the people. Whether the reform and development is successful or not, the final criterion is whether the people enjoy the fruits of reform and development together." In August 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the non-party forum.

　　How to divide the growing "cake"?

The shared development concept in the new development concept gives the direction. The essence of the shared development concept is to adhere to the people-centered development concept, so that all the people have more sense of gain in the joint construction and shared development, enhance the development momentum, enhance the unity of the people, and move towards Steady progress in the direction of common prosperity.

Poverty eradication is the essential requirement of socialism

　　A Chinese history is a history of the Chinese nation's struggle against poverty.

Getting rid of poverty has become the dream of the Chinese people, and it is also an important part of realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　"Eliminating poverty, improving people's livelihood, and gradually realizing common prosperity are the essential requirements of socialism and the important mission of our party." Since its establishment, the Communist Party of China has insisted on seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation as Original mission.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has clearly stated that it is necessary to do a good job in poverty alleviation.

　　Through the joint efforts of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups, in 2021, at the important moment of the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, China will declare that the battle against poverty has achieved a comprehensive victory, and the arduous task of eradicating absolute poverty has been completed, creating another shining record in history. The miracle on earth!

　　According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, from 2013 to 2020, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in poverty-stricken areas increased by 9.2 percent in real terms, 2.2 percentage points faster than that of rural residents across the country.

　　"The level of infrastructure and basic public services in poverty-stricken areas has also been significantly improved." The results of the national poverty alleviation census showed that in the poverty-stricken areas, the proportion of administrative villages covered by hard roads, power and electricity, and communication signals was 99.6%, 99.3%, and 99.9%, respectively. %.

In 2020, the proportion of rural households using piped water supply and private toilets in poverty-stricken areas was 91.0% and 97.2%, respectively, an increase of 34.6 and 6.2 percentage points compared with 2012.

Social security is a big issue for national security

　　People's livelihood is no trivial matter, the branches and leaves are always related to the situation.

"What the people worry about, I will read it; what the people want, I will do it." General Secretary Xi Jinping has always attached great importance to and cared about the improvement of people's livelihood and social security.

　　During the twenty-eighth collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, he emphasized that social security is the basic institutional guarantee for ensuring and improving people's livelihood, maintaining social equity, and enhancing people's well-being. The important institutional arrangement of the country is a major issue of national security.

　　The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China regards "adhering to the protection and improvement of people's livelihood during development" as one of the fourteen basic strategies, and emphasizes that "employment is the greatest livelihood of the people" and "we must adhere to the employment priority strategy and active employment policy to achieve higher quality and fuller employment”.

　　"The employment priority strategy has been implemented in depth, and the scale of employment has steadily expanded." The National Bureau of Statistics report pointed out that from 2013 to 2021, the number of employed people in the country will stabilize at more than 740 million, and the number of new urban jobs will remain at more than 11 million each year.

The employment structure has been continuously optimized. In 2021, employees in the tertiary industry will account for 48.0% of all employees, an increase of 11.9 percentage points over 2012.

　　In the past ten years, my country has also built the world's largest and fully functional social security system.

By the end of 2021, the number of people covered by basic old-age insurance and basic medical insurance nationwide will reach 1.03 billion and 1.36 billion respectively; the number of people participating in unemployment, work-related injury and maternity insurance has increased by 77.33 million, 92.77 million and 83.23 million respectively compared with 2012.

More and fairer development outcomes benefit all people

　　"Let the achievements of reform and development benefit all the people more and more equitably, and make continuous progress towards the realization of common prosperity for all people."

　　In the past decade, shared development has continued to strengthen, and more development achievements have benefited all people in a fairer way.

In 2021, the per capita disposable income of national residents will be 35,128 yuan, an increase of 18,618 yuan over 2012; the Engel coefficient of national residents will be 29.8%, down 3.2 percentage points from 2012; the number of cars and mobile phones per 100 households nationwide will be 41.8 vehicles, 259.1 units, an increase of 147.3% and 27.5% over 2013 respectively...

　　Behind each data, a series of livelihood measures have provided a strong guarantee for enhancing the people's sense of gain, happiness and security.

　　China is moving towards its second centenary goal, adapting to the changes in the main contradiction in our society and better meeting the people's growing needs for a better life. We must make the promotion of common prosperity for all people as the focus of seeking happiness for the people.

　　"Insist that the growth of residents' income and economic growth are basically synchronized, the improvement of labor remuneration and the improvement of labor productivity are basically synchronized, continue to increase the income of low-income groups, expand the middle-income group, and promote common prosperity more actively and effectively." The 14th Five-Year Plan for Social Development and the Outline of Vision 2035 put forward a series of goals and draw a grand blueprint for the new journey.

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