China News Service, Beijing, March 8th. Starting from the 5th, the second session of the 14th National People's Congress has successively held open group meetings.
Facing Chinese and foreign reporters, local officials intensively answered hot topics, discussed development and people's livelihood.
"This incident, which seriously violated the spirit of the central government's eight regulations, is a 'sore spot' and 'injured spot' for Qinghai cadres, but let the injured area 'breathe air and see the light' so that they can recover faster."
On the 6th, at an open group meeting of the Qinghai delegation, Chen Gang, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee, responded to the incident that "six cadres in Qinghai gathered for a meal and drank, resulting in the death of one person."
In December 2022, an illegal eating and drinking incident occurred in Qinghai that seriously violated the spirit of the eight central regulations.
At that time, just over a month after the conclusion of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, six cadres gathered for a meal and drinks in the student dormitory while studying at the Provincial Party School, and one person died after drinking, causing extremely bad consequences.
Chen Gang introduced that around this incident, the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee focused on the work style of leading cadres and carried out in-depth special rectification through cases to promote reforms.
"We will never do the kind of thing that is 'high and easy', and we will do what we say. At the same time, we must make our attitude clear, and we are not afraid of offending others, making random comments, or being labeled."
On March 7, the Xinjiang delegation attending the second session of the 14th National People's Congress held an open group meeting to review the government work report and answer reporters' questions.
The picture is taken by reporters during on-site interviews.
Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
At the open group meeting of the Xinjiang delegation held on the 7th, Ma Xingrui, a representative of the National People's Congress and secretary of the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, refuted the stigma of "forced labor" in Xinjiang cotton on the spot.
He said that China has specially formulated labor laws and labor contract laws, which have been widely used in various industries. The entire process of Xinjiang cotton, from planting and harvesting to entering the ginning mill and textile process, is strictly followed by enterprises and employees. The labor law and the labor contract law are signed according to the rules. The two parties agree on each other in accordance with the legal contract, which not only guarantees a reasonable income, but also provides social security arrangements.
In addition to hot topics, hot areas are also the focus of media attention.
On the 6th, at the open group meeting of the Hebei delegation, Ni Yuefeng, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, talked about the construction of Xiongan New Area.
He introduced that at present, the Xiongan New Area's supporting policies for decentralization are being continuously improved, and the central government's package of support policies has been carefully implemented and refined into 46 aspects of work. Policies such as housing, salary, children's education, medical care, medical insurance, social security, and provident fund have been gradually implemented, and efforts have been made to The conditions for starting a business, living conditions, and welfare benefits that are of greatest concern to the relocated personnel should not be lower than when they stayed in Beijing.
"For example, people who are relocated can withdraw the provident funds paid in Beijing when renting or buying houses in the new area. There is no obstacle for the children of people who are relocated to go back to Beijing to study or take the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination. In this way, the people being relocated will be very comfortable and at ease working and living in Xiongan New Area. "Ni Yuefeng said.
On March 6, the Shanghai delegation attending the second session of the 14th National People's Congress held an open group meeting to review the government work report and answer reporters' questions.
Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
At the “First Meeting of the New Year” held at the beginning of this year, optimizing the business environment became a high-frequency word.
This year's National Two Sessions, the business environment issue remains a window for the outside world to pay attention to China's development.
As China's economic center city, a good business environment is Shanghai's business card.
At the open group meeting of the Shanghai delegation held on the 6th, Gong Zheng, a representative of the National People’s Congress and mayor of Shanghai, listed a series of figures: In 2023, the city’s actual use of foreign capital exceeded 24 billion US dollars, setting a new high; regional headquarters of multinational companies, There were 65 and 30 new foreign-funded R&D centers respectively, bringing the total to 956 and 561.
"Shanghai must better create a stable, transparent, standardized and predictable legal environment." Gong Zheng said that efforts will be made to improve the standardization level of law enforcement and equally protect all types of business entities and business activities in accordance with the law.
On March 6, the Tibetan delegation attending the second session of the 14th National People's Congress held an open group meeting in the Tibet Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to review the government work report and answer reporters' questions.
The picture shows Yan Jinhai (left), deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, answering reporters' questions.
Photo by China News Service reporter Cui Nan
People's livelihood issues such as housing, education, and elderly care have always been the focus of the two sessions. This year, these issues that are of concern and longing for the people are still hotly discussed by delegations from all regions.
At the open group meeting of the Tibetan delegation held on the 6th, Yan Jinhai, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, mentioned when answering questions from reporters that all 74 counties in the Tibet Autonomous Region have centralized elderly care institutions, and the average annual number of elderly people supported in centralized care is The subsidy standard has reached 14,778 yuan, which is at the forefront of the country.
"The elderly in the nursing home are very happy, have no worries about food and clothing, and there are also some entertainment and fitness activities that they like to participate in. Some lonely elderly people have even found their wives in the nursing home. It can be said that they have achieved dependence, care and support for the elderly. It’s fun.” Yan Jinhai said.
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