(A closer look at China) Why did Xi Jinping mention "people" first in the two sessions of the special year?

　　China News Service, Beijing, May 23 Question: Why did Xi Jinping first mention "people" in the two sessions of the special year?

　　Author Zhong Sanping

　　China ’s top leader Xi Jinping participated in the Inner Mongolia delegation ’s deliberations at the third meeting of the 13th National People ’s Congress on May 22, where he exchanged ideas with the representatives and made a speech. This is his first visit to the group this year.

　　In the special year when epidemic prevention and control, poverty alleviation, and a comprehensive well-off society have become "hot words of political affairs", Xi Jinping's speech theme is not these annual "special tasks", but a vocabulary that points to the "origin" of all current issues- "people". In the more than 2,000-word press release broadcast by official media, "people" appeared 28 times.

　　At the two sessions this year, why did Xi Jinping speak to the delegation for the first time?

　　"People" is the logical focus of the two sessions in a special year.

　　In the Inner Mongolia delegation, Xi Jinping said that he was impressed by what a NPC deputy from Hubei said. The representative said that an 87-year-old patient with new coronary pneumonia in Hubei, who was carefully cared for by dozens of medical staff around him for dozens of days, finally saved the old man's life. "What is the people's supremacy? So many people turn around a patient, which really reflects at all costs." Xi Jinping said.

　　At the two sessions this year, there was a special arrangement that still showed the weight of the "people". When the annual political meeting of the highest authority and the political consultative body opened, there was a link-all the participants stood up and paid a minute of silence in mourning for the martyr and deceased compatriots for the new crown pneumonia epidemic. Here, "people" is both the subject of respect and the object of respect.

　　"People" is also the protagonist of the shortest government work report since reform and opening up. Stabilizing employment and protecting people ’s livelihood are prominent in the report. The word “employment” appears only 39 times. This may be the first time in history. Highlighting the "people" means paying more attention to the lives and work of ordinary people.

　　The "people" imprint in the two sessions also confirmed the logic of "starting from people and relying on people".

　　"People" is the value scale of China's epidemic resistance in a special year.

　　Xi Jinping said in the Inner Mongolia delegation when he participated in the review, "In the face of a major epidemic, we clearly put the people ’s life and health at the first place. The most outstanding doctors, the most advanced equipment and the most The resources that are urgently needed are fully invested in the treatment of the epidemic, and the cost of the treatment is fully borne by the state. "

　　"People are supreme, life is supreme" is considered to be the value scale that China always upholds in the face of the impact of the epidemic. Rescuing patients at any cost has become a top priority in the prevention and control of the epidemic in China. From the requirement to minimize the infection rate and mortality rate to the rapid expansion of hospital beds and the continuous optimization of diagnosis and treatment plans, from strengthening the research and development of drugs, vaccines and testing reagents to guaranteeing the necessities of life and ensuring stable prices, Xi Jinping deployed China to do its best to treat each patient To ensure the safety and health of the wider population.

　　Statistics show that as of April 19, China's finances at all levels have allocated a total of 145.2 billion yuan (RMB, the same below) for epidemic prevention and control. An important item is to ensure that patients are treated in a timely manner. As of April 6, the total cost of medical insurance settlement for all confirmed and suspected cases was about 1.486 billion yuan. In Hubei Province, the most severe epidemic in China, more than 3,600 patients with new coronary pneumonia have been cured since the outbreak.

　　"The supremacy of the people and the supremacy of life" is also reflected in the anti-epidemic efforts of the whole society. Xi Jinping believes that a wide range of people who consciously cooperate with epidemic prevention and control "formed a basic force for epidemic prevention and control." He praised and thanked the Wuhan people for their "toughness and high spirits."

　　Taking people as the "value scale" and pursuing unity in protecting the two dimensions of "most majority" and "everyone" demonstrates China's attitude in fighting the epidemic.

　　"People" is the focus of China's development in a special year.

　　The decisive battle against poverty and the victory of a comprehensive well-off society encountered a new crown epidemic raid, highlighting the "speciality" of 2020. Faced with a special year, the needs of the people are still important points for Xi Jinping to make decisions, deploy and coordinate economic and social development.

　　In the decisive battle to overcome poverty, he demanded enhanced targeted poverty alleviation and targeted poverty alleviation capabilities, clearly showing China ’s determination not to allow any poor population to pass the statistics “becoming well-off”; Care, employment, education, social security, medical care, housing, pension, food safety, social security and other practical issues should be implemented one by one, working year after year, requiring party members and cadres, especially leading cadres, to be soberly aware, The power in hand and the position they are in can only be used for the benefit of the people.

　　In many inspections on the eve of the two sessions of the National People's Congress, he emphasized the protection of people's interests from different perspectives and specific issues. In Zhejiang, he requested that the wetland park be a green space shared by the people; in Shaanxi, he proposed to promote educational equity and cut off the intergenerational transmission of poverty; in Shanxi, he asked to highlight the success of college graduates, retired soldiers, migrant workers, Employment work for key groups such as urban hardship workers.

　　"In the final analysis, we promote economic and social development in order to continuously meet the needs of the people for a better life." China's practice is becoming the latest footnote of Xi Jinping's remarks.

　　"Insisting on the supremacy of the people, relying on the people closely, continuously benefiting the people, and firmly rooting the people", Xi Jinping came to the group for the first time this year and the two sessions, and once again clearly explained the "people first" in his mind. (End) (Drawing: China News Service Photo Source Xinhua News Agency)