(Express delivery of the two sessions) The first press conference of the National People's Congress: Not long time, enough information

  China News Service, Beijing, March 4th. The Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress held its first press conference in Beijing on the evening of the 4th.

It is only about 1 hour long, which can be called "one of the shortest time" in the first conference of the conference in recent years, but the information released in it is full of "golden content".

  Especially in the face of hot and even sharp questions raised by Chinese and foreign reporters, the conference spokesperson Zhang Yesui answered them one by one, with a calm and sincere attitude.

-China achieves geopolitical goals through "vaccine diplomacy"?

  "In the face of the epidemic, it should be said that nothing is more important than the safety and health of human life." Zhang Yesui said bluntly that China's international anti-epidemic cooperation is not to pursue geopolitical goals, nor to attach any political conditions, but to protect more. Human life safety and health.

 ——How to improve Hong Kong's electoral system?

  Zhang Yesui pointed out frankly that the situation in recent years has shown that the election system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region needs to be improved with the times to provide a sound system guarantee for the comprehensive and accurate implementation of the "one country, two systems" principle and the full implementation of the "patriots ruling Hong Kong" principle.

  He pointed out that the National People's Congress, as the highest organ of state power, exercises the powers conferred by the Constitution and the Basic Law, and makes decisions on the improvement of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region election system from the constitutional level. It is both the power of the National People's Congress and the responsibility of the National People's Congress. .

On the evening of March 4, the press conference of the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress was held in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The spokesperson of the conference Zhang Yesui answered questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on the agenda of the conference and issues related to the work of the National People's Congress.

In order to effectively prevent and control the epidemic and jointly maintain public health and health, the press conference will be conducted in the form of online video.

The picture shows the branch venue.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Qiming

——Does China's poverty alleviation standards differ from international standards?

  "As far as I know, when formulating China's poverty alleviation standards, relevant departments have referred to the poverty standards of the World Bank and other international organizations." Zhang Yesui said that in general, China's poverty alleviation standards are in line with its own level of economic and social development and are higher than those of the World Bank. The poverty standard of US$1.9 per person per day set in 2015 is generally higher than the absolute poverty line of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

 ——Does China's military development pose a threat to other countries?

  The key to measuring whether a country poses a military threat to other countries depends on what kind of national defense policy the country pursues.

China adheres to the path of peaceful development, pursues a defensive national defense policy, and does not target or threaten any country to strengthen national defense.

——How do you view Sino-US relations during the Biden administration?

  Zhang Yesui stated that China's US policy has always maintained a high degree of stability and continuity.

China has always advocated building a Sino-US relationship that is non-conflict, non-confrontational, mutual respect, and win-win cooperation, while firmly safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests.

"It is normal for China and the United States to have differences on some issues. It is normal for China and the United States to break confessions and decoupling to harm others and themselves. Conflict and confrontation are not in the interests of either party."

  Zhang Yesui pointed out that the two countries have important common interests in a wide range of fields such as climate change, fighting the epidemic, promoting world economic recovery, and maintaining regional peace and stability.

The two sides work together to use the call between the two heads of state as an opportunity to strengthen dialogue, focus on cooperation, manage differences, and promote the stable development of Sino-US relations. This conforms to the fundamental interests of the two countries and their peoples, and is also the common expectation of the international community.

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