At 9 a.m. on March 5th, the opening meeting of the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress was held in the Great Hall of the People. Premier Li Keqiang made a report on the work of the government.

  Premier Li Keqiang pointed out in the government work report on the 5th that my country's development this year still faces many risks and challenges, but the fundamentals of the long-term economic improvement have not changed.

We must strengthen our confidence, overcome difficulties, consolidate the foundation for restorative growth, and strive to maintain sustained and healthy economic and social development.

  The main expected targets for development this year are: GDP growth of more than 6%; urban new employment of more than 11 million people, urban surveyed unemployment rate of about 5.5%; consumer price increase of about 3%; steady growth in import and export volume and international revenue Residents’ income has increased steadily; the quality of the ecological environment has been further improved, energy consumption per unit of GDP has been reduced by about 3%, and emissions of major pollutants have continued to decline; grain output has remained above 1.3 trillion catties.

  The economic growth rate is a comprehensive indicator. The expected target for this year is set at more than 6%. Taking into account the recovery of economic operations, it is conducive to guiding all parties to focus on promoting reform and innovation and promoting high-quality development.

The expected goals of economic growth, employment, and prices reflect the requirements for maintaining economic operations within a reasonable range, and steadily connect with future goals, which are conducive to the realization of sustainable and healthy development.

  To do a good job this year, we must better coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development.

Adhere to the organic combination of normalized prevention and control and local emergency response, continue to do a good job of external defense input and internal defense rebound without any relaxation, pay attention to the prevention and control of key areas and key links, fill up short loopholes, and strictly prevent clustered epidemics and spread The spread of cases, the orderly advancement of vaccine development and free vaccination, and the improvement of scientific and precise prevention and control capabilities and levels.

  (According to the text of the webcast)