(On-site of the two sessions) Minister walked on the "channel" and the two sessions "opened the window" to answer
China News Service, Beijing, March 5th, title: Minister steps on the "channel" and the two sessions "open the window" to answer
China News Agency reporter Wang Enbo
Three large screens stand right in front of the Media Center's press conference hall. The top leaders of various Chinese ministries and commissions appear in the screens, telling reporters about the national policies and the people’s sentiments from the Great Hall of the People, several kilometers away.
The Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress opened on the 5th.
Due to the need for epidemic prevention and control, the opening of the first "Ministerial Channel" followed last year's practice and continued to be presented in a special "opening method."
On March 5th, the fourth meeting of the 13th National People's Congress held the first "Ministerial Channel" interview event.
The picture shows China's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian being interviewed via online video.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Some reporters joked that the three large screens in the press hall are like three large windows. Instead of calling them the "Ministerial Passage", they are rather the "Minister's Window."
In fact, such a statement is not unreasonable.
This channel, which was formed spontaneously by reporters' enthusiasm for encircling ministers many years ago, has got rid of its “grass roots” background and has become an important window for the government to actively respond to hot spots and interpret policies.
Now that the "news battlefield" has turned into an "information corridor", the communication and exchanges between the two sides have become more standardized and orderly, and the ministers' answers have become more "thirst-quenching" and "predictable".
Especially in the present century when the epidemic situation has been superimposed over a hundred years, and various unknowns and uncertainties are increasing, the outside world needs to receive the signals released by the two sessions through this window and observe the development trend of China.
——How do you think the government work report puts forward the economic target of "GDP growth above 6%"?
How do you see China's economic trend in 2021?
What are the supports for economic growth this year?
He Lifeng, the first director of the National Development and Reform Commission to embark on the "Ministerial Channel" that day, calmly responded to a series of questions like a series of questions.
After bluntly saying that "the economic situation is indeed more complicated" and "there are more uncertain factors", He Lifeng put in hand many indicators that reflect the stable operation of the national economy this year, such as import and export, PMI, and electricity consumption, in order to explain the "Chinese economy's Resilience is very strong, and the stamina of China's economic development is very strong."
He released his stable expectations and said: "We have the confidence, determination, strength, and confidence to achieve this year's goals and tasks."
——Last year, the scale of tax and fee reduction was large, and the gold content was sufficient. What other considerations and measures are there for this year?
The person who received this question was Liu Kun, the Chinese Finance Minister who once compared the financial sector to an "iron cock."
But for this "benefits account", what he took out was not "iron abacus" but "reassurance": the deepening of the value-added tax reform, the special additional deduction of personal income tax and other institutional tax and fee reduction policies introduced in recent years continue to be implemented With the continuous release of policy stacking effects, the burden of the masses and enterprises will become more and more obvious.
Since the epidemic, how to withdraw some phased tax and fee reduction policies has also attracted much attention.
Liu Kun’s response was frank and straightforward: “On the basis of research and argumentation, some of the enforcement period will be extended appropriately, and some will be suspended after expiration, and no'sudden brakes' will be used."
——What is the current food production situation?
Is China's food security guaranteed?
Faced with external concerns, Tang Renjian, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, emphasized that China's per capita food consumption has exceeded the internationally recognized safety standard for many consecutive years.
"Our food security can be fully guaranteed, and we can fully stabilize the Chinese people's rice bowl."
March 5th this year coincided with the sting of China's twenty-four solar terms.
Tang Renjian also revealed good news when the grass was growing and all things were recovering. "We have adjusted the country's winter wheat production situation, which has increased by more than 3 million mu compared with last year, especially the seedlings and moisture content are very good."
From the macro policy to the topic of "hot" people's livelihood, in a short period of time, the three ministers on the "channel" answered a total of 9 questions, and the density of information is not small.
According to the staff, during the National People's Congress, the press center of the conference will continue to arrange for persons in charge of ministries and commissions of the State Council who are present at the meeting to be interviewed in the "Ministerial Channel".
When the information authority and gold content of the "Ministerial Channel" continues to increase, and when active vocalization has become the normal state of communication between Chinese officials and public opinion, people have discovered that the windows for the outside world to observe the two sessions and understand China are getting brighter.
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