(Two Sessions Express) Inventory of the core data in the 2021 Chinese government work report

  China News Service, Beijing, March 5 (Reporter Xia Bin) The Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress opened on the morning of the 5th in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

In his government work report, Premier Li Keqiang used a series of figures to summarize the achievements of China's economic and social development in 2020 and outline the policy goals for 2021.

  In 2020, China will hand over an answer sheet that is satisfactory to the people and attracts the attention of the world and can be recorded in the annals of history:

  ——The annual GDP exceeded 100 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 2.3%.

11.86 million new jobs were created in cities and towns, and the surveyed unemployment rate in cities and towns nationwide fell to 5.2% at the end of the year.

Consumer prices rose by 2.5%.

  ——Reduce the burden of market entities by more than 2.6 trillion yuan, of which 1.7 trillion yuan will be reduced or exempted from social insurance premiums.

Establish a direct mechanism for the additional 2 trillion yuan of central fiscal funds.

Large commercial banks inclusive of loans to small and micro enterprises increased by more than 50%, and the financial system gave 1.5 trillion yuan in profits to the real economy.

  —— Provide timely assistance to people in distress due to the epidemic, newly enrolled in subsistence allowances and special hardship to support nearly 6 million people, and provided temporary assistance to more than 8 million people.

  ——The remaining 5.51 million rural poor people at the beginning of the year were all lifted out of poverty, and all 52 impoverished counties took off their hats.

  ——To achieve the goal of enrolling 1 million people in higher vocational colleges.

  In 2021, China put forward new expected goals for development:

  ——Gross domestic product increased by more than 6%; more than 11 million new jobs were created in urban areas, and the urban surveyed unemployment rate was about 5.5%; consumer prices rose by about 3%; the volume of imports and exports rose steadily and the balance of payments was basically balanced; residents Income has grown 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.

  -This year's deficit rate is planned to be around 3.2%, which is lower than last year, and no special national debts for the fight against the epidemic will be issued.

  ——The central government continued to arrange negative growth in expenditures, and further significantly reduced non-urgently needed non-rigid expenditures. General transfer payments to local governments increased by 7.8%, which was significantly higher than last year. Among them, balanced transfer payments and county-level basic financial guarantee mechanisms were rewarded and supplemented. The increase of funds etc. all exceeded 10%.

  —— Establish a normalized direct fiscal fund direct mechanism and expand the scope, and include 2.8 trillion yuan of central fiscal funds into the direct mechanism, which is significantly larger than last year, and provides more timely and powerful financial support for the benefit of enterprises and people at the city and county level.

  —— Raise the value-added tax threshold for small-scale taxpayers from monthly sales of 100,000 yuan to 150,000 yuan.

On the part of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households whose annual taxable income is less than 1 million yuan, on the basis of the current preferential policies, the income tax will be halved.

  ——Inclusive of loans to small and micro enterprises by large commercial banks increased by more than 30%.

  ——The average rate of broadband and dedicated lines for SMEs will be reduced by another 10%.

Abolish port construction fees, and reduce the civil aviation development fund airline collection standard by 20%.

  —— The expenditure on basic research at the central level increased by 10.6%.

Continue the implementation of the 75% deduction policy for corporate R&D expenses, and increase the percentage of manufacturing companies’ super deduction to 100%.

  —— It is planned to arrange special bonds of 3.65 trillion yuan for local governments this year to give priority to supporting projects under construction and rationally expand the scope of use.

610 billion yuan is allocated for investment in the central budget.

Government investment is more inclined to projects that benefit a wide range of people's livelihoods, and new construction has been started to renovate 53,000 old communities in cities and towns to improve the level of public services in the county.

  ——The clean heating rate in the north reaches 70%.

  ——The per capita financial subsidy standards for resident medical insurance and basic public health service funds were increased by 30 yuan and 5 yuan respectively, and the provincial-level overall planning of basic medical insurance and direct settlement of outpatient expenses across provinces were promoted.

  Li Keqiang pointed out that the expected goals of economic growth, employment, and prices reflect the requirements for keeping the economy operating within a reasonable range, and smoothly link up with future goals, which are conducive to achieving sustainable and healthy development.

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