(Two Sessions Express) Li Keqiang talks about government work in the past year: the main goals and tasks of the year are well accomplished
China News Agency, Beijing, March 5. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said in his government work report to the Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress on the 5th that the past year has been a landmark year in the history of the party and the country.
Over the past year, in the face of complex and severe domestic and international situations and many risks and challenges, the whole country has worked together to coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. The main goals and tasks of the year have been well completed, the "14th Five-Year Plan" has achieved a good start, and China's development New major achievements have been made.
In the government work report, Li Keqiang reviewed the government work in 2021.
- The economy maintains recovery and development.
The gross domestic product reached 114 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 8.1%.
National fiscal revenue exceeded 20 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.7%.
12.69 million new jobs were created in urban areas, and the surveyed urban unemployment rate averaged 5.1%.
Consumer prices rose by 0.9%.
The balance of payments is basically balanced.
- Further enhancement of innovation capability.
The national strategic scientific and technological strength has been accelerated.
Important progress has been made in tackling key core technologies, and new breakthroughs have been made in the fields of manned spaceflight, Mars exploration, resource exploration, and energy engineering.
The R&D expenditure of enterprises increased by 15.5%.
The integration of digital technology and the real economy is accelerating.
——The economic structure and regional layout continued to be optimized.
The grain output reached 1.37 trillion catties, a record high.
The added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 18.2%, and producer services such as information technology services developed rapidly, and the resilience of the industrial chain was improved.
The regional development strategy was effectively implemented, and new-type urbanization was steadily advanced.
- Reform and opening up continued to deepen.
A number of major reform measures have been launched in important areas and key links, and supply-side structural reform has been further advanced.
New progress has been made in the reform of "delegating power, delegating power and providing services".
The total number of market entities exceeds 150 million.
The high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is steadily advancing.
Promote the entry into force and implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
The total import and export of goods increased by 21.4%, and the actual use of foreign capital kept growing.
——The construction of ecological civilization continued to advance.
The battle for pollution prevention and control has been carried out in depth, the discharge of major pollutants has continued to decline, and the average concentration of fine particulate matter in cities at the prefecture level and above has dropped by 9.1%.
The first national parks were officially established.
The quality of the ecological environment has been significantly improved.
- The people's living standards have been steadily improved.
The per capita disposable income of residents increased by 8.1% in real terms.
The achievements of poverty alleviation have been consolidated and expanded.
The basic pension, basic medical care, social assistance and other guarantees have been strengthened.
Educational reform and development took a new step.
Newly started the renovation of 56,000 old urban communities, benefiting nearly 10 million families.
——The results of epidemic prevention and control continued to be consolidated.
Normalized prevention and control measures have been implemented, and the coverage rate of vaccines in the whole process has exceeded 85%, and clustered epidemics in local areas have been dealt with in a timely and effective manner, ensuring people's life safety and health, and maintaining normal production and living order.
Li Keqiang said that looking back on the past year, the achievements were not easy to come by.
China's economy is still in the process of recovery and development after severe shocks such as the sudden outbreak of the epidemic. Many new changes have occurred in the domestic and international situation, and it is more difficult to maintain stable economic operation.
We thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, do a solid job of "six stability" and "six guarantees", and pay attention to macro policies across the board. Cyclic and counter-cyclical adjustment to effectively deal with various risk challenges.
Li Keqiang further concluded that, in the past year, we have maintained continuous and targeted macro policies to keep economic operation within a reasonable range.
We will deepen reform and expand opening up, and continue to improve the business environment.
Optimize and implement rescue policies to help enterprises and consolidate the foundation for economic recovery.
Strengthen innovation leadership and stabilize the industrial chain and supply chain.
Promote the coordinated development of urban and rural areas, and continuously optimize the economic layout.
Efforts will be made to protect and improve people's livelihood and accelerate the development of social undertakings.
Strengthen ecological protection and promote sustainable development.
Implement the strategic deployment of the Party Central Committee to comprehensively and strictly administer the Party.
Promote the construction of a government ruled by law and innovation in governance, and maintain social harmony and stability.
Major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics has been comprehensively promoted.
While affirming the achievements, Li Keqiang emphasized that we must also be soberly aware of the problems and challenges we face.
He mentioned that the global epidemic is still ongoing, the world economic recovery lacks momentum, commodity prices fluctuate at a high level, and the external environment becomes more complex, severe and uncertain; China's economic development is facing triple pressures of shrinking demand, supply shocks, and weakening expectations; local epidemics Happens from time to time; and so on.
In this regard, Li Keqiang said that we must enhance our sense of urgency, face the challenges of problems, go all out to do a good job, and never live up to the expectations of the people.
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