Focus Interview: Navigating China's "Dream of Happiness" for the Common People
CCTV news (focus interview): Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, the cause of the party and the country has achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes.
Starting today, the "Focus Interview" column will launch a series of reports on "Navigating China" to observe the changes in China in the past ten years from the aspects of economy, politics, culture, society and ecological civilization construction.
Who is it developed for?
Facing the question of this era, ten years ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the people's yearning for a better life is our goal.
Not long ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection in Liaoning that the dream of a well-off society, the dream of a strong country, and the Chinese dream are, in the final analysis, the "dream of happiness" of the common people.
In the past ten years, the sense of gain, happiness and security of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people has been continuously improved.
When I saw Deng Xiangying, the 92-year-old was sitting at the door of her neighbor's house helping pick cotton.
The old man told us that regardless of her age, she suffered a serious illness two years ago, but now, she can do laundry, cook, sweep the floor, and her body is very tough.
Granny Deng has a deep feeling about the meaning of "people first, life first".
When the new crown pneumonia outbreak broke out in 2020, she fell ill in Wuhan and was transferred to the People's Hospital of Wuhan University for treatment.
Wan Honghui, Secretary of the Party Committee of the People's Hospital of Wuhan University, said: "At that time, the mother-in-law was in shock when she was brought here. It was extremely difficult to breathe. The CT test showed that she was almost white lung. A department came for consultation, and more than 20 medical staff participated in the treatment."
Granny Deng is just one of the patients who are protected with all her strength.
At the beginning of 2020, in the face of the menacing new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core insisted on putting people's safety and health first and saving lives at all costs.
On March 10, at a critical moment in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was concerned about the safety of the masses, also rushed to Wuhan to inspect the epidemic prevention and control work.
The arrival of General Secretary Xi Jinping has greatly encouraged people who are sticking to the front line of epidemic prevention and control.
How is the health and epidemic prevention doing?
Are people's lives guaranteed enough?
The general secretary asked very carefully.
For more than two years, in the face of the complex evolution of the epidemic, General Secretary Xi Jinping has always personally directed, implemented scientific policies, and coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and the concept of "people first, life first" has been running through it.
Wang Xiangming, deputy dean of the Institute of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Renmin University of China, said: "Among the various rights and interests of the people, the most basic, the most important, and the most important are the right to life and health. We treat babies to centenarians at all costs. All treatment expenses are free of charge by the state. This is probably only possible in China in the world. In fact, it shows the basic concept of the party's people first, which is Xi Jinping The general secretary's heart is for the people."
People's feelings have always run through the vivid practice of General Secretary Xi Jinping's governance of the country.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has traveled through mountains and rivers, covering 31 provinces, autonomous regions and cities, and 14 concentrated and contiguous destitute areas.
Along the way, General Secretary Xi Jinping took the people's urgency and hope, safety and security into his heart, and personally promoted the solution of relevant problems.
Nowadays, every morning when I wake up, Ma Maizhi, a villager in Bulenggou Village, Dongxiang County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, likes to fill the water bottle, water the dozen or so potted flowers at home, and then sit down and drink a bowl slowly. Tea.
Gone are the days when you used to worry about water.
"Bulenggou" means "cliffside" in Dongxiang dialect. The ravines here are vertical and horizontal, and there are nine droughts in ten years.
Ma Maizhi lived in Bulenggou for most of his life and ate brackish water containing fluoride for most of his life.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping deliberately scooped up a ladle of water from the water tank of the villager's house when he was inspecting in Gansu.
The general secretary has always been concerned about making the rural population drink safe water.
Ma Zhanxiang, director of the Water Supply and Drainage Service Center of Dongxiang County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, said: "We keep in mind our entrustment that since 2013, especially since 2019, we have implemented the "Drinking Water Clearance" campaign. Through the "Drinking Water Clearance" campaign, pipelines have been built. The pipeline network is more than 2,600 kilometers, and there are 603 adjustment and storage tanks, and now the county's water supply pipeline network has reached more than 7,200 kilometers."
Today, thousands of households in the valley have access to clean tap water, and Ma Maizhi has also found a water-related job and has become a public welfare plumber.
With water, Dongxiang County, a former national key poverty alleviation area, also has new vitality for industrial development.
In the past ten years, water plants and reservoirs have been erected, and the penetration rate of tap water in my country's rural areas has increased by 19 percentage points, and the problem of drinking water safety has been fully resolved.
Wang Xiangming said: "Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, one of the most distinctive features of the governance of the country by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core is the problem orientation, so the general secretary can reflect the solution from the top-level design of the Party Central Committee during the inspection. These problems. Under the personal care of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the thousands of villages and towns in China are really undergoing major changes, and the people's sense of happiness, gain and security are getting better and better. promote."
Since the neighborhood station was rebuilt in the community, Li Gaixiu and the choir partners no longer have to worry about the rehearsal venue.
Singing, dancing, practicing calligraphy... Now, this place has become the favorite check-in place for residents of the Beisanjie community in Zhengzhou City, but only two years ago, everyone wanted to go around here.
This place used to be a waste transfer station and it smelled bad.
Older communities in cities and towns often have poor living conditions, many safety hazards, and services that cannot keep up.
In August this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during his inspection in Liaoning that the renovation of old communities is an important task to enhance the sense of achievement of the common people. It is necessary to improve the living environment as much as possible, and to renovate living facilities such as water, electricity and gas to better meet the daily life of residents. need.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has launched a series of measures to solve this pain point and difficulty in people's lives.
In May 2020, the Beisanjie community in Zhengzhou City, where Li Gaixiu's home is located, started the old community renovation project.
In addition to the renovation of hardware facilities, the city's first street-level public property management company has also been established to help the masses solve their "urgency and worries" and improve service levels.
Recently, the property has been docking with the gas company to negotiate to solve the problem of gas installation for some residents.
It is related to people's livelihood and well-being to provide the elderly with support and enjoyment, and General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been concerned about it.
When he went to the local area for inspection, the general secretary visited the community many times to understand the relevant situation, and made important arrangements for improving the community home-based care service network.
In the day care center located in Fu'an Community, Cangzhou, Hebei Province, recently Cao Zhicheng brings his chronically ill wife here for rehabilitation training and physiotherapy.
After watching the illness, the old couple will play chess here, chat with other elderly people, and have lunch by the way.
The Fu'an Community Day Care Center was put into trial operation in September last year. It is an exploration of the "integration of medical care and nursing care" for the elderly by implementing the requirements of the Party Central Committee.
Today, Cangzhou Central Hospital has doctors at the community day care center every day. The elderly can see a doctor and get medicine at their doorstep, and there is no problem with medical insurance reimbursement.
In order to solve the worries of the masses, in the past ten years, a net has become larger and denser in China.
In this network, more than 1.36 billion people have basic medical insurance, more than 1.04 billion people have basic endowment insurance, 230 million people and 290 million people have unemployment insurance and work-related injury insurance respectively, and more than 46.8 million people are covered by minimum living allowances or extreme hardships.
Whether you are seeking medical care, retirement, or facing difficulties such as unemployment or work-related injury, this network will do everything it can to help you feel at ease. This is my country's social security network, and it is currently the largest social security system in the world. .
Wang Xiangming said: "All practical behaviors first come from ideology. All the measures taken by the party are based on the premise that the party always adheres to the people-centered concept. Therefore, we have seen over the years, especially the 18th National Congress of the party. Since then, the party has taken a lot of measures to bring real benefits to the common people. These measures fundamentally reflect who the party represents? For whom? For whom development is developed? What kind of development? Who will share the fruits of development? The answer is in two words: the people."
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the idea of people-centered development is not an abstract and esoteric concept, and should not be limited to verbal or ideological links, but should be reflected in all aspects of economic and social development.
In the past ten years, from nurturing the young, taking care of the old, to treating the sick, and helping the weak... "People-centered" is supporting the people through policies, projects, and changes. sense of gain.
In the future, making people live a good life will also be the eternal goal of the party and the country.