The Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress

The Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress opened on the morning of the 5th at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Nearly 3000 National People's Congress deputies, entrusted by the people, attended the conference and fulfilled the sacred responsibilities bestowed upon them by the Constitution and laws.

Li Qiang pointed out in the report that the past year was the opening year for the full implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the first year for the current government to perform its duties in accordance with the law. In the face of the extremely complex international environment and the arduous task of reform, development and stability, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core united and led the people of all ethnic groups in the country to withstand external pressure, overcome internal difficulties, and made arduous efforts to achieve a smooth transition in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic and achieve a major decisive victory. Throughout the year, the economy and society The main goals and tasks of development have been successfully completed, high-quality development has been solidly promoted, the overall social situation has remained stable, and a solid step has been taken in building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.

Li Qiang pointed out in the report that over the past year, we have deeply studied and implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee. In accordance with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, we have mainly done the following work: first, increased macroeconomic regulation and control efforts to promote sustained improvement in economic operation; Secondly, relying on innovation to lead industrial upgrading and enhance new driving forces for urban and rural regional development; Thirdly, deepen reform and expand opening up, and continuously improve the business environment; The fourth is to strengthen ecological environment protection and governance, accelerate the green transformation of development mode; Fifth, we will focus on ensuring people's livelihoods and promoting the development of social undertakings; Sixth, comprehensively strengthen government construction and vigorously improve governance efficiency.

Li Qiang pointed out in the report that while acknowledging the achievements, we are also aware of the difficulties and challenges we are facing. We will definitely face problems and challenges head-on, do our best in our work, and never let down the expectations and heavy trust of the people.

Li Qiang pointed out in the report that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and is a crucial year for achieving the goals and tasks of the 14th Five Year Plan. The main expected development goal for this year is to increase the gross domestic product by about 5%; More than 12 million new urban jobs have been created, and the surveyed urban unemployment rate is around 5.5%; The increase in consumer prices for residents is about 3%; The growth of resident income is synchronized with economic growth; Maintaining basic balance of international payments; Grain production exceeding 1.3 trillion catties; The energy consumption per unit of GDP has decreased by about 2.5%, and the ecological environment quality continues to improve.

Li Qiang pointed out in the report that we should persist in seeking progress while maintaining stability, promoting stability with progress, and stand first and then break. To complete this year's development goals and tasks, we must thoroughly implement Xi Jinping's economic thought and focus on promoting high-quality development. We should deepen the reform and opening up with greater determination and strength, promote the better integration of effective markets and the government, continuously stimulate and enhance social vitality, and promote high-quality development to achieve new and greater results.

Li Qiang proposed in the report that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has made a comprehensive deployment for this year's work. We must deeply implement it, firmly grasp the main contradictions, focus on breaking through bottleneck constraints, and solidly do a good job in all aspects of work: vigorously promote the construction of a modern industrial system, and accelerate the development of new quality productive forces; Deeply implement the strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education, and strengthen the basic support for high-quality development; Efforts will be made to expand domestic demand and promote a virtuous cycle of the economy; Firmly deepen reforms and enhance endogenous driving forces for development; Expand high-level opening-up to the outside world and promote mutual benefit and win-win outcomes; Better coordinate development and security, effectively prevent and resolve risks in key areas; Persistently carry out the work of agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, and solidly promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas; Promote urban-rural integration and regional coordinated development, vigorously optimize economic layout; Strengthen the construction of ecological civilization and promote green and low-carbon development; Effectively ensuring and improving people's livelihoods, strengthening and innovating social governance.

In the report, Li Qiang also elaborated on strengthening the government's own construction, ethnic, religious, and overseas Chinese affairs work, national defense and military construction, the development of Hong Kong and Macao and cross-strait relations, as well as China's foreign policy.

According to the agenda of the meeting, the conference will review the report of the State Council on the implementation of the National Economic and Social Development Plan for 2023 and the draft National Economic and Social Development Plan for 2024, as well as the draft National Economic and Social Development Plan for 2024, the report of the State Council on the implementation of the central and local budgets for 2023 and the draft central and local budgets for 2024, and the draft central and local budgets for 2024.