Interpretation of the Government Work Report ｜ Improving people’s livelihood and well-being is the fundamental purpose of development.

　　On March 5th, the State Council Press Office held a briefing. Huang Shouhong, head of the drafting group of the Government Work Report and director of the Research Office of the State Council, interpreted the Government Work Report and answered questions from reporters.

　　Huang Shouhong, head of the drafting group of the Government Work Report and director of the Research Office of the State Council, said that improving people’s livelihood and well-being is the fundamental purpose of development. This year’s "Report" focuses on issues of concern to the masses and puts forward many policy measures on people’s livelihood. Safeguarding and improving people’s livelihood are reflected and demanded in many aspects in the Report.

　　For example, in education, the Report proposes to improve the running conditions of rural boarding schools. There are more than 30 million boarding students in compulsory education in China, many of whom are left-behind children. Although the conditions of rural boarding schools have been greatly improved in recent years, there are still many weak links. In order to make these children study well and study hard, this year, the Report put forward requirements for this weak link.

　　For example, in terms of medical and health care, the Report proposes to continue to increase financial subsidies for basic medical care this year, and raise the standard of financial subsidies for medical insurance for urban and rural residents in 30 yuan to reach the annual 670 yuan for each person. The report also emphasizes the implementation and improvement of medical settlement in different places, the improvement of medical services with patients as the center, and the promotion of mutual recognition of inspection results.

　　For example, in terms of social security, the Report proposes that this year, while continuing to raise the basic pension for retirees, the monthly minimum standard of basic pension for urban and rural residents should be raised in 20 yuan. Let me make a brief introduction to this matter. At present, there are 170 million elderly people in China receiving pension insurance benefits for urban and rural residents. This year, the minimum standard has been raised in 20 yuan, with an increase of 19.4%, which is the largest increase in recent years.

　　Regarding the deployment arrangements for improving people’s livelihood this year, I believe that through joint efforts, it will be put in place. In the "Government Work Report", it is also very important to look at the shortcomings of people’s livelihood with development thinking. Improving people’s livelihood is also the driving force to promote economic development. The solution of people’s livelihood issues such as employment, old-age care and medical care can not only enhance people’s well-being, but also stimulate the huge domestic demand potential. Therefore, if we want to solve people’s livelihood problems, including "one old and one small" and facilitating children’s nursery schools, we need to increase investment, which in turn can drive other expenditures. The reason why these livelihood security and improvement measures can be realized is that their feasibility has been fully considered when formulating measures and putting forward objectives and tasks, and the government has also studied and formulated some supporting measures and measures. A basic principle in safeguarding and improving people’s livelihood is to do our best and do what we can. The government mainly performs the duties of ensuring the basics and the bottom line, and on this basis, tries its best to improve the level of protection.