The relevant person in charge of the Research Office of the State Council interprets the government work report-"Gathering people's hearts, warming people's hearts, strengthening confidence, and building unity"

On the opening day of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress, Premier Li Keqiang delivered a government work report. On May 22, the Information Office of the State Council held a briefing. The relevant person in charge of the Research Office of the State Council introduced and interpreted the drafting of the report and answered questions from reporters.

According to reports, the international epidemic situation is changing, the domestic epidemic prevention and control results continue to expand, the domestic and international economic situation is also changing. The length of the drafting of this year's report is rare in the more than 40 years of reform and opening up. Correspondingly, it takes a long time to listen to opinions from all sides, and there are more suggestions from all sides. From the perspective of response, the report responded to the concerns of all parties, reflected the expectations of all parties, and played the role of "gathering people's hearts, warming people's hearts, strengthening confidence, and building unity.

Stable economic operation has a bearing on the overall situation

This year's government work report did not put forward a quantitative target for economic growth, which has aroused widespread concern from all walks of life.

In this regard, Sun Guojun, a member of the drafting group of the government work report and a member of the Party group of the Research Office of the State Council, said that according to the usual practice, the annual government work report should put forward the expected target of GDP growth rate for that year, which was not mentioned this year. The biggest factor is to take into account the uncertainty.

"The uncertainty is mainly twofold. The first is the uncertainty of the epidemic trend. Now that nearly 5 million people are infected worldwide, the number of new people per day is still close to the 100000 high level, and no one can predict the next trend of the epidemic. The second is the uncertainty of the world economy. The epidemic is the biggest factor affecting global economic activity. The global epidemic trend can not be accurately judged, and accordingly it is impossible to judge how the epidemic control measures in various countries will be adjusted." Sun Guojun said.

Sun Guojun also emphasized that not mentioning specific targets for economic growth does not mean that economic growth is not emphasized, or that economic growth should be allowed to decline.

At present, there are two aspects that need to be supported by growth: on the one hand, this year, it is proposed to give priority to stabilizing employment and protecting people's livelihood, and resolutely win the battle against poverty, which requires the support of economic growth. According to the empirical data of previous years, the growth rate of one point corresponds to about 2 million new jobs. From the perspective of poverty alleviation, there are nearly 30 million of the poor labor force working outside the country. The income from working is an important source of income for many rural residents and an important way to solve the problem of poverty alleviation. On the other hand, when the economy is down, it often leads to some risks. For example, in finance and some other areas, some problems that were not originally problems and risks that were not risks may be caused by the economic downturn. Therefore, stable economic operation has a bearing on the overall situation.

"The report proposes some policies to be implemented in the next phase of this year. As these policies fall into place, the economy will gradually stabilize and pick up, and there will be no problems with the basic market for the year and no problems with people's livelihoods." Sun Guojun said.

Focus on resolving outstanding contradictions and problems

At the briefing, Huang Shouhong, head of the drafting group of the government work report and director of the Research Office of the State Council, said that the report made comprehensive arrangements and arrangements for the next stage of work this year on the basis of analyzing the situation at home and abroad. To understand and grasp the report, we should grasp the normalization of epidemic prevention and control of the premise, grasp the "six guarantees" of the focus, grasp the hard task of poverty alleviation, grasp the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand, grasp the logic of reform and opening up five aspects to understand.

"The epidemic is the biggest variable affecting our country's development in the next stage. China's epidemic prevention and control has achieved significant strategic results, but the global epidemic is still spreading, the risk of import is always present, domestic clusters of epidemics occur from time to time, the complexity of the epidemic rebound has increased. At present, China has shifted from emergency prevention and control to normal prevention and control, and this situation may last for quite a long time. The judgments and various economic and social development policy initiatives proposed in the report are deployed and promoted in an integrated manner under the premise of normalization of epidemic prevention and control." Huang Shouhong said.

In response to the view of whether the "six guarantees" are "passive and passive", Huang Shouhong clearly pointed out that the core of protecting residents' employment, basic people's livelihood, market players, food and energy security, stability of the industrial chain supply chain and grass-roots operation is to stabilize the basic economic situation, hold the bottom line of people's livelihood and achieve the goal of poverty alleviation. The "six guarantees" are positive, aggressive rather than negative goals and tasks for the new situation.

"To run fast is to be aggressive, and to stabilize the current situation is also to be aggressive. In the face of unprecedented shocks, to stabilize the economic fundamentals is to protect social productivity and preserve the foundation for future development. With this foundation, you are not afraid of anything else." Huang Shouhong said.

The great logic of reform and opening up runs through the whole process.

In the face of the epidemic, will China follow the old path of "paving the way" and "extensive growth"? The report states: "We must use the reform and opening-up approach to stabilize employment, protect people's livelihoods, promote consumption, stimulate the market and stabilize growth, and find a new way to effectively respond to shocks and achieve a virtuous circle."

Huang Shouhong pointed out that reform and opening up is the magic weapon that has promoted China's great achievements in the past 40 years. The new measures proposed in the report to promote economic and social development include the "six stability" and "six protection", which can be said to be the "economy" of reform and opening up, the "trick" of reform and opening up, and the road of reform and opening up, so that the market can play a decisive role in the allocation of resources and better play the role of the government.

In response to such arguments as "the end of globalization", "China decoupling" and "withdrawal from China", Sun Guojun said that if the time is extended, globalization must bring well-being to every country and people. The Chinese government has always been an unwavering supporter of the globalization process. In this process, some small stumbles are inevitable, but we can not change the judgment of the general direction. "Enterprises believe that the Chinese market is a market worthy of long-term strategic investment, which is a strategic view."

"In the face of difficulties, we have not slowed down the pace of opening up and reduced our efforts. On the contrary, we have taken a series of major measures this year in expanding opening up and introducing foreign investment, including reducing the negative list of foreign investment access, expanding the opening up of service industry, manufacturing industry and other fields, and setting up pilot free trade zones. It can be said that the great logic of reform and opening up runs through the report, and every aspect of the whole article is reflected everywhere." Huang Shouhong said.

Reprinted from: People's Daily