Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 28th, by wireTopic: A key step towards the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation——The press conference of the State Council Information Office focuses on the white paper of “China’s Comprehensive Well-off Society”
Xinhua News Agency reporters An Bei, Wang Yuxiao, Wei Yukun
The completion of a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way has achieved the phased goals of China’s modernization drive, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has taken a crucial step. On the 28th, the State Council Information Office released the white paper “China’s Comprehensive Well-off Society” and held a press conference.
A well-off society in an all-round way is a well-off society in an all-round development
“Comprehensively well-off society focuses on being comprehensive, and it is difficult to be comprehensive.” Xu Lin, vice minister of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Information Office of the State Council, pointed out at the press conference that China adheres to material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, and spiritual civilization in the construction of a moderately prosperous society. Social civilization and ecological civilization are promoted and developed in a coordinated manner, strive to meet the people’s ever-increasing diversified, multi-level and multi-faceted needs, and continuously promote the all-round development of people, so as to realize the prosperity of the country, the rejuvenation of the nation, and the happiness of the people.
Zhao Chenxin, Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the “comprehensiveness” of a comprehensive well-off society not only refers to the comprehensive coverage of the areas, it is a well-off society that is comprehensive and progressive in the “five in one”; it also refers to the comprehensive coverage of the population, which is a well-off society that benefits all people; It also refers to the comprehensive coverage of the area, which is a common well-off in urban and rural areas. In terms of effectiveness, an all-round well-off society is to highlight the shortcomings and achieve the balance, coordination and sustainability of development.
Xu Lin said that the construction of a moderately prosperous society in China always takes the people as the center and aims to let all people share the fruits of development. No one is left behind, no region falls, no nation lags behind, and the sun shines on a well-off society in an all-round way. Brighten every corner of the vast land of 9.6 million square kilometers, allowing 56 ethnic groups and more than 1.4 billion Chinese people to enjoy a happy and well-off life.
The process of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way is a process of declining poverty and a process of increasing the prosperity of the people.
Ning Jizhe, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission and director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country’s economic strength has continued to rise, the people’s living standards have improved in an all-round way, and the income distribution pattern of residents has gradually improved. The income gap between urban and rural, regional and different groups of residents tends to narrow overall.
The income gap between urban and rural residents continued to narrow. From 2011 to 2020, the average annual per capita disposable income of rural residents increased by 10.6% in nominal terms, and the average annual growth rate was 1.8 percentage points faster than that of urban residents. The ratio of per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents dropped from 2.99 in 2010 to 2.56 in 2020.
The income gap between regions has been decreasing year by year. In 2020, the income ratios of the eastern and western regions, the central and western regions, and the northeastern and western regions were 1.62, 1.07, and 1.11, respectively, which were 0.08, 0.03, and 0.18 lower than in 2013.
The income gap between residents of different groups has narrowed overall. After the national per capita disposable income Gini coefficient reached its highest point of 0.491 in 2008, it has shown a trend of volatility and decline since 2009. It will fall to 0.468 in 2020, a cumulative decrease of 0.023. During the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, the nation’s per capita net income from transfers increased by 10.1% annually, faster than the growth of the overall income of residents.
The equalization of basic public services has been accelerated. my country has built the world’s largest social security network, with basic medical insurance covering more than 1.35 billion people and basic old-age insurance covering more than 1 billion people. A total of more than 80 million sets of various types of affordable housing and resettlement housing have been built across the country, helping more than 200 million people in need to improve their housing conditions. The consolidation rate of the nine-year compulsory education in 2020 is 95.2%, and the general public budget health expenditure is 1.92 trillion yuan.
Eradication of poverty alleviation, a well-off society in an all-round way, and common prosperity
Xu Lin said that poverty alleviation, comprehensive well-off, and common prosperity run through the extraordinary course of the party uniting and leading the people to work hard, reflecting the continuity and phased unity of the socialist modernization construction, and also the party’s role in solving the problem of rich and poor. Deepening of knowledge and practice.
He pointed out that these three are interconnected and internally consistent, and they all embody the party’s purpose-serving the people wholeheartedly, embodying the original mission of the party-seeking happiness for the people, rejuvenating the nation, and embodying the party’s value pursuit- -Putting the people at the center and putting the people first. All three embody the essential requirements of socialism. They are all aimed at promoting the all-round development of people and satisfying people’s new expectations for a better life. They all emphasize the balance, coordination and sustainability of development, and they all emphasize “no one few”. All three must adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, take the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and give full play to the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics. All three must be based on development to continuously liberate and develop productive forces; all must rely on struggle to gather strength.
Xu Lin pointed out that the three have their own focuses and differences. From the perspective of content characteristics, the connotation is different and continuously enriched. Poverty alleviation is to eliminate absolute poverty and solve the problem of poverty; comprehensive well-off is the integration of economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological civilization construction, so that people can live better lives; common prosperity is not only material wealth, but also spiritual Prosperity, the all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society are continuously realized. From the perspective of target tasks, advance step by step and step by step. Alleviating poverty is an important content and bottom-line task of an all-round well-off society. A well-off society in an all-round way is an important foundation for achieving common prosperity. Common prosperity is the goal of poverty alleviation and an all-round well-off society. Only by promoting common prosperity can we truly consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation and an all-round well-off society, and further demonstrate the superiority of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics.
Ning Jizhe said that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, to further control and narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, we must not only make a big pie, but also divide the pie. Adhere to development as the top priority, increase residents’ income through economic development, hard work, and expansion of employment, while insisting on distribution according to work as the mainstay and coexistence of multiple distribution methods. Construct a basic system arrangement for the coordination of primary distribution, redistribution, and three distributions, promote social fairness and justice, promote the all-round development of people, and enable all people to make solid progress toward the goal of common prosperity.
After building a well-off society in an all-round way, agriculture and rural areas are still the weak link. Liu Huanxin, vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that at present and for a period in the future, we will continue to take the promotion of farmers’ income as the central task of implementing the rural revitalization strategy, and increase income through industrial revitalization, employment expansion, deepening reforms, and improving policies.
A well-off society in an all-round way brings opportunities for the prosperity and development of the world economy
As the world‘s most populous country and the world‘s largest developing country, building a well-off society in an all-round way is China’s great contribution to world peace and development.
“China’s comprehensive construction of a moderately prosperous society has provided impetus and opportunities for the recovery of the world economy, and provided Chinese wisdom and Chinese strength for building a community with a shared future for mankind.” Ning Jizhe said that since the reform and opening up, 770 million rural poor people have been lifted out of China. Poverty, accounting for more than 70% of the global poverty reduction population during the same period, will eliminate absolute poverty in 2020, significantly reducing the world’s poor population. Since 2006, China has been the largest contributor to world economic growth for 15 consecutive years, and the average contribution rate to world economic growth has exceeded 30% for many consecutive years.
Standing at a new historical starting point, China’s development faces new challenges and opportunities.
Ning Jizhe said that, on the whole, the demographic dividend still exists, the advantage of the talent dividend is coming later, and the health of the population continues to improve. “With the gradual improvement of the population policy, China’s economic development has been improving for a long time, and it still has a good guarantee of human resources.”
“my country will speed up the construction of a new development pattern, steadily implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand, firmly promote common prosperity, continue to grow the middle-income group, and the scale of consumption will continue to expand. The overall pace of consumption upgrading will not slow down. Residents need for a better life and their willingness to consume. The general trend of increasing release will not change.” Zhao Chenxin said.
Source: Xinhuanet
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