Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that due to the impact of the epidemic and disasters, there are now more and more people in need. He therefore called for strengthening dynamic monitoring, expanding the scope of protection and assistance, and preventing incidents that impact the bottom line of morality.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Li Keqiang visited the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Monday (27th) and chaired a symposium. He first said that it is necessary to take stronger responsibility to promote the accelerated recovery and development of the economy, protect market players, stabilize the basic employment market, and effectively protect people’s livelihood.
Li Keqiang went on to say that ordinary people have superior wisdom, and we should encourage more people to have the courage to venture and start businesses, and to further promote mass entrepreneurship and innovation. Ownership market entities.
Li Keqiang listened to the employment situation and work report. He said that people’s livelihood is in diligence, and diligence must be able to obtain employment, and rely on labor to create wealth. Stable employment is an important sign that the economy is operating within a reasonable range. Affected by unexpected factors such as the epidemic, China’s economy is under new downward pressure. The current package of policies and measures to stabilize the economy is accelerating and taking effect. The economy has generally recovered, but the foundation for recovery is not yet solid, and the task of stabilizing employment is still arduous.
He stressed that development is the foundation and key to solving all problems in China. The most important policy measures to stabilize the economy is to focus on ensuring market entities to stabilize employment. It is necessary to further enhance the sense of urgency, continue to implement various policies, and promote the return of economic operation to the normal track as soon as possible, promote employment through development, ensure people’s livelihood through employment, and reduce and control the unemployment rate as soon as possible.
According to reports, Li Keqiang also came to the Social Assistance Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to view monitoring information on low-income populations and learn about the implementation of assistance policies.
He said that social assistance is the basic guarantee of people’s livelihood, which can promote fairness and peace, and it is also a buffer zone, which can allow people who are temporarily in distress to get through the difficulties before they can find employment and start a business. It is necessary to link the assistance and social security policies with the employment policy, and encourage those who can rely on employment to strive for a better life with their hands, so as to make the society more dynamic.
At the symposium, the Ministry of Civil Affairs made a report. Li Keqiang said that the fundamental purpose of development is to enable the people to live a good life, and the more difficulties there are, the more efforts must be made to do a good job in all areas of people’s livelihood.
He pointed out that due to the impact of the epidemic and disasters, there are now more and more people in need. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen dynamic monitoring and timely find out the unemployed, those who need to be included in the minimum living allowance, and those who are temporarily trapped. A matter of moral bottom line. Ensure that there is no large-scale return to poverty.
At the same time, ensure that pensions are paid in full and on time, and do a good job in people’s livelihood such as compulsory education, basic medical care, and basic housing. Li Keqiang said that in recent years, more than 70% of China’s national fiscal expenditure has been used for people’s livelihood. He called on governments at all levels to stick to a tight life and take responsibility to protect basic people’s livelihood.