In 2021, China started a new journey like this.
At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the annual work conferences of major ministries and commissions were held one after another.
Affected by the epidemic situation in COVID-19, some ministries and commissions held their annual work conference in the form of video teleconference and some ministries and commissions held it in the form of video. Most ministries and commissions have finished their annual work meetings and deployed key tasks in 2021 or even the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
Between the lines of the press releases of these working conferences, it is how China has gone through an extraordinary year of 2020 and successfully completed the outline of the 13 th Five-Year Plan; It is how China will start 2021 and start a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.
Take stock of the extraordinary year 2020
2020 is an extraordinary year. This year, for major ministries and commissions, they all undertook arduous development tasks.
Among them, there are many commonalities. For example, it is an indispensable part of the work of major ministries and commissions to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and return to work.
At the national development and reform work conference, the first task of taking stock of the work in 2020 is to fully invest in epidemic prevention and control, to ensure the supply of epidemic prevention materials such as masks, to ensure the stable supply of daily necessities, to support the construction of centralized treatment hospitals such as Vulcan Mountain and Raytheon Mountain, to promote the resumption of work, production and business, and to implement the implementation plan of the public health emergency material security system.
The same is true of the national business video conference. The meeting pointed out that in the past year, the central government resolutely implemented the deployment of epidemic prevention and control, ensured the supply of daily necessities, promoted the resumption of work, production, business and market, carried out international anti-epidemic cooperation, and strengthened the epidemic prevention and control of overseas enterprise projects.
The same is true of the national conference on scientific and technological work. The meeting pointed out that in the past year, scientific research on epidemic prevention and control was strengthened around protecting people’s lives and health, and a number of pragmatic results were achieved in the fields of drugs, vaccines and testing reagents, which strongly supported the national epidemic prevention and control.
The National Conference on Education pointed out that the past year of 2020 was an extraordinary year, which brought a big exam, a serial exam and a stubble exam to the education system. The education system coordinated the prevention and control of epidemic situation and the reform and development of education, and promoted the successful conclusion of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" of education. The prevention and control of epidemic situation achieved significant results, education got a major victory in tackling poverty, and made significant progress in fully implementing the fundamental task of cultivating people in Lide, and education reform and opening up achieved a major breakthrough.
The national video conference on civil affairs pointed out that the prevention and control of the epidemic situation in COVID-19 has achieved outstanding results, and the civil affairs service agencies in most provinces have no cases and no infections. The community prevention and control has built a strong fortress position, and charity and social forces have participated extensively, effectively ensuring the basic livelihood of people with special difficulties affected by the epidemic.
The national audit work conference pointed out that in the past year, the audit department carried out special audits of epidemic prevention and control funds and donations to ensure timely disbursement and safe management of funds and materials. Promote the accelerated allocation of more than 10 billion yuan of funds and nearly 174 million pieces of materials.
Of course, the major ministries and commissions are more responsible for the development of this system.
For example, the development and reform system has undertaken hard tasks such as keeping the economic market stable, focusing on high-quality development direction, resolutely completing poverty alleviation, focusing on deepening market-oriented reform and expanding high-level opening-up, resolutely fighting the battle against pollution, and earnestly maintaining the stability of industrial chain supply chain and food and energy security.
In the business system, the focus of work in the past year was to implement the eight major action plans, promote the "6+1" key work, and promote the high-quality development of business. In addition to the epidemic prevention and control work, it also includes promoting consumption replenishment and potential release, fully stabilizing the basic plate of foreign trade and foreign investment, deepening the "Belt and Road" economic and trade cooperation, continuously deepening multi-bilateral economic and trade cooperation, and deepening business poverty alleviation.
For the transportation system, in 2020, despite severe challenges and major difficulties, it won a staged victory in the prevention and control of transportation epidemic situation, basically completed the objectives and tasks of "two links" (qualified towns and villages connected with buses and hardened roads) and the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", canceled the provincial toll stations of expressways and achieved smooth operation, realized the contrarian growth of investment in transportation fixed assets, and started construction of major landmark projects such as sichuan-tibet railway, which were handed over to the party and the people.
Witness the great progress of China.
China did not become what it is today overnight. In the summary of ministries’ work, the progress of China is recorded.
The National Conference on Science and Technology Work pointed out that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, China’s science and technology undertakings accelerated. The data can support the conclusion — — The R&D expenditure of the whole society increased from 1.42 trillion yuan in 2015 to 2.21 trillion yuan in 2019, and the R&D investment intensity reached 2.23% in 2019; Funding for basic research has nearly doubled, reaching 133.6 billion yuan in 2019; The turnover of technology market contracts doubled, exceeding 2.2 trillion yuan in 2019; According to the global innovation index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China’s ranking jumped from 29th in 2015 to 14th.
The meeting of directors of the National Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs pointed out that the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" is the best period of China’s food security situation, the period of the largest increase in farmers’ income, the period of decisive victory in tackling poverty, the period of driving agricultural innovation and achieving a key turning point in green development, the period of the most obvious improvement of rural living conditions, and the period of accelerating the improvement of the policies and regulations on agriculture, rural areas and farmers. Hundreds of millions of farmers have headed for a well-off society in an all-round way, and agricultural and rural development has stood at a new historical starting point.
At the national video conference on civil affairs work, many figures witnessed the progress of China: the guarantee for getting rid of poverty is firm and strong, and 19.36 million poor people with established files are included in the scope of assistance; Breakthroughs have been made in the reform and development of the social assistance system, with urban and rural minimum living standards reaching 665 yuan per capita per month and 5,842 yuan per year, up by 7.7% and 11.3% respectively. The fact that 247,600 unaccompanied children were included in the national security for the first time … …
At the National Conference on Emergency Management, State Councilor Wang Yong pointed out that emergency management has great responsibilities and arduous tasks. In the extraordinary past year, in the face of a series of major challenges, such as the sudden COVID-19 epidemic and the worst flood disaster since 1998, the national emergency management system made every effort to prevent and control the epidemic, strictly guard against the safety risks of returning to work and production, and carried out in-depth three-year special rectification of national safety production and special rectification of "opening small stoves" in key areas. The national safety production situation continued to improve steadily, achieving a historic achievement of no particularly serious accidents throughout the year, and the number of people who died and disappeared due to flood disasters dropped to the year of flood season.
The National Conference on Housing and Urban-Rural Construction pointed out that the development of housing and urban-rural construction during the 13th Five-Year Plan period has made historic new achievements. For example, housing development has made great strides towards the goal of living and living. In 2019, the per capita housing construction area of urban and rural residents reached 39.8 square meters and 48.9 square meters respectively; More than 23 million sets of shed reform have been started nationwide, helping more than 50 million residents get out of the shed and into the building.
Plan the key work in 2021.
2021 is a year of special importance in the process of China’s modernization. For major ministries and commissions, how to run a good bureau this year is very important.
The working meeting of the People’s Bank of China requested that in 2021, strong and effective financial support should be provided to accelerate the construction of a new development pattern. First, a prudent monetary policy should be flexible, accurate, reasonable and moderate; Second, continue to play a good role in the precise drip irrigation of structural monetary policy tools and credit policies, and build an institutional mechanism for finance to effectively support the real economy such as small and micro enterprises; The third is to implement the major decision-making arrangements of carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions and improve the green financial policy framework and incentive mechanism; Fourth, speed up the improvement of the macro-prudential policy framework and bring major financial activities, financial institutions, financial markets and financial infrastructure into macro-prudential management; Fifth, continue to prevent and resolve financial risks; Sixth, deeply participate in global financial governance, strictly prevent and control external financial risks, and steadily expand two-way financial opening; Seventh, steadily and cautiously promote the internationalization of RMB; Eighth, deepen the reform of financial markets and financial institutions.
At the National Conference on Science and Technology Work, Wang Zhigang, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, demanded that the following eleven aspects should be done well in 2021: First, promote the construction of national laboratories and the reorganization of the national key laboratory system, and strengthen the basic ability of scientific and technological innovation. The second is to improve the new national system and concentrate on the key core technologies. The third is to issue the "14 th Five-Year Plan" for scientific and technological innovation, and improve the planning implementation and resource allocation mechanism. The fourth is to formulate and implement the ten-year action plan of basic research to improve the ability of innovation strategy. Fifth, strengthen the dominant position of enterprise’s technological innovation, and accelerate the research and application of high and new technologies. Sixth, vigorously develop agriculture and people’s livelihood science and technology to ensure people’s life, health and well-being. Seventh, accelerate the construction of regional innovation highland and create a high-quality development power source. Eighth, deepen the reform of science and technology system and mechanism and improve the efficiency of innovation system. The ninth is to strengthen the construction of style of study and scientific and technological supervision, build a large supervision pattern, and "zero tolerance" for scientific research misconduct. The tenth is to cultivate, introduce and use talents in an all-round way and fully stimulate the innovation vitality of talents. Eleventh, adhere to openness, tolerance, mutual benefit and sharing, and accelerate the internationalization of scientific and technological innovation.
The national teleconference on business work made it clear that in 2021, we should focus on building a new development pattern and do a good job in the following work. In promoting the smooth domestic circulation, we should twist the main line of supply-side structural reform, pay attention to demand-side management, stimulate consumption potential based on the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand, build a modern commercial circulation system, open up internal circulation blockage points, and promote the formation of a strong domestic market. Improve the traditional consumption level, accelerate the cultivation of new consumption, build a consumption upgrading platform, optimize the distribution network layout, and cultivate and expand the circulation subject. In promoting the smooth domestic and international double circulation, we will persist in opening to the outside world in a wider scope, in a wider field and at a deeper level, make full use of domestic and international resources, and promote the coordinated development of domestic demand and external demand, import and export, foreign investment introduction and foreign investment. Stabilize the basic market of foreign trade and foreign investment, deepen the "Belt and Road" economic and trade cooperation, promote the integration of domestic and foreign trade, build a high-level open platform, and strengthen multi-bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
For housing and urban and rural construction, the plan for 2021 focuses on eight aspects. First, fully implement the urban renewal action to promote the high-quality development of the city; Second, steadily implement the long-term mechanism plan of real estate to promote the stable and healthy development of the real estate market; Third, vigorously develop rental housing and solve the outstanding housing problems in big cities; Fourth, strengthen urban governance and promote the construction of resilient cities; Fifth, implement rural construction actions to improve the level of rural construction; Sixth, accelerate the development of "China Construction" and promote the transformation and upgrading of the construction industry; Seventh, continue to promote reform and innovation and strengthen the construction of laws, regulations and standards system; Eighth, strengthen the overall leadership of the party and build a team of high-quality cadres.
Layout "14 th Five-Year Plan" period
2021 is the first year of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Prior to this, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee deliberated and adopted the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Proposal on Formulating the 14th Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Objectives for the Year 2035. According to the spirit of the plenary session, when arranging the work in 2021, the ministries and commissions looked forward to the work during the 14 th Five-Year Plan period.
At the meeting of directors of the National Department of Culture and Tourism, Hu Heping, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, emphasized that the strategic task of cultural and tourism development during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period is to build and improve the social civilization promotion and upgrading project, the artistic creation system in the new era, the cultural heritage protection and inheritance system, the modern public cultural service system, the modern cultural industry system, the modern tourism system, the modern culture and tourism market system, and the foreign cultural exchange and tourism promotion system.
In the science and technology system, Wang Zhigang emphasized that for the medium and long term, it is necessary to strengthen the systematic layout of scientific and technological innovation. Pay more attention to original innovation and comprehensively strengthen basic research and applied basic research. Pay more attention to leading development and support high-quality development, improvement of people’s livelihood and national security with high-level scientific and technological supply. Pay more attention to talent-oriented and accelerate the construction of an internationally competitive talent system. Pay more attention to openness and integration and build an open and inclusive global innovation ecosystem.
The meeting of directors of the National Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs emphasized that the agricultural and rural work in the "14th Five-Year Plan" should follow the orientation of "ensuring the security of supply and revitalizing the smooth circulation" and grasp the key objectives, tasks and support. To ensure the national food security and the effective supply of important agricultural and sideline products, the grain output should be stabilized at more than 1.3 trillion Jin, and strive to increase steadily, and the pork production capacity should be stabilized at about 55 million tons. It is necessary to consolidate the effective connection between the achievements of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, keep the bottom line of not returning to poverty on a large scale, promote the smooth transformation of poverty alleviation policies and support rural revitalization. It is necessary to unremittingly do a good job in the ten-year ban on fishing in the Yangtze River, distinguish stages, and ensure that the fishermen who have been arrested are stable, and there is no dead end in law enforcement and supervision. The "no fishing order" has been effective for a long time.
Standing at the historical intersection of "two hundred years", the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way is about to start. The journey is long, only struggle. This year, we will continue to usher in a year of struggle and harvest.
Photo caption:
Figure ①: In 2020, China will reap another bumper harvest in grain production. The picture shows a bumper harvest on the golden wheat field in the Great Northern Wilderness of Heilongjiang in November 2020.
Photo by Xu Hongyu (People’s Vision)
Figure 2: "World Supermarket" Zhejiang Yiwu foreign trade economy is full of vitality. The picture shows Kenyan merchants (left) shopping for kitchen utensils in Yiwu International Trade City on January 14th, 2021.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Zongzhi photo
Figure ③: The Qi-Chang Expressway in Hunan Province is scheduled to be completed and opened to traffic in 2022. At present, the project site is busy.
Zhou Xiushe (People’s Vision)
Figure ④: Zhuhe Village, mingyue town, Huaying City, Sichuan Province, took off its poverty hat, and the villagers welcomed the Spring Festival with great joy.
Photo by Qiu Haiying (People’s Vision)
Figure ⑤: Resettlement House in Xichang, Taihe County, Jiangxi Province.
Deng Heping photo (people’s vision)
Cartography of this edition: Pan Xutao