Premier Li Keqiang delivered a government work report at the opening of this year's session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing on Friday. Here are some highlights.
Main targets for 2021
- China sets its GDP growth target for 2021 at above 6 percent
- China plans to create more than 11 million new jobs in 2021
- China to maintain its CPI at around 3 percent in 2021
- China plans to cut the ratio of its deficit to GDP to around 3.2 percent for the year of 2021
- China to cut energy consumption per unit of GDP by around 3 percent in 2021
- China to expand effective investment this year, with a central investment budget of 610 billion yuan (about $94 billion)
- China to hold key exhibitions including the China International Import Expo, the China Import and Export Fair, and the China International Fair for Trade in Services
- China to make meticulous preparations for Beijing Winter Olympics
Policies for 2021
- China to enhance job-priority policies in 2021
- China to accelerate trade of energy-consumption, carbon-emission rights
- China to promote COVID-19 vaccine development, free inoculation
- China to prevent mass return to poverty and fully implement rural vitalization strategy
- China to further transform govt functions in 2021
- China to step up pollution control
- China to actively promote the development of nuclear power on the premise of safety
- China to advance building of healthcare system
- China to revitalize, develop traditional medicine
- China to boost smart services for elderly
- China to do more to ensure education fairness
- China to improve regional economic structures
- China not to make sharp changes to its macro-policies in 2021
- China to adopt a prudent monetary policy that is flexible, precise, appropriate and moderate in 2021
- China to improve, implement tax-cut policies in 2021
- China to keep renminbi basically stable at reasonable, balanced level in 2021
- China to create world-class business environment
- China to further shorten negative list for foreign investment
- China vows to protect legitimate rights of foreign companies
- China to strengthen anti-monopoly efforts and contain disorderly expansion of capital, and ensure fair market competition
'One country, two systems'
- China to continue to fully, faithfully implement 'one country, two systems'
- China to improve systems, mechanisms in its SARs
- China to promote exchanges, cooperation and integrated development across the Taiwan Straits
- China to resolutely deter 'Taiwan independence' separatist activities
14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025)
- China to keep its economy running within an appropriate range during the 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China to implement a state strategy in active response to population aging during the 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China's R&D spending to grow by over 7 percent annually during the 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China to stick to the innovation-driven development strategy and accelerate the building of a modern industrial system during the 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China to foster a world-class business environment during the 14th Five-Year-Plan period
- The life expectancy of Chinese citizens to increase by one year during the 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China to promote green development during 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China to continuously improve living standards of its citizens and solidly promote common prosperity during the 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China to promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road during the 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China to advance the reform and opening up across the board, and bolster the momentum and vitality of development during the 14th Five-Year-Plan period
- China to advance rural vitalization on all fronts and improve the new urbanization strategy during the 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China to develop a strong domestic market and foster a new development paradigm during the 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China to push forward the Peaceful China initiative on a higher level during the 14th Five-Year Plan period
- China to make concrete efforts to achieve the peaking of carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon-neutrality by 2060
Global partnerships
- China to promote Sino-US trade ties on basis of mutual respect
- China to pursue high-level opening-up
- China to actively participate in intl cooperation in major infectious disease prevention, control
- China to quicken China-Japan-ROK FTA negotiations
- China to promote signing of China-EU investment treaty
- China to work for the early entry into force and implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
- China actively considers joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
- China firmly upholds multilateral trade regime
- China to deepen bilateral, multilateral and regional economic cooperation
- China to promote fairer, more equitable development of global governance system
- China to launch more pilot programs on service opening-up
- China to build network of high-standard free trade zones