On March 5, the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The picture shows the opening meeting. (Photo by reporter Wang Weiwei and Wu Fan).
On March 5, the second session of the 14th National People's Congress opened in Beijing, and Premier Li Qiang made a work report.
The report includes a review of the work in 2023, the overall requirements and policy orientations for economic and social development in 2024, and the work tasks for 2024.
In the report, the data and work goals closely related to migrant workers are mentioned many times: "the scale of migrant workers lifted out of poverty exceeds 33 million", "let willing migrant workers settle in cities and towns", "expand the pilot project of occupational injury protection for employees in new forms of employment", "ensure the payment of migrant workers' wages", etc.
Let's take a look at the specifics
1. Review of work in 2023
Employment
12.44 million new jobs were created in urban areas, and the surveyed urban unemployment rate averaged 52%。
More than 33 million people have been lifted out of poverty.
Grain
Grain production 139 trillion catties, another record high.
Income
The per capita disposable income of residents increased by 61%, the income gap between urban and rural residents continued to narrow. The achievements of poverty alleviation have been consolidated and expanded, and the income of rural residents in poverty alleviation areas has increased by 84%。
Urbanization
We will further implement the new urbanization strategy, further relax the conditions for urban settlement, enhance the comprehensive carrying capacity of county seats, and increase the urbanization rate of permanent residents to 662%。
2. Economic and social development in 2024
General requirements and policy orientation
The main expected goals of this year's development:
GDP growth of around 5%; More than 12 million new jobs were created in urban areas, and the surveyed urban unemployment rate was 5About 5%.
3. Work tasks in 2024
Education
Accelerate the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education and the integration of urban and rural areas, and improve the conditions for running boarding schools in rural areas.
Guide and standardize the development of private education, and vigorously improve the quality of vocational education.
Consumption
Strengthen the protection of consumer rights and interests, and implement a paid leave system.
Poverty alleviation
We will not relax our efforts to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation. Strengthen monitoring and assistance to prevent a return to poverty to ensure that a large-scale return to poverty does not occur. Support the development of characteristic and advantageous industries in poverty alleviation areas, promote actions to prevent people from returning to poverty and employment, and strengthen follow-up assistance for relocation. Deepen east-west cooperation and fixed-point assistance. We will increase support for key counties in rural revitalization, establish and improve the normalized assistance mechanism for low-income rural populations and underdeveloped areas, and make poverty alleviation more stable and more sustainable.
Urbanization
It is necessary to thoroughly implement the new urbanization strategic actions, promote the two-way flow of various elements, and form a new pattern of urban-rural integrated development. Accelerating the urbanization of the rural migrant population should be placed in a prominent position, the reform of the household registration system should be deepened, and the policy of linking "people, land and money" should be improved, so that willing migrant workers who move to cities and towns can settle down in cities and towns, and promote the equal enjoyment of basic urban public services by the permanent residents who have not yet settled down. Cultivate and develop the county economy, make up for the shortcomings of infrastructure and public services, and make the county an important carrier of new urbanization.
Employment
Do a solid job in the employment of retired soldiers, migrant workers and other groups, and strengthen assistance for the disabled and other persons with employment difficulties. Improve the safeguard measures for flexible employment services by category, and expand the pilot project of occupational injury protection for employees in new forms of employment. Resolutely correct all kinds of employment discrimination, ensure the payment of wages to migrant workers, improve the mechanism for consultation and coordination of labor relations, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers. Adapt to the needs of talents in advanced manufacturing, modern services, elderly care and other fields, and strengthen vocational skills training. Increase the income of urban and rural residents through multiple channels, expand the size of middle-income groups, and strive to increase the income of low-income groups.
Indemnification
Do a good job of caring for and providing assistance to left-behind children and children in difficulty.
Improve the social assistance system at different levels and categories, coordinate policies to prevent people from returning to poverty and help low-income populations, and tightly weave a safety net for ensuring people's livelihood.
Safety
Solidly carry out a three-year action to tackle the root cause of production safety, strengthen the investigation and rectification of risks and hidden dangers in key industries and fields, consolidate the responsibilities of all parties, and resolutely curb the occurrence of major accidents.
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Edited by Gao Chenchen.
Process Editor: Ma Xiaoshuang.