Strive to make the people's sense of achievement more abundant, their sense of happiness more sustainable, and their sense of security more secure
Xi Jinping: starting from the problems that the people are generally concerned about, strongly reflected and recurring, we should take more reform and innovation measures to solve the problems of employment, education, medical care, social security, housing, pension, food safety, ecological environment, social security and other issues one by one, and strive to make the people's sense of gain more, happiness more sustainable, and security more secure.
This passage comes from the speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone on October 14, 2020.
After nearly 45 years of reform and opening up, especially the great changes in the new era, the level of social productivity in China has significantly improved, and the overall progress in economy, politics, culture, society, and ecology has made the needs of Chinese people for a better life more diverse today. The sense of gain, happiness, and security of the people is not only related to their material, spiritual, psychological, and humanistic needs, but also a true reflection of the implementation and effectiveness of our Party's people-centered development philosophy.
Since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, from the central to local levels, various regions and departments have generally decomposed the improvement of the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security into specific annual goals, focusing on doing practical things for the people, solving the urgent and difficult problems that the people are looking forward to, and turning a list of people's livelihood problems into a report card of people's livelihood. Taking 2022 as an example, the cumulative increase in urban employment in China reached 12.06 million, and the number of poverty-stricken workers reached 32.78 million, an increase of 1.33 million compared to the same period last year; By the end of 2022, the number of participants in basic pension, unemployment, and work-related injury insurance in China will reach 1.05 billion, 240 million, and 290 million, respectively, covering a wider population; 111 new drugs have been added to the national medical insurance drug catalog, and the average price reduction of newly admitted drugs through negotiation and bidding has reached 60.1%. The level of basic medical security has been increasing year by year. At the same time, our living environment is safer and more livable, and the ecological environment quality continues to improve. The emissions of major pollutants in the country continue to decrease, and the proportion of days with good air quality in cities at or above the prefecture level is 0.9 percentage points better than the annual target; The total number of criminal cases filed nationwide has decreased by 12% year-on-year, and the number of dangerous police cases such as drowning and falling off cliffs has decreased by 8%... Various regions and departments have tightly grasped the worries, troubles, and worries of the people, and through administrative approval service reforms such as "only once", they have solidly secured the bottom line of people's livelihood.
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasizes the importance of ensuring and improving people's livelihoods through development, encouraging joint efforts to create a better life, and continuously realizing the people's aspirations for a better life. Currently, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the people's demand for a better life is increasing and becoming increasingly diverse. How to better solve people's livelihood problems requires us party members and cadres to always adhere to putting the people at the center, conducting in-depth investigations and research at the grassroots level, truly understanding the situation, identifying problems, and improving countermeasures, constantly proposing new ideas and methods to solve problems, and striving to make the people's sense of gain more abundant, happiness more sustainable, and security more secure in practical work.
Special expert of this issue: Tian Zhipeng, Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences