Upon hearing that the platform is going to pay social security for riders, Beijing Meituan rider Liu Jian felt more at ease. When running orders, there is a better bottom line, and when encountering risks, it is more calm because there is security and support. "Delivery platforms have successively insured riders, and the protection of workers' rights and interests in new forms of employment is a crucial puzzle, becoming a vivid footnote to improving people's livelihoods. Looking back at 2024, with the increase of basic pension, the reduction of mortgage interest rates, the expansion of direct settlement scope to facilitate medical treatment in other places, there are highlights in people's livelihood work, but there are still pain points. The National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are about to begin, and the public expects to have more sense of gain in areas such as employment and income increase, "one elderly and one primary", education and healthcare. Stable employment and increased income are the foundation of people's livelihood. Last year, the expected target for new urban employment in China was upgraded to "over 12 million people", with a final completion of 12.56 million people. The expected number of college graduates for the class of 2025 is 12.22 million, setting a new high and increasing the overall employment pressure. At the same time, structural contradictions remain prominent, and they also face new challenges brought by the replacement of artificial intelligence. The rapid popularity of the powerful DeepSeek has made me very anxious A job seeker said so. During the research, it was found that the degree of unmanned operation in smart factories exceeds imagination An authoritative think tank expert who recently conducted research on the progress in the field of people's livelihood told a reporter from China News Service that many factories do not even have one person on the assembly line. But at the same time, there is still a disconnect between the content of higher education and social needs, and many students have not learned genuine knowledge and skills that can match social needs. Old problems and new shocks are intertwined, and efforts to stabilize employment need to be increased. Enabling more people to secure their livelihoods is not only related to people's income and expectations, but also to boosting consumption. The public expects more new and practical measures from the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Having a good education and a positive outlook on illness make it easier for many respondents to reflect on educational issues. The problem of internal competition in education has not been effectively solved. I have encountered a case where the education department clearly stated that homework for each subject should not exceed half an hour after class, but in reality, it takes an average of 3 hours to complete all homework every day. In some places, middle school students even write their homework until 10 or 11 pm at night, especially in some key schools, "said the expert. The current pressure on children is still relatively high, with high school entrance exams but low quality vocational schools, exacerbating educational anxiety Lawyer Li Lina from Taihe Tai (Taiyuan), who has represented multiple juvenile criminal cases, also observed that there is insufficient education on mental health and legal knowledge in schools, and some minors lack respect for the law, which needs to be taken seriously. Last year's government work report proposed to carry out the action of expanding and improving the quality of basic education, accelerating the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education and urban-rural integration, and continuously deepening the "double reduction". In terms of addressing educational pain points, the public expects further deployment from the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Watching the illness well is also a concern of the people. At the beginning of 2025, there will be continuous benefits in the medical field, expanding the scope of cross provincial mutual aid applications, launching new batches of centralized procurement of drugs and consumables, and releasing the first version of Class C drug catalog. These new benefits have already been or will soon be implemented. By the end of 2025, 90% of the national pooling areas will use the "medical insurance wallet" to achieve cross provincial mutual assistance of employee medical insurance personal account funds to close relatives such as parents, spouses, and children. How to improve the capacity of grassroots medical care, especially the level of diagnosis and treatment services in rural areas, how to provide more reassurance to the people through centralized drug procurement, and how to ensure the research and development of innovative drugs, these livelihood issues also hope to be addressed in the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The policy of "one elderly, one young" is more effective in addressing the accelerated development of aging and low birth rates. The Central Economic Work Conference proposed to formulate policies to promote childbirth, develop community supported home-based elderly care, and expand inclusive elderly care services. In order to address the continuous decline in fertility rates, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Several Measures to Accelerate the Improvement of the Fertility Support Policy System and Promote the Construction of a Fertility Friendly Society" last year. Many regions have introduced measures such as maternity subsidies and optimized maternity leave. The costs of marriage, child rearing, and education are still relatively high, and we need real money to encourage childbirth and provide tangible support to truly alleviate the pressure on the public The above experts stated. At present, the elderly population in China has exceeded 300 million, and the concept of elderly care has been upgraded to elderly care. The elderly also want to have poetry and distant places, which has given rise to new growth points such as the silver haired economy. The Central Economic Work Conference calls for the active development of the silver haired economy. Responding to the multi-level and high-quality needs of elderly care, we aim to move 300 million elderly people from "survival and elderly care" to "poetic and high-quality care", truly unleashing the potential of the trillion dollar market. However, there are still many shortcomings that need to be addressed, and we look forward to refreshing the progress of elderly care work. Bringing benefit to the people is the fundamental principle of governance. Standing at a new starting point, the expansion of people's livelihood gift packages is not only an economic account, but also a governance exam paper. From bottom line guarantee to quality improvement, from single policy implementation to system integration, people's livelihood improvement is opening up new dimensions. When institutional design and individual fate intersect in the time and space of the Two Sessions, those expectations with smoke and fire will eventually blossom and bear fruit in reality. (New Society)