Continuously Improving People's Livelihood and Promoting Social Fairness and Justice: A Review of the Achievements of Social System Reform Since the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
2024-07-02
The plan for people's livelihood lies in ensuring the safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people.
We always adhere to the development concept of putting the people at the center, regard the people's aspirations for a better life as our goal of struggle, continue to deepen the reform of the social system, and promote the fruits of reform and development to benefit all the people more fairly. The people's sense of gain, happiness, and security continue to increase.
Maintaining social fairness and justice, and effectively improving the people's sense of gain
From the Moziqiao subway station in Chengdu, Sichuan, a hundred meters walk leads to the Linyin Campus of Chengdu No.7 Middle School. Every day, the content of the front-end online courses here will be sent through satellite signals and transmitted to the school classrooms in Xundian County, Yunnan Province, Shigatse City, Xizang and other areas with weak education, which will change the life trajectory of many children.
Education is an important way to promote comprehensive human development; Educational equity is an important foundation of social equity. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to "strive to ensure that every child can enjoy fair and quality education"; The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly emphasizes "promoting educational equity", "accelerating the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education and urban-rural integration, and optimizing the allocation of regional educational resources".
Fairness and justice are the unremitting pursuit of humanity and the inherent requirement of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is necessary to accelerate the construction of a system that plays a significant role in ensuring social fairness and justice on the basis of the common struggle of all the people and economic and social development.
"Social security is a fundamental institutional guarantee for safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods, maintaining social equity, and enhancing people's well-being. It is an important institutional arrangement for promoting economic and social development, and achieving the sharing of reform and development achievements among the general public. It is a major issue for governing the country and ensuring national security."
On February 26, 2021, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China conducted its 28th collective study on improving the social security system that covers the entire population.
Since the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the construction of the social security system has been placed in a more prominent position. The meetings of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Central Committee for Comprehensive Deepening Reform have repeatedly studied and deliberated on the overall plan for reforming and improving the basic pension insurance system, deepening the reform of the medical security system, and made top-level designs for the construction of China's social security system. The people, regardless of urban and rural areas, regions, gender, or occupation, have corresponding institutional guarantees when facing risks such as aging, illness, unemployment, work-related injury, disability, and poverty. A fully functional social security system has been basically established.
Data shows that the number of people covered by basic medical insurance in China is about 1.334 billion, and the coverage of basic pension, unemployment, and work-related injury insurance has reached 1.07 billion, 240 million, and 290 million, respectively. The world's largest social security system and healthcare system have been established... A series of reforms have achieved significant results, providing strong support for promoting social fairness and justice and laying a solid foundation for creating a better life.
In the new era and new journey, the people's yearning for a better life is becoming stronger, and their demands for democracy, fairness, justice, and other aspects are growing day by day. The growing demand for a better life by the people has become a new benchmark for measuring development and promoting reform.
Faced with the higher needs of the people, more vigorous reform measures continue to focus on the most concerning, direct, and practical issues of the people——
Adjust and improve the household registration migration policy, improve the implementation of the residence permit system, deepen the "trans provincial" high-frequency household administration business... Promote the construction of new urbanization and the overall revitalization of the countryside with the reform of the registered residence system. Since 2019, 50 million agricultural migrants have settled in cities.
Accelerate the construction of a healthy China, continuously improve the level of medical and health services for the people, and comprehensively promote the comprehensive reform of public hospitals... Under the reform of the medical and health system, we will vigorously tackle the "hard bone" and provide comprehensive and full cycle medical and health services for the people.
Personal income tax reform, raising the minimum wage standard, and deepening the reform of the salary system for central management enterprise leaders... The reform of the income distribution system is constantly deepening, and the "cake" is being cut better, and the income distribution gap is constantly narrowing.
Accelerate the reform of cross domain litigation services and improve the government's mechanism for purchasing legal services... The higher demand of the people for fairness and justice, promote political and legal organs to provide more diverse, convenient, and refined legal public services through reform.
The fruitful achievements of reform and development record the warm pace of comprehensively deepening reform and benefiting the people, vividly interpreting that "making people's lives happy is the 'greatest of the country'." It is the most authentic manifestation of our party's adherence to the people-centered development concept and continuous listening to the people's voices.
Focusing on solving "urgent difficulties and anxieties" and continuously improving the happiness of the people
"Cities should not only have height, but also warmth. Our socialism is to follow the path of common prosperity. Foreign workers who come to Shanghai to contribute are also the masters of the city. We must practice the concept of 'people's cities', continuously meet the diverse and diversified housing needs of the people, and ensure that foreign populations can enter, stay, live safely, and succeed."
After listening to the introduction of the local efforts to increase the financing and construction of affordable rental housing, and to build a multi-level rental housing supply system of "one bed, one room, one suite", the General Secretary gave full recognition.
Ensure that the people have a place to live through multiple channels. At present, the housing conditions of middle and low-income families in urban areas in China have significantly improved, and the housing difficulties of new citizens have been alleviated. Low income and low-income families have basically achieved the goal of providing all necessary guarantees. China has built the world's largest housing security system.
Since the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the comprehensive deepening of reform has been focused on solving problems and addressing them. Starting from the urgent and difficult issues of housing difficulties, we have identified the starting points and breakthroughs of the reform. Continuously promote major reforms and institutional construction in the field of people's livelihoods, so that the people can truly feel the new changes brought about by the reforms.
On June 13th, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, together with 21 departments, issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Development of Rural Elderly Care Services", which is the first overall and systematic deployment made by the national level to develop rural elderly care services. By weaving a happiness "network" covering the three levels of counties and villages for rural elderly people, more rural elderly people will have a place to take care of.
From exploring the establishment of a national basic elderly care service inventory system, to clarifying the construction goals of the elderly care service system through "coordination of home community institutions"; From streamlining the regulatory mechanism for elderly care services to promoting the healthy development of the silver haired economy... One reform after another has been implemented, laying a solid foundation for promoting the construction of the elderly care service system. With innovative measures, the most beautiful warm picture of "red sunset" is spreading throughout the country.
Adhere to the mass line, actively respond to the concerns of the people, focus on the difficulties and difficulties faced by the people in reform, and focus on filling in shortcomings and forging strengths——
We have successively launched the implementation of individual two child and comprehensive two child policies, issued the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of Care Services for Infants and Young Children under the Age of 3, and carried out health evaluation work in childcare institutions. We will focus on improving service quality and efficiency, ensuring the safety and health of infants and young children, and continuously building a livelihood guarantee of "having children for all".
Canceling the drug and consumables markup that has been implemented for many years, reforming the drug evaluation and approval system... Reducing the burden of medication on the people, a series of reform measures directly address pain points such as high drug prices and expensive medical treatment, and effectively rectify the chaotic situation of high drug prices.
Further improving the employment and unemployment registration system, comprehensively addressing the problem of wage arrears for migrant workers... always regard promoting employment as the top priority to ensure and improve people's livelihoods, further safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of workers, and continuously innovating and improving the Chinese characteristic active employment policy system.
Reforming for the people is only meaningful; Relying on the people for reform is the driving force behind it.
Since the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the focus has been on the main contradictions and aspects in the field of people's livelihood, facing the "hard bones" in the reform of people's livelihood, identifying the thoughts, hopes, worries, and anxieties of the masses, and a series of reform plans have continuously solved the strong concerns, worries, and anxieties of the people, causing real changes in people's lives and profoundly revealing the true essence of reform for the people.
Maintain constant peace of mind and continuously enhance the people's sense of security
"Loyalty to the Party, strict discipline, going through fire and water, and wholeheartedly serving the people" is a solemn oath that over 220000 firefighters across the country have always upheld.
Always tighten the string of preventing major disasters and seizing major risks, and fully guarantee the safety of people's lives and property. Not only do we need a team that dares to fight and fight, but we also need to adapt to the new characteristics and trends of the new era, continuously improve the emergency management system and mechanism.
On April 16, 2018, at No. 70 Guang'anmen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, a new department, the Emergency Management Department, was officially established by integrating and unifying 13 related functions of 11 departments and units. Promote the transformation of the public safety governance model towards proactive prevention, continuously follow up and improve reform measures over the years, and comprehensively refresh the pattern of emergency management for accidents and disasters.
We will carry out annual safety production assessment for member units of the State Council Work Safety Committee, establish an inter ministerial joint meeting system for natural disaster prevention and control, and unify the listing of provincial fire rescue bureaus nationwide. We will actively promote the modernization of emergency management systems and capabilities, steadily improve the level of safety production, and solidly carry out disaster prevention, reduction, and disaster relief work, providing solid safety guarantees for the construction of a higher level of safe China and the comprehensive construction of a socialist modernized strong country.
A sound public safety system requires strict adherence to the bottom line of food safety. Whether we can give the people a satisfactory explanation on food safety is a major test of our party's governing ability.
In order to ensure the safety of the people's tongues, China has placed unprecedented importance on food safety, with the rapid construction of the rule of law, strict policy measures, and strong reform efforts——
The 13th Five Year Plan proposes to implement a food safety strategy, form a rigorous, efficient, and socially co governance food safety governance system, and ensure that the people can eat with peace of mind. As a result, "food safety" has been elevated to a national strategic level for planning and governance;
In the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, food safety work was specifically deployed in the section of "promoting the modernization of the national security system and capabilities, resolutely maintaining national security and social stability";
In February 2023, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Outline for Building a Quality Strong Country", proposing to deeply implement the food safety strategy and promote the food safety assurance project
In recent years, China's food safety situation has maintained an overall stable and positive trend, with a qualified rate of over 98% for bulk food safety evaluation sampling. There are over 1500 national standards for food safety, and the total number of national standards for pesticide and veterinary drug residue food safety exceeds 13000. The food industry is developing in a healthy and orderly manner, and people's confidence in food safety continues to increase.
National security is the foundation of national rejuvenation, social stability is the prerequisite for national strength, and grassroots governance is a key link.
From focusing on handling the affairs of the people's doorstep well, connecting and implementing the "last mile", to promoting the extensive participation of social forces in grassroots governance through party building and mass building; From continuously improving the comprehensive mechanism for diversified prevention, mediation, and resolution of social contradictions and disputes, to playing a good role as a liaison point for grassroots legislation, and reflecting the thoughts, hopes, concerns, and anxieties of the people in the design of legal systems
China is continuously improving the urban-rural grassroots governance system led by party organizations, which integrates autonomy, rule of law, moral governance, and intelligent governance. It aims to create a safe political environment, stable social environment, fair rule of law environment, and high-quality service environment, and promote significant breakthroughs and innovations in the social governance model from "social management" to "social governance".
Always putting the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people at heart, steadfastly promoting people's well-being, closely combining high-quality development with meeting the needs of the people for a better life, the concept of putting the people first constantly transforms into vivid practice of the centenary Party Congress, and continuously writes a beautiful new chapter of reform and development.
Edit：He Chuanning Responsible editor：Su Suiyue
Source：Xinhua
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