Wen vows higher standard of living
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February 28, 2011, Monday
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China's government is setting its annual gross domestic product growth target for 2011-2015 at 7 percent, with improving living standards the fundamental aim.
Premier Wen Jiabao, in an online exchange with the public yesterday, said the target for the 12th Five-Year Program is lower than the 7.5 percent in the 11th Five-Year Program (2006-2010), when China's economy grew at around 10 percent.
"We'll never seek a high economic growth rate and size at the price of the environment, as that would result in unsustainable growth with industrial overcapacity and intensive resource consumption," Wen said.
His chat with the citizens came six days before the opening of the annual session of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature.
The central government would adopt new performance evaluation criteria for local governments and give more weight to efficiency, environmental protection and living standards, Wen said.
"We should change the criteria for evaluating officials' work. The supreme criterion for assessing their performance is whether the people feel happy and satisfied, rather than skyscrapers," he said.
From around 400,000 questions submitted, Wen answered about 20 at the two-hour session, during which he said the government would strive to continue to raise pensions, make medical services accessible to all, build more high-quality rural schools, and ensure a fair distribution of incomes.
He vowed that "every citizen should share the fruits of the reform and opening up drive."
Wen said the government had been working to establish a social security system that would address concerns about pensions, medical services, employment and living allowances, and aimed to let more people enjoy the fruits of economic growth.
The government will increase spending in the medical insurance system to make medical services accessible to every citizen, he said, and China would boost government subsidies this year for insurance premiums to 200 yuan per person and inpatient medical fee reimbursement rates for urban residents and farmers will be lifted to 70 percent.
"We will never allow lack of money to keep any citizen from being treated," said Wen.
Wen reiterated his determination to tame rising prices, vowing that he "will not allow consumer prices to rise unchecked."
"I check the price index everyday and I know very well the prices of grains, oil, meat, eggs and vegetables," said Wen. "I know clearly the impact of prices on the country."
Premier Wen Jiabao, in an online exchange with the public yesterday, said the target for the 12th Five-Year Program is lower than the 7.5 percent in the 11th Five-Year Program (2006-2010), when China's economy grew at around 10 percent.
"We'll never seek a high economic growth rate and size at the price of the environment, as that would result in unsustainable growth with industrial overcapacity and intensive resource consumption," Wen said.
His chat with the citizens came six days before the opening of the annual session of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature.
The central government would adopt new performance evaluation criteria for local governments and give more weight to efficiency, environmental protection and living standards, Wen said.
"We should change the criteria for evaluating officials' work. The supreme criterion for assessing their performance is whether the people feel happy and satisfied, rather than skyscrapers," he said.
From around 400,000 questions submitted, Wen answered about 20 at the two-hour session, during which he said the government would strive to continue to raise pensions, make medical services accessible to all, build more high-quality rural schools, and ensure a fair distribution of incomes.
He vowed that "every citizen should share the fruits of the reform and opening up drive."
Wen said the government had been working to establish a social security system that would address concerns about pensions, medical services, employment and living allowances, and aimed to let more people enjoy the fruits of economic growth.
The government will increase spending in the medical insurance system to make medical services accessible to every citizen, he said, and China would boost government subsidies this year for insurance premiums to 200 yuan per person and inpatient medical fee reimbursement rates for urban residents and farmers will be lifted to 70 percent.
"We will never allow lack of money to keep any citizen from being treated," said Wen.
Wen reiterated his determination to tame rising prices, vowing that he "will not allow consumer prices to rise unchecked."
"I check the price index everyday and I know very well the prices of grains, oil, meat, eggs and vegetables," said Wen. "I know clearly the impact of prices on the country."
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