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On the afternoon of March 11, the warm spring sun shone in Beijing, and the Second Session of the 14th National People’s Congress concluded successfully. At this point, the eight-day National Two Sessions came to an end.

2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and a critical year for achieving the goals and tasks of the “14th Five-Year Plan”. Forging ahead on the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, this year’s two sessions are of great significance.

Waves of applause rang out in the Great Hall of the People again and again. On and off the stage, the dreams of the country and the country stirred and blended; on and off the field, the hearts and minds of the party and the people resonated at the same frequency.

The past and the future intersect here, and the pace of China’s development is clearly visible.

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This grand event conveys China’s high-level attitude towards opening up to the outside world.

The National Two Sessions have always been an important window for observing China’s development and policy trends.

At the Media Center, the home base of Chinese and foreign media during the two sessions, just after listening to a press conference, Bangladesh United News Agency reporter Shafiq Islam could not help but praise: “This is no longer just a grand event for China. It will also focus the world’s attention.”

This year’s government work report proposes to expand high-level opening up to the outside world and promote mutual benefit and win-win results.

“I am very concerned about China’s foreign policy, which is related to the development of many countries.” David Mendro, a reporter for Libya’s “Daily Observer” said frankly that this is a topic that journalists in many countries are concerned about.

In David Mendro’s view, the “One Belt, One Road” initiative has enabled countries co-constructed to achieve rapid development, and China’s outstanding contributions in this field have enabled the countries co-constructed along the “Belt and Road” to achieve win-win results.

Shafiq Islam on the side couldn’t help but share the Karnaphuli river tunnel that China helped Bangladesh build. As one of the most representative and influential projects in the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, this is the first underwater tunnel in South Asia, which has had a huge impact on the country’s economic development and people’s travel.

Continue to reduce the negative list for foreign investment access, and comprehensively cancel restrictions on foreign investment access in the manufacturing sector;

Expand the catalog of industries that encourage foreign investment and encourage foreign-invested enterprises to reinvest within the country;

Implement national treatment for foreign-invested enterprises…

Sharing new opportunities for high-quality development with the world with an open mind is China’s voice to the world.

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This grand event empathizes with the warmth of China, which puts its 1.4 billion people first.

Of all things, people’s livelihood is the most important.

In 2024, more than 12 million new urban jobs will be created, the per capita financial subsidy standard for resident medical insurance will be increased by 30 yuan, and the monthly minimum basic pension standard for urban and rural residents will be increased by 20 yuan…

These details in the government work report are moving. For a country with a population of 1.4 billion, every 1 yuan increase in subsidies and standards is a huge number.

Faced with multiple challenges in global economic recovery, China’s investment in people’s livelihood areas has not decreased but increased. The government is planning carefully to live a “tight life” in order to let the people live a “good life.”

We will strengthen policies and measures to promote youth employment and expand pilot projects for occupational injury protection for employees in new employment forms.

Improve the conditions for running rural boarding schools and promote the inclusive development of preschool education.

Implement and improve the settlement of medical treatment in different places, and promote mutual recognition of inspection and test results.

Implement a personal pension system across the country and vigorously develop a silver economy.

Optimize the maternity leave system and increase the supply of childcare services through multiple channels…

At the meeting, the steamy government work report covered every detail of people’s lives and responded to concerns. After the meeting, the representatives and committee members went deep into the grassroots level, actively offered suggestions and cheered for the people’s “urgent difficulties and worries”.

From the “one old and one young” in every household, to youth employment, to medical treatment, schooling, childbirth…the livelihood indicators show the Chinese warmth of “every branch, every leaf, total care”, which is also the government’s real commitment.

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This grand event confirms the strength of China to march forward bravely on its new journey.

In a crucial year, thousands of sails compete.

The GDP exceeded 126 trillion yuan, a growth rate of 5.2%, ranking among the top of the world’s major economies… In 2023, China’s contribution to world economic growth is expected to exceed 30%, and it remains the largest engine of world economic growth.

“Stability” is the overall situation and the foundation; “advance” is the direction and motivation. Growth of 5% - this is the economic growth target set in the government work report for this year. Taking into account both the current and the long-term, this is undoubtedly an exciting signal.

In a new stage of development when China’s economy is moving from high-speed growth to high-quality development, how to achieve the expected goal of 5%? “New Productivity”, written into the government work report for the first time, answers this question.

In sharp contrast to traditional productivity, new productivity is an advanced productivity state in which innovation plays a leading role, breaks away from the traditional economic growth mode and productivity development path, has the characteristics of high technology, high efficiency and high quality, and conforms to the new development concept.

How to develop new productive forces according to local conditions? Among them, technological innovation, industrial development, and talent training are all closely linked:

Focus on supporting technological innovation and manufacturing development;

Use scientific and technological innovation to promote industrial innovation, accelerate new industrialization, improve total factor productivity, continuously shape new drivers of development and new advantages, and promote social productivity to achieve a new leap;

Adhere to the integrated and coordinated advancement of the construction of a powerful country in education, science and technology, and a powerful country in talent, and implement the integrated deployment and implementation of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain…

The journey is long, but there is only struggle.

At this moment, from cities to villages, from factories to fields, people from all walks of life are playing the “Song of Spring” in the new era with hard work and enthusiasm.

On its new journey, China is full of confidence and has bright prospects.