Premier Li Qiang meets reporters at home and abroad at a news conference on Monday at the end of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress.
Here are the highlights:
On new government's focus
- People's aspirations for a better life is the ultimate goal
- China to focus on promoting high-quality development
- China to continue to deepen reform, opening up (Read more)
On economy
- Reaching 2023 GDP growth target requires redoubled efforts
- Fully confident in China's economic outlook (Read more)
- Institutional strength is an advantage for China's economic development
On Hong Kong & Macao
- The Central Government will fully implement the policy of One Country, Two Systems (Read more)
On private sector
- China will continue to support private enterprises according to market-based, law-based standards (Read more)
- China's private enterprises to enjoy better environment, broader space for development
On employment
- China will continue to pursue an employment-first strategy and increase government support to boost employment (Read more)
- Rich supply of human resources remains China's notable strength
On COVID-19
- China's COVID-19 response completely right, highly effective (Read more)
- We have adjusted and improved our COVID response measures, medical services will be strengthened
On Taiwan
- Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Straits are members of one family
- Early restoration of normal exchanges across Straits requires joint efforts (Read more)
On rural vitalization, food security
- The country's rural vitalization drive will focus on the ecological, social and cultural aspects of the countryside apart from promoting economic growth (Read more)
- China's food security well guaranteed
On opening-up and China-US ties
- Opening-up is a basic State policy for China, and no matter how the external situation may evolve, the country will stay firmly committed to pursuing the policy (Read more)
- China-US consensus needs to be translated into policies, actions
- China, US can, must cooperate (Read more)
On governance
- Premier spells out four key tasks to strengthen governance (Read more)
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