Hear the progress of the "Artificial Intelligence +" action and discuss the draft revisions to the Teacher Law and Price Law
Premier Li Qiang chaired an executive meeting of the State Council on October 16 to hear a report on the progress of the "Artificial Intelligence +" action, approved in principle the "Teachers Law (Draft Amendment)" and the "Price Law (Draft Amendment)", and reviewed and approved decisions on amending and abolishing some administrative regulations.
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The State Council executive meeting is the highest administrative meeting to discuss major national policies and revisions of regulations. This meeting focused on the industrialization of artificial intelligence and the revision process of multiple laws and regulations.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 16th. Premier Li Qiang chaired an executive meeting of the State Council on October 16th to hear a report on the progress of the "Artificial Intelligence +" action, discuss the "Teacher Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft Amendment)", discuss the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft Amendment)", and review and adopt the "Decision of the State Council on Amending and Repealing Some Administrative Regulations (Draft)".
The meeting pointed out that artificial intelligence is a key variable affecting future development. We should proceed from my country's complete industrial system, rich application scenarios, and strong engineering capabilities, focus on driving technological innovation through practical applications, and continue to deepen and expand the "artificial intelligence +" action. It is necessary to consolidate the foundation for development, strengthen technological research and algorithm innovation, promote computing and computer collaboration, increase the supply of high-quality data, and focus on making up for shortcomings and forging strong points. It is necessary to highlight enabling applications, focus on the real economy to strengthen the connection between supply and demand, encourage joint research and development, promote pilot verification, and increase scenario cultivation to better transform artificial intelligence technology into real productivity. It is necessary to coordinate development and safety, implement policies based on industry classification and classification, strengthen risk research and assessment, and maintain the bottom line of artificial intelligence safety.
The meeting discussed and adopted in principle the "Teachers Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised Draft)" and decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for review. The meeting pointed out that teachers are the foundation and source of teaching. It is necessary to effectively strengthen the protection of teachers' treatment and rights, reduce the burden of non-educational teaching tasks on teachers, strengthen social and public services for teachers, and safeguard the professional dignity and legitimate rights and interests of teachers. It is necessary to cultivate a team of high-quality professional teachers, improve the teacher education system, improve the ability to teach and educate people, strengthen the construction of teachers' ethics and ethics, and create a good atmosphere of respecting teachers and valuing education in the whole society.
The meeting discussed and adopted in principle the Price Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft Amendment), and decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for review. The meeting pointed out that this revision adapts to the new situation and changes, further improves the price governance mechanism, improves government pricing procedures, and clarifies the standards and legal responsibilities for identifying unfair price behaviors. It is necessary to control low-price and disorderly competition in accordance with laws and regulations, improve industry cost surveys, prohibit low-price dumping and other supporting rules, and strengthen price law enforcement and supervision. It is necessary to continue to regulate price competition in the platform economy, guide enterprises to continuously improve the value of products and services, and create a fair and orderly market environment.
The meeting decided to amend some provisions of 14 administrative regulations including the "Regulations on the Implementation of the Archives Law of the People's Republic of China" and to abolish 4 administrative regulations including the "Regulations on the Liability Limit for Maritime Passenger Transport Between Ports of the People's Republic of China".
Other matters were also considered at the meeting.
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