Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 6th: Premier Li Qiang chaired an executive meeting of the State Council on November 6th to study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech on the economic situation in the first three quarters and key tasks in the next few months, and listen to reports on social assistance work.
The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to deeply grasp the scientific judgment of the Party Central Committee on the economic situation and the requirements for the next work deployment, strengthen development confidence, effectively enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency, solidly promote the implementation of various policies and ensure the completion of the main goals and tasks of economic and social development throughout the year. It is necessary to focus on key areas and continue to exert efforts, speed up the implementation progress of major projects and the construction of "six networks", support enterprises to expand investment in equipment updates, intangible assets, etc., strengthen online and offline consumption linkage and urban and rural linkage, and smooth the virtuous cycle of investment and consumption. It is necessary to make full use of various policy funds, timely and fully allocate various funds involving grassroots and enterprises, and better leverage the effect of fiscal and financial coordination to promote domestic demand. It is necessary to do a solid job in stabilizing employment, preventing risks and ensuring people's livelihood, strengthen employment services for key groups, and provide employment support for graduates from poverty-stricken families, subsistence allowance families, and zero-employment families. Pay close attention to the investigation and rectification of hidden safety production risks, and resolutely curb the occurrence of major accidents. Continue to resolve risks in areas such as local government debt and small and medium-sized financial institutions. Improve the capital market stabilization mechanism, enhance the inherent stability of the stock market, and promote the stable and healthy development of the capital market. We will strengthen supply and price stability and help people in need, speed up the recovery and reconstruction of disaster-stricken areas, and effectively provide resettlement and living security for the affected people. It is necessary to carefully study the economic work ideas for next year, strengthen the connection of policies across years, and promote the continued improvement of the economy.
The meeting pointed out that social assistance is an important institutional arrangement to guarantee people's livelihood. It is necessary to further improve the social assistance system, promote the legalization, digital intelligence, standardization and professionalization of social assistance, and better play its functions of ensuring basic needs, preventing risks and promoting development. It is necessary to focus on weak links to effectively strengthen basic protection for needy groups, improve support measures for families on the margins of subsistence allowances and families with rigid expenditure difficulties, strengthen dynamic monitoring, strengthen cross-department data sharing, improve the "one-door acceptance, coordinated processing" mechanism, and strive to ensure that everyone is covered. It is necessary to actively expand the connotation of social assistance in response to new needs, focus on enhancing the endogenous development motivation of social assistance recipients, and implement development-oriented assistance measures such as employment and relief for work. Comprehensively promote social assistance in the form of care, care and other services, and continuously improve the sense of gain for people in need.
Other matters were also considered at the meeting.
