Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 30 (Xinhua) The 19th issue of "Qiushi" magazine published on October 1 will publish an important article "Strengthening Universal, Basic and Basic People's Livelihood Construction" by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. This is an excerpt from General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important remarks from November 2012 to January 2026.
The article emphasizes that Chinese-style modernization puts people’s livelihood first. The people's yearning for a better life is our goal. Our goal is both ambitious and simple. In the final analysis, it is to help people live a better life. We must persist in ensuring and improving people's livelihood during development, encourage joint efforts to create a better life, and constantly realize the people's yearning for a better life.
The article points out that we must adhere to the people-centered approach, strengthen the construction of universal, basic and comprehensive people's livelihood, realize, safeguard and develop the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, strive to solve the urgent, difficult and anxious problems of the people, improve the basic public service system, improve the level of public services, enhance balance and accessibility, and solidly promote common prosperity. Stick to the bottom line, highlight key points, improve systems, guide expectations, coordinate work in education, income distribution, employment, social security, medical and health, housing, etc., continuously promote new progress in providing education for young children, education for learning, income from work, medical care for the sick, care for the elderly, housing, and support for the weak, and continuously promote social fairness and justice, so that the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security will be more fulfilling, more secure, and more sustainable. We must pay special attention, care and attention to all kinds of people in need, always keep their safety in mind, care about their sufferings, and do everything possible to help them solve their problems.
The article pointed out that people's livelihood work must be met directly with the people and reconciled, and there must be no falsehoods. Promises must be fulfilled, and one thing must be done one after another, year after year. We must do our best and within our capabilities, take into account needs and possibilities, and base the protection and improvement of people's livelihood on the basis of sustainable economic development and financial resources. Guide the masses to establish the concept of improving their lives through hard work, so that improving people's livelihood is not only the direction of the work of the party and the government, but also the goal of the people themselves.
The article emphasizes that the fundamental purpose of economic development is to better protect and improve people's livelihood, and focusing on people's livelihood is also focusing on development. It is necessary to organically integrate economic development and improving people's livelihood, formulate economic development policies to simultaneously embed the requirements for improving people's livelihood, and formulate people's livelihood policies to simultaneously consider the effect of promoting economic development, so that the improvement of people's livelihood and economic development can effectively connect and complement each other.
