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start-ups among key groups like rural migrant workers, demobilized military
personnel, and people who have emerged from poverty. We will do more to
protect the rights and interests of those in flexible employment and new forms of

employment. We will continue to support large-scale vocational skills training and
work faster to train large numbers of skilled workers, with a view to alleviating

structural problems related to employment.
We will promote the development of a high-quality education system. We will
continue to scale up funding and improve the mix of spending to support the

development of education that meets people’s needs. We will increase investment
in compulsory education, work faster to shore up weak areas, and promote

high-quality, balanced development and urban-rural integration in compulsory
education. We will strengthen the teacher workforce in rural areas. The central

government will allocate 25 billion yuan for the development of preschool
education, an increase of 2 billion yuan, to help expand the supply of

public-interest education resources. Subsidies for improving conditions at regular
senior secondary schools will reach 10 billion yuan, an increase of 3 billion yuan,
and will be used to improve basic conditions in schools at the county level. We will

help vocational education institutions in bringing their conditions up to relevant
standards and support trials to establish a discipline-based system for the

differentiated allocation of funds to vocational schools on a per student basis. We
will support accelerated efforts to develop world-class universities and strong

disciplines with Chinese features, and boost the ability of higher education
institutions to serve China’s strategic needs. A total of 40.4 billion yuan will be

allocated for supporting the reform and development of local universities, an
increase of 1 billion yuan, with the focus on developing world-class universities
and world-class disciplines in central and western regions. A total of 72 billion

yuan will be allocated for student financial aid to help ease the education burden
on families in difficulty, an increase of 3.2 billion yuan.

We will support the improvement of medical and healthcare services. The central
government will allocate 170 billion yuan in general transfer payments, including

30 billion yuan of carryover funds produced by accrual accounting, to subsidize
local governments for epidemic prevention and control, with funding tilted toward

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