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Scientific and technological policies should aim at building up our country’s
strength and self-reliance in science and technology, and international cooperation

should also be continued. The new system for mobilizing resources nationwide
should be improved, we should better leverage the role of the government in
pooling resources to make key technological breakthroughs, and enterprises
should be encouraged and supported in playing the principal role in innovation.

Greater support should be given for the training of scientific and technological
personnel and teams.
Social policies should meet basic living needs. To effectively ensure people’s
basic wellbeing, we should take concrete measures to fully implement the

employment-first policy and place a higher priority on promoting the employment
of young people, particularly college graduates.
China has entered a phase of regular Covid-19 response, in which prevention
and control measures for Class B infectious diseases are applied. On the basis of a
comprehensive and systematic review of epidemic response efforts, we must

ensure our response is well-conceived, more targeted, and more effective. We
should protect people’s health and prevent severe cases, with an emphasis on
prevention and treatment for the elderly, children, and people with underlying
medical conditions. Monitoring of the epidemic should be elevated to a higher

level. Covid-19 vaccines should be upgraded and new drugs should be developed.
We should ensure people’s access to medicines and medical services to protect
their lives and health.
This year, a new central government leadership will take office. Going forward,

the work outlined in the previous section of this report relating to economic and
social development must be pushed forward with relentless efforts. I would now
like to brief you on several key priorities.
1. Expanding domestic demand

We should give priority to the recovery and expansion of consumption. The
incomes of urban and rural residents should be boosted through multiple channels.
We should stabilize spending on big-ticket items such as automobiles and promote
recovery in the consumption of consumer services in sectors such as catering,
culture, tourism, and sports. We should see that government investment and

policy incentives effectively drive investment society-wide.
It is proposed that 3.8 trillion yuan be allocated for special-purpose bonds for
local governments this year. Implementation of major projects set out in the 14th

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