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coordinate efforts to regulate coal, electricity, oil, gas, and transportation and
ensure that local governments, government departments, and enterprises take on

their respective responsibilities, in order to secure our energy supply. We will
better guide and manage public expectations, do an effective job with regard to
policy interpretation, pay close attention to societal trends, respond to people’s
concerns promptly, and work hard to boost market confidence.

III. Major Tasks for Economic and Social Development in 2023

In the year ahead, we will fully study, understand, and implement the guiding
principles from the 20th National Party Congress. We will put into practice the

guiding principles from the Central Economic Work Conference and complete the
tasks outlined in the Report on the Work of the Government. Our focus will be on
the following 10 areas.
1. Better coordinating our Covid-19 response with economic and social development
and consolidating and expanding our achievements in epidemic response
Putting the people and human life above all else, we will see that in every

locality, the Party committee and government, competent authorities of different
sectors, employers of all kinds, and individual citizens all fulfill their respective
responsibilities. We will pay close attention to key links, ensure solid and
meticulous work in the new phase of our Covid-19 response, and strengthen our

medical and health services system.
1) We will effectively manage Covid-19 with measures against Class B infectious
diseases.
We will build up our monitoring and at-the-ready early warning capabilities,
improve monitoring and reporting systems, and strengthen analysis and

assessment of trends in the epidemic at key times of the year such as summer,
autumn, and winter, so that we can give prompt and accurate early warnings and
take necessary response measures. We will make well-conceived vaccination plans
and work continuously to ensure that more of the elderly are vaccinated. The focus

of our prevention and treatment work will be on the elderly, children, and other
key groups.
We will channel more urban medical resources to rural areas and improve the
mechanisms for referring patients to city- and county-level hospitals, in an effort to
shore up weaknesses in rural areas. We will build up our public health capacity for

epidemic prevention and treatment and increase and upgrade our facilities for the
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