Chinese premier delivers government work report

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang started delivering a government work report on behalf of the State Council at the opening meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, held at the Great Hall of the People on Sunday morning.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a government work report at the opening meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing, March 5, 2023. (Photo/Xinhua)

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⊛ China's deficit-to-GDP ratio is projected at 3 percent for 2023.>>>

⊛ China's annual defense budget will remain single-digit growth for the eighth year in a row, with an increase of 7.2 percent in 2023. >>>

⊛ China targets inflation rate, or increase in consumer price index (CPI), of around 3 percent for 2023.>>>

⊛ China will accelerate the modernization of the industrial system. >>>

⊛ China will ensure that growth in personal income is generally in step with national economic growth this year. >>>

⊛ China should effectively prevent and defuse major economic and financial risks in 2023. >>>

⊛The past five years for China have been truly momentous and remarkable as the country has met numerous tests and made major achievements in economic and social development. >>>

⊛ China has secured victory in the critical battle against poverty within the set time frame and worked to consolidate and build on achievements in poverty alleviation. >>>

⊛ China stabilized the economy, steadily enhanced development quality, and maintained overall social stability in 2022, securing new and hard-won achievements in development. >>>

⊛ China should effectively prevent and defuse major economic and financial risks in 2023. "We should ensure effective risk prevention and mitigation in high-quality, leading real estate enterprises, help them improve debt-to-asset ratios, and prevent unregulated expansion in the real estate market to promote stable development of the real estate sector," government work report said. >>>

⊛ China's COVID-19 response will be more well-conceived, more targeted and more effective in 2023. >>>

⊛ China has made fresh progress in work related to its Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan over the past five years.>>>

⊛ China will take resolute steps to oppose "Taiwan independence" and advance the process of the country's peaceful reunification. >>>

⊛ Major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics has been conducted on all fronts over the past five years. >>>

⊛ The Chinese government continued to perform its functions in accordance with the law and develop new ways of conducting governance and ensured social stability in the past five years. >>>

⊛ China will, with a focus on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, uphold and improve the system of regional ethnic autonomy and encourage all its ethnic groups to strive in unity for common prosperity and development. >>>

⊛ Over the past five years, China remained committed to opening up wider to the world and expanded international economic and trade cooperation to deliver mutually beneficial outcomes. >>>

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a government work report at the opening meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)