based on benefiting people's livelihood and expanding domestic demand, various localities are accelerating deployment, and a series of people's livelihood projects are fully deployed to speed up construction.
In the recent period, it can be seen from relevant data that the scale of expenditures and the rate of funds in place for investment in people’s livelihood and the progress of implementation in various localities have been significantly accelerated, and people’s livelihood projects such as the renovation of old communities, poverty alleviation projects, and public services for the elderly are increasing. Build at full capacity.
In fact, entering the second half of the year, more people's livelihood projects will accelerate the implementation. According to the opinions issued by the State Council on the division of labor in key work departments of the "Government Work Report" issued on June 11, in the expansion of effective investment, it is planned to arrange local government special bonds of 3.75 trillion yuan this year, an increase of 1.6 trillion yuan over last year; The proportion of special bonds that can be used as project capital, and 600 billion yuan will be invested in the central budget. Focus on supporting the "two new and one heavy" construction that not only promotes consumption and benefits the people's livelihood, but also adjusts the structure to increase stamina, strengthens the construction of new urbanization, improves the public facilities and service capabilities of the county, supports the renovation of the pipe network of the old community, installs elevators, etc., and develops the home Diversified community services such as elderly care, dining, and cleaning. In addition, the construction of major projects such as transportation and water conservancy will be strengthened, and the national railway construction capital will be increased by 100 billion yuan.
He Daixin, deputy director of the Finance Research Office of the Institute of Financial Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with a reporter from the China Sankei Shimbun that the new crown pneumonia epidemic has brought huge challenges to my country's economic and social development. The expansion of effective investment in various regions promotes economic growth. important force. And continuing to increase people's livelihood projects can not only effectively improve public service capabilities, but also release people's livelihood dividends to a greater extent.
People's Livelihood Project "Speed Run"
In terms of strengthening infrastructure construction, the National Development and Reform Commission recently issued the "Notice on Accelerating the Work on Strengthening and Weaknesses of County Urbanization", focusing on improving public health service facilities, environmental sanitation infrastructure, and municipal public facilities. Detailed deployment.
Cong Liang, secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated at the press conference of the State Council that he will continue to increase support for rural drinking water safety, education, and medical projects in poverty-stricken areas, and accelerate the construction of rural roads, rural power grids, and rural water conservancy. New funds, new projects, and new measures are tilted towards the deeply impoverished areas.
Regarding the renovation of old communities, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued a notice on June 19, confirming the first batch of comprehensive renovation projects for old communities in 2020, totaling 153 projects.
In addition, Beijing plans to concentrate on starting 21 key projects with certain influence and obvious investment demonstration effects, including 5 projects to improve people's livelihood.
Sichuan this year focuses on the transformation of "dirty, chaotic, and poor" shanty towns in the old city, and plans to allocate 2.93 billion yuan to renovate 104,800 sets of housing in urban shanty towns to alleviate the housing difficulties of urban residents.
According to the data released by relevant departments of Hebei Province, as of the end of May this year, 40,900 sheds had been renovated in the province, and 78,500 were basically completed, completing 70% and 98.9% of the annual target tasks respectively; the two task indicators were achieved ahead of schedule. "Double over half", progress is better than the same period last year.
The Guizhou Provincial Development and Reform Commission’s report shows that from January to May this year, the province’s ten people’s livelihood projects have invested 27.502 billion yuan, 18.2% of the annual plan, and completed an investment of 26.118 billion yuan, which is 13.7% of the annual plan. The funds in place for other livelihood projects are 26.546 billion yuan, accounting for 89.91% of the annual plan; the completed investment is 17.321 billion yuan, accounting for 61.87% of the annual plan. The people's livelihood project has accumulated 54.048 billion yuan of funds in place, and completed investment of 43.439 billion yuan.
Heilongjiang Province plans to implement the construction of 229 neighborhood community old-age service institutions, 1,410 community day care institutions, and 150 special-impaired people's support service facilities (nursing homes) renovation and upgrading projects by promoting the new and supplementary construction of community home-based elderly service facilities.
Shandong also proposed to build 162 charging stations in the expressway service area by the end of 2020. We will do a good job in the construction of urban infrastructure such as municipal roads and bridges, water supply and drainage, gas, central heating, and landscaping, and complete an investment of more than 80 billion yuan throughout the year.
According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, investment in the field of people's livelihood has achieved positive growth in the first five months of this year. Among them, investment in education increased by 10.4%, and the growth rate accelerated by 7.5 percentage points; investment in health increased by 9.5%, and the growth rate accelerated by 4.8 percentage points.
"The acceleration of investment in various provinces, including the acceleration of budget implementation, shows that the arrangement and design of the decision-making system has played a role. This year’s "Government Work Report" and government budget contain a large amount of content in the field of people's livelihood investment. These contents are in In the past, there were still some challenges in the implementation process. For example, the management system of local governments was relatively inefficient, coupled with relatively low investment willingness, and financial difficulties." He Daixin said that from relevant data this year, it can be seen that the entire people’s livelihood field The investment is not the same as in the past. However, with the advancement of the entire system, the operational efficiency of local governments has also been relatively accelerated, and investment in infrastructure construction and other areas of people’s livelihood has also accelerated.
People's livelihood shortcomings urgently need to be filled
At present, there are still many shortcomings in the field of people's livelihood. For example, the shortcomings in the social security field, such as the bottom-out mechanism, public services, and infrastructure, are more obvious.
Not long ago, the person in charge of relevant departments in Beijing stated that Beijing will increase efforts to make up for the shortcomings of people’s livelihoods, and will arrange nine-year schools in Xinxinyuan residential area, Sanshan Five Gardens Art Center, and Xinshougang International Talent Community (core area). Southern District) and other 3 major social projects.
Zeng Haiwei, the dean of the South China Institute of Smart Innovation, said in an interview with a reporter from China Industry and Economics News that the recent intensive disclosure of the schedule of people's livelihood projects in various places highlights the importance of people's livelihood in a special year. In creating economic growth points, it is necessary to deepen supply-side structural reforms, highlight the people's livelihood orientation, and effectively combine and promote each other to boost consumption and expand investment.
Zeng Haiwei believes that in the process of increasing investment in the construction of people’s livelihood projects, we should pay attention to making up for the shortcomings in supporting education and medical facilities in large-scale resettlement areas; at the same time, we will continue to increase the protection of rural drinking water safety, education, and medical projects in poverty-stricken areas. Support; accelerate the construction of rural roads, rural power grids, rural water conservancy, etc., and promote new funds, new projects, and new initiatives to tilt toward the deeply impoverished areas.
He Daixin said that infrastructure construction in some cities is a long-term project. On the one hand, for such long-term projects, it must really play a role to reflect people's livelihood; on the other hand, the funds in the field of people's livelihood come from government debt or even special bond issuance. Therefore, while constructing the project, it is necessary to introduce some measures to protect one's own safety and prevent the loss of funds.
He Daixin further stated that although my country's fiscal expenditures are facing considerable pressure this year, expenditures in the field of people's livelihoods have only increased. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce measures such as the implementation mechanism in terms of finance and currency.