At 9 a.m. on March 5, 2022 (Saturday), the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress was held in the Great Hall of the People. Premier Li Keqiang, on behalf of the State Council, delivered a government work report to the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress.
The report points out that in the past year, efforts have been made to strengthen ecological and environmental protection and promote sustainable development. Achievements in the battle to protect blue skies, clear waters, and clean land have been consolidated. Measures were promoted to reduce the amount of chemical fertilizers and pesticides used, and to utilize livestock and poultry waste resources. Major ecological protection and restoration projects continued to be implemented, and a ten-year fishing ban was fully implemented in the Yangtze River. The installed capacity of renewable energy power generation exceeded 1 billion kilowatts. A carbon peak action plan was introduced. The national carbon emission trading market was launched. Active efforts have been made to address climate change.
Regarding this year's development goals, it states: Continue to improve the ecological environment and promote green and low-carbon development. Strengthen pollution control and ecological protection and restoration, properly handling the relationship between development and emission reduction, and promoting harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. Energy consumption intensity targets will be comprehensively assessed during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, with appropriate flexibility, and the newly added renewable energy and raw material energy consumption will not be included in the total energy consumption control.
Orderly promotion of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Implement the carbon peaking action plan. Promote energy revolution, ensure energy supply, based on resource endowments, adhere to the principle of establishing first and then breaking, overall planning, and promote low-carbon energy transformation. Strengthen the clean and efficient utilization of coal, orderly reduction and substitution, and promote energy-saving and carbon reduction transformation, flexibility transformation, and heating transformation of coal-fired power plants. Promote the planning and construction of large-scale wind and photovoltaic power bases and their supporting adjustable power sources, and improve the power grid's ability to absorb renewable energy power generation. Promote the research and development and application of green and low-carbon technologies, build a green manufacturing and service system, and promote energy saving and carbon reduction in industries such as steel, non-ferrous metals, petrochemicals, chemicals, and building materials. Resolutely curb the blind development of high-energy-consuming, high-emission, and low-level projects. Promote the transformation of "dual control" of energy consumption to "dual control" of total carbon emissions and intensity, improve incentive and constraint policies for emission reduction and carbon reduction, and accelerate the formation of a green production and lifestyle.
Surrounding the national major strategic deployment and the 14th Five-Year Plan, moderately ahead-of-schedule infrastructure investment will be carried out. Construct key water conservancy projects, a comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, important energy bases and facilities, accelerate the renewal and transformation of urban gas pipelines and other pipeline networks, improve flood control and drainage facilities, and continue to promote the construction of underground integrated corridors. Central budget investment is arranged at 640 billion yuan. Government investment will be more inclined towards livelihood projects, and efforts will be increased to make up for shortcomings in the field of social livelihood. Deepen the reform of investment approval system, improve the guarantee of land and energy use, and implement energy consumption separately for major national projects. The investment structure should be optimized, investment problems should be solved, and the key role of investment should be effectively brought into play.
Strengthen comprehensive ecological and environmental governance. Deepen the battle to decisively win the fight against pollution. Strengthen the coordinated control of multiple atmospheric pollutants and regional coordinated governance, increase efforts to control pollution in important rivers and lakes and bays, and continue to promote soil pollution control. Strengthen the control of solid waste and new pollutants, and promote garbage classification, reduction, and resource utilization. Improve supporting policies for energy-saving and water-saving industries, and the recycling of waste materials. Strengthen the zoning control of the ecological environment, scientifically carry out land greening, coordinate the systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and deserts, protect biodiversity, and promote the construction of a nature reserve system mainly based on national parks, so that our living environment will be greener and more beautiful.

Review of Achievements in 2021

   GDP reached 114 trillion yuan, with a growth of 8.1%.

   National fiscal revenue exceeded 20 trillion yuan, with a growth of 10.7%.

   12.69 million new jobs were added in urban areas.

   New breakthroughs were achieved in manned spaceflight, Mars exploration, resource exploration, and energy projects.

   Grain output reached 1.37 trillion jin, a historical high.

   The total number of market entities exceeded 150 million.

   Per capita disposable income of residents increased by 8.1% in real terms.

   The achievements in epidemic prevention and control continued to be consolidated. Regular prevention and control measures were implemented, and the full vaccination rate exceeded 85%.

   More than 1 trillion yuan in tax and fee cuts were implemented.

Assessment of the situation this year

   China faces significantly more risks and challenges in its development this year and must overcome obstacles.

   The fundamental long-term positive aspects of China's economy will not change, and sustained development has many favorable conditions, especially the strong desire of the people for a better life, the enormous potential for entrepreneurship and innovation, and the firm will to overcome difficulties together. We have also accumulated rich experience in dealing with major risks and challenges.

   The Chinese economy will surely withstand downward pressure and will surely move steadily and far.

2022 Development Goals

   GDP growth of around 5.5%.

   More than 11 million new jobs in urban areas, and the urban surveyed unemployment rate will be kept within 5.5% throughout the year.

   CPI increase of around 3%.

   Resident income growth will basically keep pace with economic growth.

   Grain output to remain above 1.3 trillion jin.

   Continued improvement in ecological environment quality, and a continued decrease in the emission of major pollutants.

Key tasks for 2022

   This year's deficit ratio is planned to be around 2.8%, a slight decrease from last year.

   Expenditure scale will be expanded by more than 2 trillion yuan compared to last year.

   Central government transfers to local governments will increase by about 1.5 trillion yuan, reaching nearly 9.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 18%, the largest increase in many years.

   Implement a comprehensive conservation strategy.

   Establish a financial stability guarantee fund.

   Implement a new combination of tax and fee support policies, adhering to both tax cuts and tax rebates.

    Continue to provide financing support to industries and enterprises severely affected by the epidemic.

    Carry out pilot programs for occupational injury protection in new employment forms.

    Fully implement the management of administrative licensing item lists.

    Basically achieve interoperability and mutual recognition of electronic licenses.

    Fully implement the registration-based system for stock issuance.

    Implement a ten-year plan for basic research.

    Implement a three-year intensive plan for reform of the science and technology system.

    Increase the intensity of the policy for adding and deducting R&D expenses, and increase the additional deduction ratio for technology-based SMEs from 75% to 100%.

    Continue to support the consumption of new energy vehicles.

    Start renovation projects for another batch of old urban residential areas.

    Newly develop 100 million mu of high-standard farmland.

    Carry out a second round of pilot projects for extending the land contracting period by another 30 years after expiration, covering entire counties.

    Launch the rural construction action.

    Give full play to the role of cross-border e-commerce and support the construction of overseas warehouses.

    Continue to carry out work to reduce the burden on compulsory education.

    Increase inclusive preschool education resources through multiple channels.

    Increase the per capita fiscal subsidy standards for resident medical insurance and basic public health services by 30 yuan and 5 yuan respectively.

    Promote centralized and volume-based procurement of drugs and high-value medical consumables.

    Achieve basic national uniformity in the scope of medical insurance drug use.

    Include childcare expenses for children under three years old in the special additional deduction for personal income tax.

    Accelerate the development of the long-term rental housing market, promote the construction of affordable housing, and support the commercial housing market in better meeting the reasonable housing needs of homebuyers.

    Make good use of the legacy of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Construct sports facilities for the masses and promote the widespread practice of national fitness.

    Severely crack down on the criminal activities of trafficking in women and children.

    Strengthen network security, data security, and personal information protection.

    Complete the reform of the national defense mobilization system and strengthen national defense education.