People's Daily: 

Just now, it was mentioned that Liaoning has carried out a large amount of effective work in areas such as providing services for the elderly and children as well as renovating old communities. Could you please tell us what other efforts Liaoning has made to continuously improve people's well-being? What measures will be taken in the future? Thank you.

Zhang Lilin:

Thank you for your concern toward people's livelihoods. Benefiting the people is an eternal theme for us. In recent years, we have focused on addressing the pressing difficulties and problems that concerned the people most, releasing practical measures, doing practical things and seeking solid outcomes. We have issued the "Implementation of Measures on Further Guaranteeing and Improving People's Livelihoods in the Three-Year Action Plan for Comprehensive Revitalization of Liaoning," and formulated a list of practical matters for the people, striving to ensure that the people feel more fulfilled, have a more sustainable sense of happiness and experience a greater sense of safety. In 2023, the proportion of general public budget expenditures used for people's livelihoods in the province reached 76.5%. In the future, we will further guarantee and improve people's livelihoods in the pursuit of high-quality development, making the lives of Liaoning’s citizens better day by day.

First, we will make people feel more at ease with housing. We will make great efforts to build government-subsidized housing, implement urban renewal actions and create more high-quality living spaces. The province will renovate another 4,600 kilometers of old pipe networks, including 300 kilometers of gas pipelines, 1,500 kilometers of water supply pipelines, 1,500 kilometers of heating pipelines and 1,300 kilometers of drainage pipelines. We will continue to renovate 700 old communities and 4,463 buildings, covering a total construction area of 18 million square meters and benefiting 256,000 households, making life more comfortable for the general public.

Second, we will strive to make people more satisfied with education. We will accelerate the formation of a high-quality and balanced basic public education system. The proportion of public-interest kindergartens and regular senior high schools with high quality and distinctive features in the province have reached 89.9% and 56.4% respectively. We will ensure there are special needs education resource centers in all city-level administrative areas, accelerate the development of high-quality, well-balanced and integrated compulsory education in both urban and rural areas, and expand the scale of regular senior high schools with high quality and distinctive features. Thus, we will make students and parents more satisfied with education. 

Third, we will try to make people more satisfied with employment. We will carry out a series of actions to guarantee and promote employment, so as to advance revitalization. In 2024, Liaoning plans to release policy dividends in the field of human resources and social security and issue loans for enterprises to bolster employment totaling more than seven billion yuan, helping companies fill more than 700,000 vacancies. We will shift from "being able to find jobs" and "finding jobs quickly" to "finding good jobs" and "being content with one’s job," helping job hunters attain full employment.

Fourth, we aim to make public health care services more caring. Upholding the principle of medical professionals providing the necessary services for people's health, we are advancing the expansion of high-quality medical resources and striving for a balance in regional distribution. In 2024, we will add 100 key clinical specialties at the provincial, city and county levels. We are creating warmer health care services by optimizing outpatient processes throughout the pre-diagnosis, diagnosis and post-diagnosis stages. We are also promoting multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment models, flexible scheduling of outpatient appointments, and establishing one-stop service centers. Our goal is to ensure that the people have reliable medical support to improve their lives and health.

Fifth, we aim to help the elderly feel greater reassurance. We will steadily increase the level of social insurance benefits and implement a comprehensive social security coverage plan. We will strengthen the construction of urban and rural community elderly care service networks, focusing on providing elderly care services on their doorstep. We are committed to creating "15-minute elderly care service circles" that ensure convenient access to services. Additionally, we will carry out senior-friendly transformations for 15,000 households with elderly people in special difficulties, further enhancing the peace of mind for the elderly.

That concludes my introduction. Thank you.