National Health Commission: 25 provinces have completed the revision of population and family planning regulations
On January 20, the National Health Commission held a press conference, and Yang Jinrui, deputy director of the Department of Population and Family of the National Health Commission, introduced that since June 2021, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the "Decision on Optimizing The Birth Policy to Promote the Long-term Balanced Development of the Population", all localities and departments have taken active actions to promote the implementation of the task of optimizing the birth policy. The first is to cancel restrictive measures such as social support fees, and the second is that various departments have actively introduced a series of supporting measures, including double reduction in education, the inclusion of infant and child care service fees for children under three years old in the special deduction of individual tax, disaster birth insurance agents, inclusive childcare services, eugenics and eugenics services, and raising the standard of special family subsidies. Third, all localities have organized the implementation of the three-child birth policy in accordance with the law and actively introduced support measures. At present, 25 provinces have completed the revision of the regulations, and some provinces have formulated implementation plans. Judging from the existing situation, all localities have generally extended maternity leave by 30 to 90 days, increased the development of inclusive childcare services, and protected the rights and interests of family planning families.
In 2021, various natural disasters across the country caused a total of 107 million people to be affected
On January 20, the Ministry of Emergency Management held a press conference to report on the situation of natural disasters and safe production in the country in 2021. According to reports, last year, various natural disasters across the country caused a total of 107 million people to be affected, 867 people died and disappeared due to disasters, 162,000 houses collapsed, and direct economic losses of 334.02 billion yuan, down 28%, 10.4%, 18.6% and 5.5% respectively compared with the average of the past five years. In 2021, the national safety production situation continued to be stable and good, and the overall situation showed the characteristics of "two declines, one basically flat, and one zero occurrence", with a total of 34,600 production safety accidents and 26,300 deaths throughout the year, down 9% and 4% respectively compared with 2020. From the perspective of major accidents, there were 16 major accidents with more than 10 deaths, the number of cases was flat year-on-year, and there was also a major accident with direct economic losses of more than 50 million yuan.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: In 2021, a total of 1.425 million 5G base stations will be completed and opened
On the morning of January 20, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the development of industry and informatization in 2021. According to Tian Yulong, chief engineer and spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the information and communication industry will achieve a new leap forward in 2021. Gigabit optical network has the ability to cover 300 million households. The construction of the "double gigabit" network has been accelerated, a total of 1.425 million 5G base stations have been built and opened, and 512,000 administrative villages across the country have fully realized the "broadband connection between villages and villages", and the problem of communication difficulties in poor areas has been historically solved.
Two departments: forest, grassland, wetland survey and monitoring is carried out once a year
According to the news on the website of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration on January 20, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration recently jointly issued the "Opinions on Jointly Doing a Good Job in the Investigation and Monitoring of Forests, Grasslands and Wetlands", which clarifies that the Ministry of Natural Resources and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration jointly set up a special work class and unified deployment arrangements, and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration is responsible for organizing and implementing the investigation and monitoring. The "Opinions" pointed out that the survey and monitoring of forests, grasslands and wetlands is carried out once a year, and the plots of woodlands, grasslands and wetlands formed by the Third National Land Survey and the previous year's Land Change Survey are taken as the scope of work. The "Opinions" require that the competent departments of natural resources at all levels and the competent departments of forestry and grassland should attach great importance to and closely cooperate, be responsible for the whole process, perform their duties in place, and continuously improve and perfect the investigation and monitoring of forests, grasslands and wetlands.
Ministry of Transport: Make every effort to ensure the stability of the situation of safe production in transportation
On January 20, the Ministry of Transport issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Construction of the Transportation Safety Production System", which clearly stated that it is necessary to investigate and rectify major hidden dangers in safe production, resolutely curb major accidents, and make every effort to ensure the stability of the situation of transportation safety production. According to data from the Ministry of Transport, the number of highway and waterway safety production accidents and the number of deaths and disappearances in 2021 fell by 7.2% and 6.4% year-on-year, and the safety production situation in the transportation industry was generally stable. The "Opinions" clearly stated that it is necessary to explore and promote the establishment of a special committee for key areas of transportation under the leadership of the safety committee of the provincial people's government, and coordinate the solution of multi-departmental and multi-level transportation safety issues. Employ random spot checks, overt inspections, and covert visits, and strengthen inspections of departmental safety supervision and performance of duties and the implementation of enterprise entity responsibilities. Focus on supervising and publicly exposing enterprises that have major and extraordinarily large production safety accidents (dangerous situations), frequent accidents, ineffective control of major risks, and ineffective rectification of major hidden dangers, and low credit ratings. Establish hierarchical and categorical oversight mechanisms based on credit ratings, lawfully carrying out punishments for untrustworthiness and incentives for trustworthiness.
National Energy Administration: The installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation on the grid exceeded 300 million kilowatts
According to the news on the website of the National Energy Administration on January 20, according to statistics, the new installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation on the mainland in 2021 will be about 53 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world for 9 consecutive years. By the end of 2021, the installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation grid-connected will reach 306 million kilowatts, breaking through the 300 million kilowatt mark, ranking first in the world for seven consecutive years。 In the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the construction of photovoltaic power generation achieved new breakthroughs and showed new characteristics. First, distributed photovoltaics reached 107.5 million kilowatts, exceeding 100 million kilowatts, accounting for about one-third of the total installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation grid-connected. Second, in the new photovoltaic power generation grid-connected installed capacity, distributed photovoltaics added about 29 million kilowatts, accounting for about 55% of all new photovoltaic power generation installed capacity, breaking through 50% for the first time in history, and the development trend of centralized and distributed photovoltaic power generation is obvious. Third, among the newly added distributed photovoltaics, household photovoltaics will exceed 20 million kilowatts in 2021 after exceeding 10 million kilowatts for the first time in 2020, reaching about 21.5 million kilowatts.
The central bank cut its LPR: 3.7% for one-year period and 5 BP for five-year periods
On January 20, the National Interbank Lending Center authorized by Chinese Minmin Bank to announce that the loan market quotation rate (LPR) on January 20, 2022 was: the 1-year loan market quotation rate was reduced from 3.8% to 3.7%, a decrease of 10 basis points. The market quoted rate on loans with a maturity of more than 5 years was lowered by 5 basis points from 4.65% to 4.6%. The cut will help financial institutions further reduce financing costs for the real economy.
The Central Office for Governing the Country in Accordance with The Law launched the rectification work of on-the-spot supervision and rectification of the construction of a rule-of-law government
According to the news on the website of the Ministry of Justice on January 20, recently, according to the work arrangements of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Ruling the Country in Accordance with the Law, the Central Office for Governing the Country in Accordance with the Law launched the 2021 rule of law government construction field supervision feedback rectification work. The inspection teams will give feedback to eight provinces: Beijing, Tianjin, Jilin, Anhui, Hunan, Guangdong, Chongqing and Ningxia. The Central Office for Governing the Country according to Law requires that the provinces under supervision should conscientiously formulate rectification and reform plans, make overall plans for rectification and reform, and conduct rectification and reform pressure at all levels, and effectively highlight the rectification and reform effects. In rectification and reform work, it is necessary to pay close attention to key departments, establish and improve long-term mechanisms for performing duties according to law, and earnestly promote the strict standardization of fair and civilized law enforcement; it is necessary to consolidate the foundation of the grass-roots level, make the grass-roots level more fundamental from the institutional mechanism, make the grass-roots level more powerful in terms of service guarantees, and promote the downward shift of the center of gravity, the sinking of strength, and the downward tilt of guarantees for the construction of the rule of law.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Pork output last year was 52.96 million tons, an increase of 28.8% over the previous year
On January 20, the State Council New Office held a press conference to introduce the operation of the agricultural and rural economy in 2021 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Zeng Yande, chief agronomist of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and director of the Department of Development Planning, introduced that grain and agricultural production have achieved another bumper harvest, the foundation for ensuring national food security has been consolidated and improved, and grain output has reached a record high. In 2021, the grain sown area was 1.764 billion mu, an increase of 12.95 million mu over the previous year, the yield was 387 kg per mu, an increase of 4.8 kg, and the output was 1365.7 billion jin, an increase of 26.7 billion jin on a high base. Pig production has fully recovered, and by the end of 2021, the national stock of fertile sows is 43.29 million, and the production capacity has returned to a reasonable level. The annual pork output was 52.96 million tons, an increase of 28.8% over the previous year, basically reaching the level of historical normal years. At the same time, the output of beef and mutton increased by 4.1% over the previous year, the output of milk increased by 7.1%, and the output of aquatic products increased by more than 2%. The supply of vegetables and fruits is sufficient, and it is expected that the annual vegetable area will be 320 million mu, the output will be 750 million tons, and the fruit output will exceed 290 million tons, and the market supply will be guaranteed.
Ministry of Commerce: Last year, the industry's outward direct investment was 936.69 billion yuan
On January 20, at a regular press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce, Shu Jueting, spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced the relevant situation of the mainland's foreign investment cooperation in 2021. Shu Jueting said that in 2021, the mainland's foreign investment cooperation will develop steadily. Industry-wide outward direct investment was RMB936.69 billion, up 2.2% year-on-year (US$145.19 billion, up 9.2% year-on-year). The turnover of foreign contracted projects was 999.62 billion yuan, down 7.1% year-on-year (equivalent to 154.94 billion US dollars, down 0.6% year-on-year); the newly signed contracts amounted to 1,667.68 billion yuan, down 5.4% year-on-year (equivalent to 258.49 billion US dollars, an increase of 1.2% year-on-year).
National Development and Reform Commission: Make every effort to ensure the supply and price stability of important people's livelihood commodities during the Spring Festival
National Development and Reform Commission WeChat public number January 20 news, the Spring Festival is coming, in order to ensure the people's holiday consumption demand, the National Development and Reform Commission urges all localities to compact the "vegetable basket" mayor responsibility system, recently all localities have actively taken measures to increase the organization of supply sources, strengthen market price monitoring, ensure the smooth flow of goods, give play to the role of market entities in ensuring supply, actively put reserves, actively invest reserves and do a good job in ensuring the basic livelihood of the people in difficulty, to ensure that the supply of important people's livelihood commodities in the market is sufficient and the price is generally stable. Earnestly do a good job in guaranteeing the basic livelihood of the people in difficulty. At present, the supply of important people's livelihood commodities such as grain, oil, meat, eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables in various places is sufficient, the prices are basically stable, and the consumer demand of residents has a solid material guarantee. The National Development and Reform Commission will guide all localities to continue to closely monitor the market supply and price situation, strengthen the connection between production and marketing, and take effective and effective measures in a timely manner to ensure supply and stabilize prices.
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