After the "chaotic clouds", how will China start?

It's time for the "two sessions" again, and I think back to the last time I was "two sessions," just over nine months have passed. You see, you've forgotten about it. Because of the epidemic, the national "two sessions" in 2020 were postponed from the beginning of March to May 21. Less than a year apart, people's moods are very different, the most obvious difference is that this year everyone has relaxed.

At the press conference of the Fourth Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held on the afternoon of 3 July, spokesman Guo Weimin answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters. There were many sharp and sensitive issues at the meeting, such as how to view the rising proportion of Americans' negative views of China, and whether China has gained influence through "vaccine diplomacy".

To these questions, he replied that he hoped that more and more foreigners would come to China to experience the field, and he also quoted figures from international polling agencies that the Chinese people's satisfaction with the government reached more than 90%. The feelings of Chinese people about their own country are obviously more important than what outsiders say. He also said that China's vaccine assistance to 69 countries and two international organizations is practicing the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, and the leaders of some countries have taken the lead in vaccinating China's vaccine, illustrating the safety and efficacy of Chinese vaccines.

When watching the live broadcast, there was a feeling that Guo Weimin's answers to these questions were firm and clear, but the tone was very calm and calm, and he could not hear the "gunpowder taste" expected by the media. This calm and self-confidence stems from China's growing strength and from the experience we have accumulated in dealing with various complex situations over the past year.

If we compare the reports of the first press conference of the Third Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference last year, we will find that the issues that the media are concerned about are more specific and practical. Last spring people were still worried about whether China's economy could be held up and whether Sino-US relations would become unmanageable, but looking back this year, these questions have been answered. This year, the reporter asked how to optimize the business environment, how to help the elderly cross the "digital divide", and how to protect the security of personal information, which reflects that Chinese society is withdrawing from multiple tests and gradually returning to normal.

In this regard, Guo Weimin also responded one by one. Last year, the CPPCC National Committee held a number of surveys on optimizing the business environment, and this year the CPPCC National Committee will continue to pay attention to this issue. Regarding the difficulty of the elderly in using smart devices, Guo Weimin frankly said that this exposes the problem of insufficient humanized services in our intelligent process. When it comes to the issue of personal information security, he said that the CPPCC will promote the improvement of relevant laws and regulations, so that personal information can be secured and the public can be satisfied.

At the first press conference of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the past years, there is a question that must be asked, that is, about poverty alleviation. Over the past year, we have achieved many historic milestone victories, including outstanding performance in epidemic prevention and control, as well as breaking through the 100 billion mark for the first time under the unfavorable internal and external environment, becoming the only major economy in the world to achieve positive economic growth. Another great achievement is that the battle against poverty has won a comprehensive victory, and nearly 100 million people have been lifted out of absolute poverty in a few years, which is also a miracle in the history of human poverty control.

But this does not mean that the cause of poverty alleviation is completed, and the South Mountain can be released. How to continue to consolidate the results of poverty alleviation, prevent large-scale return to poverty, and continue to improve the living standards of the people who have been lifted out of poverty is the next step facing the task. The CPPCC will continue to play its unique role in helping the poverty-alleviated population and the sustainable development of poverty-alleviated areas and helping rural revitalization.

Since the central government made the decision to win the battle against poverty in 2015, it has resisted the pressure and spared no cost for more than 5 years, and concentrated on doing a good job in this matter. This once again confirms a basic judgment that after the Eighteenth National Congress, whether it is anti-corruption, education and rectification of the political and legal contingent, the construction of ecological civilization, or the bottom line of not having systemic financial risks, the decisions made by the central authorities will certainly be implemented in a down-to-earth manner, and the things promised by the central authorities will certainly be earnestly and earnestly honored to the people. It is precisely because of the efforts of "internal revision of political theory" in the past few years that we have not only stood firm in last year's internal and external tests, but also made remarkable achievements.

The "two sessions" are a plan and a summary. This year we will usher in the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the challenges and achievements of the past year have made us more clear about the direction of the international and domestic trends, more clear about China's position and mission, and more confident in our system and line. With this self-confidence, even if there are chaotic clouds flying across, China will surely become more and more relaxed.

Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Yu Yongjie