[applause] and ask for your job ration for the numbers of the national committee. Epidemic spreading and it is the most challenging Public Health emergency that china has encountered. We are fighting it with the sacrifice of our nation. Strategicde major achievements in response to covid19. We are promoting development. We fulfilled the targets and tests for economic and social development this year. The debut of the work in 2019 in first few modes of 2020 china faces many challenges. This let them and when this foundation reached the goal of prosperity the economy remained stable over all. The gdp rose 99 point with a 6. 1 increase over the previous year. New jobs were added. The Unemployment Rate was below 5. 3. Consumer prices rose by 2. 9 . A basic equilibrium was maintained in the balance of payments. The economic structure continued to improve, and the Development Priorities of regions are better aligned. Total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 40 trillion yuan, and consumption continued to serve as the main engine driving growth. Advanced manufacturing and modern services registered rapid growth. Grain output was kept above 650 million metric tons. For the first time, permanent urban residents exceeded 60 of the population, progress was made in implementing Major Development strategies for regions. New Growth Drivers became stronger. A number of major innovative achievements were made in science and technology. Emerging industries continued to grow; upgrading in Traditional Industries accelerated. Business startups and innovation continued to surge nationwide, with an average net increase of over 10,000 businesses per day. Major headway was made in reform and opening up. Supplyside structural reform was further advanced, and breakthroughs in reform were made in key areas. We cut taxes and fees by 2. 36 trillion yuan, going well beyond our target of two trillion yuan, with manufacturing and micro and Small Businesses benefiting most. The reform of government bodies was completed. Reforms to streamline administration and delegate power, improve regulation, and upgrade services were steadily advanced. The science and Technology Innovation board, or star market, was established. The joint efforts to pursue the belt will and Road Initiative bri yielded fresh results. Regulations for the implementation of the Foreign Investment law were adopted, and the China Shanghai pilot free trade zone lingang new area was established. Foreign trade and investment remained stable. Pivotal progress was achieved in the three critical battles. Decisive achievements were made in Poverty Alleviation the rural poor population was reduced by 11. 09 million, and the Poverty Headcount ratio fell to 0. 6 . Pollution prevention and control efforts continued, with further reductions in the discharge of major pollutants and overall improvements in the environment. The Financial Sector remained stable. Living standards continued to improve. Per capita disposable personal income topped 30,000 yuan. Basic oldage insurance, health insurance, and subsistence allowance standards were raised. Further progress was made in the construction of urban governmentsubsidized housing and the rebuilding of dilapidated houses in rural areas. The number of students in compulsory education receiving living allowances increased by almost 40 , and enrollments at vocational colleges grew by one million. We celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china. This occasion has inspired a strong sense of patriotism among all Chinese People, creating a powerful force that will bring great victories for socialism with chinese characteristics in the new era. We worked to improve party conduct and build a clean government, started an initiative to raise awareness of the need to stay true to the partys founding mission, and strictly observed the Central Party leaderships eightpoint decision on improving work conduct. We continued to address the practice of formalities for formalities sake, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, and took steps to ensure that people working at the primary level are free from unnecessary restrictions and excessive burdens. We achieved fruitful outcomes in pursuing chinas major country diplomacy. We successfully hosted the second belt and road forum for International Cooperation and other major diplomatic events. Look president xi jinping and other party and state leaders visited many countries and attended Major International events, including the g20 leaders summit, the brics leaders meeting, the summit of the conference on interaction and confidence Building Measures in asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, the east asian leaders meetings on cooperation, the chinaeu leaders meeting, and the chinajapanrok leaders meeting. We played an active role in the development and reform of the Global Governance system, and promoted the building of a Human Community with a shared future. We successfully pursued economic diplomacy and cultural and peopletopeople exchanges. China made important contributions to the advancement of world peace and development. [applause] fellow deputies, since the coronavirus first emerged, the Party Central committee has made its containment the top priority. General secretary xi jinping, putting the health and safety of our people before everything else, has personally taken charge and planned our response. Under the leadership of the Party Central committee, the Central Leading Group for covid19 response has made timely decisions and plans; the Central Guidance Group has provided effective guidance and supervision; the state council Interdepartmental Task force has coordinated the response efforts; all local authorities and all Government Departments have fulfilled their respective duties, and people from every walk of life have given their full support. Together, we have waged an allout peoples war against the virus. Our medical workers have fought with courage. Our servicemen and women have shouldered heavy responsibilities. Our scientists and researchers have joined forces in order to find a cure. Our community workers, policemen and women, officials working at the primary level, media personnel, and volunteers have stood fast at their posts. Our deliverymen and women, our our deliverymen and women, our sanitation workers, and all who make and transport emergency supplies have continued their work with dedication. Hundreds of millions of other workers outside of the spotlight have also made their own contributions. In wuhan city and Hubei Province the people have carried on with fortitude and resilience, while people from all sectors of society and our fellow compatriots in hong kong, macao, and taiwan and overseas have made generous donations, both monetary and inkind. [applause] through all these efforts, we, all the sons and daughters of the chinese nation, have stood together in the most trying of times and built a great wall of solidarity against the epidemic. Responding to the Central Party leaderships call to stay confident, come together in solidarity, adopt a sciencebased approach, and take targeted measures, we have carried out all our work in a solid and meticulous manner. We promptly adopted containment measures, treating covid19 as a class a Infectious Disease and activating a level one Public HealthEmergency Response in all localities. We have achieved a decisive victory in the battle to defend Hubei Province and its capital city wuhan by firmly implementing strict control measures, rallying the support of the entire country, dispatching over 40,000 doctors and nurses, rapidly increasing the number of hospital beds, and ensuring the availability of medical supplies. We continuously refined diagnostic and treatment plans, incorporated traditional chinese medicine into treatment, and spared no effort in the into treatment, and spared no effort in the treatment of patients, thus maximizing the cure rate and minimizing the mortality rate. We extended the spring festival holiday nationwide, postponed the spring semester, facilitated flexible resumption of work, and staggered commute times. We have carried out a societywide prevention and control effort, ensured early staggered commute times. Detection, reporting, quarantine, and treatment of cases, firmly controlled sources of infection, and effectively curbed the spread of the virus. Intensive efforts have been made to develop drugs, vaccines, and testing reagents. We expanded production of medical supplies by a large margin within a short time, ensured supply and price stability of daily necessities, and maintained smooth transportation on trunk lines, as well as stable supplies of coal, electricity, oil, and gas. In response to changing covid19 dynamics, we have adopted regular prevention and control measures in a timely manner. In the face of the global spread of covid19, we promptly set up a shield against possible imported cases, and we have provided increased care and support for chinese citizens overseas. With an open, transparent, and responsible attitude, china has actively engaged in International Cooperation, providing timely information, actively sharing prevention technologies and practices, and helping other countries with their response efforts. As a developing country with 1. 4 billion people, it is only by overcoming enormous difficulties that china has been able to contain covid19 in such a short time while also ensuring our peoples basic needs. Our success has come at a great price. The economy posted negative growth in the First Quarter of this year, and daily life and work have been greatly affected. However, life is invaluable. This is a price we must pay, and a price worth paying. [applause] we have also promoted economic and social development and lost no time in resuming work and production when appropriate. With 90 policy measures in 8 categories, we have provided assistance to enterprises to stabilize employment, cut and exempted taxes and fees, exempted all tolls on highways, reduced the costs of energy use, and granted subsidized loans. We have approved the early issuance of special bonds by local governments according to due procedures. We kept up with the spring farming schedule, and continued the critical battle against poverty. We have provided assistance to people working on the front lines of covid19 control and to people in difficulty, and doubled temporary price subsidies. These policies have benefited hundreds of millions of people, and ensured stable supplies and prices and the resumption of work and production in a timely and effective way. Indeed, the chinese economy has shown great resilience and enormous potential. [applause] fellow deputies, we owe what we have achieved in economic and social Development Since last year and in covid19 control this year to the strong leadership of the Party Central committee with comrade xi jinping at its core, the sound guidance of xi jinping thought on socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era, and the concerted efforts of the party, the armed forces, and the people of all ethnic groups in china. On behalf of the state council, i express sincere gratitude to the Chinese People of all ethnic groups, and to all other political parties, peoples organizations, and public figures from all sectors of society. [applause] i express heartfelt appreciation to our fellow countrymen and women in the hong kong and macao special administrative regions, in taiwan, and overseas. [applause] i also express sincere thanks to the governments of other countries, international organizations, and friends from all over the world, who have shown understanding and support for china in its endeavor to achieve modernization and in its fight against covid19. While recognizing our achievements, we are also keenly aware of the difficulties and problems we face. The shock of the covid19 pandemic has sent the World Economy into severe recession, disrupted industrial and supply chains, and caused a contraction in International Trade and investment and volatility in commodity markets. Domestically, consumption, investment, and exports have declined. Pressure on employment has risen significantly. Enterprises, especially micro, small, and medium businesses, face growing difficulties. There are increasing risks in the Financial Sector and other areas. The budgetary imbalances of primarylevel governments have intensified. There is still room for improvement in the work of government. Pointless formalities and bureaucracy remain an acute issue. A small number of officials shirk their duties or are incapable of fulfilling them. Corruption is still a common problem in some fields. During the covid19 response, many weak links have been exposed in Public Health emergency management, and the people have expressed their views and suggestions, which deserve our attention. We must strive to improve our work and fulfill our responsibilities and make every effort to live up to the peoples expectations. [applause] main targets for development and the overall plan for the next stage of work. For the government to deliver this year, we must, under the strong leadership of the Party Central committee with comrade xi jinping at its core, do the following. We should follow the guidance of xi jinping thought on socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era. Implement the Guiding Principles of the partys 19th National Congress and the second, third, and fourth plenary sessions of its 19th Central Committee in full. Firmly act on the partys basic theory, line and policy. Strengthen our consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in bigpicture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment with the Central Party leadership. Stay confident in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with chinese characteristics and uphold , general secretary xi jinpings core position on the Party Central committee and in the party as a whole, and uphold the Party Central committees authority and its centralized, unified leadership. Carry out covid19 control and promote economic and social development to fulfill the targets and tasks for completing the building of a moderately Prosperous Society in all respects. While carrying out regular covid19 control, continue to follow the general principle of pursuing progress while ensuring stability, apply the new development philosophy, pursue supplyside structural reform as our main task, and draw momentum from reform and opening up to promote high quality development. Make progress in the three critical battles. Step up efforts to ensure stability on six fronts and maintain security in six areas; steadfastly pursue the strategy of expanding domestic demand, ensure Economic Development and social stability, accomplish the targets and tasks for winning the battle against poverty, and bring to completion the building of a moderately Prosperous Society in all respects. At present and for some time to come, china will face challenges like never before. However, we have unique political and institutional strengths, a strong economic foundation, enormous market potential, and hundreds of millions of intelligent and hardworking people. If we face challenges headon, boost confidence in development, create strong impetus for growth, and preserve and make the most of this important period of strategic opportunity for our development, we will, without doubt, be able to make it through this challenging time. The horizons for chinas development are full of promise. [applause] on the basis of a comprehensive assessment of the current situation, we have made proper adjustments to the targets that we were considering before covid19 struck. This year, we must give priority to stabilizing employment and ensuring Living Standards, win the battle against poverty, and achieve the goal of building a moderately Prosperous Society in all aspects. Specifically, we have set the following targets. Over 9 million new urban jobs, a surveyed urban Unemployment Rate of around 6 , and a registered urban employment Unemployment Rate of around 5. 5 . Cpi increase of around 3. 5 . More stable and higherquality imports and exports, and a basic equilibrium in the balance of payments. Growth in personal income that is basically in step with Economic Growth. Elimination o