Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 17th. Premier Li Qiang of the State Council presided over the first plenary meeting of the new State Council on March 17th. The meeting announced the division of labor among the leading comrades of the State Council and the organization of the State Council, reviewed and approved the newly revised "Work Rules of the State Council", and made arrangements for government work. Li Qiang emphasized that it is necessary to firmly maintain the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party, and carry out work closely around the central task of the Party in the new era and new journey, so as to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way. , unremitting struggle to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Li Qiang pointed out that the five-year term of the current government is a critical period for the beginning of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. The job of the current government is to implement and implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. Every comrade must be a good executor, activist, and doer. The executor is to fully and accurately understand the strategic intentions of the Party Central Committee, fully implement the requirements of the Party Central Committee, and at the same time improve the ability of creative execution to ensure that the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment are effective. The activists must insist on speaking with actions, respond to the call of the Party Central Committee, and implement the requirements of the Party Central Committee. To be a doer is not only to work hard and work hard, but also to be good at doing things well, and strive to create achievements that can stand the test of history, practice and the people.

On March 17, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council presided over the first plenary meeting of the new State Council in Beijing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Ye

Li Qiang pointed out that in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee for this year's work, we must focus on the implementation of key tasks and promote various tasks from a new starting point to a good start. We must firmly grasp the primary task of high-quality development, adhere to the principle of stability and seek progress while maintaining stability, scientifically and accurately implement macro policies, comprehensively implement policies to release the potential of domestic demand, and promote continuous overall improvement in economic operation. We must put the focus of economic development on the real economy, fight the tough battle of key core technologies, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system. It is necessary to further deepen reform and opening up, plan and implement a new round of state-owned enterprise reform, promote the development and growth of the private economy, and stabilize the basic market of foreign trade and foreign investment. It is necessary to effectively prevent and defuse major risks, and firmly hold the bottom line of no systemic risks. It is necessary to do a good job in agricultural and rural work, effectively ensure the stable and safe supply of food and important agricultural products, and consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation. It is necessary to further promote the prevention and control of environmental pollution, continuously improve the quality of the ecological environment, and actively and steadily promote carbon peak carbon neutrality. It is necessary to do a good job in the development of social undertakings, epidemic prevention and control, and other aspects, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.

Li Qiang emphasized that we must comprehensively strengthen the government's own construction, put political construction in the first place, vigorously promote the style of investigation and research, conscientiously implement the task of institutional reform, adhere to strict administration according to law, improve the efficiency of creative execution, and provide a strong guarantee for the completion of various goals and tasks. The leading comrades of the State Council and various departments should take the lead in talking about politics, abide by the rules, strictly discipline themselves, do not seek personal gains, act diligently, and take on responsibilities bravely, so as to form a good situation of being clean and upright, united and forging ahead.

Members of the plenary meeting of the State Council attended the meeting. Persons in charge of other departments and units of the State Council attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates.