In the new year, China will celebrate the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up and host the Beijing Olympic Games. Predictably, in 2008, major events will continue and happy events will be linked.
"Two Preventions" to Ensure the Stable Operation of Macroeconomy
On the basis of maintaining the growth rate of 10% for five consecutive years, whether China's economy can maintain a stable running momentum in 2008 and prevent big bumps and ups and downs has attracted wide attention from the society.
According to the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference, "preventing rapid economic growth from turning into overheating and preventing structural price increases from turning into obvious inflation" has become the primary task of macro-control in 2008.
Since 2007, prices have continued to rise and inflationary pressures have increased. Since August, the consumer price index has increased by more than 6% year-on-year for four consecutive months. Among them, 1 1 rose by 6.9%, the highest in recent years. The prices of pork and other foods have risen significantly, which has affected the lives of urban people, especially low-income families.
Obviously, inflation is the enemy of stable economic operation. It will be an urgent task for the government to curb the excessive price increase. Based on the prominent contradictions facing the current economy, the macro-control policy was greatly adjusted in 2008, and the prudent monetary policy turned to "tight" after the implementation of 10. Tight monetary policy and prudent fiscal policy will jointly promote economic restructuring and coordinated development.
The two sessions were held to elect new national leaders.
The "two sessions" in 2008 were unusual. It is the first national "two sessions" held after the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and it is also a five-year congress. The first session of the 11th National People's Congress and the first session of the 11th China People's Political Consultative Conference will elect leaders of state institutions and leaders of the China People's Political Consultative Conference to form a new government.
The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has made comprehensive arrangements for China's economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction and party building, and put forward new requirements for future development. The "two sessions" will make arrangements for the work throughout the year, and discuss and vote on major reform issues related to the national economy and people's livelihood, such as the reform of government institutions.
This "two sessions" is a major event in China's political life, which will have a far-reaching impact on implementing the spirit of the 17th National Congress and promoting China's economic and social development in the next five years or even longer.
Olympic dream to come to China.
On August 8th, 2008, the 29th Olympic Games will be grandly opened in Beijing, which is a day that will be recorded in the history books of China forever. Athletes from all over the world will participate in 28 major events and 302 minor events. The Beijing Paralympic Games will be held on September 6th.
"The Olympics will unite people, and the Olympics will inspire people." Countless people in China are dreaming of making joint efforts to run the Olympic Games well. The "software and hardware" conditions for Beijing, the ancient capital of the Millennium, to serve the Olympic Games have been significantly improved, and a strong Olympic element has been injected. The Olympic Games has also incorporated more elements of China culture.
China strives to make the 29th Olympic Games an outstanding Olympic Games of the world family. "One world, one dream!" China will keep its promise and provide good services to the Olympic family and Olympic audience in accordance with international practice. Through the success of the Olympic Games, a more open and harmonious China will be presented to the world, and the Olympic spirit will be widely promoted in China, an ancient oriental civilization.
Welcome the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up.
In 2008, China will celebrate the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up. 1At the end of 978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing, which started the reform and opening up.
The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee made a new decision on reform and opening-up, which began the historic transformation of China from "focusing on class struggle" to focusing on economic construction, from rigid and semi-rigid to comprehensive reform, and from closed and semi-closed to opening-up. This plenary session marks that China has entered a new era of socialist development. Since then, the reform and opening up has experienced a magnificent historical process from rural areas to cities, from economic systems to various systems, from invigorating the economy at home to opening up, and has embarked on a Socialism with Chinese characteristics road.
The most striking feature of the new period is reform and opening up. Facts have eloquently proved that reform and opening up is the key choice that determines contemporary China. Only reform and opening up can develop China, socialism and Marxism.
Law promotes social justice and harmony.
A number of important laws, such as Labor Contract Law, Enterprise Income Tax Law, Anti-monopoly Law, Urban and Rural Planning Law and Employment Promotion Law, will be implemented in 2008. People will clearly see the track of China's economic and social development and hear the pace of social progress in the implementation of each law.
The Labor Contract Law and the Enterprise Income Tax Law, which came into effect on June 65438+1 October1,2008, will have a far-reaching impact on every worker and enterprise. The Labor Contract Law stipulates that the employer must conclude a labor contract with the laborer, and guides the employer to make a reasonable agreement on the term of the labor contract that the laborer is very concerned about, which has a more powerful legal weapon for protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the laborer. The Enterprise Income Tax Law unifies the income tax system of domestic and foreign-funded enterprises, which can not only benefit domestic enterprises, but also help improve the quality and structure of utilizing foreign capital.
The Anti-Monopoly Law will come into effect on August 1 2008. This law prohibits operators from reaching monopoly agreements and abusing market dominance, which will have a far-reaching impact on promoting the healthy development of China's economy.
Chinese astronauts will take the first spacewalk after the launch of Shenzhou VII.
Shenzhou VII manned spacecraft will be launched in 2008, when Chinese astronauts will make their first spacewalk.
The launch of Shenzhou VII will be another milestone in China's manned spaceflight project. During the "Shenzhou V" and "Shenzhou VI" flights, the astronauts' task is mainly to operate and take care of themselves in the cabin. Since the "Shenzhou VII", the initiative of astronauts' activities is greater than the passivity, which puts forward higher requirements for astronauts' body, technology and psychology.
At present, the core technical difficulties such as Shenzhou VII airlock have been overcome, and the whole ship has entered the comprehensive testing stage. The first batch of 14 astronauts in China, including Yang Liwei, Fei Longjun and Nie Haisheng, are selecting and training for the Shenzhou VII mission. According to the timetable, the Long March II F rocket used to launch Shenzhou VII has all been assembled.
Stock index futures are in the pipeline.
As an important system to improve the capital market, stock index futures are brewing after several years of careful preparation.
Stock index futures is a futures contract with the stock index as the transaction target, which is the inevitable product of the development of the stock market to a certain stage. The introduction of stock index futures is of great significance to the development of China's stock market and the optimization of financial structure. On the one hand, stock index futures can play the role of hedging, which can hedge the risks and losses of the stock market; On the other hand, it can also enhance the pricing power of China's capital market. In recent years, various Chinese stock index futures products have been launched in overseas markets, which may affect the trend of China stock market in time and pose a potential threat to China's financial security.
In recent years, according to the principle of "high standard and steady start", the relevant departments of our country have actively prepared for the financial futures market and revised and formulated relevant laws and regulations; China Financial Futures Exchange was established. At present, the system and technical preparation of stock index futures have been basically completed, and the time to launch stock index futures products is becoming more and more mature.
More financial and material resources benefit people's lives.
The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward clear goals and requirements in improving people's livelihood. In 2008, the state will invest more financial and material resources to improve people's lives.
The reform of medical and health system is related to the vital interests of the people. In 2008, the reform of medical and health system in urban and rural areas will be implemented steadily, the pilot of basic medical insurance for urban residents will be expanded, and the new rural cooperative medical system will basically achieve full coverage. The state will increase capital investment, support the construction of public health system, medical service system, medical security system and drug supply security system covering urban and rural residents, and promote the solution of the problem of difficult and expensive medical treatment.
The state has decided to raise the financial subsidy level of the new rural cooperative medical system and the basic medical insurance for urban residents. The financial subsidy standard has been raised from 40 yuan to 80 yuan, and the central financial subsidy standard has been raised from 20 yuan to 40 yuan.
In 2008, free and compulsory education in urban and rural areas will be fully implemented throughout the country, which is a milestone in the history of education development in China. Perfecting the housing security system, speeding up the construction of low-rent housing and perfecting and standardizing the affordable housing system will become a powerful measure for the government to solve the housing problem of urban low-income families.