Li Qiang Chairs State Council Executive Meeting

The meeting called for accelerating the development of a childbirth-friendly society and improving family support measures.

The meeting noted that the population is a foundational condition for economic and social development. The relationship between the population and economic and social development, resources, and the environment must be better coordinated. Relevant policies must be further improved, and the comprehensive demographic dividend must be continually accumulated and unlocked, so that high-quality population development can better support high-quality economic and social development. Greater emphasis must be placed on people's all-round development, improving the population's scientific and cultural knowledge, vocational skills, and physical and mental health, among other areas. Efforts must be accelerated to improve mechanisms for lifelong learning for all, provide extensive skills training, strengthen coordination among education, training, and industrial development, and promote high-quality and full employment. Differentiated guidance for population development in different regions must be strengthened, orderly population flows between urban and rural areas guided, and equal access to basic public services steadily advanced. Infrastructure layouts must be optimized according to population distribution, and public service resources must be dynamically aligned with changes in the permanent resident population. Efforts must be accelerated to build a childbirth-friendly society, continually improve policies on marriage, childbirth, child-rearing, and education, and optimize fiscal, tax, social security, housing, and other support measures for families, striving to stabilize the number of newborns.

Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting to discuss coordinating population development with economic and social development and hear a report on implementing measures for the service sector.

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting on October 23 to study work concerning the coordinated development of the population, economy, and society and hear a report on progress in implementing the arrangements made at the national conference on the service sector.

The meeting called for expanding capacity and improving quality in the service sector and removing barriers to market access.

The meeting noted that the service sector's role in supporting economic development must be further strengthened. Greater efforts must be made to expand its capacity and improve its quality, turning its untapped potential into growth momentum. Efforts must be accelerated to address the difficulties and bottlenecks hindering service-sector development, adopt industry-specific measures focused on key areas of production and daily life, strengthen support in financing, land use, talent, and data, steadily advance pricing reform in public utilities, and make greater efforts to activate and make good use of idle resources. In line with the requirements for building a unified national market, market access barriers must be continually removed, hidden barriers to private investment eliminated, and regulatory approaches suited to the development of new business forms established more quickly. The enthusiasm of all parties for developing the service sector must be fully mobilized. Differentiated guidance, oversight, and coordination must be strengthened, and policies must be made more targeted and effective. Localities with suitable conditions must be supported in taking the lead in trials and exploring paths for innovative service-sector development suited to local conditions. Expanded investment in the service sector must be encouraged, the potential of service consumption unlocked, and leading enterprises and distinctive brands cultivated. The statistical monitoring system suited to service-sector development must be further improved, and a working framework of coordination between higher and lower levels and shared responsibility must be strengthened.