“十五五”时期我国将采取多项举措保障和改善民生

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): Reporters learned from the National Development and Reform Commission that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the country will focus on people's pressing difficulties and concerns and implement social policies that are fairer, more inclusive, more precisely targeted, and more effective.

In education, support will be provided for the construction of classroom buildings, dormitories, and other facilities at regular senior secondary schools to increase their capacity to offer school places. Localities with the necessary conditions will be supported in establishing new types of research universities, and a number of high-quality undergraduate vocational institutions with distinctive educational strengths will be developed.

In healthcare, priority will be given to supporting the development of shared county-level centers for electrocardiographic diagnosis, examinations and laboratory testing, and medical imaging, and to improving services at key central township health centers. Efforts to renovate hospital wards will continue to be stepped up, making patients' hospital stays more comfortable and satisfactory.

In elderly care and childcare, priority will be given to renovating and upgrading aging elderly care institutions and replacing their equipment, improving care capacity for older people with functional impairments or dementia. Meanwhile, priority will be given to achieving full prefecture-level coverage of comprehensive childcare service centers, developing integrated nursery and kindergarten services, and encouraging employers to provide childcare, offering more and better choices for families that need childcare.