Highlights from CPPCC members' press conference on improving people’s livelihood

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Five CPPCC members are holding a press conference on Thursday on the sidelines of the Two Sessions to talk about China’s efforts to improve people’s living standards and social developments.

The CPPCC members include,

Huang Jiefu, former deputy health minister;

Wang Wenbiao, President of Elion Group;

Xu Jiayin, President of Evergrande Group;

Hu Xiaoyi, former deputy minister of human resources and social security;

Li Yanhong, CEO of Baidu

Here are the highlights of the press conference:

Huang Jiefu answering media questions. / Xinhua Photo

Huang Jiefu on elderly care service industry

China has great potentials for the development of elderly care service, with an aged population of over 200 million.

Elderly care in China needs to be combined with the medical reform process, distributing technological and human resources from first-class hospitals to more local and secondary hospitals.

Xu Jiayin answering media questions. /Xinhua Photo

Xu Jiayin on poverty alleviation and local development

Around 12 million Chinese have been lifted from poverty in 2016 alone, however more than 40 million people are still living with poverty in underdeveloped areas.

Our past efforts have demonstrated that poverty reduction in rural areas through developing industrialization is the most effective way, without which the area could fall back into hardship very soon.

Wang Wenbiao answering media questions. /Xinhua Photo

Wang Wenbiao on leveraging ecological industry’s role in poverty alleviation

Poverty reduction efforts face the most difficult condition in rural areas with weak ecological environment. Measures combining ecological restoration and non-public sector development are urgently called for in such regions.

Li Yanhong answering media questions. /Xinhua Photo

Li Yanhong on private companies’ involvement in national missions of scientific research

Private companies’ innovative capabilities are no less than those of state-owned enterprises, in terms of funding and talents.‍

It will be faster for private companies to put new technologies on the market and benefit the public.

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