Ensuring a happy life for the people is of paramount importance

Family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs are of paramount importance, and ensuring that the people live a happy life is of utmost importance In his New Year's message for 2025, President Xi Jinping emphasized: "We must work together to continuously improve the level of social construction and governance, create a harmonious and inclusive atmosphere, solve the big and small issues around the people, and make everyone smile more and feel warmer in their hearts

Over the past year, General Secretary Xi Jinping has conducted investigations and research in 12 provinces, municipalities, and the Macao Special Administrative Region in China, always concerned about the safety and well-being of the people and their urgent needs and concerns. In Liubu Village, Xinkou Town, Xiqing District, Tianjin, I chatted with a family of villagers and calculated the losses caused by the disaster, as well as the post disaster production and employment growth, one by one; Entering the Nanshan Huaniu Apple Base in Maiji District, Tianshui, Gansu Province, I saw that the Tao River water "solved the urgent problem" and urged "to focus more on projects that benefit the people and effectively solve the production and living problems faced by the people". Time changes, emotions remain unchanged; Traveling thousands of miles, putting the people first. This shows the true and fervent feelings of the people, and interprets the unremitting pursuit of "Chinese path to modernization and people's livelihood".

Looking back at the heavy livelihood "report card" of the past year, there are tangible reform dividends, practical measures for precise implementation, and tangible development benefits. Thanks to the construction of a universal childcare service system, Zheng Siyuan, a resident of Changsha, Hunan, has community childcare for his children under one year old, which has greatly reduced the burden on his family; Thanks to the construction of a closely knit county-level medical community, Mr. Zhang from Anxi County, Fujian Province, who suffered a sudden stroke, can receive nearby treatment and online diagnosis, and enjoy faster and higher quality medical services. The basic pension has been increased, the mortgage interest rate has been lowered, the exchange of old for new has benefited consumers, and the direct settlement of cross provincial medical treatment across the country has benefited hundreds of millions of insured people... One by one, we have consolidated the foundation of people's livelihood, enriched people's well-being, raised the development temperature, and polished the value foundation.

President Xi Jinping emphasized that "every household hopes that their children can have good education, the elderly can have good elderly care services, and young people can have more development opportunities. These simple wishes are the yearning for a better life." Chinese style modernization is centered on the people, with the ultimate goal of achieving free and comprehensive development of individuals, and the evaluation criteria of people's satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Keeping in mind that 'enabling the people to live a happy life is the top priority', we need to introduce more reform measures that meet the urgent needs and expectations of the masses, and do more practical things that benefit people's livelihoods, warm their hearts, and comply with public opinion. Only then can we ensure that the fruits of reform and development benefit all the people more and fairly.

Livelihood is not only related to household affairs, but also to national affairs, it is the will of the people and the need for development. Comprehensively grasping the dialectical relationship between development and people's livelihood, and increasing efforts to ensure and improve people's livelihood, can not only better meet the diverse and high-quality living needs of the people, enhance their sense of gain, happiness, and security, but also better unleash the potential of domestic market demand. The Decision of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed measures such as improving the income distribution and employment system, perfecting the social security system, and enhancing the balance and accessibility of basic public services. To implement these reform measures, we must adhere to the principle of asking the people for their needs and strategies, and focus on finding the key points and breakthroughs for reform from the urgent needs and concerns of the people. We must ensure that every aspect of people's livelihood work is resolved and responded to, so that the people can see the changes and benefit from them.

To do a good job in people's livelihood work, we should not only use our heart, emotions, and efforts, but also be patient, careful, and meticulous. How to effectively implement assistance policies to prevent large-scale poverty relapse and continuous promotion of income growth and prosperity for low - and middle-income groups, given the deepening adverse effects of the external environment and challenges faced by internal economic operations? Employment is the most basic livelihood, which concerns the vital interests of the people. How to implement the employment support plan for key areas, key industries, urban and rural grassroots, and small and medium-sized enterprises well, and promote the employment of key groups? How to expand the coverage of inclusive elderly care services and continuously improve the supply level of elderly care services in the face of the deepening aging population? All of this requires us to shoulder our responsibilities, innovate our thinking, and work hard to bring various livelihood issues to the hearts of the people.

A happy life does not fall from the sky, but is created through hard work and struggle. In the final year of the 14th Five Year Plan, the tasks of reform, development, and stability are extremely heavy. By anchoring the people-oriented orientation towards modernization, finding the focus of work from the simple wishes of the people, and adhering to the principle of putting work first, we can seize the opportunity to work hard and achieve one thing at a time. Through high-quality development, we can continuously enhance the well-being of the people and support the "stable happiness" of billions of people.