In the 45 years of reform and opening up, "let people share the fruits of reform and opening up" has always been a major event that successive jiangsu provincial party committee and provincial governments have attached great importance to and made great efforts to grasp. Especially since entering the new era, Jiangsu has persisted in promoting reform with people as the center, and strived to create a high-quality life by promoting high-quality development. Various measures to enrich the people have been continuously implemented, and people’s livelihood highlands have been constantly refreshed, and people’s lives have moved towards a more solid, high-level and comprehensive well-off society.
From the strategy of "enriching the people and strengthening the province" to "focusing on enriching the people", since the reform and opening up, Jiangsu Administration has always anchored "people’s wealth" and handed over a beautiful report card: Jiangsu urban residents and rural per capita disposable income have jumped from 288 yuan and 155 yuan in 1978 to 60,178 yuan and 28,486 yuan in 2022. In recent years, the income growth rate of rural residents has outpaced that of urban residents, and Jiangsu has become one of the provinces with the smallest income gap between urban and rural areas in China. Behind the historical leap of people’s life from "food and clothing" to overall "well-off" is Jiangsu’s unremitting efforts in increasing employment and income. The data shows that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Jiangsu has accumulated more than 14 million new urban jobs, with an average annual employment of about 1.41 million, which has remained at the forefront of the country. Support 3.046 million urban and rural workers to start their own businesses, which effectively boosted employment.
Mao Dan, a college student who returned home to start a business and the head of Gutian Farm, said: "The national and provincial policies on college students’ entrepreneurship are getting better and better. The profit of my farm is also increasing every year. The annual sales are around 2.5 million, which has led to the employment of about 50 people."
What the people care about and expect, what the reform must grasp and promote. Jiangsu has always regarded "people’s growing needs for a better life" as a yardstick to measure development and promote reform. In the 45 years of reform and opening up, the social security system has grown from scratch and from scratch to Excellence. The province has established a unified and fair social endowment insurance system for urban and rural residents, and about 21 million retired workers and elderly residents receive full monthly pensions. A multi-level and wide-coverage universal medical insurance system was initially formed, with nearly 81 million people participating in basic medical insurance in the province. The reform of the housing system continued to advance, Nanjing promoted the monetization of public rental housing, Taizhou took the lead in implementing the "sunshine guarantee" policy in the country, and Changzhou launched talent apartments, so that more new citizens and young people realized their dream of living in peace. By the end of 2023, the province has renovated about 14,000 old communities, benefiting about 5 million households. The bottom line of people’s livelihood has been firmly grasped, and provinces, cities and counties have comprehensively established a coordination mechanism for basic living security for people in need, providing institutionalized protection for people in need.
Since entering the new era, Jiangsu has been devoting more than 75% of general public budget expenditure to people’s livelihood for many years, constantly polishing the happy background of "the people are rich".
Huan Wang, a young man living in Changzhou Lanling Talent Apartment, said: "This place is relatively new, and the household appliances and furniture are all newly equipped. The government subsidizes 800 yuan for living and renting, and it only costs less than 1,000 yuan a month, which is quite convenient for us young people."
Hu Xiaozhong, dean of Shiye Town Health Center in Dantu District, Zhenjiang City, said: "Actively promote the equalization of basic medical and health services throughout the island, improve the ability and optimize the process, and truly be a good health steward of the island residents."
Chen Jingfeng, the person in charge of Yancheng jianhu county Smart Pension Service Center, said: "Providing basic services such as meal assistance, bath assistance, leisure and entertainment, rehabilitation and physical therapy for the elderly in the jurisdiction, as well as home-based services, will make the elderly in the county have a better sense of happiness and gain."
Zhang Chunlong, director of the Institute of Social Policy of Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences, said: "From the perspective of Jiangsu’s exploration and practice since the reform and opening up, we have always adhered to the people-centered reform, grasped the most direct and realistic interests of the people, and promoted reforms in key areas, constantly enhancing people’s sense of acquisition, happiness and security in the process of reform; At the same time, on the path of reform, Jiangsu pays attention to strengthening the party’s leadership and respecting the people’s initiative, forming a vivid situation in which the vitality of reform and innovation competes with generate and fully emerges in the whole society. "
(Jiangsu Radio and Television General Station Rong Media News Center reporter/Pu Mozhen Zhu Xiaoying Feng Yuan Chen Zhongyao john young Changzhou Taiyanchengtai Editor/Zhao Lijing)
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