Xu Kunlin, governor of Jiangsu, demanded tough measures to coordinate epidemic prevention and control and social and economic development so that market entities can resume work at full capacity. He made the remarks when presiding over an executive meeting of the provincial government Thursday in Nanjing.
We must work hard to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions and important instructions on production safety, carry out Premier Li Keqiang’s instructions and requirements and the spirit of a national virtual meeting on production safety, adhere to the people first and life first principles, coordinate development and safety, always maintain a high degree of vigilance, resolutely fulfill the political responsibility of maintaining stability, comprehensively carry out special inspections on production safety, resolutely curb the occurrence of major and serious accidents, and create a safe and stable environment for the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, according to a statement released after the meeting.
Targeted measures should be taken to address latent hazards in key sectors involved in the production of chemical and hazardous chemicals, transportation, construction and engineering, gas and fire supply, energy storage power station, offshore wind farm, schools and railway and coach station so as to resolutely curb all kinds of serious accidents, said the statement.
Concerned government authorities should go all out to apply modern means such as information networking and remote supervision to accurately determine key inspection targets, optimize safety services, strengthen safety management through intelligent transformation and digital transformation, consolidate the foundation of production safety, and comprehensively improve the level of safety-oriented development, the statement said.
All regional governments and government departments must enhance their sense of responsibility and urgency, and strengthen the responsibility of party and government leadership, departmental supervision, and corporate responsibility, strengthen the monitoring and early warning of extreme weather conditions such as rain, snow and freezing, improve response plans, and prepare emergency forces in key places such as highways and large commercial complexes and places with dense populations to ensure timely and rapid response, according to the statement.
Party organizations and governments at all levels should work hard to maintain stable and healthy economic development, implement new development concepts, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, continue to advance supply-side structural reform, and fulfill the political responsibility of stabilizing the macro economy so as to ensure security in the six areas of employment, basic living needs, operations of market entities, food and energy security, stable industrial and supply chains, the normal functioning of primary-level governments and keep stable employment, the financial sector, foreign trade, foreign and domestic investments, and expectations, the statement said.
We must go all out to help industries affected by the epidemic, as well as small, medium and micro enterprises, and self-employed businesses, help them coordinate and solve difficulties encountered in epidemic prevention, recruitment, and logistics, make every effort to ensure the transportation of livelihood supplies and important production materials, ensure the safety and stability of industrial chains and supply chains, and promote normal production and living order, said the statement.
Authorities at the provincial, municipal and county levels must continue to carry out safety production supervision and urge the rectification of hidden dangers, so as to coordinate epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development, go all out to create a stable and healthy economic environment, a social environment of national security and public security, and a clean political environment, and welcome the convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with practical action, the statement said.
