The second session of the 13th Shandong Provincial People’s Congress opened in Jinan, capital of Shandong Province on Feb. 14, 2019. Gong Zheng, the governor of Shandong Province, put forward the main goals and overall requirements of Shandong’s economic and social development in 2019 in his report on the work of the government.
As Gong Zheng was giving his report on the work of the government, he put forward the following general requirements for the work of the government this year:
We must take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guidance, conscientiously implement the spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress and the second and third plenary sessions of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and fully implement the spirit of the important speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection tour in Shandong and the important instructions he gave; we should keep to the general requirement of “being at the forefront and creating in an all-around way”, strengthen the Party’s leadership, promote the “Five-point Strategy” in an balanced way, advance the “Four-pronged Strategy” in a coordinated way, stick to the overall tone of seeking progress in stability, insist on the new development concept, pursue high-quality development, follow the supply-side structural reform as the main line, deepen market-oriented reform, and open wider to the outside world at a high level; we should follow the lead of the major project of shifting old drivers to new ones, accelerate the implementation of the strategy of innovation-driven development, focus our efforts on rural revitalization, marine development, and military-civilian integration, fight against the three tough battles, and make overall plans to promote steady growth, boost reform, adjust the economic structure, benefit the people, prevent risks and ensure stability; we should take measures to ensure Shandong’s economy to operate within as reasonable range, further stabilize employment, finance, foreign trade, foreign capital, investment and expectations, stimulate the vitality of microcosmic bodies, move faster to create new advantages for high-quality development, and promote the sustained and sound economic development and social harmony and stability to celebrate with distinction the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Gong Zheng announced the main expected target for the economic and social development this year.
The GDP shall grow by around 6.5 percent; revenue from general public budgets shall increase by more than 5 percent and the quality of revenue be further improved; the investment structure shall continue to improve, the contribution of consumption to economic growth further increase, and trade in goods and services improve steadily; the per capita disposable income of urban residents shall rise by 7 percent, and that of rural residents by more than 7 percent; a total of 1.1 million new urban jobs shall be created and the registered unemployment rate be kept within 4 percent; the consumer prices shall rise by around 3 percent; we shall fully meet the binding targets set by the state for conserving energy, reducing emissions and reducing carbon emissions and for improving environmental quality.
