The word "people's livelihood" first appeared in "Zuo Zhuan·Xuan Gong Twelve Years". It is said that "people's livelihood depends on diligence, and diligence will not lead to shortage." The "people" here means the people. The explanation of "people's livelihood" in "Cihai" is "people's livelihood", which is a word with humanistic thoughts and humanistic care. There is obviously a kind of popular feeling permeated in the discourse context. “In modern society, people’s livelihood, democracy, and civil rights depend on each other. The foundation of people’s livelihood has also evolved from the original means of production and living to an overall form of life, cultural model, citizen spirit, etc., which has both material needs and spiritual characteristics. .
People’s livelihood refers to the living conditions of citizens as they used to be called today. To put it simply, people’s livelihood issues are closely related to people’s lives, the most important of which is food and clothing. People's livelihood issues are also the most direct and practical interests of the people, including housing, transportation, elderly care, medical care, and education for children. Education is the foundation of people's livelihood, and employment is the foundation of people's livelihood. Income distribution is the source of people's livelihood, and social security is the safety net of people's livelihood. These issues are not only social issues and economic issues, but also political issues that reflect social conditions and public opinion. Rights and interests range from trivial matters such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. ?The interests of the masses are no small matter, and people's livelihood issues are bigger than the sky.
People's livelihood issues are an overall issue. Whether they are solved well or not is directly related to the process of social stability and the construction of a harmonious society. . To achieve a moderately prosperous society in all respects is to achieve greater economic development, more complete democracy, more advanced science and education, more prosperous culture, more harmonious society, and more prosperous people’s lives. All of these are closely related to people’s livelihood issues. In the past 29 years, with the reform and opening up, with the economic and social changes. With the development, people's livelihood issues have been continuously improved, effectively promoting the progress of social civilization. However, the new historical starting point has produced new people's livelihood requirements, such as stable employment, fair income, good education, safe social security, medical and health care, and home living. Housing, environmental protection, democracy and the rule of law, personal development, etc., have increasingly become new common pursuits of the people, and have become major issues that the party and the government must consider and solve. We must pay attention to, protect and improve people's livelihood. Major strategic measures focus on solving the most direct and practical interests of the people, comply with the requirements of the times, and must reflect the public opinion and public opinion. ?
Every issue of people's livelihood is related to social harmony. Only by effectively solving people's livelihood problems can society have the foundation of harmony and stability. "The people are the foundation of the country, and the country's foundation is the foundation of the country." Solving people's livelihood problems is an important foundation for social harmony, and it requires adhering to the people-oriented approach. Take the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the starting point and goal of all work of the party and the country; adhere to coordinated development and strengthen the construction of social undertakings; strengthen system construction to ensure social fairness and justice; vigorously build a harmonious culture and consolidate the ideological and moral foundation of social harmony; Continuously improve social management, maintain social stability and order; persist in stimulating social vitality and enhance social unity and harmony. The overall interests and fundamental interests of the people across the country are generally the same. However, with the deepening of reform and opening up, different regions and departments are developing. Some differences have emerged, and it is an urgent need to coordinate the interests of all aspects of society to build social harmony. We must persist in building the party for the public and governing for the people, and insisting on using power for the people, caring for the people, and seeking benefits for the people. In constantly meeting the people's growing economic, political, and cultural interests, it must be reflected in doing a good job in caring for the people's production and life, and in doing practical things and doing good things for the people.
People’s livelihood issues are historical and specific, and solving them is a systematic project. With the development of economy and society, especially in the context of sustained and rapid economic growth and deepening of reform and opening up, our country is facing a series of problems in economic development and improving people's livelihood. It is necessary to profoundly adjust the pattern of interests in our country, and to coordinate various interest relationships; it is necessary to unswervingly adhere to economic construction as the center, and to continuously meet the increasingly diversified material and cultural needs of the people. Solving people's livelihood problems requires the comprehensive application of policy measures, economic means, laws and regulations, persuasion and education, etc. The prosperity of government lies in obeying the people's will, and the failure of government lies in underestimating people's livelihood. Only when the theoretical line, principles, policies, and all work of a Marxist party conform to the will of the people, seek the interests of the people, and win the hearts of the people can they win the support and support of the people and remain invincible. Only by taking solid measures to effectively solve people's livelihood problems can we make the people live and work in peace and contentment, the cause prosper, the country prosper, and the society becomes more harmonious. ?
Improving people’s livelihood is the common expectation of the whole society. Over the past thirty years of reform and opening up, our country's economy and various social undertakings have developed vigorously, the country's comprehensive strength has continued to increase, the living standards of urban and rural residents have continued to improve, and the great achievements in socialist construction are obvious to all. At present, our country has entered a critical period of rapid economic and social development and reform, and our country's economic and social life is undergoing profound changes. The phenomenon of unbalanced development between urban and rural areas, regions, and economic and social development is quite prominent. At the same time, the people's ideological independence, diversity, participation, selectivity and awareness of rights protection have generally increased. As a result, people's livelihood issues have become the focus and hot topic of the whole society, and have also become a major event for party committees and governments at all levels to promote economic and social development and build a harmonious society.
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To improve people’s livelihood, we must persist in governing for the people. Only by truly governing for the people can our party always keep pace with the development of the times, breathe with the people, determine their destiny, and provide powerful force for building a harmonious society. Only by always taking safeguarding the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the starting point and destination of formulating policies and carrying out work can the concept of building the party for the public good and governing for the people be transformed into concrete actions to enrich and benefit the people and improve people's livelihood. Only by always integrating enriching and benefiting the people and improving people's livelihood into all work, and doing everything possible to seek benefits for the people, can the party's ruling foundation be more solid and stable. This requires our leading cadres at all levels and the majority of Communist Party members to have feelings for the people and be sincerely affectionate, to go deep into the grassroots, integrate into the people, understand the people's sentiments, listen to public opinion, and serve the people. ?
To improve people’s livelihood, we must adhere to the people-centered approach. Building socialism with Chinese characteristics is ultimately for the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, and the purpose of development is to continuously meet the material and cultural needs of the people. Adhering to a people-oriented approach means adhering to development for the people, relying on the people for development, and enjoying the fruits of development exclusively by the people, and constantly realizing, safeguarding, and developing the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people; it is necessary to correctly reflect and take into consideration different regions and departments. , the interests of the people in different aspects, and properly coordinate the interests of all aspects; we must care about the production, life and personal interests and needs of each group, especially the people in need, do more practical things and good things for the people, and let the people enjoy the full Reform and development results. It is necessary to improve the democratic power guarantee system and protect the fundamental rights and interests of the people through the construction of democracy and the rule of law; it is necessary to create an institutional environment that is conducive to stimulating creative vitality, and to mediate various aspects by deepening the reform of the public finance system, income distribution system, and social security system. kind of social contradiction.
? Facing the current livelihood problems of the Chinese people, we must insist on proceeding from reality, taking a long-term view, basing ourselves on the present, taking multiple measures, and comprehensively covering education, employment, and income. Distribution serves as the source of people's livelihood and social security serves as the safety net of people's livelihood to achieve full coverage of basic employment, medical care, housing, elderly care, education, comprehensive management and other aspects. On this basis, we should fully consider the comprehensive strength of the government, improve the level of security year by year, improve the relevant security systems, gradually realize basic social fairness, and promote comprehensive social harmony and stability. We must actively take measures to study and solve problems that are currently solvable, especially those that are of social concern and that the masses are eager to solve.