The third Session of the 13th People's Congress of the region opened on Sunday in Yinchuan. [By Dang Shuo/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Ningxia Hui autonomous region plans to achieve a GDP growth of 5.5 percent and a 6 percent growth in per capita disposable income for all residents in 2025, said Zhang Yupu on Sunday while delivering the government work report at the opening ceremony of the third Session of the 13th People's Congress of the region in Yinchuan.
Zhang Yupu, chairman of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region government, delivering the government work report on Sunday in Yinchuan. [By Dang Shuo/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Zhang, chairman of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region government, said that Ningxia will invest 12.5 billion yuan ($1.71 billion) to improve people's life quality in 40 aspects and satisfy needs for public services.
Ningxia aims to address the discrepancies between talent supply and demand by coordinating government-subsidized skill training for over 20,000 individuals, transitioning over 800,000 rural laborers to the non-agricultural sector and urban employment, and generating an additional 80,000 jobs in urban areas.
It plans to establish 25,000 new public welfare positions of various types and guarantee stable employment for at least one individual from each zero-employment family.
The Federation of Trade Unions of Ningxia provides health check-ups for 60,000 outdoor workers and those in new forms of employment, purchases personal accident insurance for some 50,000 workers, and endeavors to protect employees in new forms against occupational injury, said Wu Huijun, a member of the Ningxia Political Consultative Conference and vice-chairman of the Federation.
Moreover, Ningxia attempts to increase 7,200 degrees for compulsory education and high school population and strives to achieve more than 73 percent enrollment quotas.
Free screening for key diseases with congenital disabilities and HPV vaccination for girls of school age are provided.
Zhang also noted that the target is to renovate 15,000 households in the old residential communities, deliver 100 percent of existing housing projects, and transfer certificates promptly.
Guo Yanqi contributed to this story.
