The Fourth Session of the 14th National People’s Congress opens in Beijing
Xi Jinping, Wang Huning, Cai Qiding, Xue Xiang, Li Xi and Han are waiting to take their seats on the rostrum
Li Qiang gave a government work report and Zhao Leji presided over the meeting
Review the draft outline of the “15th Five-Year Plan” and listen to the draft ecological and environmental code,About
Draft Law on Promotion of National Unity and Progress, Explanation on Draft Law on National Development Planning, etc.
"People's Daily" (Page 01, March 06, 2026)
On March 5, the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng and others attended the conference.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
On the morning of March 5, the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Premier Li Qiang of the State Council delivered a government work report.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen
On the morning of March 5, the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Zhao Leji presided over the opening ceremony.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shen Hong
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 5thThe fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress opened on the morning of the 5th at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Deputies to the National People's Congress shoulder the great trust of the people and attend the congress to fulfill their sacred responsibilities entrusted by the Constitution and laws.
The atmosphere in the tens-thousand-person auditorium of the Great Hall of the People was solemn and warm. The national emblem in the center of the curtain on the rostrum shone brightly against the bright red flag.
Zhao Leji, executive chairman and executive chairman of the presidium of the conference, presided over the conference. Li Hongzhong, executive chairman and executive chairman of the presidium of the conference, Wang Dongming, Xiao Jie, Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Tiening, Peng Qinghua, Zhang Qingwei, Luosang Jiangcun, Xuekleti Zakir, and Liu Qi took their seats at the executive chair of the rostrum.
Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng and members of the presidium of the conference took their seats on the rostrum.
2,878 deputies should attend the Fourth Session of the 14th National People’s Congress. At the meeting on the morning of the 5th, 2,765 people attended and 113 were absent. The number of people present complied with the quorum.
At 9 a.m., Zhao Leji announced the opening of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. Everyone in the venue stood up and sang the national anthem.
According to the meeting agenda, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council delivered a government work report to the meeting on behalf of the State Council. The report is divided into four parts: 1. Work review in 2025; 2. Main goals and major tasks during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period; 3. Overall requirements and policy orientation for economic and social development in 2026; 4. Government work tasks in 2026.
Li Qiang pointed out in the report that 2025 is a very extraordinary year. In the face of profound and complex changes in the domestic and international situation, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core united and led the people of all ethnic groups across the country to face the difficulties and work hard, unswervingly implement the new development concept, promote high-quality development, and coordinate both domestic and international situations. The main goals and tasks of economic and social development throughout the year were successfully completed, the "14th Five-Year Plan" was successfully concluded, and Chinese-style modernization took a new and solid step.
Li Qiang pointed out in the report that we have thoroughly studied and implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and all 20th Plenary Sessions, and in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, we have mainly done the following work over the past year: First, we implemented more positive and promising macro policies and strived to stabilize economic operations; Second, we persisted in innovation-driven development development and build a modern industrial system; the third is to further deepen reform and opening up and smooth the national economic cycle; the fourth is to coordinate the promotion of new urbanization and comprehensive rural revitalization, and promote the coordinated development of urban and rural areas; the fifth is to ensure people's livelihood and actively develop social undertakings; the sixth is to accelerate the construction of a beautiful China and promote green and low-carbon development; the seventh is to continue to strengthen government construction, innovate and improve social governance.
Li Qiang pointed out in the report that in the past five years, the party and the country have achieved new and major achievements, and the new journey towards the second centenary goal has achieved a good start. The 20 major indicators, 17 major strategic tasks, and 102 major engineering projects identified in the "Outline" of the "14th Five-Year Plan" were successfully completed.
Li Qiang pointed out in the report that based on the "Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development", the State Council prepared the "Outline of the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (Draft)" and submitted it to the General Assembly for review. To implement the main goals specified in the "Recommendations" of the Party Central Committee, the "Outline (Draft)" proposes 20 main indicators in detail; it elaborates on the major strategic tasks of the development of the "15th Five-Year Plan" in different areas, highlighting four aspects: first, highlighting the promotion of high-quality development, and second, highlighting the strengthening of the country. In the internal cycle, the third is to highlight the common prosperity of all people, and the fourth is to highlight overall development and security; focusing on promoting the implementation of the goals and tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and taking overall consideration of strategy, traction and continuity, the "Outline (Draft)" proposes 109 major projects in 6 aspects.
Li Qiang proposed in the report that the main expected development goals for this year are: economic growth of 4.5%-5%, and strive to strive for better results in actual work; urban surveyed unemployment rate is about 5.5%, and more than 12 million new urban jobs are created; consumer prices increase by about 2%; residents' income growth and economic growth are synchronized; the balance of payments is basically balanced; grain output is about 1.4 trillion kilograms; carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP are reduced by about 3.8%.
Li Qiang pointed out in the report that the Party Central Committee has made comprehensive arrangements for this year's work. We must implement it in depth and do a solid job in various tasks: focusing on building a strong domestic market; stepping up the cultivation and expansion of new driving forces; accelerating self-reliance and self-reliance in high-level science and technology; continuing to Deepen reforms in key areas; further expand high-level opening up to the outside world; solidly promote comprehensive rural revitalization; promote new urbanization and coordinated regional development; make greater efforts to protect and improve people's livelihood; accelerate the promotion of comprehensive green transformation; strengthen risk prevention and resolution and security capacity building in key areas.
In the report, Li Qiang also elaborated on strengthening the government's own construction, ethnic, religious and overseas Chinese affairs, national defense and military modernization, the development of Hong Kong and Macao and cross-strait relations, as well as my country's foreign policy.
According to the agenda of the meeting, the conference reviewed the draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, the State Council’s report on the implementation of the 2025 National Economic and Social Development Plan and the 2026 Draft National Economic and Social Development Plan and the 2026 Draft National Economic and Social Development Plan, the State Council’s report on the implementation of the 2025 central and local budgets and the 2026 draft central and local budgets, and the 2026 draft central and local budgets.
Entrusted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Li Hongzhong gave an explanation on the draft ecological environment code, the draft law on the promotion of national unity and progress, and the draft national development planning law.
The explanation on the draft ecological and environmental code points out that compiling the ecological and environmental code will codify the theory, system, and practical achievements of ecological civilization construction since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and improve the ecological and environmental legal system, which is of great and far-reaching significance. The guiding ideology for compiling the ecological environment code is: adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", achieve "two safeguards", and thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 20th Plenary Session of the Party. , adhere to the organic unity of the party's leadership, the people being the masters of the country, and the rule of law, closely focus on coordinating and promoting the "five-in-one" overall layout and coordinate the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, focus on building a more complete socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, and building a higher-level socialist rule of law country, sum up practical experience, and adapt to In response to the requirements of the times, we should simultaneously promote high-quality development and high-level protection, comprehensively and systematically compile and revise my country's current ecological and environmental legal systems, mechanisms and rules and regulations in pollution prevention and control, ecological protection, green and low-carbon development, etc., to form a system based on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's life. Guided by the thought of ecological civilization, the ecological and environmental code has Chinese characteristics, embodies the characteristics of the times, reflects the will of the people, and is systematic, standardized and coordinated. It provides a complete ecological and environmental legal guarantee for comprehensively building a modern and powerful socialist country, achieving the second centenary goal, and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. According to the explanation, the draft has 5 parts and 1,242 articles. Each part is in order of general principles, pollution prevention and control, ecological protection, green and low-carbon development, legal responsibilities and supplementary provisions.
The explanation on the draft law for the promotion of national unity and progress points out that the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee shall be implemented, based on the historical orientation of the party’s ethnic work in the new era, and the provisions, principles and spirit of the Constitution shall be fully implemented to formulate the law for the promotion of national unity and progress. It is of great significance to solidify the consciousness of the Chinese nation's community and promote the construction of the Chinese nation's community and lay a solid foundation for the rule of law. It is of great significance for comprehensively advancing the cause of national unity and progress and promoting the people of all ethnic groups in the country to work together to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization. The legislation adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply studies and implements Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, and General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thoughts on strengthening and improving ethnic work, fully implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and all 20th Plenary Sessions, conscientiously summarizes the historic achievements and successful experiences in ethnic work since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and promotes the high-quality development of ethnic unity and progress with the main line of building a strong sense of the Chinese nation’s community. The draft adopts the format of "preamble + 7 chapters", with a total of 64 articles.
The explanation on the draft of the National Development Planning Law points out that the long-term successful experience in national development planning work is carefully summarized, the National Development Planning Law is formulated, the guiding ideology and principles that should be adhered to in the national development planning work are clarified, and the specific procedures for the preparation, review and approval, implementation and supervision of the national development planning are comprehensively and systematically provided for, providing a strong institutional guarantee for the scientific preparation and effective implementation of the national development plan on the track of the rule of law. The legislation adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 20th Plenary Session of the Party, adheres to the people-centered approach, completely, accurately and comprehensively implements the new development concept, summarizes the long-term successful experience in national development planning, especially since the new era, and uses the Constitution as a basis to establish effective practices over the years as legal system norms, strive to improve the level of legalization of national development planning, better play the strategic guiding role of national development planning, and better leverage the national institutional advantages and governance effectiveness. The draft is divided into 6 chapters and 38 articles in total.
Also sitting on the rostrum are: Wang Yi, Yin Li, Shi Taifeng, Liu Guozhong, Li Ganjie, Li Shulei, He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing, Chen Wenqing, Chen Jining, Chen Miner, Yuan Jiajun, Huang Kunming, Liu Jinguo, Wang Xiaohong, Zhang Shengmin, Wu Zhenglong, Chen Yi Qin, Zhang Jun, Ying Yong, Hu Chunhua, Shen Yueyue, Wang Yong, Zhou Qiang, Pabala Glenje, Ho Hau Wah, Leung Chun-ying, Battelle, Su Hui, Shao Hong, Gao Yunlong, Mu Hong, Xian Hui, Wang Dongfeng, Jiang Xinzhi, Jiang Zuojun, He Baoxiang, Wang Guangqian, Qin Boyong, Zhu Yongxin, Yang Zhen, etc.
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Lee Ka-chiu, and the Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region, Mr Shum Ho-fai, attended the meeting and took seats on the rostrum.
Members of the CPPCC who attended the fourth session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee attended the meeting.
Relevant responsible persons from relevant departments of the central and state agencies, relevant units of the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force, and various people's organizations attended or observed the conference.
Foreign envoys stationed in China attended the conference.
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