Chapter 1: The People's Livelihood in China

The Report to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made important decisions and stressed the necessity to “speed up social construction based on the improvement of the people's livelihood”. In recent years, in the domains of employment, income distribution, social security, education, medical service, housing, and environmental protection, safeguarding and improving people's livelihood has assumed importance. A series of related social policies has been put into practice, and people have obtained actual benefits, which has played an influential role in improving the people's livelihood and in promoting social stability…