The State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on the State Council’s policies at 10 a.m. this morning, introducing the relevant situation of the State Council departments handling the proposals of the National People’s Congress deputies and the proposals of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in 2024, and answering questions from reporters. The briefing is about to begin, CCTV reporter Sun Yan is on the scene, and she will introduce the relevant situation of this briefing to us.

CCTV reporter Sun Yan: I am now in the State Council Information Office. In a while, the briefing is about to begin. There are already many reporters on the scene.

Today, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the State Information Office will jointly debut to introduce the relevant situation of handling the suggestions of the National People's Congress deputies and the proposals of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the past year. As usual, this blast will take about an hour.

This briefing has many highlights.

First of all, the detailed data of the State Council departments handling the suggestions of the National People's Congress deputies and the proposals of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2024:

How many items were hosted in 2024? How much has been completed? How many opinions and suggestions have been adopted? What policies have been introduced to solve the problems related to reform and development and the people's urgent and difficult problems?

The next step is to introduce the situation in the handling of suggestions and proposals by the department in turn.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs has always been the focus. By the end of 2024, the number of people aged 60 and above in my country has exceeded 310 million. Everyone can’t wait to know how the Ministry of Civil Affairs can make efforts in elderly care services through handling suggestions and proposals, so that the elderly can enjoy their old age, and how can they get more timely and effective assistance to the needy?