What are the major events at home and abroad since July 2007?

Xinhuanet Beijing 65438+February 16 (Reporter, Song Zhenyuan, Deng) At the end of 2007, the reporter sorted out the major events that affected people's livelihood this year. From these changes in people's livelihood, we can clearly feel the pulse of reform and the heartbeat of development in China.

(1) 654.38+0.5 billion rural children are exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees, and compulsory education is "deserved".

Profile picture: Students of Hongsibao No.2 Primary School in Ningxia are attending classes, and immigrant students in this school enjoy the policy of "two exemptions and one subsidy" (photo taken on June 30th/kloc-0). In 2007, the central government allocated 1.8 1.00 billion yuan for "two exemptions and one subsidy", exempting students from tuition and miscellaneous fees in the compulsory education stage of nearly1.50 billion yuan nationwide. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng)

[Event] In June, 5438+October, 2007 10, the Office of the National Leading Group for the Reform of Rural Compulsory Education Funding Guarantee Mechanism issued a notice. Starting from this spring semester, the state will exempt students from tuition and miscellaneous fees in rural compulsory education, and the family economic burden of 654.38+0.5 billion rural primary and secondary school students will be generally reduced. Moreover, this year, the government also launched a free education plan for normal students, increasing the financial allocation by more than 654.38+0.4 billion yuan, and improving the national student aid system.

[Opinion] After years of "fee-based education", China's compulsory education has finally completely opened the "free door" to rural children all over the country. Education is the cornerstone of national rejuvenation, and educational equity is the foundation of social equity. The government has renewed the educational concept, adhered to the public welfare nature of education, and promoted the balanced development of compulsory education in urban and rural areas, which won the hearts of the people.

(2) More than 200 million urban residents have benefited from medical insurance, and the sunshine of their dreams has come true.

165438+1October 6, at the Labor and Social Security Office of Daoli District Engineering Sub-district Office in Harbin, the staff were showing the publicity materials on the basic medical insurance policy for urban residents in Harbin. The Interim Measures for the Basic Medical Insurance for Urban Residents in Harbin shall be implemented as of 165438+ 10/day. All non-employees with urban household registration in Harbin can participate in basic medical insurance regardless of illness or not. Babies can be insured 28 days after birth, and there is no upper age limit for the elderly. After the insurance, residents can enjoy the low hospitalization deductible standard. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Youshe)

[Event] On July 10, the State Council issued the Guiding Opinions on Launching the Pilot Project of Basic Medical Insurance for Urban Residents. The establishment of the basic medical insurance system for urban residents is another important measure after the basic medical insurance system for urban workers and the new rural cooperative medical system in China, which mainly solves the problem of medical treatment for non-employees in cities and towns, especially primary and secondary school students, children, the elderly and the disabled, benefiting more than 200 million urban residents.

[Comment] The three systems constitute the basic medical insurance system covering urban and rural areas in China, and "everyone enjoys medical security" is no longer far away. According to the plan, the State Council identified the first batch of 79 cities in China to participate in the pilot program of basic medical insurance for urban residents. By the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan, China will fully implement the medical insurance system for urban residents. Universal health insurance, the sunshine of dreams is gradually shining into the real life of ordinary people.

(3) More than 20 million farmers have been included in the subsistence allowance, and the integration of urban and rural areas has accelerated again.

[Event] On July 1 1, the State Council issued the Notice on Establishing the Rural Minimum Living Security System in China, demanding that all eligible rural poor people be included in the scope of protection, so as to solve the food and clothing problem of rural poor people in China stably, permanently and effectively. In 2007, China will establish a rural minimum living security system in an all-round way. At present, more than 20 million people are included in the rural minimum living security system.

[Comment] The comprehensive establishment of the urban and rural subsistence allowance system means that another long-standing "dual structure" gap between urban and rural areas has been erased, and urban-rural integration has accelerated again. In addition to achieving full coverage of rural subsistence allowances, some places have gradually raised the standard of rural subsistence allowances and formed a rural social assistance system with the rural subsistence allowance system as the core.

(four) the implementation of the property law, those who have permanent property have perseverance.

[Event] 1 0 June1day, the Property Law was formally implemented. This law, which refreshes the number of deliberations by the highest legislature many times in the legislative process, clarifies the equal subject status of citizens' private property rights and state-owned and collective property rights, which means that more people will enjoy the sunshine of wealth more fully and equally.

[Comment] There is a proverb abroad: private thatched cottage, "Wind energy can enter, rain can enter, but you can't enter". The implementation of "Property Law" has put forward a new task for governments at all levels in China to administer according to law. Administrative organs and administrative personnel will not be able to carry out acts such as expropriation and land expropriation at will. Once the parties object to the exercise of administrative power, they should also be provided with judicial relief. The spread and popularization of the concept of real right will lay a solid foundation for the government to administer according to law.

(V) "Property income" entered the report of the Party Congress, and the people entered a new era of financial management.

[Event] 10 was held in The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in the middle and late years. In line with the trend of China's March towards a well-off society in an all-round way, the report of the Party Congress first proposed "creating conditions for more people to have property income".

[Comment] To let more families learn how to manage money and have property income is to increase the proportion of middle-income people in a certain sense, so that the social structure tends to be "olive-shaped" and the distribution is reasonable, which is conducive to social harmony. The rapid development of the stock market in 2007 gave people the most intuitive feeling of property income. With the stock market changing from a big bull market to a volatile adjustment, China people need to think more rationally and scientifically about how to increase the proportion of property income.

(VI) Low-rent housing "high-profile" launch, low-income groups are expected to "live somewhere."

10 10 12, low-income households in some cities in Yinchuan who rented low-rent housing were at the check-in ceremony. On the same day, another 60 urban low-income families in Yinchuan got the keys to low-rent housing. At present, the coverage of low-rent housing in Yinchuan has covered 1605 urban low-income households. Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Quanlong photo (data picture)

[Event] On August 7th, the State Council issued "Several Opinions on Solving the Housing Difficulties of Urban Low-income Families", in which low-rent housing was placed in a prominent position. According to the timetable determined by this opinion, before the end of 2007, all cities with districts should basically guarantee all urban low-income families who meet the housing difficulties and apply for low-rent housing rental subsidies; Before the end of 2008, all county towns should be basically guaranteed. By the end of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, the scope of the national low-rent housing system should be extended to low-income families with housing difficulties.

[Comment] Such a "high-profile" launch of low-rent housing not only reflects the demand of low-income groups for "living and living", but also reflects the determination of the party and the government to establish a housing security system including low-rent housing and affordable housing, and is an effective measure to curb the excessive rise in housing prices.

(7) Food prices are rising too fast, and the government frequently regulates them.

This year, marked by the sustained and rapid rise in pork prices, food prices remain high, which makes people, especially poor families, feel pressure. Affected by rising food prices, CPI rose by 4.6% in the first 1 1 month of this year. It is estimated that the annual price increase is the highest since 1996. In order to control the price of meat, the central government increased about1800 million yuan to subsidize urban low-income households and needy students in colleges and universities. At the same time, the state has increased its support for pig farmers, subsidizing only fertile sows, and the financial expenditure at all levels has increased by more than 4.8 billion yuan.

[Opinion] Over the past year, the livelihood problems caused by "meat price" have never left the vision of the people and the government. Subsidize the needs of vulnerable groups and let the government belong to the government; Adjust the market with economic leverage and let the market return to the market. The regulatory measures taken by the government have achieved certain results. However, it should be noted that this round of price increase has its complexity, and some food price increases are recoverable, which is conducive to increasing farmers' income. What needs to be prevented at present is that prices will change from structural rise to obvious inflation, which should be one of the primary tasks of macro-control next year.

(VIII) The wave of "persuasion and withdrawal" has risen again and again, and the labor contract law has sorted out labor relations.

[Event] On June 29th, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) voted to pass the Labor Contract Law. Subsequently, in Beijing, Guangdong and other places, some enterprises terminated or re-signed labor contracts with long-serving employees in advance, which eventually formed the "persuasion of ebb tide". The deep reason for this trend is the Labor Contract Law, which will be implemented on June 65438+ 10 1.

[Comment] This law requires employers to pay economic compensation in accordance with the law when dissolving and terminating labor contracts, and guide employers to sign long-term labor contracts with workers. According to experts, the labor contract law will gradually change the employment mode of many enterprises in China, which will help workers to better arrange their career plans and encourage enterprises to establish harmonious labor relations and talent retention systems.

(9) The outbreak of cyanobacteria in Taihu Lake gave birth to a new concept of "ecological civilization"

[Event] On May 29th, a sudden drinking water crisis swept through Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and the chief culprit was cyanobacteria in Taihu Lake. Subsequently, cyanobacteria broke out in Dianchi Lake and Chaohu Lake, and the high-growth China entered the stage of "intensive water pollution outbreak", highlighting the pain of rapid economic growth. On July 12, the State Environmental Protection Administration announced that China will set stricter environmental protection standards in Taihu Lake, Chaohu Lake and Dianchi Lake basins, and take "high-limit punishment" measures for illegal polluters to further expand the scope of "regional approval". Subsequently, the relevant state departments frequently used fiscal and taxation levers to regulate the "two high and one capital" industries, to curb over-exploitation and abnormal export of resources, and to curb the rebound of investment in industries with high energy consumption and high pollution.

[Comment] The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward a new concept of "ecological civilization", which pushed energy conservation and emission reduction from behavioral practice to the height of civilization construction. In the first three quarters of this year, the energy consumption per unit output value and the discharge of major pollutants in China both decreased, which made people have more imagination and expectation for the green mountains and green waters.

(10) The adjustment of vacation system has aroused the concern of the whole people, and paid vacation has been guaranteed by law.

[Event] On June 5438+February 1 day, the national statutory holiday adjustment plan was published and implemented after public consultation, shortening the original "May 1" seven-day holiday to three days and adding three holidays: Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. At the same time, the "Regulations on Paid Vacation for Employees" was issued to provide legal protection for the full implementation of employees' vacation rights, so that employees can arrange family and personal leisure more humanely.

[Opinion] The adjustment of the vacation system can be described as the aspiration of the people, and it is widely expected. It is conducive to the formation of a holiday system with China characteristics, the promotion of Chinese culture, the enhancement of cultural creativity, national affinity and cohesion, and the consideration of public resources such as transportation and accommodation and the reality of protecting the ecological environment. It is a reasonable improvement of the original "Golden Week" holiday arrangement.

It snows heavily in most parts of China.

April 2008 1 1, for integration.

On the 27th, the Central Meteorological Observatory issued the highest level of blizzard warning: in the next three days, most areas in the south will still maintain rain and snow. The worst snowstorm in half a century has affected 14 provinces, with about 77.86 million people affected and 24 people killed.

The reporter saw in the first-line interview of the snowstorm that cadres and the masses around the country are overcoming difficulties with tenacious perseverance and coping with this rare disaster. The scene in the heavy snow touched people's hearts.

Power supply: writing a hymn of life on EHV lines

Extreme weather has a great influence on power supply. According to the latest statistics of SERC, the number of generator sets forced to stop in China has reached 40.99 million kilowatts, accounting for 7% of the total installed capacity of thermal power in the country, and 17 provinces have power outages.

Continuous snowfall has turned Wuhan into an "ice city", and people here are facing the worst "power shortage" in 1 1 years. Hubei is in the dry season, and hydropower generation is greatly reduced. Due to the lack of coal, the thermal power generation unit stopped. In addition, bad weather leads to the increase of power load, which affects the normal operation of power equipment and frequent power accidents.

Due to the lack of anti-freezing preparation in these traditional warmer areas, under heavy snow, line trips, deformation and dumping of high-voltage towers occur from time to time, and many substations are completely or partially shut down. At present, tens of thousands of power grid employees are fighting day and night in the front line of anti-ice rescue, organizing ice and snow removal and repairing damaged facilities.

What the reporter saw at the scene of power freezing injury in Guizhou and Hunan was shocking: the ice layer on the high-voltage line was as hard as iron and as smooth as glass, and the wire was as thick as an adult's thigh after freezing, and the ultra-high voltage substation was frozen into a "crystal palace". In rain and snow, not only the wires are frosted, but also the wind freezes when it rains. De-icing of high-voltage lines is a dangerous job. When the frozen wires dance in a large area, it will have a "* * * vibration" effect, which is enough to knock down dozens of tons of iron towers, and the danger may occur at any time. At this time, the iron tower is deicing, and the wire at the foot is actually a "line of life and death".

On 26th 1 hour, three workers, Luo, Luo Changming and Zhou Jinghua, from the power transmission and transformation construction company of Hunan Electric Power Company, together with more than10.5 million colleagues, participated in the emergency repair of the 500 kV Shafu line of the west-to-east power transmission artery. Suddenly, three towers collapsed one after another, and three workers fell from a height of more than 50 meters and died.

Knowing the danger, but not afraid of difficulties and sacrifices, use flesh and blood to resist natural disasters. The deeds of these three heroic workers touched countless people.

Relief: Send "warmth" to those in need.

Equally worrying is the food problem of the people in the disaster area. With the approach of the Spring Festival, this year's "send warm" activity is of special significance. The most important thing is to send "warmth" to the homes and hands of people in need.

The continuous heavy snow caused tens of thousands of farmers in Yuping County, Guizhou Province to cut off water and electricity. Villagers have to rub rice into rice by hand and get water from wells several kilometers away, and their lives are facing a rice shortage crisis.

The reporter saw in Yayu Township, Yuping County that since the snowstorm, more than 50 cadres 10 have been on duty 24 hours a day without a day off. Cadres carry two diesel threshers on their shoulders and go from village to village to serve farmers in rice threshing. All cadres carry rice, meat and vegetables door to door to ensure that the trapped farmers are not hungry and cold.

In Yuexi county, Anhui province, a jeep with the words "civil disaster relief" written on its body has been crawling on the ice and snow road these days. Every time I meet a family, as soon as the car stops, the county civil affairs leaders go straight to that family and ask if they are short of food and clothing. If there is any problem, immediately coordinate the relevant parties to solve it urgently.

By the 27th 1 1, the number of people affected by disasters in Anhui Province had risen to 6 million, and 24,400 people had been resettled. At present, 46,600 cadres have gone deep into the disaster area to check the disaster situation, and distributed snow disaster relief funds17.4 million yuan and disaster relief food of 2.52 million Jin. As of 27 10, the number of people affected by the disaster in Hubei province reached 10236 million, and 7 people died directly due to the disaster. Up to 65438+1October 28th 10, 29150,000 people in Hunan province 14 cities, states and 122 counties and cities were affected to varying degrees, and 10 people died. The number of people affected by disasters in Jiangxi Province has risen to 8 1.8 million, 3 people died 1.3, and more than 220,000 people were urgently transferred.

The National Disaster Reduction Committee and the Ministry of Civil Affairs launched a four-level emergency response to national disaster relief on the evening of the 27th, and sent a working group to the disaster-stricken areas in Anhui to assist in disaster relief work.

Disaster prevention measures

Central Meteorological Observatory: Issued Orange Warning of Blizzard

According to the orange warning of blizzard issued by the Central Meteorological Observatory on 28th18th, it is predicted that there will be moderate to heavy snow in central and southern Hunan, southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, northern Zhejiang and northwestern Jiangxi from the night of 29th to the day of 30th, among which there will be heavy snow in parts of central Hunan, southeastern Anhui and northern Zhejiang.

In addition, there are freezing rains in parts of central and southern Guizhou, central and southern Hunan, central and northern Jiangxi, northern Guangxi, southern Anhui and northwestern Zhejiang.

All-China Federation of Trade Unions:100,000 yuan to help the affected workers.

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) issued an urgent notice on the 28th, demanding that trade union organizations at all levels in the disaster areas actively organize workers to give full play to the role of the working class as the main force in the fight against ice and snow disasters under the leadership of the Party Committee and cooperate with relevant departments, so as to serve workers who are fighting in the front line of production and solve problems for workers who are in difficulties due to ice and snow disasters. At the same time, a special fund of100,000 yuan was urgently arranged for the relief of affected workers and migrant workers.

The notice requires that trade union organizations at all levels in the disaster areas should give full play to their advantages in light of local conditions, make use of the platform of trade union assistance, and use various ways and means to actively assist railway, transportation and other departments to do a good job of soothing the workers and migrant workers stranded in railway stations and long-distance bus stations, so as to ensure that the stranded workers and migrant workers are not hungry or frozen and return home safely.

Ministry of Commerce: Ensure uninterrupted market supply.

Fang, director of the Marketing Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said on the 28th that the market supply was affected to some extent after the heavy rainfall and snowfall in China, but the market operation was generally stable, including the supply of non-staple food such as grain and pork.

"We also have a contingency plan. If the bad weather continues, we will organize enterprises to germinate with soybeans and black beans, or organize enterprises to purchase onions, potatoes and other products in the northeast and northwest to ensure market supply. " Fang said.

Development and Reform Commission: Take measures to ensure the supply of refined oil

According to the introduction of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on the 28th, in order to properly cope with the impact of recent bad weather in some areas on people's lives and industrial and agricultural production, the NDRC recently asked all localities and oil companies such as Sinopec and PetroChina to take effective measures to ensure that important living materials and production materials such as fresh agricultural products are transported by oil before and after the Spring Festival.

The Development and Reform Commission requires all localities to further strengthen supply monitoring, ensure the key use of oil, and properly arrange the supply of refined oil for residents' lives, urban public transport and public utilities.

SERC: Residents' electricity consumption will not be affected.

In an interview with reporters, the person in charge of SERC said: Residents' electricity consumption will not be affected: "Unless the power facilities in some areas may be damaged due to rain and snow, and the power grid operation will be blocked, resulting in power outages, people's domestic electricity consumption can be guaranteed from the perspective of supply and support capabilities."

The person in charge of SERC said that in view of the grim situation, SERC and power companies have all launched relevant emergency plans to fully guarantee the power supply of important departments, places and users, and give priority to ensuring people's living electricity.

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