Chongqing — At the fourth session of the Fifth Chongqing Municipal People's Congress on January 21^st,  Chongqingqing Mayor Tang Liangzhi delivered the Government Work Report. How has Chongqing developed over the past year? And what plans will Chongqing enact in the next year? Here’s a quick overview of the report.

Tang Liangzhi, Mayor of Chongqing Municipal People's Government, praises 34 million residents in Chongqing who fought the epidemic and floods and supported the cause of poverty alleviation.

Accomplishments of Chongqing in 2020

In 2020, Chongqing achieved major strategic results in the fight against the epidemic, while economic operations have recovered and stabilized over each quarter.

• Annual regional GDP increased by 3.9%, while fixed-asset investment, total retail sales of consumer goods, and total import and export value increased by 3.9%, 1.3%, and 12.5% ​​, respectively. The disposable income per capita of all residents reached 30,824 yuan, an increase of 6.6%.

• All efforts were put into fighting the epidemic, as the two zeroes of locally confirmed and hospitalized cases took two months to achieve.

• Resumption of work in all trades proceeded with full effort to regain time and recoup losses, as life, order, and production gradually returned to normal.

• Outstanding issues in the policy of two assurances and three guarantees were resolved in the cause of poverty alleviation.

• Flood control efforts were initiated at full capacity in response to the level I municipal emergency. During the passage of the No. 5 Yangtze River flood, the levels of which hadn’t been encountered for a century, there were no casualties, dyke breaches, and no dam collapses in the whole municipality.

• A one-stop mechanism for major foreign investment projects has been established, as foreign capital's actual use over the whole year reached 10.27 billion US dollars.

What Else to Do This Year

• High-level construction of Western (Chongqing) Science City.
• Promote in-depth construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle.
•  Improve the modernization level of industrial and supply chains.
• Deepen reforms in key areas.
• Accelerate the cultivation of new advantages in the inland opening. Fully integrate into joint construction of the Belt and Road and development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and better integrate into the domestic and international dual cycles.
• Comprehensively promote rural revitalization.
• Continue the implementation of urban improvement action plans.
• Strengthen pollution measures and ecological construction.
• Effectively protect and enhance people's livelihoods.
• Perform well in the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.