The problems of people's livelihood, simply put, are issues closely related to the lives of the people, and are mainly manifested in the necessities of life such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, pension, medical treatment, and children's education. The issue of people's livelihood is also the most concerning, direct and realistic interest of the people. Paying attention to people's livelihood, attaching importance to people's livelihood, ensuring people's livelihood and improving people's livelihood are in line with the nature, purpose and goals of the country. Education is the foundation of people's livelihood, employment is the foundation of people's livelihood, income distribution is the source of people's livelihood, and social security is the safety net of people's livelihood. These four major issues are all basic issues of people's livelihood.

The issue of people's livelihood is related to social chaos and the rise and fall of political power. "The country is people-oriented, and the people are food-oriented", which is the simple people-oriented thinking of ancient Chinese civilization, and it is also an understanding of the importance of people's livelihood. In China's current institutional and policy environment, people's livelihood is first and foremost a deep-seated issue.

These seem to be economic and social livelihood issues, but they are directly related to the government's public services. A government code of conduct, strong awareness of public service, and strong ability to provide public services, and the social problems reflected around people's livelihood issues may not be very prominent. Because the government's actions and capabilities are easily recognized by the population.

It is manifested as people's livelihood problems at the economic and social levels, and is also closely related to social fairness and justice in a certain period. If a society has a relatively high degree of fairness and justice, even if the economic capacity of the society is limited and the distribution of social benefits is relatively reasonable, then the people's grievances may not be very high. If this society cannot embody fairness and justice, and the distribution of social benefits is obviously unfair, even if the level of economic development is relatively high. The voice of the people will still be very high, and even become the focus of social attention.

This kind of economic and social livelihood problems are also related to the institutional arrangements of a country and government in a certain period of time. That is to say, whether the institutional arrangements in this regard are reasonable or not, whether they are appropriate or not, is not a simple social and economic issue, but first and foremost a political issue. Because behind this institutional arrangement, it directly reflects the government's value pursuit and concept of governance, and also reflects the government's policy orientation in a certain period, which is a direct embodiment of its political will.

"The fundamental purpose of solving people's livelihood problems. It is to let the broad masses of the people live a happy life. It is to let the broad masses of the people live and work in peace and contentment. Chen Shao spoke again. From the beginning of his career, he constantly emphasized that the people are the foundation of the country, even at this time. It has never changed.

After speaking. Chen Shao picked up the second document. "Breakdown of ZTE's 15-year Financial Revenue and Expenditure".

At this time, the chancellor of the exchequer below also stood up and said: "After more than ten years of rapid economic growth, the empire has achieved its goal last year. The total revenue of the empire reached more than 300 billion Chinese dollars. This year's economic growth has stalled due to the impact of the war, but due to the economic growth momentum at the beginning of the year, the national economic growth of the empire this year has also exceeded 5.8 percent, approaching the total economic output of 370 billion Chinese dollars. The empire's plan for fifteen consecutive years of economic growth was realized.

Among them, this year's main fiscal revenue is limited by a large reduction in exports, and the total export volume is half of last year's. The need for domestic demand has become the main force of economic growth this year.

In addition, because of the temporary policy of separating the military and government from the financial affairs of the empire, the export volume of weapons and equipment of the military was not included in the total revenue of the empire.

This year, the empire added 174 large-scale construction projects, thousands of medium-sized projects, and nearly 3,000 small-scale projects, of which road transportation projects accounted for 60%, and shipbuilding and other industrial construction accounted for 30%. In total, more than 200 billion Chinese dollars were spent, accounting for two-thirds of the empire's fiscal revenue.

This year's military budget has already spent 30 billion Chinese dollars. A total of ,......,...... were spent on people's pension insurance, soldiers' pensions, overseas Chinese resettlement funds, tree planting and sand prevention afforestation projects, and animal and plant environmental protection projects. ”

After listening to the financial report, Chen Shao nodded. The rapid economic growth rate and the continuous construction of the industrial system are China's strongest fighting strength. Wars are fought on potential, industrial strength, and finance. If it weren't for the fact that the United States had the world's largest industrial cluster and economy, where would the United States have the strength to maintain the entire Allied Powers?

Today, China's total economic output has surpassed that of the United States, and its fiscal revenue of more than 300 billion yuan is tens of billions more than the fiscal revenue of the United States at this time, which is nearly 300 billion yuan. Moreover, China's industrial strength completely surpasses that of the United States.

At that time, Chen Shao vowed to surpass the American ideal in an all-round way, and now it has been completely realized. And while surpassing, it is also far beyond the United States.

With the spread of war, the value of the US dollar continued to decline, and on the contrary, with the growth of China's economy, the purchasing power of the Chinese dollar also gradually appreciated. Although there is no foreign currency foreign exchange, the gold content of the Chinese dollar has begun to surpass that of the US dollar.

Secretary of Energy: "This year, China's total oil intake has reached 1.9 billion barrels, which is 300 million barrels more than the 1.6 billion barrels in the United States. Natural gas production is 70 billion cubic meters, which is 30 billion cubic meters less than that of the United States. The output of black coal is more than 500 million tons, which is the same as that of the United States. Lignite ......, iron ore production is more than 11 million tons, more than 2 million tons higher than the United States. The output of pig iron is more than 7 million tons, which is more than 1 million tons higher than that of the United States. The production of high-quality steel reached more than nine million tons, two million tons more than the United States. A total of 400 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity was generated, which is more than 100 billion kilowatt-hours higher than that of the United States. The output of raw materials such as copper ore, bauxite, zinc ore, refined copper, electrolytic aluminum, primary refined lead, primary refined zinc, and primary magnesium is a little more than that of the United States. Synthetic rubber, like oil, is the main strategic resource, and the annual output of the empire has exceeded one million tons, and the annual output of synthetic rubber in the United States at this time has reached 800,000 tons, and we are only 200,000 tons higher than the United States. ”

Secretary of Industry: "This year the Empire's industrial capacity has once again increased dramatically, reaching growth of more than 15% for eight consecutive years. The automobile industry, in which military automobiles are produced, at full speed, reaches an annual output of more than three hundred thousand units. This figure is 50,000 units higher than in the United States.

The shipbuilding industry, as of now, the empire has a total transportation capacity of more than 100 million tons, which is 30 million tons higher than that of the United States. This also has a lot to do with the fact that a large number of shipbuilding industries in the United States have been transferred to the production of warships. Because the United States was eager to strengthen its navy, a large number of civilian shipbuilding industries were transferred to military production. And the annual production of cargo ships in the empire still maintains a state of rapid growth. This figure is twelve times that of Japan, seven times that of Germany, and four times that of Great Britain.

In terms of the military industry, the empire has achieved an annual output of 5,000 fighters, 2,000 transport planes, 800 bombers, and 1,300 other aircraft. If you don't count the quality, this number is ashamed, less than one-fifth of that of the United States. But if you take into account the cost and difficulty of industrial manufacturing, this figure is also much higher than that of the United States. Because the empire has completely abandoned the production of second-generation fighters, (propellers) all mass-produced third-generation fighters. (Jet)

Tanks and other armored vehicles, because of the high quality requirements of the imperial military, it is also difficult to increase the production. At present, the Reich can only produce eight thousand tanks per year, a figure that even the Soviet Union cannot match. Compared with the more than 20,000 tanks produced by the United States every year, this figure is only one-third of that of the United States.

Of course, if His Majesty signs the all-out war mobilization order, then these production quantities will be greatly increased in a short period of time. ”

Minister of Statistics and Planning: "At present, as the greatest enemy of the empire, the United States now has more than 100,000 aircraft, 80,000 tanks, more than 100 aircraft carriers, 46 battleships, and more than 1,100 combat ships of various types.

The empire, counting the troops directly under the royal family, has a total of more than 30,000 active aircraft (counting second-generation fighters), more than 20,000 tanks, and more than 30,000 armored vehicles.

In terms of navy, the empire has more than 80 aircraft carriers of various types, of which 30 are main combat carriers, and the rest are all light escort carriers. The 30 main aircraft carriers include 18 First Emperor-class aircraft carriers, 10 Imperial-class aircraft carriers (including two self-built nuclear-powered aircraft carriers that are about to be launched), and two aircraft carriers produced by the Red Alert Base Shipyard.

There are more than 1,000 cruisers and destroyers, amphibious landing ships, amphibious assault ships, submarines, and various types of auxiliary vessels.

In terms of troop strength, by March next year, the US military strength will be able to exceed 10 million. Today, the Soviet Union has a military strength of 16 million, and Japan has an army of more than 8 million. So far, the empire has only six million army forces, of which 1.8 million are active main forces. ”

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One after another, senior officials of the Chinese government got up to report, and time was slowly passing. Listening to the data comparison results of one street after another, Chen Shao's heart was very calm.

Don't look at the fact that China's industrial capacity has surpassed that of the United States, but the output of weapons and equipment is not even a quarter of that of the United States. In addition to the fact that the scientific and technological content of China's weapons and equipment is generally higher than that of the United States, there is also a very important factor.

That is, Chen Shao has never given up on developing the domestic economy, and military production has not reached the highest efficiency in China. If we want to meet the highest efficiency of the military industry, it will inevitably weaken the domestic economic development. The national economy, which has developed with great difficulty, will begin to decline. Even the economy will continue to regress. This is the last thing Chen Shao wants to see.

Soldiers are not expensive, this is Chen Shao's pursuit. If China goes all out to produce weapons and equipment that are about to be phased out, China will soon be able to surpass the United States' weapons production. But this is not Chen Shao's pursuit.

Today's Chinese armed forces have begun to adopt a multi-arm combined combat mode, and it is no longer an era of winning by numbers. The Soviet Union's tank sea may be effective for Germany, but for the current China, it is definitely an act of seeking death. Because what Lao Maozi is facing will be a high-tech joint combat force. (To be continued......)