China Daily:

The 14th Five-Year Plan for Services and Support for Veterans is China's first national plan for veterans. It outlines plans and arrangements for the work on veteran affairs during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. How is it implemented? What are the next steps for this year? Thank you.

Pei Jinjia:

Thank you for your questions. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made a series of key remarks on veterans affairs, addressing fundamental questions of what to do, how to do it, and who will do the work. Following General Secretary Xi Jinping's major speeches, the plan comprehensively lays out how veterans affairs will be conducted during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. The leading Party members group of the MVA has prioritized and ensured the plan's implementation and taken three main initiatives.

First, we have made overall arrangements to promote the plan's implementation. We have formulated work allocation plans, made a specific roadmap and timetable, and identified responsible units and persons. Second, we have leveraged the strengths of exemplar practices. Under the coordination of the MVA leadership, suitable places have been encouraged to play an exemplar role in pioneering new practices based on local features. As a result, we have explored and summarized good practices worth promoting nationwide. Third, we have strengthened follow-up oversight to see real results. Based on our survey and research, we have launched targeted visits, formed inspection teams and visited local communities to learn about the plan's implementation and ensure that all tasks are fulfilled.

Recently, we have been organizing the mid-term assessment to comprehensively review the implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan for Services and Support for Veterans. Next, we will summarize some good practices, especially those that could be copied and promoted nationwide, and promote and apply these practices. Second, in response to the problems identified in the assessment, we will adopt concrete measures to reinforce weak links and solve these problems. Third, we will work to build synergy. To implement the plan, we need to collaborate with all relevant departments and parties at both national and local levels. We will work with them and the military units to create a synergy for advancing the plan's implementation and ensure that all tasks are successfully completed. Thank you.  

Chen Wenjun:

Thanks to Mr. Pei and all the speakers. Thanks to friends from the media. Today's briefing is hereby concluded. See you.

Translated and edited by Zhu Bochen, Wang Qian, Liu Caiyi, Li Huiru, Yan Bin, Liu Sitong, Yuan Fang, Huang Shan, Xu Kailin, Wang Yanfang, Liu Qiang, David Ball, Tom Arnsten, and Jay Birbeck. In case of any discrepancy between the English and Chinese texts, the Chinese version is deemed to prevail.