China Network March 16 (Reporter Zhang Yanling) The Premier’s press conference is the heavyweight of the two sessions every year. This morning, Premier Li Keqiang will hold the fourth press conference during his tenure. China Net reporters found that Premier Li Keqiang’s first three press conferences answered 39 questions from Chinese and foreign journalists, involving reform, anti-corruption, environmental protection, economic growth, people’s livelihood security, decentralization and other issues. Among them, eight major issues, such as reform, environmental protection, decentralization, and people’s livelihood, are asked and answered year after year, and there are new ideas every year. So, which hot spots will be asked at this year’s press conference, we will wait and see.
Three press conferences answered 39 questions and eight major questions, including reform and environmental protection, were never absent.
The reporter noted that from 2013 to 2015, Li Keqiang answered 39 questions from Chinese and foreign journalists in three press conferences, involving issues such as reform, anti-corruption, environmental protection, economic growth, people’s livelihood security, decentralization, etc. Among them, issues such as decentralization, reform, environmental protection, economic growth, people’s livelihood security, Hong Kong policy, cross-strait relations, and Sino-US relations have become indispensable at the annual press conference.
At the Premier’s press conference in 2013, Premier Li Keqiang answered 11 questions from Chinese and foreign media, including decentralization, urbanization, reform of reeducation through labor system, policy objectives (economic growth and improvement of people’s livelihood), reform bonus, environmental pollution (smog), political experience (policy toward Hong Kong), cross-strait relations, Sino-US relations, Sino-Russian relations, and responding to foreign media concerns (peaceful development does not seek hegemony).
At the Premier’s press conference in 2014, Premier Li Keqiang answered 15 questions from Chinese and foreign media, involving Malaysia Airlines, anti-corruption, real estate (shantytown renovation), environmental protection (smog), decentralization, finance and debt (shadow banking), economic growth, downward pressure on the economy, deepening reform, social security (people’s livelihood), Hong Kong policy, cross-strait relations, China’s relations with neighboring countries, China-EU relations and Sino-US relations.
At the Premier’s press conference in 2015, Premier Li Keqiang answered 13 questions from Chinese and foreign media, including housing prices, internet plus (online shopping), decentralization, anti-corruption, economic growth, shadow banking, dual innovation, comprehensive two-child policy, cross-strait relations, deflation, Sino-Japanese relations, Sino-US relations and China-Myanmar border.
Economic growth and supply-side reform are still hot topics in this year’s Premier’s press conference.
Throughout the past three years, the questions asked by the Premier’s press conference have basically involved political, economic, social and people’s livelihood, diplomatic and other major issues. Every year, the topic is the same while reserving differences. Different issues reflect the different stages of economic and social development and the different concerns of the people. Some problems were raised and solved that year, such as the reform of reeducation through labor system. Some questions are asked every year, but the answers every year are innovative, such as smog. In terms of diplomatic relations, China-US relations must be discussed every year, but different countries will be taken into account in different years. For example, China responded to Sino-Russian relations in 2013, China-EU relations in 2014 and China-Japan relations in 2015.
At the same time, the reporter noted that in this year’s government work report, Premier Li Keqiang covered a wide range of aspects, such as upgrading the quality and efficiency of state-owned enterprises, employment, comprehensive reform of the camp, linkage of three medical services (medical care, medical insurance and medicine), environmental protection industry, social security, internet finance, and linkage of investment and loan.
It can be predicted that topics such as supply-side reform, economic growth, anti-corruption, decentralization, innovation, and people’s livelihood (education, medical care, housing, social security, food safety) will remain hot topics at the premier’s press conference of the two sessions this year.
The quips of the Premier’s press conference showed "strong charm", "strong confidence" and "strong determination"
As we all know, the Premier’s press conference has always been regarded as the weather vane of the government’s administration, reflecting the imprint of China’s reform, and it has also become an important basis for the international community to observe China, attracting the attention of the global media every time. Every year after the Premier’s press conference, Chinese and foreign media take stock of the Prime Minister’s "quips", "allusions" and "data" at the press conference, and then interpret many positive signals and administrative styles released to the outside world.
Just after Premier Li Keqiang’s press conference in 2015, the media praised Premier Li Keqiang’s performance at the press conference. Said his answer hit the floor, wise and humorous, vivid image, love to use data to speak, like to quote classics, but also willing to use vernacular to ground the gas.
At the Premier’s press conference in 2013, he talked about corruption with the words "If the people want to live a good life, the government must live a tight life", with the words "Reform is more important in action, and it is better to open your arms than to shout at the top of your voice", and with the words "Being on the road, serving the people and benefiting the world", he expressed his personal feelings in his political career. Especially when talking about economic topics, Li Keqiang is even more witty. He explained the government’s next prevention and control of financial and debt risks by "opening the front door and blocking the side door", and explained the government’s attitude towards economic challenges by "everything is not in trouble, but it is unprepared". He used "declaring war on smog and other pollution, not declaring war on God" to show the direction of controlling smog, and also borrowed the old saying "My way is consistent"
And some foreign media praised Li Keqiang’s style of answering reporters’ questions. They believe that Premier Li Keqiang showed "strong" charm, "strong" confidence and "strong" determination at the press conference. They said that the Li Keqiang press conference conveyed to the world China’s "strong" confidence in steady economic growth and "strong" determination to promote reform. They said that Premier Li Keqiang’s evaluation of China’s economy was "objective and calm", which dispelled the doubts about China’s economy. Li Keqiang’s interpretation of the "new normal" is pragmatic and confident, does not evade problems, and has countermeasures, giving a "reassuring" to Western public opinion that is skeptical about China’s economic trend
Hong Kong, Taiwan and other media think that Premier Li Keqiang’s press conference shows super "strong" charm. They said that Premier Li Keqiang, as a modern and younger generation central leader, showed more positive optimism of pioneers. He has three unique tricks: "grounding gas": the first trick is to say what the people can understand; The second measure is to pay attention to people’s livelihood from the perspective of the people; The third winning trick is to love "telling stories".
Throughout the press conference, Premier Li Keqiang not only pays attention to dialectical skills in answering questions, but also pays attention to dialectical thinking in answering questions, showing a solid theoretical accomplishment.