Chinese leader Hu Jintao said Thursday that the Communist Party of China (CPC) will intensify efforts to ensure that all the people enjoy their rights to education, employment, medical and old-age care, and housing.
Hu Jintao said on Thursday that China will build a social security system covering both the urban and rural population.
China will increase the proportion of community-level deputies to the people's congresses, and reduce the number of deputies elected from among leading Party and government officials, Chinese leader Hu Jintao said.
Hu Jintao said Thursday China must continue to carry out the reform of the political structure.
Chinese leader Hu Jintao on Thursday called for more efforts to address ethical problems and promote social ethics.
China should accelerate the improvement of the socialist market economy and the change of the growth model, said Hu Jintao in his report to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Thursday morning.
Hu Jintao set a new target for economic growth Thursday, saying that China should double its 2010 GDP and per capita income for both urban and rural residents by 2020.
Hu Jintao on Thursday urged the Party and the people to seize the opportunity and secure the goal of completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020.
Hu Jintao on Thursday vows to firmly maintain the strategic focus of boosting domestic demand in the process of strategic adjustment of the economic structure.
Hu Jintao outlined the "overall approach" for China's modernization drive, which emphasizes development in economy, politics, culture, society and ecology.
Hu Jintao said the theory of Scientific Outlook on Development is the most important achievement of the CPC in the past decade.
Hu Jintao said that China has achieved "new historic successes" over the past decade and the achievements have laid a solid foundation for completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects.