Risk management, poverty reduction and pollution control

In his report to the 19th CPC National Congress in October 2017, Xi Jinping emphasized the need to guard against and defuse major risks, to implement targeted anti-poverty measures, and to control and fight pollution. These tasks are essential for ensuring that what has propelled us to success in building a moderately prosperous society will continue to inspire our people and stand the test of time. They were given priority at the Central Economic Work Conference in December 2017, which reaffirmed that these tasks must be implemented with urgency in the coming three years, and tangible progress must be made in 2018.

Among risk management measures, the most important is to control financial and other major risks, fight illegal financial activities, and strengthen regulation, especially in vulnerable areas. To win the anti-poverty battle, it is crucial to target specific groups and pockets of extreme poverty and mobilize those trapped in poverty to contribute to the fight. Performance appraisal and oversight are also important. To control pollution, we must impose stringent emission control measures. To this end, it is necessary to adjust the economic structure, phase out outdated production capacity, change energy consumption patterns, strengthen energy conservation measures, step up performance evaluation, and adapt transport methods and infrastructure.

Of these three tasks, risk control is of the utmost importance. In order to achieve quality in upgrading our development, risk control must be accompanied by effective measures to fight poverty and pollution, the two daunting barriers to our march toward greater prosperity.  

三大攻堅(jiān)戰(zhàn)

2017年10月，習(xí)近平在十九大報(bào)告中首次提出，要堅(jiān)決打好防范化解重大風(fēng)險(xiǎn)、精準(zhǔn)脫貧、污染防治的攻堅(jiān)戰(zhàn)，使全面建成小康社會(huì)得到人民認(rèn)可、經(jīng)得起歷史檢驗(yàn)。2017年12月，中央經(jīng)濟(jì)工作會(huì)議強(qiáng)調(diào)，打好防范化解重大風(fēng)險(xiǎn)、精準(zhǔn)脫貧、污染防治三大攻堅(jiān)戰(zhàn)，是今后3年必須完成的重點(diǎn)任務(wù)，2018年必須在打好三大攻堅(jiān)戰(zhàn)方面取得扎實(shí)進(jìn)展。

打好防范化解重大風(fēng)險(xiǎn)攻堅(jiān)戰(zhàn)，重點(diǎn)是防控金融風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，做好重點(diǎn)領(lǐng)域風(fēng)險(xiǎn)防范和處置，堅(jiān)決打擊違法違規(guī)金融活動(dòng)，加強(qiáng)薄弱環(huán)節(jié)監(jiān)管制度建設(shè)；打好精準(zhǔn)脫貧攻堅(jiān)戰(zhàn)，關(guān)鍵是瞄準(zhǔn)特定貧困群眾精準(zhǔn)幫扶，向深度貧困地區(qū)聚焦發(fā)力，激發(fā)貧困人口內(nèi)生動(dòng)力，加強(qiáng)考核監(jiān)督；打好污染防治攻堅(jiān)戰(zhàn)，重點(diǎn)是打贏藍(lán)天保衛(wèi)戰(zhàn)，調(diào)整產(chǎn)業(yè)結(jié)構(gòu)，淘汰落后產(chǎn)能，調(diào)整能源結(jié)構(gòu)，加大節(jié)能力度和考核，調(diào)整運(yùn)輸結(jié)構(gòu)。

三大攻堅(jiān)戰(zhàn)中，防范化解重大風(fēng)險(xiǎn)是首位。實(shí)現(xiàn)高質(zhì)量發(fā)展，打好三大攻堅(jiān)戰(zhàn)，還須盡快補(bǔ)齊精準(zhǔn)脫貧和污染防治這兩塊全面建成小康社會(huì)的突出短板。