Ten words to summarize Xiamen's targets in 2018
(Chinadaily.com.cn), Updated: 2018-01-15
How to offer a better life for local residents and maintain a steady economic growth in 2018? The question was answered by Xiamen's mayor Zhuang Jiahan in his government work report on Jan 6.
The report was made at the Second Session of the 15th Xiamen Municipal People's Congress held at the people's hall of Xiamen, south China's Fujian province, outlining the targets set by the local government to ensure 2018 to be a prosperous year for the city.
Ten keywords can summarize the city's targets in the New Year.
1. Municipal transportation
Improve the service provided by subway line one, complete the main structure of subway line two and accelerate the construction of three other subway lines.
Improve the two ring roads and eight main arteries and start to construct Yang'an airport.
2. Environment management
Build a sponge city of 25 square kilometers. A sponge city is one that can hold, clean, and drain water in a natural way using an ecological approach.
Accelerate the construction of a kitchen waste disposal plant and the second phase of a waste incineration power plant.
Renovate eight sewage treatment plants and establish two other such plants.
3. Education
Build 20 kindergartens and 20 schools of compulsory education.
Support state-owned enterprises in establishing high-quality and low-cost kindergartens and attempt to extend the school hours of public kindergartens.
4. Medical treatment and elderly care
Start establishing two new hospitals with additional 4,000 hospital beds, and put into use three hospitals and a group of community healthcare centers.
Establish 39 old age homes in the village and day care center in the community and 15 demonstration communities of smart cares for the elderly.
5. Market and administrative reform
Accelerate the construction of the social credit system, improve good faith file and market exit mechanism.
Release the service list of “at most one visit” or “no visit” for administrative procedures, improve offline and online administrative services, and add a 24-hour self-service.