Recently, the General Offices of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job during the Spring Festival of New Year’s Day in 2024. The full text is as follows:
The year 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China (PRC). All localities and departments should adhere to the guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, make overall plans for all the work during the Spring Festival on New Year’s Day, and ensure that the people spend happy and peaceful holidays. With the consent of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, relevant matters are hereby notified as follows.
One,Care for the people in difficulty and do a good job in rescue and assistance. Leading cadres at all levels should effectively translate the effect of studying and implementing the theme education of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era into vivid practice to ensure the improvement of people’s livelihood, go deep into hard areas, grass-roots front lines, especially recent rain, snow, earthquake and other disaster-stricken areas, strive to solve the production and life problems of urban and rural poor people, and send the care and warmth of the party and the government to the hearts of the poor people. Full implementation of various social assistance policies, timely and full payment of all kinds of relief funds, conditional places can be paid in advance during the "two festivals" relief funds. Increase the intensity of temporary assistance to solve the sudden and urgent basic living difficulties encountered by urban and rural people in a timely manner. We will strengthen care and assistance for people who have no vagrants and beggars, the disabled, the elderly with special difficulties, and children in various difficulties, do a good job in disaster relief and heating assistance in the northern region, and keep the basic bottom line of people’s livelihood. Solidly carry out a special campaign to eradicate wage arrears in winter, deal with illegal acts of wage arrears for migrant workers according to law, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers. Caring for and caring for comrades who work in areas with difficult conditions and in the front line of urgent and dangerous tasks, do a good job in caring for and helping the families of grassroots cadres who died in the line of duty, and pay in-depth visits to party member, old party member, veteran cadres and retired military cadres, veterans of the Red Army, old demobilized soldiers, disabled soldiers, families of martyrs and so on.
Second,Guarantee the supply of holiday market and meet the consumer demand of the masses. We will do our best to ensure the supply and price stability of coal, electricity, oil and gas, especially strengthen the inspection of facilities during extreme disaster weather, respond to emergencies in time, ensure the stability of power supply, heating and gas supply, and ensure the people to stay warm for the winter. We will implement the responsibility of the party and government for food security and the mayor’s responsibility system of "vegetable basket", strengthen the production, sales and supply of important livelihood commodities such as grain, oil, meat, eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables, give full play to the role of logistics guarantee and smooth work mechanism, do a good job in transportation guarantee and smooth logistics distribution, and ensure sufficient quantity, rich variety, assured quality and stable price. Strengthen the quality and safety supervision of food and products in key areas such as rural areas and urban-rural fringe areas, and severely crack down on illegal activities such as counterfeiting. Enrich the supply of the tourism market, stimulate the vitality of holiday consumption, optimize the tourism consumption environment, strengthen the price supervision of key areas of people’s livelihood such as catering accommodation, scenic spot tickets and parking fees, and promptly investigate and deal with illegal acts such as price gouging, price collusion and price fraud. Standardize sales promotion activities, urge online trading platforms to implement the main responsibility, strengthen online trading and service supervision, unblock complaint reporting channels, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
Third,Enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the masses and actively create a festive atmosphere. Strengthen publicity and guidance with strong confidence as the focus, consolidate and expand the mainstream ideological public opinion in the new era of forging ahead, carry forward the main theme, and inspire the powerful force of unity and forging ahead of the whole society. Organize the cultural, scientific and health activities of "going to the countryside" and "our Chinese dream-culture enters thousands of families", send agricultural technology knowledge, cultural services, popular science propaganda, health examination, legal consultation, etc. to the grassroots, and organize the majority of literary and art workers to go deep into rural areas and communities to carry out various cultural and artistic activities with rich connotations. Arrange the broadcast of excellent movies, TV series and TV programs, continue to promote the demonstration activities of "Village Evening", improve the quality of mass cultural programs, promote the deep integration of intangible cultural heritage projects and traditional festivals, and create a happy, auspicious, warm and smooth holiday atmosphere. Vigorously cultivate and practice socialist core values, strengthen creative guidance, resolutely resist vulgarity and kitsch, and purify the festival cultural market.
Fourth,Do a good job in Spring Festival travel rush, and provide refined services to ensure people’s travel. Strengthen the reserve and supply of transportation capacity in key time periods and hot spots to meet the travel needs of the masses to the maximum extent. Optimize the connection of various modes of transportation to facilitate passengers’ joint transportation and transfer. Strengthen the operation and management of expressway service area, and improve the service capacity and quality of charging, dining and toilet. Strictly implement the service policies for key groups such as soldiers, fire and rescue workers, survivors of heroes and heroes, sick and pregnant people of all ages, and strengthen the travel service guarantee for key groups such as migrant workers, students and people in rural areas. Encourage all units to implement the system of paid annual leave and arrange employees to rest on New Year’s Eve. Guide the public to make reasonable arrangements for travel plans and avoid peak trips. Strictly implement the policy of free passage of minibuses during the Spring Festival holiday, strengthen the management and control of congested sections, and effectively alleviate the traffic pressure on large-flow sections of expressways. Optimize and improve the emergency plan, and properly deal with unexpected situations such as blocked transportation, stranded passengers and dangerous accidents. Strengthen the safety management of railways, roads, water traffic and civil aviation, strengthen supervision and law enforcement, and severely crack down on acts such as overloading and speeding, illegal operation, illegal manned vehicles and trucks, prevent serious traffic accidents and ensure the safety of people’s travel.
Five,Do a good job in the prevention and control of infectious diseases and protect the health of the people. Coordinate the prevention and control of COVID-19, influenza and other respiratory infectious diseases, adhere to scientific prevention and control, implement the "four-party responsibility", and strengthen the prevention and control of institutions such as pension, child care, schools, social welfare and closed spaces to prevent the occurrence of cluster epidemics. We will increase the overall planning of medical resources, especially pediatric and respiratory medical resources, enrich the medical strength of key departments such as outpatient and emergency departments, pediatrics, respiratory and severe diseases of medical institutions, and strengthen the preparation of commonly used drugs, testing reagents, medical equipment and beds for medical institutions. Do a good job in epidemic monitoring, early warning and risk assessment, strengthen epidemic reporting, release information in time, and eliminate public doubts. Scientifically publicize the knowledge of prevention and treatment of acute respiratory infectious diseases, guide vaccination, and advocate personal protective measures such as wearing masks, washing hands frequently, regular ventilation, and keeping social distance.
Six,Comprehensively investigate potential risks and earnestly do a good job in safety production. Firmly establish the concept of safe development, adhere to the people first, life first, always maintain the sense of responsibility of "always worrying", earnestly strengthen the work of safety production, strictly guard against all kinds of potential risks, and strictly implement various safety control measures. Strengthen the safety management and supervision of key industries such as mines, dangerous chemicals, civil explosives, fireworks and firecrackers, construction, water, electricity and heat, transportation, cultural tourism, special equipment, and strictly implement safety precautions in key areas such as crowded places, inflammable and explosive places and labor-intensive enterprises to prevent all kinds of production safety accidents. We will continue to deepen the national special rectification of urban gas safety, and do a good job in the investigation and management of fire hazards in crowded places such as high-rise buildings, large-scale complexes, shopping malls, restaurants, entertainment, hotels, hospitals, old-age care institutions, and key units such as "factories in factories", warehousing and logistics, and refueling (filling) stations. Strengthen the monitoring and early warning of extreme disaster weather such as low temperature, rain, snow and freezing, forest fire, etc., improve and refine the emergency plan, and prepare for emergency response.
Seven,Take the initiative to deal with contradictions and maintain the overall social stability. Adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao experience" in the new era, focus on doing a good job in letters and visits, and carry out in-depth investigation and resolution of contradictions and disputes around key areas. Severely crack down on "robbery and fraud", "pornography and gambling", telecommunication network fraud, triad-related crimes, food and drug environment and other prominent illegal crimes, and prevent major vicious criminal cases and extreme personal violence. Strengthen social patrol and control, strengthen the investigation and rectification of key areas of social security such as urban-rural fringe, strengthen safety precautions in crowded places, and enhance people’s sense of security. Strengthen public security control in key areas and key parts, fully implement technical defense measures for civil air defense materials, and resolutely prevent and crack down on violent terrorist activities. Strictly implement safety precautions for large-scale mass festivals to prevent serious public safety accidents.
Eight,Advocate thrift and civility to celebrate the holidays and prevent the "four winds" issue from rebounding. Adhere to and carry forward the fine traditional style of the Chinese nation, carry out civilized practice activities such as "our festivals", solidly promote the change of customs and traditions, strictly teach family style, oppose bad habits such as ostentation and extravagance, showing off wealth by comparison, extravagance and waste, and advocate good social customs. Strict discipline requirements, oppose privileged thoughts and behaviors, persevere in implementing the spirit of the eight central regulations, and seriously investigate and deal with problems such as illegal eating and drinking, illegal receiving and giving of gifts and gifts, illegal granting of subsidies, illegal handling of weddings, funerals and celebrations, and private use of buses, which are prone to occur frequently during festivals, strictly guard against invisible variation, and promptly report typical cases of exposure. Vigorously rectify the luxury problems behind the phenomena of high-grade tobacco, alcohol, tea, "luxury New Year’s Eve" and excessive packaging of festivals and gifts, timely prevent and control the phenomenon of sudden spending at the end of the year, and grasp the early and small, and prevent the delay. Keep a close eye on the formalism and bureaucracy that increase the burden on the grassroots, resolutely correct and punish the random assignment of tasks to the grassroots in the name of summing up and promoting the work, repeated requests for materials and filling out forms, excessive frequency of supervision and inspection, excessive traces, and "formalism at the fingertips".
Nine,Strengthen the duty on duty to ensure the orderly operation of all work. Strictly implement the system of 24-hour special personnel on duty and leading cadres taking classes on the job and going out to report. Fully equipped with strong duty forces, and carefully implemented various emergency preparedness measures. Strictly implement the system of asking for instructions and reporting, ask for instructions and report the important situation as soon as possible and respond promptly and effectively, and resolutely put an end to late reporting, false reporting and false reporting. Emergency rescue teams should always be in an emergency state, optimize their strength and equipment, and ensure the first response in case of emergencies. Units that directly serve the masses should reasonably arrange duty during the festival to ensure the quality of service.
All localities and departments should attach great importance to it, strengthen organization and leadership, carefully deploy and implement relevant work during the holiday season, and ensure that the spirit of this notice is implemented.
