新华社发布2015年政府工作报告要点

　　BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are highlights of the Chinese government work report distributed Thursday morning to the press ahead of the annual session of the National People's Congress.

　　-- Increase GDP by approximately 7 percent

　　-- Keep increase in CPI at around 3 percent

　　-- Create over 10 million jobs in urban areas

　　-- Ensure registered urban unemployment rate not to exceed 4.5 percent

　　-- Increase imports and exports by around 6 percent

　　-- Cut energy intensity by 3.1 percent

　　-- Continue to implement proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy

　　-- Proactive fiscal policy must sustain the momentum of economic growth and increase economic returns, monetary policy must be prudent and balanced

　　-- Annual government budget deficit is projected to be 1.62 trillion yuan

　　-- Deficit to GDP ratio will rise from last year's 2.1 percent to 2.3 percent

　　-- M2 money supply is forecasted to grow by around 12 percent, but actual supply may be slightly higher

　　-- Encourage popular entrepreneurship and mass innovation

　　-- Draw up a negative list for market access

　　-- Greatly relax market access for private investment and encourage the use of private capital to set up equity funds

　　-- Actively promote models of cooperation between government and nongovernmental capital in developing infrastructure and public utilities

　　-- Take timely action to accelerate price reform

　　-- Encourage qualified private investors to establish, in accordance with law, small and medium-sized banks and other financial institutions

　　-- Keep the RMB exchange rate at an appropriate and balanced level and allow it to float more freely

　　-- Launch the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect on a trial basis at an appropriate time

　　-- Halve the number of industries in which foreign investment is restricted

　　-- Move faster to strengthen infrastructure connectivity with neighboring countries

　　-- Work for progress in talks on free trade zones with the Gulf Cooperation Council and Israel

　　-- Keep housing consumption stable

　　-- Launch a number of major new projects

　　-- The central government will increase its budgetary investment to 477.6 billion yuan

　　-- Over 800 billion yuan will be invested in railway construction and open over 8,000 km of railways to traffic

　　-- Over 800 billion yuan will be invested in the major water conservancy projects

　　-- Build an additional 7.4 million units of government-subsidized housing

　　-- Reduce the poor rural population by more than 10 million

　　-- Keep grain output above 550 million metric tons

　　-- Strive for zero-growth in the consumption of coal in key areas

　　-- Cut the intensity of carbon dioxide by at least 3.1 percent

　　-- Renovate 3.66 million dilapidated rural houses, an increase of 1 million over the renovated last year

　　-- Draw up and implement a strategic maritime plan

　　-- Implement the "Made in China 2025" strategy

　　-- Develop the "Internet Plus" action plan to integrate the mobile Internet, cloud computing, big data and the Internet of Things with modern manufacturing

　　-- Work toward putting in a strong bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics

　　-- Uphold the fundamental principle of the absolute leadership of the Communist Party of China over the armed forces

　　-- Strengthen efforts in all areas in a coordinated way to maintain military preparedness

　　-- Strengthen efforts to modernize the armed police forces

　　-- Oppose the independence of Taiwan and keep cross-Strait relations on the right course in peaceful development

　　-- Work together with other members of the international community to uphold the victory of World War II and international justice. Enditem