Key figures and facts in China’s government work report

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a government work report during the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2016. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

BEIJING, March 5 (People’s Daily) -- Following are some key figures and facts highlighted in a government work report addressed by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC) on Saturday morning.

Key figures for the year of 2016

- Increase gross domestic product (GDP) by a rate between 6.5 and 7 percent;

- Keep the growth of consumer price index (CPI) at around 3 percent;

- Pursue a more proactive fiscal policy with a deficit of 2.18 trillion yuan ($335.38 billion), 560 billion yuan more than that of last year and accounting for 3 percent of GDP;

- Add more than 10 million urban jobs with a registered urban unemployment rate at no more than 4.5 percent;

- Pursue a prudent monetary policy that is flexible and appropriate while the growth of the broad money supply (M2) being set at about 13 percent;

Main goals for next five years

- Double the 2010 GDP and per capita personal income by 2020;

- Annual economic growth of at least 6.5 percent in next five years;

- Aggregate economic output exceeding 90 trillion yuan;

- Permanent urban residents accounting for 60 percent of China's population;

- Registered permanent urban residents accounting for 45 percent of China's population;

- Expansion of high-speed railways in service to 30,000 kilometers while the network linking more than 80 percent of big cities;

- Water consumption, energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP down by 23 percent, 15 percent and 18 percent respectively;

- Poverty relief of all rural residents falling below the current poverty line, and poverty alleviation in all poor counties and areas;

- 50 million new urban jobs;

- One-year increase in average life expectancy.