The Shanxi delegation to the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing holds a plenary meeting on March 5. [Photo/Shanxi Daily]

The Shanxi delegation to the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing held a plenary meeting on March 5, deliberating the 2021 government work report. 

The delegation unanimously agreed with the government work report, and the deputies put forward suggestions on the development of Shanxi in the current year. 

Vice-Premier Liu He participated in the discussions. He suggested that Shanxi find a fruitful new development pattern, continue to deepen the pilot reform of the energy revolution, carry out the three-year reform of State-owned enterprises (SOEs), and strengthen technological innovation. He added that the province should do an excellent job in reforming small and medium-sized financial institutions. 

Lou Yangsheng, Party chief of Shanxi province, made suggestions on supporting Shanxi's reform of the investment project commitment system.

Lin Wu, governor of Shanxi, suggested that the State increase support for Shanxi in terms of credit policies for advanced coal production capacity, transformation and upgrading of the energy industry, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

Other Shanxi deputies delivered speeches themed around new carbon-based materials, ecological revitalization, the construction of scientific and technological innovation platforms, consolidating the results of poverty alleviation, rural revitalization, the clean and low-carbon transformation of the energy sector, new smart city construction, the reform of State-owned assets and SOEs, big data strategy, organic dryland farming, quantum science and railway construction.