The importance of the “two emphases” lies not only in the importance of the country but also in the importance of the people.

It reflects the will of the state, so it is planned and promoted “from top to bottom”. Every matter is focused on major and important issues that are urgently needed for development, cannot be resolved by conventional means, have been desired for many years but failed to be accomplished, and require promotion at the central level. In particular, a number of major landmark projects that cross regions and river basins and have high requirements for project coordination and overall planning capabilities have been implemented.

By looking at the key directions of the “two priorities”, one can understand their “importance” – self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology, integrated urban-rural development, coordinated regional development, high-quality population development, food security, energy and resource security, ecological security, etc.

The “two priorities” also reflect the people’s concerns and the importance of people’s well-being. The construction of high-speed railway channels and trunk roads along the river has shortened the distance between time and space. The beneficiaries are every passenger and the countless people in every city along the river. The Guangxi Water Resources Allocation Project around the Beibu Gulf aims to improve water resources security, develop agricultural irrigation, and help fill our rice bowls with more Chinese grain. Support has been given to key cities with concentrated population inflows to improve public service facilities such as education and medical care, increase the number of school places, and renovate hospital wards. Every detail is closely related to people’s livelihood, and every aspect reflects people’s livelihood.

National affairs and family affairs are dialectically unified. The “dual” concept is both for the country and for the people.

The “two priorities” refer not only to the immediate but also to the long-term.

In 2024, 700 billion yuan of ultra-long-term special Treasury bonds will support 1,465 projects in the “Two major” sectors. This year, nearly 500 billion yuan has been allocated. The positive effects of “expanding domestic demand, stabilizing growth and benefiting people’s livelihood” have been immediate and continuous. The nature of the “dual” approach determines that it must be carried out with strategic considerations, taking into account the overall situation and the long term, connecting the “14th Five-Year Plan” and the “15th Five-Year Plan”, laying the foundation, laying the groundwork and accumulating momentum for long-term development.