3月5日，第十三屆全國人民代表大會第二次會議在北京人民大會堂開幕。李克強代表國務(wù)院向大會作政府工作報告。以下是報告雙語要點：

一、2018年工作回顧

Looking back at the past year, we can see that our achievements did not come easily. China also faced a profound change in its external environment in 2018.

回顧過去一年，成績來之不易。我們面對的是深刻變化的外部環(huán)境。

Setbacks in economic globalization, challenges to multilateralism, shocks in the international financial market, and especially the China-US economic and trade frictions, had an adverse effect on the production and business operations of some companies as well as on market expectations.

經(jīng)濟全球化遭遇波折，多邊主義受到?jīng)_擊，國際金融市場震蕩，特別是中美經(jīng)貿(mào)摩擦給一些企業(yè)生產(chǎn)經(jīng)營、市場預(yù)期帶來不利影響。

China faced severe challenges caused by the growing pains of economic transformation.

我們面對的是經(jīng)濟轉(zhuǎn)型陣痛凸顯的嚴(yán)峻挑戰(zhàn)。

An interlacing of old and new issues and a combination of cyclical and structural problems brought changes in what was a generally stable economic performance, some of which caused concern.

新老矛盾交織，周期性、結(jié)構(gòu)性問題疊加，經(jīng)濟運行穩(wěn)中有變、變中有憂。

Moreover, China was facing a complicated terrain of increasing dilemmas, with multiple targets to attain, such as ensuring stable growth and preventing risks, as well as multiple tasks to complete, like promoting economic and social development.

我們面對的是兩難多難問題增多的復(fù)雜局面。實現(xiàn)穩(wěn)增長、防風(fēng)險等多重目標(biāo)，完成經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展等多項任務(wù)。

The country also had multiple relationships to handle, including that between short-term and long-term interests, while the difficulty of making policy choices and moving work forward increased markedly.

處理好當(dāng)前與長遠等多種關(guān)系，政策抉擇和工作推進的難度明顯加大。

完成全年經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展主要目標(biāo)任務(wù)：

Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.6 percent, exceeding 90 trillion yuan.

國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值增長6.6%，總量突破90萬億元。

Consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.1 percent.

居民消費價格上漲2.1%。

A basic equilibrium in the balance of payments was maintained.

國際收支基本平衡。

China created 13.61 million new jobs.

城鎮(zhèn)新增就業(yè)1361萬人。

The service sector’s contribution to growth approached 60%.

服務(wù)業(yè)對經(jīng)濟增長貢獻率接近60%。

Last year, China cut about 1.3 trillion yuan in taxes and fees.

全年為企業(yè)和個人減稅降費約1.3萬億元。

China brought down average tariff from 9.8% to 7.5%.

關(guān)稅總水平由9.8%降至7.5%。

China has included 17 cancer drugs on the medical insurance list. Patients can be expected to purchase these anti-cancer drugs at lower prices.

17種抗癌藥大幅降價并納入國家醫(yī)保目錄。

The country's "three tough battles" against major risks, poverty and pollution got off to a good start in 2018.

三大攻堅戰(zhàn)開局良好。

China has forestalled and defused major risks. The macro-economic leverage ratio trended toward a stable level, while the financial sector was generally stable.

防范化解重大風(fēng)險，宏觀杠桿率趨于穩(wěn)定，金融運行總體平穩(wěn)。

Precision poverty alleviation made significant progress, with the poor population in rural areas reduced by 13.86 million, including 2.8 million people assisted through relocation from inhospitable areas.

精準(zhǔn)脫貧有力推進，農(nóng)村貧困人口減少1386萬，易地扶貧搬遷280萬人。

Pollution prevention and control was strengthened, and PM2.5 levels continued to fall. Marked achievements were made in ecological conservation.

污染防治得到加強，細顆粒物（PM2.5）濃度繼續(xù)下降，生態(tài)文明建設(shè)成效顯著。

二、2019年經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展總體要求和政策取向

經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展的主要預(yù)期目標(biāo)：

China set its GDP growth target for this year at between 6 percent and 6.5 percent.

今年經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展的主要預(yù)期目標(biāo)是：國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值增長6%－6.5%。

China will raise its fiscal deficit target to 2.76 trillion yuan, or 2.8 percent of GDP, this year from 2.6 percent in 2018.

今年赤字率擬按2.8%安排，比去年預(yù)算高0.2個百分點；財政赤字2.76萬億元。

Total government expenditure is budgeted at over 23 trillion yuan, up by 6.5 percent from last year.

今年財政支出超過23萬億元，增長6.5%。

China aims to create over 11 million new urban jobs. The surveyed urban unemployment rate is projected to stay around 5.5 percent, and the registered urban unemployment rate within 4.5 percent.

城鎮(zhèn)新增就業(yè)1100萬人以上，調(diào)查失業(yè)率5.5%左右，登記失業(yè)率4.5%以內(nèi)。

The country will continue to pursue a proactive fiscal policy and a prudent monetary policy.

積極的財政政策要加力提效。穩(wěn)健的貨幣政策要松緊適度。

The country will implement an employment-first policy.

就業(yè)優(yōu)先政策要全面發(fā)力。

China aims to maintain a consumer inflation level of around 3 percent.

居民消費價格漲幅3%左右。

The country will lift at least 10 million people out of poverty this year.

農(nóng)村貧困人口減少1000萬以上。

China's energy consumed per 10,000 yuan of its gross domestic product (GDP)will fall 3 percent.

單位國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值能耗下降3%左右。

China will balance maintaining stable growth and guarding against risks to sustain healthy economic development in 2019.

平衡好穩(wěn)增長與防風(fēng)險的關(guān)系，確保經(jīng)濟持續(xù)健康發(fā)展。

The above projected targets are ambitious but realistic—they represent our aim of promoting high-quality development, are in keeping with the current realities of China's development, and are aligned with the goal of completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respect.

上述主要預(yù)期目標(biāo)，體現(xiàn)了推動高質(zhì)量發(fā)展要求，符合我國發(fā)展實際，與全面建成小康社會目標(biāo)相銜接，是積極穩(wěn)妥的。