The minister further said the government will target a revenue of .4 billion through its tourism sector this year.
The meeting also highlighted the importance of ensuring the supply of basic drugs and drugs for emergency rescue purposes. The monitoring and early warning mechanism will be refined, and more will be done to ensure the supply of drugs that are in shortage or irreplaceable. Unreasonable price hikes of drugs that are commonly used or in urgent demand will be prevented.
The meeting also adopted a document on refining support and protection mechanisms for agriculture. It called for further reform in the farm sector, such as promoting supply-side structural reform, sustainable development, guaranteeing investment, subsidies and funding management.
The ministry launched a campaign last year against financial crimes that raise money from the public, including pyramid schemes, in a bid to safeguard economic security and social stability.
The meeting also reiterated the combining of top-level plans with local research to make achievements in mechanism, policy, and development mode innovation.
The meeting directed each government department to set up a special task force headed by its leading official and a hotline for NPC deputies and CPPCC members operated by designated staff members.
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The ministry made the remarks as the US Federal Communications Commission threatened last week to stop four of China's State-owned telecommunications companies' operations in the US unless they can show evidence that they are independent from the Chinese government.
The market saw a 69 percent of chance that the Federal Open Market Committee will move at its next meeting in March, according to the CME's FedWatch tool. The probability was well above 90 percent just days ago.
The meeting emphasized continual implementation of proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy, and economic adjustments will be more forward-looking, targeted and effective.
The meeting also was attended by Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office Zhang Xiaoming, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Wang Zhimin and Director of the National Development and Reform Commission He Lifeng.