Li said in his national teleconference on Monday that the focus of government should be shifted to creating a favorable environment for development, providing quality public services and maintaining social equity and justice.

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They achieved important social gains in terms of worker health and safety, wage equity and skills development.

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Key themes of SD in the region include among other things poverty alleviation, citizenship, peace, ethics, responsibility in local and global contexts, democracy and governance, justice, security, human rights, health, gender equity, cultural diversity, rural and urban development, economy, production and consumption patterns, corporate social responsibility, environmental protection, climate change, prevention and adaptation, natural resource management, biological and landscape diversity.

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