“十二五”规划指出,着力保障和改善民生,必须逐步完善符合国情、比较完整、覆盖城乡、可持续的基本公共服务体系,提高政府保障能力,推进基本公共服务均等化。因此,“十二五”规划完全明确了提供基本公共服务是政府的基本职责,这对于 In the 12th Five-Year Plan, efforts must be made to protect and improve people’s livelihood. We must gradually improve a basic public service system that is in line with the actual conditions of our country and relatively complete and covers both urban and rural areas, enhance the government’s guarantee capability and promote the equalization of basic public services. Therefore, the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” completely states that it is the government’s basic responsibility to provide basic public services.