(A closer look at China) From window to demonstration, Xi Jinping plans a new "Shenzhen miracle"

　　China News Service, Beijing, October 15th, title: From window to demonstration, Xi Jinping plans a new "Shenzhen miracle"

　　Author Zhong Sanping

　　One child is alive and everything is alive.

　　The establishment of special economic zones can be regarded as a key move in China's reform and opening up.

On the occasion of the establishment of the special economic zone 40 years ago, Xi Jinping once again put China's first special economic zone-Shenzhen, a key chess piece, on the "goss-eye" position of the new round of reform and opening up, leading internally and comprehensively deepening reforms, and expanding externally. Expand opening up and make the finishing touch to the future.

On October 14, the 40th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was held in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission delivered an important speech at the meeting.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng

　　"In the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the most eye-catching practice in China is the special economic zone. There are more than 4000 special economic zones in the world, and the number one successful model is the'Shenzhen miracle'." The British "Economist" once commented.

In the past 40 years, Shenzhen has proved China's path with "miracle" in the history of human development and has become a clear symbol of China's reform and opening up.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping has served in Shenzhen three times, with deep intentions each time.

In December 2012, after being elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee, he left Beijing for the first time for inspection, and Xi Jinping came to Shenzhen for his first stop.

This itinerary is regarded by the outside world as Xi Jinping's announcement that the new central leadership will inherit the mission of deepening reform and opening up.

During that inspection, Xi Jinping pointed out that "reform and opening up are the key to determining the fate of contemporary China."

According to official media disclosures, he led the new central leadership group starting from this Shenzhen behavior to make an overall design for a new round of comprehensive and deepening reforms, and gradually launch various reforms.

　　In October 2018, on the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up, Xi Jinping went to Shenzhen again.

At that time, there were controversies and noises about reform in China.

During the inspection, he made a speech and said, "Come to Shenzhen again, and Guangdong again. We are here to declare to the world that China's reform and opening up will never stop! The next 40 years of China will surely have new things that will admire the world. Achievement!" The final word was made, and the critical moment pointed out the direction for reform and opening up.

　　Regarding the purpose of this visit to Guangdong, Xi Jinping made it clear that it is to further declare to the home and abroad that China will continue to unswervingly follow the path of reform and opening up.

　　At the celebration ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone on the 14th, Xi Jinping paid tribute to the history of the construction of the special economic zone, summed up the development experience of the special economic zone, and placed high hopes on Shenzhen’s reform and opening up, innovative development, and gave Shenzhen a new historical mission to promote reform and opening up. set off.

　　At the celebration meeting, Xi Jinping said that the central government decided to take the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the special economic zone as an opportunity to support Shenzhen to implement comprehensive reform pilots, and to give Shenzhen more autonomy in important areas and key aspects of reforms by means of list batch authorization, and a package of 27 items Reform measures and 40 first batch of authorized items.

　　The day before Xi Jinping’s visit to Guangdong, the media announced the “Implementation Plan for the Comprehensive Reform of the Pilot Demonstration Zone for Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in Shenzhen (2020-2025)”, which was regarded as the central government’s large-scale empowerment to expand the capacity of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.

　　The celebration meeting held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Shenzhen and other special economic zones is also an important historical moment for Shenzhen to undertake a new round of reform and opening up.

　　As Xi Jinping said, at present, reform has reached a new historical juncture, many of which are unprecedented new issues. "The complexity, sensitivity, and arduousness of the reform is no less than 40 years ago."

In the face of various "hard bones" in the deep-water zone of reform, the special economic zone must once again play its role as a "vanguard".

Shenzhen has been given a series of major historical missions such as building a pioneering demonstration zone of socialism with Chinese characteristics and building a model city for a modern and powerful socialist country.

　　Xi Jinping clearly put forward high requirements for Shenzhen's special economic zone construction.

From such things as "strive to introduce a number of major reform measures in important areas, and form a number of major institutional innovations that can be replicated and promoted", "focusing on the needs of building a higher-level socialist market economic system, planning more strategic and operational reforms, and more From the expressions such as "promoting creative and leading reform", it can be seen that the central government has high hopes for Shenzhen to break the problem and deepen the reforms, and take the lead in activating the reform and customs clearance code.

　　Outsiders have noticed that the 40th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone is scheduled to be held on the eve of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

Some commentators believe that this celebration meeting also released an important directional signal for China to formulate the "14th Five-Year Plan".

　　At a special node, Xi Jinping's speech responded to the outside world's concerns about China's future development.

He emphasized that "the new development pattern is not a closed domestic cycle, but an open domestic and international double cycle." Since the new development pattern was proposed, he has explained it many times on important occasions.

Unlike before, Xi Jinping also talked about the new opening mission of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in this speech, which undoubtedly provides the outside world with important content to fully understand the meaning of the new development pattern.

　　On the list of Shenzhen’s new historical missions, Xi Jinping clearly put forward the requirements of “accelerating the institutional opening up of rules and standards,” “taking the lead in building a new higher-level open economic system,” and “developing and expanding opening up in an all-round way”. , Even facing the critical moment of the danger of being interrupted, to send to the world a clear signal that China will never be hindered by headwinds and turning back waves, and will unswervingly expand its opening up in an all-round way.

　　The year 2020 is the year when China’s struggle for the "two centenary" goals converge. Based on the overall strategy of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the world’s unprecedented changes in a century, China’s declaration of reform and opening up has attracted the attention of the world.

From the window to the demonstration, Xi Jinping once again borrowed from Shenzhen to tell the world China's firm choice in reform and opening up, taking Shenzhen as the key to move the front row of gears for a new round of reform and opening up.

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