The Great Banner Leads the Great Changes in History——A Review of the Economic and Social Development of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" Guided by Xi Jinping’s Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 28 -

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter

　　Great ideas come from great times;

　　Innovation theory guides innovation practice.

　　The "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" is a link between the past and the future in the historical process of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

　　In these five years, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, my country’s economic and social development has achieved historic leaps, achieved decisive achievements, alleviated poverty and built a well-off society in an all-round way. Social victory is in sight, the prospects for comprehensively building a modern socialist country are bright, and the Chinese nation is ushering in a new historical change.

　　Transformation and Reshaping-Leading high-quality development with new development concepts and opening up a new realm of China's development

　　On October 22, 2020, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held an extraordinary meeting. General Secretary Xi Jinping and other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee listened to a summary and assessment report on the implementation of the 13th Five-Year Plan.

　　"The main indicators will generally be achieved as scheduled, the major strategic tasks and 165 major engineering projects will be fully implemented and effective, and the goals and tasks determined in the plan will be successfully completed" "my country's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength will leap to a new level"...

　　Five years of practice fully proved the far-sighted and scientific choice of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core.

　　Back in 2015, China's economic growth rate has fallen further on the basis of the continuous slowdown in previous years. The annual growth rate is 7%, the lowest value in more than 20 years.

　　In the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping is thinking deeply about what kind of development China wants to achieve and how.

　　Observe the general trend, seek the overall situation and break new paths.

　　Thoughts are deepened and sublimated in "practice-knowledge-re-practice-re-knowledge" and become a scientific guide to promote the sustainable and healthy development of China's economy and society.

　　—— Putting forward to adapt and grasp the new normal of economic development, get rid of "speed anxiety", and solve the "how to look" problem of China's economy;

　　—— Regard the promotion of supply-side structural reform as the main line of economic work, get rid of dependence on short-term stimulus, and use structural reform as the main direction to solve the "how to do" problem of the Chinese economy;

　　—— Adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, face various risks and challenges, maintain strategic determination, adhere to bottom-line thinking, and clarify the methodology for doing economic work well;

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　　The development concept is the forerunner of development actions, managing the overall situation, the fundamentals, the direction and the long-term.

　　Condensing the continuous thinking and practice of China's development path, the overall layout of the "five in one", the coordinated promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, and the establishment of innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development concepts.

　　In October 2015, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward the new development concept, which provided the basic follow for the development of my country during the 13th Five-Year Plan and beyond.

　　The Plenary Session deliberated and approved the "Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development", highlighting that the firm establishment and practical implementation of the new development concept is a profound change related to the overall development of China.

All comrades in the party must fully understand the great practical and far-reaching historical significance of this change.

　　In the past five years, a profound change related to the overall development of our country has been fully launched——

　　Innovation has become the first driving force, coordination has become an endogenous feature, green has become a universal form, openness has become the only way, sharing has become the fundamental goal, and the new development concept has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

　　"my country's economy has shifted from a stage of rapid growth to a stage of high-quality development." In October 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made major judgments on China's development.

　　Focus on the strategic goal of high-quality development, accelerate the layout of the modern economic system——

　　Deepen the supply-side structural reform, accelerate the construction of an innovative country, implement the rural revitalization strategy, implement the regional coordinated development strategy, adhere to green development, accelerate the improvement of the socialist market economic system, promote the formation of a new pattern of comprehensive opening up, roll the stone to the mountain, and cross the border, China Economic innovation and competitiveness continue to increase.

　　"Successfully controlled the overall situation of my country's economic development, and in practice formed Xi Jinping's economic thinking on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era with new development concepts as the main content." The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of 2017 made this important conclusion.

　　This is the theoretical crystallization of my country's economic development practice and the latest achievement of socialist political economy with Chinese characteristics. It provides a powerful ideological guide for China's development.

　　Riding through rough seas and showing strong resilience, China's economy has made a leap towards high-quality development.

　　The "13th Five-Year Plan", which is about to end, China has gone through an extraordinary journey.

　　The total economic volume is close to 100 trillion yuan, and the per capita GDP has reached the level of 10,000 US dollars. It has decisively achieved decisive achievements in building a well-off society in all respects and fighting poverty alleviation. It has contributed about 30% to world economic growth. It has the world’s largest middle-income group and is strong The formation of the domestic market is accelerating; the ecological environment continues to improve, the green development method and lifestyle are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the construction of a beautiful China has achieved remarkable results; the Beidou network is completed, 5G commercialization is accelerated, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is flying over three places, created in China, made in China, and China Build global attention...

　　The great banner has led to great changes in history, and China's high-quality development path has become broader and broader.

　　The people are supreme-adhere to the people as the center, and continue to realize the people's yearning for a better life

　　The first time in the history of five-year planning!

More than 1.018 million suggestions from netizens have been received!

　　In August this year, my country launched an online opinion solicitation activity for the preparation of the "14th Five-Year Plan". General Secretary Xi Jinping gave important instructions to this: The people’s yearning for a better life is our goal, and the people’s confidence and support is what our country strives for. power.

　　Doing everything for the people and relying on the people for everything is the source of our party's strength to lead the people to overcome difficulties and advance continuously in the course of nearly a hundred years of struggle.

　　"The main contradiction in our society has been transformed into the contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and the unbalanced and inadequate development"-The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made a major conclusion that deeply embodies General Secretary Xi Jinping's philosophy of putting people at the center of governance Connotation of the times.

　　"The times are the people who write the papers, we are the respondents, and the people are the people who read the papers."

　　The "13th Five-Year Plan" period is the decisive stage for building a well-off society in all respects and realizing the first century-old goal.

In the face of outstanding problems and shortcomings of poverty alleviation of the rural poor and unbalanced and uncoordinated development, General Secretary Xi Jinping has always put the people at the center of governance and clearly proposed a people-centered development idea.

　　Resolutely win the battle against poverty and historically solve the problem of absolute poverty. This is not only the millennium dream of the Chinese nation, but also a concentrated expression of the people-centered development thinking.

　　More than 50 million rural poor people have been lifted out of absolute poverty, the incidence of poverty has dropped from 4.5% in 2016 to 0.6% in 2019, and overall regional poverty has basically been resolved...

　　During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, our party has taken poverty alleviation as the bottom-line task and landmark indicator for building a well-off society in an all-round way.

To fulfill the requirements of General Secretary Jin Ping that "one cannot be less on the road to a comprehensive well-off", the whole party and the country are mobilized and the five-level secretaries are in the battle, and the precise poverty alleviation ideas are accurately implemented and decisively defeated.

　　Effectively solve the small matters of people's livelihood, so that the people have more sense of gain, happiness, and security. This is a vivid interpretation of the people-centered development thinking.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping is here to read the "emergency and sorrow" of the masses.

From placing employment in a prominent position to weaving a strong social security net, from striving to let the people enjoy a better and fairer education to comprehensively promoting the construction of a healthy China, promoting clean heating in winter in the northern region, improving the quality of nursing homes, and promoting the "toilet revolution" , To promote garbage classification, start a tough battle for pollution prevention and control... Year after year, one by one, "My "13th Five-Year"" won the praise of hundreds of millions of people.

　　Fighting the battle against the epidemic, putting people's life safety and health first, is a powerful manifestation of the practice of people-centered development thinking.

　　In the face of the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Party Central Committee issued an order, all parties rushed to help, united efforts, launched a majestic epidemic prevention and control battle, and built a solid line of defense for epidemic prevention and control.

Don't give up any gleam of hope at all costs. Everyone's life and dignity are cared for, from babies born more than 30 hours to elderly people in their 100s.

In the face of a dangerous and unusual virus, and in the test of life and death, the party and the people have always been heart-to-heart, breathing and sharing the same destiny, using actions to fulfill their original mission and fulfill their solemn promises.

　　"I will live up to the people without me."

　　Always want to be with the people and work together, this is our party's greatest confidence and unremitting pursuit to lead China.

　　On the journey forward, we will persist in taking the people as the center and unite the majestic strength of the people, and we will be invincible.

　　Building a foundation for good governance-give full play to the advantages of my country's socialist system, and modernize the country's governance system and governance capabilities to a new level

　　More than 600 million people traveled, and more than 466.5 billion yuan in tourism revenue——

　　This year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, "Mobile China" demonstrated to the world the country's powerful repair capabilities and demonstrated the outstanding effectiveness of the national governance system.

　　Foreign media lamented that China is returning to a near-normal state at an alarming rate.

　　However, it is difficult and more courageous.

　　"History and reality tell us that as long as we uphold and improve the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, and are good at using the power of the system to deal with the impact of risks and challenges, we will definitely be able to withstand the pressure tests again and again and continue to reduce risks. Rebirth from the ashes." General Secretary Xi Jinping's words at the National Commendation Conference for Fighting the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic were brilliant and profound.

　　Institutional advantages are the greatest advantage of a country.

　　From the Third Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which first put forward the major proposition of “Improve and develop the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and promote the modernization of the country’s governance system and governance capabilities”, to the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to promote more mature systems in all aspects. The timetable and road map were set and clearly defined, and General Secretary Xi Jinping first "pointed the topic" and then "broken the topic", so that the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics were fully utilized and the governance efficiency was continuously released.

　　"Resolutely get rid of all untimely ideological concepts and institutional defects, and break through the barriers of solidified interests." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out the "key to solving problems"-comprehensively deepening reform.

　　The "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" is a critical period for comprehensively deepening reforms and advancing into the deep-water area, gnawing hard bones and struggling with dangerous beaches.

　　In the past five years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has focused on the issue of system modernization related to the long-term stability of the party and the country. It has worked out the layout during in-depth thinking and promoted China with a large number of intensive, demanding, and practical institutional reform tasks. The characteristic socialist system is more mature and more stereotyped.

　　In the past five years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has scientifically studied and judged different issues in different fields, combined long-term system construction with solving outstanding problems, combined overall advancement with key breakthroughs, and reformed innovation with laws and regulations. Combine the elimination of persistent problems in the system and mechanism with the resolution of emerging contradictions, and make all aspects of the system and mechanism more scientific and perfect.

　　From tamping foundations, pillars and beams, to comprehensive advancement and accumulation of momentum, to system integration, coordination and efficiency, we have been steadily and courageously all the way, deepening reforms in an all-round way and achieving new breakthroughs at a new starting point.

　　Strengthen the foundation with institutional reforms——

　　The socialist democratic system has become more mature, and the development of people’s democracy has become more extensive, fuller, and more complete; constitutional amendments, civil codes, and Hong Kong-related national security laws have been promulgated one after another, promoting the transition from "laws to follow" to "good law and good governance"; Leading the cultural construction system with socialist core values; deepening the reform of the party and state institutions has achieved significant results; the party’s discipline inspection and the reform of the state supervision system have been steadily advanced.

　　Boost development with institutional reforms——

　　Promote innovation and promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. The relevant heavy documents have been issued one after another; to stimulate momentum, the special economic zone system reform documents are successively launched; simplify administration and delegate power, continue to optimize the business environment, and release the vitality of hundreds of millions of market entities.

　　Warm people's hearts with institutional reforms——

　　The reform of the social security system continues to deepen; the construction of the ecological civilization system is deepened, and the ecological protection system is more complete; the social governance system of joint construction, governance and sharing is further improved...

　　Under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, the continuous reform and innovation of system and mechanism and the continuous improvement of governance capabilities have provided a solid and powerful guarantee for the “rule of China”.

　　Open cooperation-to better coordinate the domestic and international situations and open up new development space for China

　　October 14, 2020, Lianhua Mountain, Shenzhen.

　　The alpine banyan pavilion planted by General Secretary Xi Jinping himself is like a cover, with lush foliage.

　　"It's been 8 years, just a few seconds away. The chosen place is very good. The canopy can expand and the tree grows fast." At the special moment of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, General Secretary Xi Jinping said here. Meaningful.

　　Unswervingly expanding opening to the outside world is an important part of Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and is the success code for Shenzhen to continuously write the miracle of the times.

　　During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and global turbulence is intensifying. Looking at the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the historical convergence period of the "two centenary" goals is particularly critical.

　　Wind and cloud will meet, and the sea will flow.

How has the relationship between China and the world changed profoundly?

How to nurture new opportunities in the crisis and open new games in the changing situation?

How to open up and cooperate with other countries in the world for mutual benefit and win-win progress?

　　"Insist on'handling' instead of'letting go', insisting on'removing walls' instead of'building walls', and firmly oppose protectionism and unilateralism..."

　　Grasp the historical trend and solve the problems of the times.

　　The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core firmly stands on the right side of history and holds the banner of open development, cooperative development, and win-win development even higher. The door of China's opening up is opening wider and wider.

　　From the continuous expansion of the pilot free trade zone to the high-quality and high-standard construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, from the promulgation and implementation of the Foreign Investment Law to the continuous expansion of financial opening and the reduction of tariff levels, from the groundbreaking China International Import Expo to the grand service trade fair ……During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, China has continued to build a more comprehensive, deeper and more diversified pattern of opening up.

　　"Promote the construction of an open world economy" "The new development pattern is not a closed domestic cycle, but an open domestic and international double cycle." General Secretary Xi Jinping's profound thinking on the opening strategy has provided ideological guidance for China's comprehensive opening up.

　　Openness is a distinctive mark of contemporary China.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping personally planned, personally deployed, and personally promoted the major initiative of the “Belt and Road”, opened up a new world for China to participate in and lead global open cooperation, and become the world's largest international cooperation platform.

　　From scratch, from vision to reality, from the "big freehand brushwork" of the overall layout to the meticulous "meticulous painting"... Adhering to the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, China has signed 200 agreements with 138 countries and 30 international organizations. Co-construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation documents, jointly carried out more than 2,000 cooperation projects, cooperation continued to deepen and become solid.

　　"In today's economic globalization, there are no isolated islands. As residents of the global village, we must establish a sense of a community with a shared future for mankind." The concept of a community with a shared future for mankind put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping conforms to the trend of history and consolidates the consensus of various countries. Peaceful development and world prosperity and progress are of great significance.

　　Promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, adhere to the path of peaceful development, and build global partnerships... Xi Jinping’s diplomatic thoughts, formed in the great practice of creating a new situation in major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, reflect China’s global vision of unifying its own development with the development of the world. The world's mind and the great powers are responsible.

　　In five years, the partnership has increased to 112 pairs, and China’s circle of friends has grown larger and larger; the Hangzhou Summit of the G20 leaders, the Xiamen meeting of the BRICS leaders, the Qingdao Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, etc. With a series of major diplomatic activities at home, China is increasingly approaching the center of the world stage.

　　At the helm and navigation-Uphold the party's leadership in all work and ensure that the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics continues to achieve new and greater victories

　　October 26, 2020, Beijing.

The curtain of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Party opened.

　　Integrating the wisdom and strength of the entire party and society to draw a blueprint for the country's future development is a vivid manifestation of upholding the party's leadership in all work.

　　Party, government, military, and civilian studies, east, west, south, north, middle, the party leads everything.

　　"The most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and the party is the highest political leading force." General Secretary Xi Jinping's profound exposition was clear-cut and loud.

　　Looking back at the extraordinary course of five years and adhering to the party’s overall leadership, this main line is particularly clear-

　　"The leadership of the party is the fundamental guarantee for the party and the country's work, and is the fundamental point of my country's political stability, economic development, national unity, and social stability";

　　"Upholding and improving the party's leadership is the fundamental and lifeblood of the party and the country, and the interests and happiness of the people of all ethnic groups in the country";

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　　Xi Jinping’s thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era has deepened the understanding of the laws of the Communist Party’s governance, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of the development of human society with a new perspective, guiding the comprehensive strengthening of the party’s leadership in the new era.

　　Take the overall situation and coordinate all parties.

　　"Adhere to the Party's Leadership"-Five years ago, the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal made this clear as a principle that must be followed, and a separate chapter made detailed arrangements for "strengthening and improving the Party's leadership."

　　Promulgated the "Provisions of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Strengthening and Maintaining the Centralized and Unified Leadership of the Party Central Committee" and other internal party regulations; drafting the Central Secretariat and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the Party Group of the State Council, the Party Group of the CPPCC National Committee, and the Supreme People's Court The party group and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate party group report to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and other institutional arrangements; establish 4 leading groups including the National Supervisory Committee, the Central Committee for Comprehensive Rule of Law, the Central Audit Committee, and the Central Comprehensive Deepening Reform Leading Group Change to a committee... In the past five years, the party’s overall leadership has been strengthened in terms of system and mechanism, and the role of direction, overall situation, policy setting, and reform has been further strengthened.

　　Strike the wind and waves, the mainstay flows.

The key to dealing with and overcoming various risks and challenges on the road ahead lies in the party.

　　"To adhere to the leadership of the party, we must continuously improve the leadership of the party, so that the leadership of the party can more adapt to the requirements of practice, the times, and the people." This is an important point that General Secretary Xi Jinping has always maintained.

　　"A good nation must first govern itself." In the past five years, guided by Xi Jinping’s new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the party has been fully and strictly governed by the party. The anti-corruption struggle has achieved an overwhelming victory, and the political ecology within the party has improved significantly. The party’s creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness have been significantly enhanced.

　　"Iron must be hard by ourselves." The theme education of "Don't forget the original intention and keep in mind the mission" is carried out in the whole party. The party's political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, style construction, and discipline construction are comprehensively promoted. System construction runs through it, and the party learns Skills, political leadership skills, reform and innovation skills, scientific development skills, law-based governance skills, mass work skills, vigorous implementation skills, and risk management skills have been fully enhanced.

　　Five years of wind and rain, five years of hard work, China’s dramatic historical changes that have attracted the world’s attention, once again proves: "The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and is the fundamental political guarantee for the sustainable and healthy development of the economy and society."

　　The centuries-old party style is prosperous. Under the leadership of a strong core, and under the guidance of innovative theories, the 1.4 billion Chinese people have united and led the resolute journey towards the great cause of national rejuvenation.

　　The historical pointer points to the new scale.

　　Victory is expected to be achieved for the first century of struggle, and the journey of the second century of struggle is about to begin.

At this moment, standing at the intersection of history, looking forward to the bright future of the "14th Five-Year Plan", looking forward to the long-term goal of 2035, under the guidance of the great banner, we are full of pride.

(Reporters Huo Xiaoguang, Zhang Xudong, Zhao Chao, Zou Wei, Liu Hua, An Bei, Ding Xiaoxi)