On August 17, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the tenth meeting of the Central Finance and Economics Committee to study the issue of solidly promoting common prosperity.
The new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country has begun. The central government convened this meeting to make clearer interpretations and arrangements for the direction, path, and important tasks of promoting common prosperity.
A timeline highlights perseverance
Common prosperity, General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been thinking about it, as the "big man of the country."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has placed the gradual realization of common prosperity for all people in a more important position.
On May 2, 2021, an aerial view of a thousand acres of colorful flowers in Jingshan Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province (photo by drone).
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On November 15, 2012, when a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee met with Chinese and foreign reporters, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “unswervingly follow the path of common prosperity”;
In October 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made two 15-year strategic arrangements for achieving the second centenary goal. Both stages put forward specific requirements for promoting common prosperity;
In October 2020, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that by 2035, "all people will achieve more obvious and substantive progress in common prosperity";
In the "14th Five-Year Plan" approved by the National People's Congress in 2021 and the outline of long-term goals for 2035, "all people take solid steps to prosper together" as the main goal of economic and social development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period;
In June 2021, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Zhejiang's High-Quality Development and Construction of a Demonstration Zone for Common Prosperity" was officially released. Zhejiang Province was selected as a pilot project to explore paths, accumulate experience and provide demonstrations for other parts of the country to promote common prosperity;
On July 1, 2021, at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared that "a moderately prosperous society has been built in all respects", emphasizing that on the new journey, "promote the all-round development of people and make all people more prosperous." Obvious substantive progress!"
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A timeline highlights the persistent pursuit.
To achieve common prosperity, the ideals and visions that people have worked hard for from generation to generation are becoming the "visible and tangible" goals of our generation, which inspires us to fight for it more vigorously.
Two expressions highlight features and paths
In the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping, two expressions are particularly eye-catching-
Common prosperity is "an important feature of Chinese-style modernization"; "promoting common prosperity in high-quality development."
These two expressions highlight the characteristics of the times and the inevitable path to promote common prosperity.
Judging from the characteristics of the times, the main social contradiction in our country has been transformed into a contradiction between the people's ever-increasing needs for a better life and the unbalanced and inadequate development.
To promote common prosperity is to solve the problem of "unbalanced and inadequate development", and the two are inherently highly unified.
The modernization we want to build is a modernization with the goal and characteristics of achieving common prosperity.
From the perspective of development path, our country is still and will be in the primary stage of socialism for a long time, and development is still our party's top priority in governing and rejuvenating the country.
"Promoting common prosperity in high-quality development" emphasizes the prerequisite foundation and inevitable path for achieving common prosperity: we must not only continue to make the cake bigger, but also make "excellent" and "good" cakes so that all people can be well-rounded in society. The fruits of development are shared in the high-quality development of progress, happiness and well-being of the people.
Four levels of understanding and rich connotations
How to understand "common prosperity"?
There was a clear statement in this meeting-common prosperity is the prosperity of all people, the material and spiritual life of the people are rich, not the prosperity of a few people, nor is it uniform egalitarianism, we must promote common prosperity in stages.
On August 10, 2021, several tourists take selfies next to the sunflower field in the characteristic resort town of Nanshan Village, Huzhou, Zhejiang.
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Two "yes", two "no"s, and one "must" show the rich connotations of common prosperity.
From the perspective of the coverage of common prosperity, it is not the prosperity of some people and some regions, but the prosperity of all people, so that all people can share the fruits of reform and development.
From the perspective of common prosperity, it is not simply a matter of material life being rich, but of taking both material life and spiritual life into consideration, and realizing the all-round development of people.
From the perspective of achieving common prosperity, it is not egalitarianism at the expense of efficiency, let alone lazy people, but to encourage hard work and innovation to get rich.
Let everyone have a fair opportunity for development and unblock the channel for upward mobility.
From the perspective of the stage of common prosperity, it is not achieved overnight, but gradually common prosperity.
We must be down-to-earth, work for a long time, and gradually solve this problem in the process of realizing modernization.
Based on national conditions and clear methodology
Based on the current national conditions, the meeting clarified an important methodology for promoting common prosperity.
-To promote common prosperity, the "two unshakable" must not be changed.
We must adhere to the basic economic system, adhere to the public ownership as the mainstay, and the common development of multiple ownership economies, so that operators of various ownerships can take the "reassurance", through hard work, legal business, and the courage to start a business to become a leader in getting rich. , After helping the rich.
—— Promote common prosperity, do our best to do what we can, establish a scientific public policy system, and form a reasonable distribution pattern for everyone.
Establish the protection and improvement of people's livelihood on the basis of economic development and financial sustainability, and focus on strengthening the construction of basic, inclusive, and comprehensive people's livelihood security.
-Promote common prosperity, adhere to a gradual and orderly progress, fully estimate the long-term, arduous, and complex nature, and encourage localities to explore effective paths in accordance with local conditions.
Correctly handle the relationship between efficiency and fairness
The solid promotion of common prosperity is a full manifestation of the people-centered development thinking.
In the process of advancing high-quality development, our country will promote social fairness and justice, promote the all-round development of people, and enable all people to make solid progress toward the goal of common prosperity.
Efficiency and fairness are a pair of relationships that must be handled well to achieve common prosperity.
The meeting proposed the establishment of basic system arrangements for the coordination of primary distribution, redistribution, and three-time distribution.
These three allocations have their own functions and complement each other.
The primary distribution is mainly formed by the market mechanism. It is necessary to insist on working harder and gaining more benefits. It is also necessary to improve the mechanism in which factors of production are contributed by market evaluation and remuneration is determined according to the contribution; redistribution is mainly played by the government regulation mechanism; the third distribution encourages voluntary input from social forces Non-governmental donations, charity, etc.
Expand the proportion of middle-income groups, increase the income of low-income groups, rationally regulate high incomes, ban illegal income, and form an olive-shaped distribution structure with a large middle income group and a small two ends.
The meeting clarified several key tasks for the solid promotion of common prosperity at the moment-
Improve the balance, coordination, and tolerance of development, focus on expanding the size of middle-income groups, promote the equalization of basic public services, strengthen the regulation and adjustment of high income, clean up and regulate unreasonable income, protect property rights and intellectual property rights, and promote people's spirit Live for common prosperity, strengthen the guidance of public opinion for promoting common prosperity, and promote common prosperity for farmers and rural areas...
A peasant woman in Caohaizi Village, Jinsuo Street, Xundian County, Yunnan Province picks silkworm and mulberry leaves (taken on May 16, 2020, drone photo).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Zongyou
It is worth noting that this meeting of the Central Finance and Economics Commission heard reports from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Central Agricultural Office on the issue of solidly promoting common prosperity.
Judging from the functions of several departments, they are related to the key areas of overall planning, financial arrangements, basic guarantees, and farmers and rural areas. From these, we can also see the focus of promoting common prosperity.
From the beautiful vision to the gradually clear "construction drawings", it confirms the solid steps taken to promote the common prosperity of all people.
Producer: Zhao Cheng
Planning: Huo Xiaoguang
Lead writers: An Bei, Huang Yue
Coordinator: Zhang Weimin, Wang Xuan
Vision | Editor: Yang Wenrong, Hao Xiaojing
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