Talking about Economy | Deeply Understanding the Connotation of "Promoting High-quality Development as the Theme"
Author: Dean of Marxism College of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National School of Administration) Zhang Zhanbin, Professor, School of Marxism, Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National School of Administration) Huang Kun
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee adopted the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Proposal on Formulating the 14th Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Target for 2035, which clearly stated that the theme of economic and social development during the 14th Five-year Plan period should be "promoting high-quality development". This reflects the scientific judgment of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that China’s economy has shifted from a high-speed growth stage to a high-quality development stage, which indicates that our party’s understanding and application of the law of economic and social development have reached a new height. Zhang Zhanbin, Dean of the School of Marxism of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee (National School of Administration), and Huang Kun, Professor of the School of Marxism of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee (National School of Administration), believe that the theme of promoting high-quality development is a scientific judgment based on changes in the domestic and international situation. Facing the new development stage, development environment and development conditions, the theme of economic and social development during the 14 th Five-Year Plan period should be to promote high-quality development, which is of great significance for clarifying the development ideas and key tasks during the 14 th Five-Year Plan period and realizing a good start.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out in the Explanation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 14th Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Target for 2035 that the theme of economic and social development during the 14th Five-year Plan period should be to promote high-quality development, which is a scientific judgment based on the changes in China’s development stage, development environment and development conditions.
Promoting high-quality development is the basic way to solve the main contradiction in the new era.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the main contradiction in our society has been transformed into the contradiction between the people’s increasing need for a better life and the unbalanced development. In 2020, great historical achievements have been made in building a well-off society in an all-round way, and the people’s better life needs to be increasingly extensive and popularized, which not only puts forward higher requirements for material and cultural life, but also increases the requirements for democracy, rule of law, fairness, justice, security and environment. At the same time, China’s social productive forces have improved significantly on the whole, and the social productive capacity has entered the forefront of the world in many aspects. However, the more prominent problem is that the imbalance of development is not sufficient, which is a problem of development quality, which has become the main constraint to meet the people’s growing needs for a better life.
The change of the principal contradiction in our society is a historical change that has a bearing on the overall situation, which puts forward many new requirements for the work of the party and the state. In the new historical stage, we should firmly grasp the scientific judgment of the changes in major social contradictions and strive to do a good job in the affairs of our party and country. Taking the promotion of high-quality development as the theme is to firmly grasp the changes in the main contradictions in our society, on the basis of continuing to promote development, focus on solving the problem of insufficient development imbalance, put the quality of development in a more prominent position, make the development results better benefit all the people, continuously realize the people’s yearning for a better life, and better promote the all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society.
Promoting high-quality development as the theme is a strategic decision to actively deal with the "two overall situations"
During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, China’s development environment faced profound and complex changes. The "Proposal" pointed out that "at present and in the future, China’s development is still in an important period of strategic opportunities, but there are new developments and changes in opportunities and challenges."
Judging from the overall international situation, the world is facing a great change that has never happened in a century. A new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation has developed in depth, and the international power has been profoundly adjusted. Peace and development are still the theme of the times. The concept of a community of human destiny has been deeply rooted in people’s hearts. At the same time, the international environment has become increasingly complex, instability and uncertainty have obviously increased, the COVID-19 epidemic has a far-reaching impact, economic globalization has encountered a countercurrent, and the world has entered a period of turbulent change. Unilateralism, protectionism and hegemonism pose a threat to world peace and development.
From the overall domestic situation, the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is that the historical process of realizing the Chinese dream in modern times for more than 170 years has entered the historical stage closest to achieving this goal, and it is also a critical period for China’s deep economic and social transformation, and economic and social development is facing great pressure. After long-term exploration and development, China’s institutional advantages are remarkable, governance efficiency is improved, the economy is improving for a long time, the material foundation is solid, human resources are abundant, the market space is vast, the development toughness is strong, the overall social situation is stable, and there are many advantages and conditions for continued development; At the same time, the problem of insufficient development imbalance in China is still outstanding, the task of reforming key links in key areas is still arduous, the innovation ability cannot meet the requirements of high-quality development, the agricultural foundation is still unstable, the gap between urban and rural regional development and income distribution is large, ecological and environmental protection has a long way to go, people’s livelihood security has shortcomings, and social governance still has weaknesses.
"Seek for the bureau first, then seek for the strategy, and get out of the bureau slightly." The key to prevent and resolve all kinds of potential risks and actively respond to the impact and challenges brought about by changes in the external environment lies in keeping in mind the "two overall situations" and coordinating the "two overall situations", striving to do our own thing well, improving the quality of development, enhancing international competitiveness, enhancing the country’s comprehensive strength and ability to resist risks, effectively safeguarding national security, and realizing economic stability and social harmony and stability. Economic, social, cultural and ecological fields should reflect the requirements of high-quality development.
Promoting high-quality development is an inherent requirement for China to enter a new stage of development.
Realizing socialist modernization has been the unremitting pursuit of generations of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people for a long time. From building a well-off society in an all-round way, to building a well-off society in an all-round way, and then to building a well-off society in an all-round way, after long-term efforts, today, we have made decisive achievements in building a well-off society in an all-round way. Major breakthroughs have been made in comprehensively deepening reform, making great progress in comprehensively administering the country according to law, making great achievements in comprehensively administering the party strictly, accelerating the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, further highlighting the advantages of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership and China’s socialist system, and making China’s economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength leap to a new level. The overall economic operation is stable, the economic structure is continuously optimized, the achievements in tackling poverty have attracted worldwide attention, and the ecological environment has been significantly improved. Opening to the outside world has continued to expand, people’s living standards have improved significantly, cultural undertakings and cultural industries have flourished, the level of national defense and army building has been greatly improved, national security has been comprehensively strengthened, and society has maintained harmony and stability.
Building a well-off society in an all-round way marks the realization of "Chinese modernization" and is "a key step to realize the Chinese dream of great rejuvenation". The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has taken a new step forward, and socialist China stands in the east of the world with a more majestic posture. Starting in 2021, on the basis of the decisive victory to build a well-off society in an all-round way and realize the first century-long struggle goal, we should take advantage of the situation to start a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and March towards the second century-long struggle goal. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made a strategic arrangement to advance the goal of the second century in two stages, that is, to basically realize socialist modernization by 2035, and to build China into a strong, prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modernization country by the middle of this century.
The "proposal" puts forward the long-term goal of basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035 and the main goal of economic and social development during the 14 th Five-Year Plan period. This means that China will enter a new stage of development from the 14th Five-Year Plan. Entering a new stage of development and starting a new journey, profound changes in the domestic and international environment have brought a series of new opportunities as well as challenges. It is a new situation in which crises coexist, crises are organic and crises can turn around. We must take promoting high-quality development as the theme, unswervingly implement new development concepts, deepen supply-side structural reform as the main line, adhere to quality first, give priority to efficiency, effectively change development methods, and promote quality change, efficiency change and power change.