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党的十九届五中全会闭幕以来，各地区各部门按照党中央要求，在学习领会、宣讲阐释、贯彻落实全会精神方面做了大量工作，取得积极成效。党中央举办这次专题研讨班，目的是深入研讨、交流体会，准确把握新发展阶段，深入贯彻新发展理念，加快构建新发展格局，推动“十四五”时期高质量发展，确保全面建设社会主义现代化国家开好局、起好步。文章源自英文巴士-https://www.en84.com/11770.html
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Since the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held in October 2020, all regions and departments have yielded positive results from their hard work to study, publicize, and apply the guiding principles from the Session in line with the Central Committee’s requirements. During this special seminar, the Central Committee hopes that we will gain an accurate understanding of the new stage of development through extensive discussions and exchanges of experience, with a view to fully implementing the new development philosophy, accelerating our efforts to create a new development dynamic, and promoting high-quality development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025). Doing so will see us setting the stage for building a modern socialist country in all respects.文章源自英文巴士-https://www.en84.com/11770.html
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关于学习贯彻全会精神，我在党的十九届五中全会、中央政治局常委会会议、中央政治局会议、中央经济工作会议、中央农村工作会议等场合都讲过。今天，我再重点讲4个问题。
I have spoken of the importance of studying and applying the guiding principles of the Fifth Plenary Session both at the Session itself and on many other occasions, such as meetings of the Central Committee Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, the Central Economic Work Conference, and the Central Rural Work Conference. Today, I would like to focus on the following four subjects.
第一个问题：准确把握新发展阶段
First, we need to have an accurate understanding of the new stage of development.
正确认识党和人民事业所处的历史方位和发展阶段，是我们党明确阶段性中心任务、制定路线方针政策的根本依据，也是我们党领导革命、建设、改革不断取得胜利的重要经验。
An accurate understanding of the historical stage that the cause of our Party and people has entered is essential for defining the central task of the current period and setting the guidelines, principles, and policies for our work. This is an important practice our Party has used to move from victory to victory in leading China’s revolution, development, and reform.
新民主主义革命时期，我们党经过艰辛探索，逐步认识到中国革命必须经过新民主主义革命这个历史阶段，在此基础上提出了中国革命的任务和战略策略，领导人民取得中国革命胜利。新中国成立之初，我们党深刻认识到，从新民主主义社会进入社会主义社会需要经历一个过渡阶段，由此形成了党在过渡时期的总路线，胜利完成了社会主义革命任务，进入了社会主义建设阶段。改革开放以后，我们党深刻总结世界社会主义特别是我国社会主义建设正反两方面经验，作出我国正处于并将长期处于社会主义初级阶段的重大判断，并据此提出了党的基本路线，开辟了改革开放和社会主义现代化建设的崭新局面。党的十八大以来，我们在前人长期奋斗的基础上统筹推进“五位一体”总体布局、协调推进“四个全面”战略布局，推动党和国家事业取得历史性成就、发生历史性变革，推动中国特色社会主义进入了新时代。
During the new-democratic revolution, our Party came to realize during the course of its arduous explorations that the Chinese revolution would have to pass through the historical stage of New Democracy. Based on this understanding, it set the tasks, strategies, and tactics that enabled it to lead the people to win the Chinese revolution. When the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949, our Party was keenly aware that a transitional period would be required to move from new democracy to socialism. It accordingly formulated a general guideline for this period, which enabled our country to complete its socialist revolution and move smoothly into the period of socialist development. Following the introduction of the reform and opening up policy in 1978, it reviewed the positive and negative experiences of socialist development around the world, and particularly in China, and reached the major conclusion that China was in the primary stage of socialism and would remain in that stage for a long time to come. Accordingly, it set the basic guideline that ushered in a brand-new phase of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization. Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the Central Committee has built on the sustained efforts of our predecessors by pursuing coordinated implementation of the Five-sphere Integrated Plan and the Four-pronged Comprehensive Strategy. As a result, we have witnessed historic achievements and developments in the cause of our Party and the country, as socialism with Chinese characteristics has crossed the threshold into a new era.
党的十九届五中全会提出，全面建成小康社会、实现第一个百年奋斗目标之后，我们要乘势而上开启全面建设社会主义现代化国家新征程、向第二个百年奋斗目标进军，这标志着我国进入了一个新发展阶段。作出这样的战略判断，有着深刻的依据。
The Fifth Plenary Session determined that China, having accomplished the First Centenary Goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, would build on this achievement to embark on a new journey toward the Second Centenary Goal of building a modern socialist country in all respects, thus signifying China’s entry into a new stage of development. This strategic judgment was made based on the following considerations.
就理论依据而言，马克思主义是远大理想和现实目标相结合、历史必然性和发展阶段性相统一的统一论者，坚信人类社会必然走向共产主义，但实现这一崇高目标必然经历若干历史阶段。我们党在运用马克思主义基本原理解决中国实际问题的实践中逐步认识到，发展社会主义不仅是一个长期历史过程，而且是需要划分为不同历史阶段的过程。1959年底至1960年初，毛泽东同志在读苏联《政治经济学教科书》时就提出：“社会主义这个阶段，又可能分为两个阶段，第一个阶段是不发达的社会主义，第二个阶段是比较发达的社会主义。后一阶段可能比前一阶段需要更长的时间。”1987年，邓小平同志讲：“社会主义本身是共产主义的初级阶段，而我们中国又处在社会主义的初级阶段，就是不发达的阶段。一切都要从这个实际出发，根据这个实际来制订规划。”今天我们所处的新发展阶段，就是社会主义初级阶段中的一个阶段，同时是其中经过几十年积累、站到了新的起点上的一个阶段。
From a theoretical standpoint, Marxism blends high ideals with practical tasks, and insists on the unity between historical inevitability and the stage-specific nature of development, in the belief that as human society moves inexorably toward communism, it must complete certain historical stages along the way. While applying the basic tenets of Marxism to the practical problems of China, our Party came to realize that the development of socialism did not only constitute one continuous historical process, but was made up of different stages. Between late 1959 and early 1960, Mao Zedong wrote in his reading notes on the Soviet textbook Political Economy that “It is possible to divide the period of socialism into two stages: one could be called underdeveloped socialism and one comparatively developed socialism. This latter stage,” he noted, “may take even longer than the first.” In 1987, Deng Xiaoping stated that “Socialism itself is the first stage of communism, and here in China we are still in the primary stage of socialism – that is, the underdeveloped stage. In everything we do we must proceed from this reality, and all planning must be consistent with it.” The new development stage we are in today is just one part of the primary stage of socialism, but thanks to many decades of hard work, it is a period that marks a new starting point for us.
从历史依据来看，新发展阶段是我们党带领人民迎来从站起来、富起来到强起来历史性跨越的新阶段。我们党成立后，团结带领人民经过28年浴血奋战和顽强奋斗，建立了中华人民共和国，实现了从新民主主义革命到社会主义革命的历史性跨越。新中国成立后，我们党团结带领人民创造性完成社会主义改造，确立社会主义基本制度，大规模开展社会主义经济文化建设，中国人民不仅站起来了，而且站住了、站稳了，实现了从社会主义革命到社会主义建设的历史性跨越。进入历史新时期，我们党带领人民进行改革开放新的伟大革命，极大激发广大人民群众的积极性、主动性、创造性，成功开辟了中国特色社会主义道路，使中国大踏步赶上时代，实现了社会主义现代化进程中新的历史性跨越，迎来了中华民族伟大复兴的光明前景。今天，我们正在此前发展的基础上续写全面建设社会主义现代化国家新的历史。
From a historical standpoint, this new stage will see our Party lead the people in completing the historic transformation from standing up and becoming prosperous to growing strong. After its founding in 1921, the CPC united with and led the people through a bitter, 28 year-long struggle to establish the People’s Republic of China and make the historic transition from new-democratic revolution to socialist revolution. After the founding of the PRC in 1949, our Party led the people in creatively carrying out a socialist transformation by establishing socialism as China’s basic system and promoting socialist economic and cultural progress on a large scale. The Chinese people not only stood up, but stood firmly on their own feet and completed the historic transition from socialist revolution to socialist development. On entering a new historical period, it led the people in launching the great new revolution of reform and opening up, which sparked tremendous enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity among all of our people and opened up the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. As China made large strides in catching up with the times, it took yet another huge leap forward along the course of socialist modernization and embraced the bright prospects of national rejuvenation. Building on the development of the past, we are now writing the new chapter of building China into a modern socialist country in all respects.
就现实依据来讲，我们已经拥有开启新征程、实现新的更高目标的雄厚物质基础。经过新中国成立以来特别是改革开放40多年的不懈奋斗，到“十三五”规划收官之时，我国经济实力、科技实力、综合国力和人民生活水平跃上了新的大台阶，成为世界第二大经济体、第一大工业国、第一大货物贸易国、第一大外汇储备国，国内生产总值超过100万亿元，人均国内生产总值超过1万美元，城镇化率超过60%，中等收入群体超过4亿人。特别是全面建成小康社会取得伟大历史成果，解决困扰中华民族几千年的绝对贫困问题取得历史性成就。这在我国社会主义现代化建设进程中具有里程碑意义，为我国进入新发展阶段、朝着第二个百年奋斗目标进军奠定了坚实基础。
In terms of the present reality, we now possess a solid material foundation for embarking on a new journey toward an even higher goal. Thanks to the tireless efforts made since the PRC’s founding, and especially in the past 40-odd years since the adoption of the reform and opening up policy, China reached new levels in economic strength, scientific and technological capability, composite national strength, and living standards by the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020). China is now the world’s second largest economy, the largest industrial nation, the largest trader of goods, and the largest holder of foreign exchange reserves. China’s GDP has exceeded RMB100 trillion yuan and stands at over US$10,000 in per capita terms. Permanent urban residents account for over 60% of the population, and the middle-income group has grown to over 400 million. Particularly noteworthy are our historic achievements of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and eliminating absolute poverty – a problem which has plagued our nation for thousands of years. These are significant milestones in our process of socialist modernization, and lay a solid foundation for marching toward the Second Centenary Goal during the new stage of development.
新中国成立不久，我们党就提出建设社会主义现代化国家的目标，经过13个五年规划（计划），我们已经为实现这个目标奠定了坚实基础，未来30年将是我们完成这个历史宏愿的新发展阶段。我们已经明确了未来发展的路线图和时间表。这就是，到2035年，用3个五年规划期，基本实现社会主义现代化。然后，再用3个五年规划期，到本世纪中叶，把我国建成富强民主文明和谐美丽的社会主义现代化强国。
Shortly after the founding of the PRC, our Party put forward the goal of building a modern socialist country. Over the course of 13 five-year plans, we have laid a solid foundation for achieving this goal. The next 30 years make up the development stage in which we will finally complete this great ambition. We have worked out the roadmap and timetable for our development going forward. By 2035, or within three five-year plan periods, we will basically achieve socialist modernization. Then, by the middle of this century, after completing another three five-year plans, China will become a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful.
当今世界正经历百年未有之大变局。最近一段时间以来，世界最主要的特点就是一个“乱”字，而这个趋势看来会延续下去。这次应对新冠肺炎疫情全球大流行，各国的领导力和制度优越性如何，高下立判。时与势在我们一边，这是我们定力和底气所在，也是我们的决心和信心所在。
The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. Recently, the world situation could be best described by the word “chaos,” and it appears that this trend will continue for quite some time. The response to the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the leadership capacities and strengths of the social systems of all countries. The fact that time and momentum are on our side gives us self-assurance, resolve, and confidence.
同时，我们必须清醒看到，当前和今后一个时期，虽然我国发展仍然处于重要战略机遇期，但机遇和挑战都有新的发展变化，机遇和挑战之大都前所未有，总体上机遇大于挑战。古人说：“慎易以避难，敬细以远大。”全党必须继续谦虚谨慎、艰苦奋斗，调动一切可以调动的积极因素，团结一切可以团结的力量，全力办好自己的事，锲而不舍实现我们的既定目标。
That said, we must fully recognize that although China remains in an important period of strategic opportunity for development, and will remain so for some time to come, the opportunities and challenges we face are changing. Though both are unprecedented in their extent, the opportunities generally outweigh the challenges. An ancient Chinese sage once said that we should handle the easy and small things cautiously so as to avoid difficulties and disasters. All of us in the Party must remain modest, prudent, and committed to hard work; we must mobilize all positive factors, unite with all forces that can be united with, and focus on running our own affairs well, as we work unswervingly toward our objectives.
我们的任务是全面建设社会主义现代化国家，当然我们建设的现代化必须是具有中国特色、符合中国实际的，我在党的十九届五中全会上特别强调了5点，就是我国现代化是人口规模巨大的现代化，是全体人民共同富裕的现代化，是物质文明和精神文明相协调的现代化，是人与自然和谐共生的现代化，是走和平发展道路的现代化。这是我国现代化建设必须坚持的方向，要在我国发展的方针政策、战略战术、政策举措、工作部署中得到体现，推动全党全国各族人民共同为之努力。
Our task is to build China into a modern socialist country in all respects. Of course, the modernization we are pursuing has distinctive Chinese features and is tailored to the realities of China. At the Fifth Plenary Session, I underscored five characteristics in particular. China’s modernization must cover a massive population, lead to common prosperity, deliver both material and cultural-ethical progress, promote harmony between humanity and nature, and proceed along a path of peaceful development. This is the direction modernization in China must follow. It must be embodied in our principles, policies, strategies, measures, and work plans to enable the Party and the Chinese people to work together toward this end.
新发展阶段是我国社会主义发展进程中的一个重要阶段。1992年，邓小平同志说：“我们搞社会主义才几十年，还处在初级阶段。巩固和发展社会主义制度，还需要一个很长的历史阶段，需要我们几代人、十几代人，甚至几十代人坚持不懈地努力奋斗，决不能掉以轻心。”我体会，邓小平同志当年说这个话，主要是从政治上讲的，强调的是在当时我国经济基础薄弱的条件下，需要很长时间的艰苦奋斗才能实现现代化，同时强调即使实现了现代化，要把我国社会主义制度世世代代坚持下去，仍然要一以贯之地把巩固和发展社会主义制度的问题解决好，不可能一劳永逸。毛泽东同志说过：“一切事物总是有‘边’的。事物的发展是一个阶段接着一个阶段不断地进行的，每一个阶段也是有‘边’的。不承认‘边’，就是否认质变或部分质变。”社会主义初级阶段不是一个静态、一成不变、停滞不前的阶段，也不是一个自发、被动、不用费多大气力自然而然就可以跨过的阶段，而是一个动态、积极有为、始终洋溢着蓬勃生机活力的过程，是一个阶梯式递进、不断发展进步、日益接近质的飞跃的量的积累和发展变化的过程。全面建设社会主义现代化国家、基本实现社会主义现代化，既是社会主义初级阶段我国发展的要求，也是我国社会主义从初级阶段向更高阶段迈进的要求。
The new stage of development is an important part of socialist development in our country. In 1992, Deng Xiaoping stated that “We have been building socialism for only a few decades and are still in the primary stage. It will take a very long historical period to consolidate and develop the socialist system, and it will require persistent struggle by several generations, a dozen or even several dozens. We can never rest on our oars.” In my opinion, Deng made this remark from a political point of view. He was pointing out that it would take a fairly long period of hard work to turn China into a modern country based on the weak economic foundation of the time. But he was also stressing that we must persist with China’s socialist system from one generation to the next, even after modernization is achieved. We must work continuously to find ways to consolidate and develop socialism, for no solution can last forever once developed. Mao Zedong once said that “All things have their boundaries. The way things develop is that one stage leads to another, advancing without interruption. But each and every stage has a ‘boundary.’ To deny the ‘boundary’ is to deny qualitative changes or partial qualitative changes.” The primary stage of socialism is not a static, cast-iron, or stagnant period, nor is it a spontaneous and passive stage that can easily and naturally be passed through. Rather, it is a stage of dynamism, action, and promise, one that should always brim with vitality. It develops gradually but ceaselessly, moving from quantitative increases to qualitative leaps. Fully building a modern socialist China and basically realizing socialist modernization are essential for China’s development in the primary stage of socialism, and essential for China to advance from the primary stage to a higher stage of socialism.
第二个问题：深入贯彻新发展理念
Second, we need to fully apply the new development philosophy.
我们党领导人民治国理政，很重要的一个方面就是要回答好实现什么样的发展、怎样实现发展这个重大问题。2015年10月29日，我在党的十八届五中全会上说过：“理念是行动的先导，一定的发展实践都是由一定的发展理念来引领的。发展理念是否对头，从根本上决定着发展成效乃至成败。实践告诉我们，发展是一个不断变化的进程，发展环境不会一成不变，发展条件不会一成不变，发展理念自然也不会一成不变。”
For our Party, one very important part of leading the people in governing the country is answering the major questions of what kind of development China should pursue and how it should pursue it. On October 29, 2015, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, I stated, “Principles are precursors to actions. All actions in development are guided by principles of development, and it is these principles that ultimately determine the effectiveness of development and its success or failure. Experience tells us that development is a process of constant change, and that the environments and conditions in which development takes place are both subject to change. Therefore, it is only natural that principles of development should also be subject to change.”
党的十八大以来，我们党对经济形势进行科学判断，对发展理念和思路作出及时调整，引导我国经济发展取得了历史性成就、发生了历史性变革。这里，我概要讲一下其中主要的方面。一是坚持以人民为中心的发展思想。2012年11月15日，在十八届中央政治局常委同中外记者见面时，我就强调人民对美好生活的向往就是我们的奋斗目标，强调要坚定不移走共同富裕的道路。2015年10月29日，在党的十八届五中全会上，我明确提出了坚持以人民为中心的发展思想。2020年10月29日，在党的十九届五中全会上，我进一步强调要努力促进全体人民共同富裕取得更为明显的实质性进展。二是不再简单以国内生产总值增长率论英雄。2012年12月15日，在中央经济工作会议上，我强调不能不顾客观条件、违背规律盲目追求高速度。2013年4月25日，在中央政治局常委会会议上，我强调不要把国家确定的调控目标作为各地经济增长的底线，更不要相互攀比甚至层层加码，要立足提高质量和效益来推动经济持续健康发展，追求实实在在、没有水分的生产总值，追求有效益、有质量、可持续的经济发展。三是我国经济处于“三期叠加”时期。2013年7月25日，在中央政治局常委会会议上，我强调我国经济正处于增长速度换挡期、结构调整阵痛期、前期刺激政策消化期叠加的阶段，加上世界经济也在深度调整，发展环境十分复杂，要准确认识我国经济发展阶段性特征，实事求是进行改革调整。四是经济发展进入新常态。2013年12月10日，在中央经济工作会议上，我提出“新常态”。2014年12月9日，也是在中央经济工作会议上，我从9个方面的趋势性变化分析了我国经济发展进入新常态的原因，强调认识新常态、适应新常态、引领新常态是当前和今后一个时期我国经济发展的大逻辑。五是使市场在资源配置中起决定性作用、更好发挥政府作用。2013年11月，在党的十八届三中全会上，我强调市场配置资源是最有效率的形式，市场决定资源配置是市场经济的一般规律，强调要使市场在资源配置中起决定性作用，对市场作用作了全新定位。六是绿水青山就是金山银山。2013年9月7日，在纳扎尔巴耶夫大学发表演讲时，我明确提出这个观点，强调建设生态文明、建设美丽中国是我们的一项战略任务，要给子孙后代留下天蓝、地绿、水净的美好家园。2014年3月7日，在参加十二届全国人大二次会议贵州代表团审议时，我进一步强调了这个观点。七是坚持新发展理念。2015年10月，在党的十八届五中全会上，我提出了创新、协调、绿色、开放、共享的发展理念，强调创新发展注重的是解决发展动力问题，协调发展注重的是解决发展不平衡问题，绿色发展注重的是解决人与自然和谐问题，开放发展注重的是解决发展内外联动问题，共享发展注重的是解决社会公平正义问题，强调坚持新发展理念是关系我国发展全局的一场深刻变革。八是推进供给侧结构性改革。2015年11月10日，在中央财经领导小组会议上，我提出要着力加强供给侧结构性改革。2015年12月18日，在中央经济工作会议上，我强调供给侧结构性改革的关键是抓好“去产能、去库存、去杠杆、降成本、补短板”。2018年12月19日，在中央经济工作会议上，我提出了“巩固、增强、提升、畅通”的8字新要求，强调这八字方针是当前和今后一个时期深化供给侧结构性改革、推动经济高质量发展管总的要求。九是发展不平衡不充分。2017年10月，在党的十九大上，我强调我国社会主要矛盾已经转化为人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾，强调这是关系全局的历史性变化。十是推动高质量发展。2017年10月，在党的十九大上，我强调基于我国社会主要矛盾已经转化为人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾这一事实，以及新发展理念的要求，我国经济已由高速增长阶段转向高质量发展阶段。十一是建设现代化经济体系。2017年10月，在党的十九大上，我强调建设现代化经济体系是跨越关口的迫切要求和我国发展的战略目标。十二是构建以国内大循环为主体、国内国际双循环相互促进的新发展格局。2020年4月10日，在中央财经委会议上，我强调要构建以国内大循环为主体、国内国际双循环相互促进的新发展格局。十三是统筹发展和安全。2015年5月29日，在中央政治局集体学习时，我强调要牢固树立安全发展理念。2016年1月18日，在省部级主要领导干部专题研讨班上，我从4个方面分析了我们搞开放发展所面临的风险挑战。2018年1月5日，在新进中央委员会的委员、候补委员和省部级主要领导干部研讨班上，我从8个方面列举了16个需要高度重视的风险。2019年1月21日，我们专门举办了省部级主要领导干部坚持底线思维着力防范化解重大风险专题研讨班，我在开班式上分析了要防范化解政治、意识形态、经济、对美经贸斗争、科技、社会、对外工作、党自身等8个领域的重大风险并提出了明确要求，强调我们必须始终保持高度警惕，既要高度警惕“黑天鹅”事件，也要防范“灰犀牛”事件。
Since the 18th National Congress in 2012, our Party has, based on the careful assessment of the economic situation, made timely adjustments to our development principles and approach, which have given rise to historic achievements and shifts in the economic development of our country. Here, I would like to mention the most significant of these developments.
First, we have committed to a people-centered philosophy of development. In my address to the domestic and foreign press during the debut of the Standing Committee of 18th Central Committee Political Bureau on November 15, 2012, I stressed that “The people yearn for a better life, our goal is to help them achieve it, and we must unswervingly follow the path of common prosperity.” At the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee on October 29, 2015, I put forward the vision of people-centered development. At the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee on October 29, 2020, I further underscored the need to strive for substantive progress in promoting common prosperity for all our people.
Second, we have changed the thinking that the GDP growth rate is the sole barometer of success. At the Central Economic Work Conference on December 15, 2012, I stressed that we cannot blindly pursue rapid growth without regard for objective laws and conditions. At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee Political Bureau on April 25, 2013, I stressed that local governments should not take national regulatory targets as the baseline for local economic development, nor should they compete with each other to have higher growth rates. I said that we needed to shift the focus to improving the quality and returns of economic growth, to promoting sustained and healthy economic development, and to pursuing genuine rather than inflated GDP growth and achieving high-quality, efficient, and sustainable development.
Third, China’s economy entered a period defined by three overlapping phases. At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee Political Bureau on July 25, 2013, I noted that our economy was now in a slowing growth phase, a painful structural adjustment phase, and a phase of absorbing the adverse effects of previous stimulus policies. I emphasized that, at the same time, the world economy was also in a period of profound adjustment, which made for an extremely complex economic development environment. This required us to gain a proper understanding of the characteristics of the current stage of Chinese economic development and to undertake practical reforms and adjustments.
Fourth, China’s economic development entered a new normal. I put forward this proposition at the Central Economic Work Conference on December 10, 2013. At the Central Economic Work Conference on December 9 of the following year, I analyzed new development trends in nine respects to explain why economic development had entered a new normal. I emphasized that understanding the new normal, adapting to it, and guiding its development constituted the major theme of China’s economic development both at present and in the period ahead.
Fifth, we have enabled the market to play the decisive role in resource allocation and given better play to the role of the government. I stated at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in November 2013 that the market is the most efficient means of allocating resources. A general law of market economies is that the market should determine the allocation of resources. I thus highlighted the need to let the market play the decisive role in resource allocation, thereby redefining the role of the market.
Sixth, we have committed to the idea that lucid waters and lush mountains are as precious as mountains of silver and gold. I put forward this concept during a speech at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan on September 7, 2013. I emphasized that developing an ecological civilization and building a beautiful China constitute a strategic task, because we need to make sure we leave behind a beautiful homeland with blue skies, green fields, and clean waters for our future generations. I reiterated this point during a talk with the Guizhou delegation at the Second Session of the 12th National People’s Congress on March 7, 2014.
Seventh, we have introduced the new development philosophy. I proposed the idea of innovative, coordinated, green, open, and shared development at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in October 2015. I noted that innovative development was focused on addressing the issue of growth drivers, coordinated development on redressing imbalances, green development on creating harmony between humanity and nature, open development on coordinating internal and external development, and shared development on ensuring social equity and justice. I stated that the introduction of the new development philosophy marked a fundamental change for the entire development context of our country.
Eighth, we have initiated supply-side structural reform. At the meeting of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs on November 10, 2015, I said that we should make great efforts to promote supply-side structural reform. I stated at the Central Economic Work Conference on December 18, 2015 that the five priorities in promoting supply-side structural reform were cutting overcapacity, reducing excess inventory, deleveraging, reducing costs, and strengthening areas of weakness. At the Central Economic Work Conference on December 19, 2018, I put forward the policy of consolidating the gains in the five priority tasks, strengthening the dynamism of micro entities, upgrading industrial chains, and ensuring unimpeded flows in the economy. I pointed out that this policy constituted a general requirement for furthering supply-side structural reform and spurring high-quality economic development both at present and in the period ahead.
Ninth, we must deal with unbalanced and inadequate development. At the 19th CPC National Congress held in October 2017, I concluded that the principal challenge facing Chinese society had evolved into one between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people’s growing needs for a better life. I emphasized that this represented a historic shift that affected the whole landscape.
Tenth, we must deliver high-quality development. At the same congress, I pointed out that China’s economy was transitioning from a phase of rapid growth to a stage of high-quality development. We arrived at this conclusion based on the change in the principal challenge facing Chinese society. In this stage, we need to follow the new development philosophy.
Eleventh, we must modernize our economic system. As I said in the same speech, this is both an urgent requirement for getting us smoothly through this critical transition and a strategic goal for China’s development.
Twelfth, we have moved to create a new development dynamic that focuses on domestic economic flow and features positive interplay between domestic flow and international engagement. I put forward this concept at a meeting of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs on April 10, 2020.
Thirteenth, we have adopted a coordinated approach to development and security. I stressed at a group study session of the Central Committee Political Bureau on May 29, 2015 that we must firmly keep in mind the concept of ensuring security in development. On January 18, 2016, I analyzed the risks and challenges in four fields we faced on the path of open development at a seminar for provincial and ministerial level officials. On January 5, 2018, in a speech at a seminar for new members and alternative members of the CPC Central Committee and principal provincial and ministerial level leaders, I listed 16 risks in 8 areas that required our full attention. On January 21, 2019, we held a seminar for provincial and ministerial level officials on remaining mindful of worst-case scenarios and guarding against and defusing major risks. At the opening session of that seminar, I pointed out that we should guard against and defuse major risks in the political, ideological, economic, scientific and technological, and social domains and in China-US trade frictions, in foreign affairs, and within our Party. I also set forward clear requirements for these tasks, and emphasized the need to always maintain a high level of vigilance, remaining alert to “black swan” events and “grey rhino” risks.
我回顾这个过程是要强调，党的十八大以来我们对经济社会发展提出了许多重大理论和理念，其中新发展理念是最重要、最主要的。新发展理念是一个系统的理论体系，回答了关于发展的目的、动力、方式、路径等一系列理论和实践问题，阐明了我们党关于发展的政治立场、价值导向、发展模式、发展道路等重大政治问题。全党必须完整、准确、全面贯彻新发展理念。要注意把握好以下几点。
In reviewing this course of events, I wish to underscore the theories and concepts on economic and social development that we have put forward since our Party’s 18th National Congress in 2012. Of these theories and concepts, the new development philosophy is the most important. As a theoretical system, it addresses a series of theoretical and practical issues regarding our development goals, drivers, methods, and approaches, and delineates the major political issues with regard to our political stance, values, and model and path of development. The whole Party must fully and faithfully implement the new development philosophy on all fronts. In doing so, we should focus on the following points.
第一，从根本宗旨把握新发展理念。古人说：“天地之大，黎元为本。”人民是我们党执政的最深厚基础和最大底气。为人民谋幸福、为民族谋复兴，这既是我们党领导现代化建设的出发点和落脚点，也是新发展理念的“根”和“魂”。只有坚持以人民为中心的发展思想，坚持发展为了人民、发展依靠人民、发展成果由人民共享，才会有正确的发展观、现代化观。苏联是世界上第一个社会主义国家，取得过辉煌成就，但后来失败了、解体了，其中一个重要原因是苏联共产党脱离了人民，成为一个只维护自身利益的特权官僚集团。即使是实现了现代化的国家，如果执政党背离人民，也会损害现代化成果。
1. We must understand the fundamental aim of the new development philosophy.
As an old saying goes, “As vast as heaven and earth may be, the people must always come first.” The people represent the deepest foundation and the greatest source of confidence for our Party in governing the country. Working for the wellbeing of the people and the rejuvenation of the nation is the immutable aim of our Party in leading the modernization drive, and the root and essence of the new development philosophy. We will only have the right view of development and modernization if we follow a people-centered approach, insisting that development is for the people, reliant on the people, and that its fruits should be shared by the people. The Soviet Union was the world’s first socialist country and once enjoyed spectacular success. Ultimately however, it collapsed, mainly because the Communist Party of the Soviet Union became detached from the people and turned into a group of privileged bureaucrats concerned only with protecting their own interests. Even in a modernized country, if a governing party turns its back on the people, it will imperil the fruits of modernization.
实现共同富裕不仅是经济问题，而且是关系党的执政基础的重大政治问题。我们决不能允许贫富差距越来越大、穷者愈穷富者愈富，决不能在富的人和穷的人之间出现一道不可逾越的鸿沟。当然，实现共同富裕，要统筹考虑需要和可能，按照经济社会发展规律循序渐进。同时，这项工作也不能等，要自觉主动解决地区差距、城乡差距、收入差距等问题，推动社会全面进步和人的全面发展，促进社会公平正义，让发展成果更多更公平惠及全体人民，不断增强人民群众获得感、幸福感、安全感，让人民群众真真切切感受到共同富裕不仅仅是一个口号，而是看得见、摸得着、真实可感的事实。
Realizing common prosperity is more than an economic goal. It is a major political issue that bears on our Party’s governance foundation. We cannot allow the gap between the rich and the poor to continue growing – for the poor to keep getting poorer while the rich continue growing richer. We cannot permit the wealth gap to become an unbridgeable gulf. Of course, common prosperity should be realized in a gradual way that gives full consideration to what is necessary and what is possible and adheres to the laws governing social and economic development. At the same time, however, we cannot afford to just sit around and wait. We must be proactive about narrowing the gaps between regions, between urban and rural areas, and between rich and poor people. We should promote all-around social progress and well-rounded personal development, and advocate social fairness and justice, so that our people enjoy the fruits of development in a fairer way. We should see that people have a stronger sense of fulfillment, happiness, and security and make them feel that common prosperity is not an empty slogan but a concrete fact that they can see and feel for themselves.
第二，从问题导向把握新发展理念。我国发展已经站在新的历史起点上，要根据新发展阶段的新要求，坚持问题导向，更加精准地贯彻新发展理念，切实解决好发展不平衡不充分的问题，推动高质量发展。比如，科技自立自强成为决定我国生存和发展的基础能力，存在诸多“卡脖子”问题。比如，我国城乡区域发展差距较大，而究竟怎样解决这个问题，有很多新的问题需要深入研究，尤其是区域板块分化重组、人口跨区域转移加快、农民落户城市意愿下降等问题要抓紧研究、明确思路。比如，加快推动经济社会发展全面绿色转型已经形成高度共识，而我国能源体系高度依赖煤炭等化石能源，生产和生活体系向绿色低碳转型的压力都很大，实现2030年前碳排放达峰、2060年前碳中和的目标任务极其艰巨。比如，随着经济全球化出现逆流，外部环境越来越复杂多变，大家认识到必须处理好自立自强和开放合作的关系，处理好积极参与国际分工和保障国家安全的关系，处理好利用外资和安全审查的关系，在确保安全前提下扩大开放。总之，进入新发展阶段，对新发展理念的理解要不断深化，举措要更加精准务实，真正实现高质量发展。
2. We need to stay problem-oriented.
The China of today stands at a new historical starting point in development. In light of development requirements in the new stage, we need to stick to a problem-oriented approach so that we can implement the new development philosophy with even greater precision. We need to effectively address the issues relating to unbalanced and insufficient development in order to make our development high-quality. For example, greater self-reliance in science and technology, which is essential for us to sustain and develop ourselves, has been hampered by many bottlenecks. The development gap between urban and rural areas and between regions is still too large, and the question of how exactly we should solve this problem involves extensive research into many new issues. In particular, we need to present clear approaches in response to regional divergence and reorganization, accelerated population migration across regions, and the decreasing willingness among rural residents to settle in cities. There is broad consensus about promoting a green transformation in every aspect of economic and social development. But our energy system is still heavily reliant on fossil fuels such as coal, which puts a great strain on the efforts to realize a green and low-carbon transformation in our production modes and ways of life. The targets of reaching peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060 are extremely formidable. Given the backlash against economic globalization and the complex and changeable external environment, we need to strike a good balance between greater self-reliance and openness and cooperation, between participation in the international division of labor and the safeguarding of national security, and between utilized foreign investment and security reviews, so that China can open wider to the outside world while guaranteeing its national security. In short, as we enter a new stage of development, we need to deepen our understanding of the new development philosophy, so that we can take more targeted and more concrete measures that will truly deliver high-quality development.
第三，从忧患意识把握新发展理念。“不困在于早虑，不穷在于早豫。”随着我国社会主要矛盾变化和国际力量对比深刻调整，我国发展面临的内外部风险空前上升，必须增强忧患意识、坚持底线思维，随时准备应对更加复杂困难的局面。“十四五”规划《建议》把安全问题摆在非常突出的位置，强调要把安全发展贯穿国家发展各领域和全过程。如果安全这个基础不牢，发展的大厦就会地动山摇。要坚持政治安全、人民安全、国家利益至上有机统一，既要敢于斗争，也要善于斗争，全面做强自己，特别是要增强威慑的实力。宏观经济方面要防止大起大落，资本市场上要防止外资大进大出，粮食、能源、重要资源上要确保供给安全，要确保产业链供应链稳定安全，要防止资本无序扩张、野蛮生长，还要确保生态环境安全，坚决抓好安全生产。在社会领域，要防止大规模失业风险，加强公共卫生安全，有效化解各类群体性事件。要加强保障国家安全的制度性建设，借鉴其他国家经验，研究如何设置必要的“玻璃门”，在不同阶段加不同的锁，有效处理各类涉及国家安全的问题。
3. We must be mindful of the difficulties ahead.
Good planning and preparation are the keys to avoiding difficulties and hardships. As the principal contradiction in Chinese society has changed and the global balance of power is steadily shifting, China will have to contend with more internal and external risks in development than before. We must be more aware of potential dangers, keep in mind worst-case scenarios, and be prepared for more complex and graver situations. The Central Committee prioritized issues of security in its Recommendations for Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development and Long-Range Objectives through the Year 2035. It emphasized that we should ensure security in all areas and throughout the entire process of China’s development. If our underlying security foundations are not solid, the entire edifice of our development will come under threat. We must uphold the unity between political security, the safety of the people, and the interests of the nation, be ready to stand up for ourselves and be adept at doing so, and work to increase our overall strengths, especially the strength of our deterrence.
We should prevent major fluctuations in the macro economy and avoid large inflows and withdrawals of foreign investment in the capital market. We must ensure the security of food, energy, and major resource supplies, as well as the stability and security of industrial and supply chains. We need to prevent the disorderly expansion and unchecked growth of capital, and ensure environmental and workplace safety. We should guard against the risk of large-scale job losses, strengthen public health security, and effectively prevent and handle public disturbances. In strengthening the systems for safeguarding national security, we should draw on experiences from other countries, work out how to set necessary security barriers and locks at different stages, and identify effective solutions for various national security issues.
