Decision made that major moves must continue during upcoming five years China must step up major moves in deepening reform and opening-up for
the country's economic and social development during the period of the
14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), a key Party meeting decided on Monday. The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central
Committee also decided that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC
Central Committee will be held from Oct 26 to 29, according to a
statement released after its meeting. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting. Participants underscored the importance of upholding overall Party
leadership, improving socialism with Chinese characteristics and
strengthening the ability to implement new development concepts in order
to boost the economy and society during the coming five-year period. Development should always be people-centered by ensuring their
principal status and promoting their well-being, it was decided at the
meeting. Efforts also were urged to build a new development pattern with
the domestic market as the mainstay and the domestic and international
markets reinforcing each other, earnestly transform the economic
development mode and work hard for better quality, higher efficiency and
more robust drivers of economic growth. Major reform and opening-up moves should improve resource allocation
efficiency and mobilize the initiative of the whole of society, it said. The meeting stressed the importance of solidifying the foundation,
leveraging strengths and tackling areas of weakness as well as paying
attention to fending off and defusing major risks and challenges. Participants at the meeting also listened to a report on consulting
public opinion about a CPC document concerning the formulation of the
14th Five-Year Plan and targets for 2035. The document, after being revised based on opinions discussed at
Monday's meeting, will be submitted for deliberation at the fifth
plenary session. Participants said that the document has fully absorbed
opinions and suggestions from all quarters including governments and
departments at all levels, public expectations, expert opinions and
on-the-ground experience. It is a vivid example of China's socialist democracy, they said. Those at the meeting said that faced with the complex international
situation and arduous tasks for domestic development, and especially
amid the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CPC Central Committee has
assessed and dealt with the situation in a calm way and further promoted
the development of all causes of the Party and the country. With China nearly completing its goals and tasks of the 13th
Five-Year Plan (2016-20), the country's economic and technological
strength and the overall national strength will reach a new high, they
said. Meeting participants also reviewed a regulation on the work of the
CPC Central Committee, which issued provisions on its leading position,
leadership structure and self-building, among others.
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