BEIJING: The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded its fifth plenary session in Beijing on Thursday with the release of a communique.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, made an important speech at the session, according to the communique.
The plenary session heard and discussed a work report that Xi delivered on behalf of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, it said.
The session also adopted the CPC Central Committee’s proposals to formulate the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035. Xi explained the draft document to the plenary session.
By adhering to the new concept of development and unswervingly advancing reform and opening-up, great achievements have been made since the fourth plenary session, the communique said. During the past year, China has deepened supply-side reform, enhanced macro-economic regulation and expanded domestic demand as the strategic foundation.
The economic growth has been better than expected, people’s livelihood has been improved, and social stability has been maintained. As for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole country coordinated well the prevention and control work with economic and social development, and put people’s safety and health first.
Moreover, major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics was vigorously promoted, and major achievements were made in various undertakings of the Party and state. This year is the final year of China’s 13th FYP period (2016-2020), the communique highlighted that the implementation of the 13th FYP has been smooth. With regards to the blueprint for the future, the communique stressed that the whole Party must take into account the overall strategic plan for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with major changes in the world that have not occurred in a century. A thorough understanding is necessary about the new characteristics and requirements brought about by the changes in the evolution of the principal contradiction facing Chinese society, it said.
Based on the basic national conditions that China is in the primary stage of socialism, more attention should be paid to the new contradictions and challenges brought by the complex international environment.
The communique underlined the importance of strengthening awareness of opportunities and risks and cultivating opportunities amid crisis. Attendants to the meeting include 198 members and 166 alternate members of the CPC Central Committee. Also present were members of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and senior officials of relevant sectors, as well as experts, scholars, and a number of deputies to the 19th CPC National Congress who work at the grass-roots level.
–The Daily Mail-CGTN news exchange item
