China's Development Goals
The report of the 19th Central Committee, delivered to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) by Xi Jinping on China's development goals, "set the tone for striving in unity to build a modern socialist country in all respects and advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts," Chinese news media reported.
"From this day forward, the central task of the Communist Party of China will be to lead the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in a concerted effort to realize the Second Centenary Goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects and to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization," Xi said in his speech.
News reports inform:
"In the preceding decade, the CPC has led the Chinese people to three historical accomplishments that will have a significant impact on the globe. In Xi's words: 'We embraced the centenary of the Communist Party of China; we ushered in a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics; and we eradicated absolute poverty and finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, thus completing the First Centenary Goal.'"
Xi said, "These were historic feats -- feats accomplished by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people striving in unity, feats that will be forever recorded in the Chinese nation's history, and feats that will profoundly influence the world."
News media noted, "China's socialist democracy, specifically the whole-process of people's democracy, efficiently protects the fundamental interests of the people.... The basic objective of the Party in fostering economic and social growth has always been to address the needs of the people for a better life."
Elaborating China's pragmatic view of Marxism, Xi said, "We owe the success of our Party and socialism with Chinese characteristics to the fact that Marxism works, particularly when it is adapted to the Chinese context and the needs of our times." In his speech he added:
"Chinese modernization is socialist modernization pursued under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. It contains elements that are common to the modernization processes of all countries, but it is more characterized by features that are unique to the Chinese context. It is the modernization of a huge population, the modernization of common prosperity for all, the modernization of material and cultural-ethical advancement, the modernization of harmony between humanity and nature, and the modernization of peaceful development....
"Education, science and technology, and human resources are the foundational and strategic pillars for building a modern socialist country in all respects. We must regard science and technology as our primary productive force, talent as our primary resource, and innovation as our primary driver of growth.
"We will work to raise the share of personal income in the distribution of national income and give more weight to work remuneration in primary distribution. We will improve the policy system for distribution based on factors of production, explore multiple avenues to enable the low- and middle-income groups to earn more from production factors, and increase the property income of urban and rural residents through more channels."
Xi also vowed to unswervingly advance the cause of national reunification.
Speaking about China's commitment to its foreign policy goals, Xi emphasized that China's aim of protecting world peace and advancing common development "provides greater reassurance to the international community," Chinese news media pointed out. "The deficit in peace, development, security, and governance is growing. All of this is posing unprecedented challenges for human society. The world has once again reached a crossroads in history, and its future course will be decided by all the world's peoples," Xi said. "History is a testament to the fact that China has never or will never pursue hegemony or engage in expansionism; its preferred approach is constructive engagement, instead of the use of force," Xinhua writes.
Xi Jinping's presentation "drew resounding and long applause from the delegates," Xinhua reports.
A commentary on the presentation published by Xinhua underscores: 1) the plan to widen market access and open China to foreign investment; 2) China's ambitious targets and actions for decarbonization which have cut its carbon emission by 34.4 per cent over the past 10 years; 3) China's adherence to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence pursuing friendship and cooperation with countries; and 4) China's adherence to "the right course of economic globalization." China "is committed to working with other countries to foster an international environment conducive to development and create new drivers for global growth," the commentary concludes.
Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, in another commentary said:
"China will unswervingly expand all-around opening up and push economic globalization toward being more open, inclusive, balanced and beneficial to all."
"It is wrong to think that by focussing on the domestic economy China will scale back its opening-up efforts or even turn to a 'self-sufficient economy,'" he wrote.
"Economic globalization has become an irreversible trend," he said, adding that China is already deeply integrated into the global economy and the international system, and the industries of China and many other countries are highly interconnected and interdependent," Zhao added.
(Xinhua)
This article was published in
Volume 52 Number 11 - November 2022
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