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Cui Jianchun
Cui Jianchun

Opinion | 15th five-year plan charts a course for China’s modernisation

By building on past successes and shoring up areas of weakness, China can lay firm foundations to achieve socialist modernisation

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Cui Jianchun
The most important outcome of the Communist Party of China’s fourth plenum, held last month in Beijing, was the review and adoption of the “Recommendations of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development”.

Leading the drafting team in person, Communist Party General Secretary and Chinese President Xi Jinping played a decisive role in formulating the recommendations by setting the overall vision and providing guidance throughout the process.

During the 14th five-year plan, the Communist Party Central Committee – with Xi at its core – united the party and people of all ethnic backgrounds in China. The Central Committee led them in meeting difficulties head-on while forging ahead with determination.
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This allowed China to withstand the severe shocks in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, respond effectively to a raft of major challenges, and secure significant new achievements for the Communist Party and the country.

By reaching new heights in economic power, scientific and technological ability and overall national strength, China has made solid strides towards its second centenary goal of building a socialist country that is strong, prosperous, democratic and culturally advanced by 2049.

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We owe these remarkable achievements to the Central Committee, which has been charting the course, and to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, which has provided sound guidance to advance our cause.
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