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The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), at its third plenary session held from July 15 to 18 in Beijing, China, adopted a resolution on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization.
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee presided over the meeting. The General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping delivered important addresses during the Committee meeting.
At the session, the Central Committee heard and discussed a report on the work of the Political Bureau, presented by Xi on behalf of the Political Bureau, and considered and adopted the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization. Xi delivered explanatory remarks on the draft version of the resolution.
In a communique issued after the meeting, the Central Committee of the CPC stated that the overall objectives of further deepening reform comprehensively are to continue improving and developing the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and modernize China’s system and capacity for governance.
“By 2035, we will have finished building a high-standard socialist market economy in all respects, further improved the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, generally modernized our system and capacity for governance, and basically realized socialist modernization,” the Central Committee of the CPC said.
The committee also said in building a high-standard socialist market economy, the role of the market must be better leveraged, with a fairer and more dynamic market environment to be fostered and resource allocation to be made as efficient and productive as possible, while further saying that restrictions on the market will be lifted and effective regulation will be ensured to better maintain order in the market and remedy market failures.
Describing opening up as a ‘defining feature of Chinese modernization,’ the committee said that the party will “steadily expand institutional opening up, deepen the foreign trade structural reform, further reform the management systems for inward and outward investment, improve planning for regional opening up, and refine the mechanisms for high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.”
On developing whole-process people’s democracy, it said: “We must firmly stay on the path of socialist political advancement with Chinese characteristics and uphold and improve our country’s foundational, basic, and important political systems.”
On the rule of law, efforts were demanded to ensure full implementation of the Constitution and uphold its authority, coordinate the reforms to promote sound legislation, law enforcement, administration of justice, and observance of the law, and improve the mechanisms for ensuring that all are equal before the law.
In ensuring and enhancing the people’s wellbeing, the committee stated that the party will improve the income distribution system, the employment-first policy, and the social security system, further reform the medical and healthcare systems, and improve the systems for facilitating population development and providing related services.
On ecological conservation, the committee said: “We must improve ecological conservation systems, take a coordinated approach to carbon cutting, pollution reduction, green development, and economic growth, actively respond to climate change, and move faster to improve the systems and mechanisms for applying the principle that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.”
On national security, it noted that the party must fully apply a holistic approach to national security, improve the institutions and mechanisms for safeguarding national security, and ensure that high-quality development and greater security reinforce each other, so as to effectively safeguard the country’s stability and security over the long term.
In improving the Party’s leadership, it said: “We must acquire a deep understanding of the decisive significance of establishing Comrade Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and establishing the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.”
The committee stressed that Chinese modernization is the modernization of peaceful development. “In foreign relations, China remains firmly committed to pursuing an independent foreign policy of peace and is dedicated to promoting a human community with a shared future,” it noted.
