Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, it is necessary to steadfastly promote high-quality economic and social development and create a solid foundation for a successful start to the new planning period.
At a January seminar for provincial and ministerial officials focused on studying and implementing the conclusions of the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping said that the strategic decisions adopted must be understood comprehensively, and accurately translated into practice.
He stressed that high-quality planning must be combined with effective implementation. He identified high-quality development as one of the main tasks of the current period.
Therefore, since the beginning of the year, Chinese leaders have taken a number of measures aimed at modernizing industry, promoting scientific and technological innovation, and strengthening technological self-sufficiency.
The first collective study session of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPC in January focused on the development of promising industrial sectors. In February, Xi Jinping visited Beijing during his first domestic inspection tour of the year, where he learned about the practical application of information technology and other innovation projects.
According to Chinese leaders, these steps demonstrate the growing importance of building a modern industrial system and accelerating scientific and technological self-sufficiency.
During this year's Two Sessions, namely the meetings of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of the real economy when meeting with a delegation from Jiangsu Province. According to him, China must rely primarily on its own capabilities in its development and mutually strengthen the various parts of the economy.
An important part of high-quality development is also balanced regional development. Therefore, this year, Xi Jinping repeatedly emphasized the need to coordinate the economic development of different regions of the country and find new ways to address regional disparities.
After the Two Sessions, he chaired a symposium in the new Xiong'an area in Hebei Province dedicated to its further development. One of the main topics was also strengthening coordination between Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province. In June, he issued guidelines for further developing cooperation between eastern and western regions of China.
According to Xi Jinping, agriculture and rural development continue to play an important role in modernizing the country. In June, he visited Shandong Province, where he learned about the progress of agricultural work and met with grain farmers, operators of agricultural machinery, and experts.
The Chinese leadership considers a successful start to the 15th Five-Year Plan to be an important step towards the long-term goal of building a modern socialist country and continuing China's economic and social modernization.
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