Continue to push reforms forward

"Reform and opening up is an important magic weapon for the cause of the Party and the people to make great strides to catch up with the times. The current and future period is a critical period for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization. In the face of the complicated international and domestic situations, in the face of new In the face of a round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, we must continue to push forward reforms in the face of the new expectations of the people.”

On April 30, 2024, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held a meeting and decided to hold the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee in Beijing in July, focusing on further comprehensively deepening reforms and promoting Chinese-style modernization. The meeting used "six inevitable requirements" to profoundly clarify the significance of continuing to push forward reforms on the new journey, requiring the entire party to consciously put reforms in a more prominent position and further comprehensively deepen reforms around promoting Chinese-style modernization.

Reform and opening up is the most prominent feature and the most magnificent event in contemporary China, and it is the key move that determines the success or failure of Chinese modernization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has pushed the reform and opening up in the new era to a new level at a new historical starting point with great historical initiative, great political courage, and strong responsibility. Achieve historic changes, systemic reshaping, and overall reconstruction, injecting inexhaustible impetus into the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation. General Secretary Xi Jinping has accurately grasped the laws of reform, scientifically summarized historical experience, coordinated both domestic and international situations, and put forward a series of new ideas, new perspectives, and new judgments, which provide fundamental guidance for comprehensively deepening reform and opening up.

The article "Comprehensively deepening reform and opening up and continuing to inject strong impetus into Chinese-style modernization" is excerpted from General Secretary Xi Jinping's speeches, articles, Q&A, reports and other important documents from December 2012 to March 2024. It contains the General Secretary's comprehensive A series of important expositions on deepening reform and opening up are of strong political, theoretical, practical and guiding nature. As the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is about to be held, we should carefully study and understand the spirit of this important article, and thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s series of new thoughts, new perspectives, and new judgments on comprehensively deepening reforms, and make good use of reform and opening up. This key move is of great theoretical and practical significance to unswervingly carry out reform and opening up to the end and provide a strong driving force and institutional guarantee for Chinese-style modernization.

Guangdong, a hot land that "was the first to get the trend", is the vanguard, pioneer, and experimental area of ​​reform and opening up. It plays an important role and plays a prominent role in the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization.

In December 2012, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Guangdong for his first local inspection after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. At Lianhuashan Park in Shenzhen, the General Secretary laid a flower basket to the bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping standing on the top of the mountain and issued a mobilization order to "unswervingly promote reform and opening up."

In April 2023, during the first local inspection in the first year of fully implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again went south to Guangdong and profoundly pointed out: "China's reform and opening up policy is long-term and consistent." A clear-cut solemnity Declared and demonstrated unswerving determination to reform.

Reform and opening up is a great awakening for our party. It is this great awakening that gave birth to our party's great creations from theory to practice. Reform and opening up is a great revolution in the history of the development of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. It is this great revolution that has promoted the great leap forward in the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

In December 1978, our party held the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee and made the historic decision to shift the focus of the party and the country's work to economic construction and implement reform and opening up. Since then, the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people have continued to overcome various difficulties and obstacles rarely seen in the world with their indomitable enterprising spirit and magnificent innovative practices, and have continuously pushed China's economic strength, comprehensive national strength, and people's living standards to new heights. New level.

Practical development will never end, and neither will reform and opening up. With the development of practice, some deep-seated institutional problems and barriers to consolidated interests have become increasingly apparent, and the reform has entered a critical period and a deep-water zone. Entering a new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has comprehensively deepened reforms with great political courage, dared to break into deep water areas, dared to gnaw hard bones, dared to venture into dangerous shoals, and dared to face new contradictions and new challenges, opening up a powerful and far-reaching great changes.

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Behind the magnificent reform lies the leader’s great courage, great structure and great responsibility. General Secretary Xi Jinping personally leads, deploys, and promotes the comprehensive deepening of reform, and holds the overall design, overall coordination, overall advancement, and supervision of implementation of the reform in his hands. Incorporate comprehensively deepening reforms into the "Four Comprehensives" strategic layout, personally presided over more than 70 meetings of the Central Comprehensive Deepening Reforms Leading Group and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Comprehensive Deepening Reforms Committee, strengthened the top-level design of reforms; systematically summarized the valuable experience of more than 40 years of reform and opening up, and continuously Promote theoretical and practical innovation and inject strong ideological and action power into reform; from Shenzhen, Guangdong, the "window and experimental field of reform and opening up", to Xiaogang, Anhui, the birthplace of rural reform, from Hainan, a new highland for opening up to the outside world, to the leading area of ​​socialist modernization In Pudong, Shanghai, we conducted in-depth investigations and surveys in various localities and departments to observe the actual situation, listen to the voices of the people, and develop good strategies; we deployed and promoted a series of reform battles, overcame many long-term unresolved problems, and accomplished many major and important matters of long-term importance.

Reform practice breeds scientific theory, and great changes rely on ideological guidance.

With the profound insight, keen judgment, and theoretical creativity of a Marxist politician, thinker, and strategist, General Secretary Xi Jinping made important expositions on a series of major directional, overall, and strategic issues and scientifically answered the questions in the new era. Why should we comprehensively deepen reform and opening up and how should we comprehensively deepen reform and opening up?

——"The key move that determines the success or failure of Chinese-style modernization." Without reform and opening up, there would be no China today, and there would be no China tomorrow. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “the reason why socialism with Chinese characteristics has great vitality is that it is socialism that implements reform and opening up”; “Only reform and opening up can we develop China, develop socialism, and develop Marxism”; “Practical development will never end. "There is no end to emancipating the mind, and there is no end to reform and opening up. Reform and opening up can only be ongoing and not completed." "Comprehensive deepening of reform must be regarded as the fundamental driving force for advancing Chinese modernization, as well as for stabilizing the overall situation, adapting to situations, and opening up new prospects." important starting point."

——"Reform and opening up have a direction, a stand, and a principle." What direction should we take to comprehensively deepen reform? This is a fundamental question. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that upholding and strengthening the party's overall leadership "is a political theme throughout the entire process of reform"; "Reforms led by our party have always been comprehensive reforms" and "are reforms that continue to advance on the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics. We will neither follow the old path of isolation and rigidity, nor take the evil path of changing flags and banners." "We will resolutely change what should be changed and what can be changed, and we will resolutely not change what should not and cannot be changed. We must adhere to the party's basic line. "We should unify the two basic points of taking economic construction as the center and adhering to the Four Cardinal Principles and adhering to reform and opening up as the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. We will persist in it for a long time and will never waver."

——"Improve and develop the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities." The overall goal of comprehensively deepening reform is to improve and develop the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the national governance system have “profound historical heritage,” “significant advantages in many aspects,” and “rich practical results.” Our country’s national system and national governance system must also improve and develop our country’s national system and national governance system, and continuously better transform our country’s institutional advantages into national governance effectiveness”; “To plan for comprehensively deepening reforms in the new era, we must persist and improve The socialist system with Chinese characteristics, promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities as the main axis, deeply grasping the development requirements of our country and the trend of the times, placing system construction and governance capability building in a more prominent position, and continuing to deepen the reform of systems and mechanisms in all fields and aspects, Promote systems in all aspects to become more mature and finalized, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities."

——"We must adhere to the correct methodology." Reforms in the new era face more deep-seated institutional and institutional problems, have higher requirements for the top-level design of reforms, and have stronger requirements for the systemic, holistic, and collaborative nature of reforms. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that reform and opening up “must adhere to the correct methodology and advance through continuous practice and exploration”; “the system concept is a basic thought and working method”, and it is necessary to “correctly handle the relationship between reform, development and stability, adhere to the party’s leadership and We must combine respect for the people's pioneering spirit, adhere to the combination of "crossing the river by feeling for the stones" and top-level design, adhere to the combination of problem orientation and goal orientation, adhere to the combination of pilot first and comprehensive promotion, adhere to the combination of reform decision-making and legislative decision-making, and pay attention to reform It should be systematic, holistic and coordinated to coordinate the reform progress in various fields and form an overall effect."

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——"Unswervingly promote the implementation of major reform measures." The key to reform is implementation, but it is also difficult to implement. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “all regions and departments must firmly establish a sense of the overall situation and a sense of responsibility, regard reform as a major political responsibility, strengthen their determination and confidence in reform, enhance their ideological consciousness and action consciousness in promoting reform, and serve as reform promoters. , and be a reform doer, grasp the implementation of reforms with the spirit of nailing nails, grasp the key points, exert precise efforts, dare to gnaw hard bones, stare at them, and repeatedly grasp them until they achieve results."; "Effectively solve the problems that plague the grassroots through reforms. On socialist issues, we will continue to give top priority to enhancing the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security, and unswervingly promote the implementation of major reform measures."

——"Insist on promoting high-level opening up to the outside world." Openness brings progress, while isolation inevitably leads to backwardness. Promoting reform and development through opening up is a successful practice in my country's reform and development. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "reform and opening up complement each other and promote each other. Reform must require opening up, and opening up must require reform." "China's reform and opening up policy will remain unchanged for a long time and will never close the door to opening up on its own." Promote high-level opening up to the outside world, comprehensively promote Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development, and provide new opportunities for open cooperation among countries."

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important exposition clarified the overall goal, correct direction, principles and methods, key tasks, political guarantees, etc. of comprehensively deepening reform and opening up in a new historical direction. It is an important part of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and provides a solid foundation for Comprehensively deepening reform and opening up provides powerful ideological and theoretical weapons.

Comprehensively deepening reforms in the new era and achieving historic achievements

In November 2013, the epoch-making Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held, and the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reform" was adopted to make an overall plan for comprehensively deepening reform and realize the reform from partial exploration and ice-breaking to breakthrough. Systematically integrated and comprehensively deepened transformation; in October 2014, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held, and the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Promoting the Governance of the Country by Law" was adopted, which was in line with the decision adopted by the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Formed a companion chapter; in February 2018, the Third Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee was held, passing the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Deepening the Reform of the Party and State Institutions" and the "Plan for Deepening the Reform of the Party and State Institutions"; in October 2019, the Party The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held and adopted the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Upholding and Improving the Socialist System with Chinese Characteristics and Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capabilities"; in February 2023, the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held. The plenary session was held to make important arrangements for continuing to deepen the reform of party and state institutions...

Promote market system reform, macroeconomic governance reform, high-level open economic new system reform, etc., and the economic system reform continues to deepen; promote the party and state institutional reform, deepen the national supervision system reform, develop the whole process of people's democracy, etc., and the political system reform steadily Promote; implement the responsibility system for ideological work, improve urban and rural public cultural service systems, etc., the cultural system reform is solid and effective; improve the public employment service system, improve the social security system covering all people, etc., comprehensively promote the social system reform; environmental protection inspection system, rivers and lakes A series of innovative systems such as the chief executive system and the national park protection system were launched in a timely manner, and the reform of the ecological civilization system was accelerated...

In the new era, unprecedented reform measures have continued to promote the comprehensive deepening of reforms in breadth and depth. The socialist system with Chinese characteristics has become more mature and stereotyped. The level of modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities has continued to improve. The cause of the party and the country has taken on new dimensions. vitality, Chinese-style modernization shows bright prospects.

The important article "Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Opening Up and Continuously Injecting Strong Impetus into Chinese-style Modernization" contains General Secretary Xi Jinping's incisive exposition reviewing and summarizing the reform work: "We have proposed a series of innovative theories, adopted a series of major measures, and achieved The series of major breakthroughs are all revolutionary and have created a new situation in which reform and opening up has promoted historic achievements and changes in various undertakings of the party and the country.”

This is a profound change in the way organizations are organized. In the process of comprehensively deepening reforms, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core takes overall charge and coordinates all parties. General Secretary Xi Jinping personally took command of the expedition, discussed major issues, grasped major issues, and planned the overall situation, leading the entire party, the entire army, and the people of the country to work hard to break through and overcome difficulties; the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms was changed into a committee, which serves as the strong center for overall deepening of reforms. Plan top-level designs and gather reform forces; all regions and departments build a centralized and unified reform leadership system, a pragmatic and efficient reform decision-making mechanism, a top-down coordination mechanism, and a powerful and orderly supervision and implementation mechanism from top to bottom to effectively ensure that the Party Central Committee Leadership and authority for comprehensively deepening reforms. Under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, the comprehensive deepening of reform has progressed from laying foundations and building pillars, to comprehensive advancement and building momentum, to system integration, collaboration and efficiency, rapid and steady progress, and systematic resolution of institutional problems in all fields and aspects. Obstacles, institutional obstructions, and policy innovation issues.

This is a profound change in the national system and governance system. "Reform and opening up in the new era has many new connotations and characteristics, one of which is very important is that system construction is more important." In the process of planning reforms, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has always highlighted the main line of system construction, constantly improved the institutional framework, established fundamental systems, improved basic systems, and innovated important systems. The Party’s leadership system, the people’s ownership system, the socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, the socialist administrative system with Chinese characteristics, the people’s livelihood security system that coordinates urban and rural areas, the social governance system of co-construction, co-governance and sharing...basic systems in various fields The framework has been basically established, an institutional system with complete systems, scientific standards, and effective operation is gradually taking shape, and the governance effectiveness of "China's system" has become increasingly evident.

This is a profound change with broad participation of the people. Reform can only be meaningful if it is carried out for the sake of the people; only reform can be motivated by relying on the people. The construction of Safe China, the construction of the rural medical and health system, the promotion of pollution prevention and control, the "toilet revolution", garbage classification, clean heating... small matters related to the people's livelihood, have been included in the Central Leading Group for Deepening Reform and the Central Deepening Reform Leading Group. The reform committee meeting agenda has repeatedly become the focus and focus of reform. The reform of the household registration system has allowed 140 million agricultural migrant workers to settle in cities and towns; strengthened funds to help each other and coordinated pension insurance nationwide to ensure that pensions are paid out in full and on time; strengthened bottom-line protection, and reformed the real estate system to solve housing problems for more than 140 million people in need; The burden on income groups has been reduced, and the personal income tax reform has benefited 250 million people; the reform of the medical and health system has been deepened to guide the shift of the focus of medical and health work and the sinking of resources; the reform and innovation of education and teaching have been deepened, and the balanced development of compulsory education and urban-rural integration have been promoted... The people's The sense of gain, happiness, and security continues to increase.

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This is a profound change that opens the door wider and wider. The inland areas have changed from "defenders" to "forwards", the opening up and development of coastal areas have reached a higher level, and the Chinese market has become more closely connected with the world market. "Belt and Road" cooperation extends from the Eurasian continent to Africa and Latin America. More than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations have signed cooperation documents on the joint construction of the "Belt and Road". Since 2017, my country has maintained its status as the largest country in goods trade for seven consecutive years. In 2023, its international export market share will be 14.2%, ranking first in the world for 15 consecutive years. China is already the main trading partner of more than 140 countries and regions, and the main source of investment for an increasing number of countries.

Since the new era, the reforms promoted by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core are all-round, deep-seated, and fundamental, and the achievements made are historic, revolutionary, and groundbreaking. Looking around the world, no country or political party has such political courage and historical responsibility, and dares to take drastic measures, turn the blade inward, and self-revolution. No country or political party can promote such a large-scale and large-scale development in such a short period of time. Such a large-scale and vigorous reform.

Practice has fully proved that the historic achievements in comprehensively deepening reform and opening up in the new era lie in the leadership and helm of General Secretary Xi Jinping as the core of the Party Central Committee and the core of the entire party, and in the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. To continue to push the reform forward on the new journey, we must deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", achieve "two safeguards", and unswervingly persist in and strengthen overall leadership of the party.

Further comprehensively deepen reforms and promote Chinese-style modernization

“To uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, we must constantly adapt to the development of social productive forces, adjust production relations, and constantly adapt to the development of the economic base and improve the superstructure.” Development. The basic contradictions of society are always developing, so the adjustment of production relations and the improvement of the superstructure need to be continued accordingly."

In the important article "Comprehensively deepening reform and opening up and continuing to inject strong impetus into Chinese-style modernization", General Secretary Xi Jinping started from the basic principles of historical materialism and scientifically clarified the profound truth that "reform and opening up can only be carried out and not completed." .

Chinese-style modernization is a great and arduous undertaking. The more difficult it is, the more we need power from reform and vitality from opening up. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China regards persisting in deepening reform and opening up as a major principle that must be firmly grasped to promote Chinese-style modernization, and focuses on comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, making major strategic arrangements for comprehensively deepening reforms in the new era and new journey. . Since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly clarified the strategic priorities of further comprehensively deepening reform and opening up at the Party Central Committee Plenary Session, Central Committee for Deepening Reform Committee meetings, collective studies of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, the National Two Sessions, local inspections and other important occasions. Major issues such as the main direction of attack. The article "Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Opening Up and Continuously Injecting Strong Impetus into Chinese-style Modernization" contains these important remarks by the General Secretary.

——On deepening the reform of the economic system. Economic system reform is the focus of comprehensively deepening reform and has an important influence and transmission role on other aspects of reform. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to "give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, better play the role of the government, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, build a unified national market, improve the macroeconomic governance system, stimulate the vitality of various business entities, and accelerate Form systems and mechanisms conducive to high-quality development"; continuously improve and implement the "two unwavering" systems and mechanisms, "further deepen the reform of state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises, improve the competitiveness of state-owned enterprises; optimize the development environment of private enterprises, enhance confidence in the development of the private economy, and promote "Private enterprises develop and grow"; "Improve the modern enterprise system with Chinese characteristics, build a high-standard market system, and improve the macroeconomic governance system"; "Strengthen and improve modern financial supervision, strengthen the financial stability guarantee system, and regulate and guide the healthy development of capital in accordance with the law."

——On the development of new productive forces. Developing new productive forces is an intrinsic requirement and an important focus for promoting high-quality development. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “to develop new productive forces, we must further comprehensively deepen reforms and form new production relations that are compatible with them”; we must “strive to break through the blockages that restrict the development of new productive forces, establish a high-standard market system, innovate The allocation of production factors allows all kinds of advanced and high-quality production factors to flow smoothly to the development of new productive forces" and "expands high-level opening up to the outside world to create a good international environment for the development of new productive forces."

——About overall planning and planning of reforms in other fields. Reform and opening up is a systematic project, and comprehensively deepening reform means coordinating and promoting reforms in various fields. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to "coordinate and plan reforms in the fields of education, science and technology talents, politics, rule of law, culture, society, ecology, national security and party building"; "deepen the reform of the science and technology system, give full play to the advantages of the new national system, and strengthen the national strategy Scientific and technological strength, strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, optimize the allocation of innovation resources, strive to break through key core technologies, and promote the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance."

——On promoting high-level opening up. Opening up is also reform. China's door to opening up will not close, but will only open wider and wider. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to "steadily expand institutional opening up such as rules, regulations, management, and standards, and promote the joint construction of the 'Belt and Road' with high quality"; "increase institutional opening up and continue to build marketization, rule of law, and internationalization" A first-class business environment creates new advantages for a higher-level open economy.”

——About highlighting problem orientation and improving reform implementation mechanisms. Reform is forced by problems and is deepened by constantly solving problems. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that we must "strive to solve the stuck problems that restrict the construction of a new development pattern and promote high-quality development, the pain points and difficult problems in the development environment and people's livelihood fields, and the hot issues that go against social fairness and justice, and effectively prevent and resolve major problems." Risks will continue to add impetus and vitality to economic and social development; "focus on improving the reform implementation mechanism, promote the implementation of reform measures to achieve results, continue to demonstrate the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, continuously enhance the driving force and vitality of socialist modernization, and transform our country's system Advantages can be better transformed into national governance effectiveness."

"Reform and opening up have gone through thousands of mountains and rivers, but we still have to cross mountains and rivers." On the new journey, we must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adhere to relying on reform and opening up to enhance the endogenous driving force of development, and further coordinate the promotion of deep reforms and high-level opening up. , we will surely be able to write a new chapter in comprehensively deepening reform and opening up and create new brilliance in Chinese-style modernization.