Zheng Zhajie, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission: Solid promotion of Chinese path to modernization with high-quality development | Capability | Zheng Zhajie

At the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, it was emphasized that "in the new journey of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, we must firmly promote high-quality development.".We should have a deep understanding and accurate grasp of it, conscientiously implement it in our work, fully promote high-quality development, accelerate the construction of Chinese path to modernization, and make due contributions to building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way.

Improve the political position and deeply understand the significance of high-quality development to promote Chinese path to modernization

High quality development is an inevitable requirement for promoting Chinese path to modernization.In essence, high-quality development is the development of new development concepts. Chinese path to modernization has five Chinese characteristics: a huge population, common prosperity for all people, coordinated material and spiritual civilization, harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and peaceful development. It is interlinked with the new development concept of innovation, coordination, green, open, and sharing in connotation and inherited in logic. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China has adhered to the new development concept, accelerated the construction of a new development pattern, made every effort to promote high-quality development, effectively solved a series of structural, cyclical and institutional outstanding problems, effectively responded to the impact and challenges brought by changes in the external environment, and successfully promoted and expanded Chinese path to modernization. On the new journey, we must fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, strive to achieve higher quality, more efficient, more equitable, more sustainable and safer development, and promote the construction of Chinese path to modernization to constantly make new progress and breakthroughs.

High quality development provides a more solid material foundation for promoting Chinese path to modernization.From the perspective of modernized countries, a common and significant feature is that the level of productivity development is relatively high, the economy is relatively developed, technology is relatively advanced, and material resources are relatively abundant; It can be said that the important foundation of modernization is economic modernization, with the focus on liberating and developing social productive forces, promoting and realizing the all-round development of people, which is also the proper meaning of Chinese path to modernization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has adhered to economic construction as the center, effectively promoting stable and healthy economic and social development. Economic strength, technological strength, and comprehensive national strength have continuously improved, and the living standards of the people have significantly improved. It has written two new miraculous chapters of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, steadily advancing the modernization process. On the new journey, it is necessary to firmly grasp the development as the top priority of the Party's governance and national rejuvenation, continuously promote the qualitative and effective improvement of the economy and the reasonable growth of quantity, and lay a more solid material and technological foundation for the comprehensive construction of a socialist modernized strong country.

High quality development is an important guarantee for the stability and long-term development of Chinese path to modernization.Only by enhancing awareness of potential risks, adhering to bottom line thinking, being prepared for danger in times of peace, emphasizing both development and security, and achieving a dynamic balance and positive interaction between high-quality development and high-level security, can we effectively prevent and resolve various risks and challenges in the process of modernization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has adhered to the principle of coordinated development and security. While improving the quality and level of development, it has continuously enhanced its national security and risk resistance capabilities, ensuring the smooth progress of modernization. On the new journey, we must promote the deep integration of development and security, adhere to the planning, deployment, and implementation of safeguarding national security and promoting high-quality development together, continuously enhance our survival, competitiveness, development, and sustainability, and ensure that the modernization process is not delayed or even interrupted.

High quality development supports Chinese path to modernization to constantly meet people's needs for a better life.Improving people's well-being is the fundamental goal of development. Only by firmly adhering to the path of high-quality development and making great efforts to solve the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development, can we continuously turn the people's aspirations for a better life into reality. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has deeply grasped the new tasks and requirements brought about by the changes in major social contradictions, firmly grasped the most concerned, direct, and realistic interests of the people, adhered to doing our best and acting within our capacity, accelerated the resolution of imbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable development, and continuously enhanced the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the people. On the new journey, we must adhere to the development concept of putting the people at the center, continuously realize that development is for the people, development relies on the people, and development achievements are shared by the people. We must adhere to promoting common prosperity in high-quality development, so that the achievements of modernization construction can benefit all people more and more fairly, and better promote comprehensive human development and social progress in modernization construction.

Strengthen strategic confidence, accurately grasp the current strategic opportunities and risks and challenges

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that China has entered a period of strategic opportunities and risks, with an increase in uncertain and unpredictable factors. Various "black swan" and "gray rhinoceros" events may occur at any time. Promoting Chinese path to modernization is an unprecedented pioneering cause. We must dialectically understand and comprehensively grasp the development trend at home and abroad, enhance the awareness of opportunities and risks, unswervingly grasp opportunities, promote development and increase strength, and be fully prepared to deal with various risks and challenges.

From the perspective of strategic opportunities, the prospect of promoting Chinese path to modernization with high-quality development is bright and has multiple favorable conditions. The concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is increasingly ingrained in people's hearts.The international power balance is becoming more balanced. According to data from the International Monetary Fund, the proportion of emerging market and developing country economies to the global total has increased from 38.1% in 2012 to 42.5% in 2022, while China's proportion to the global economy has increased from 11.3% to around 18% during the same period. The emerging market countries and developing countries represented by China have increasingly strengthened their international influence and voice in global governance, providing strong support for promoting the development of the international order and global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction, and providing strong support for China to promote Chinese path to modernization. A new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is deepening. At present, global scientific and technological innovation has entered an unprecedented period of intensive activity. The iterative evolution of AI big models, the Internet, big data and other technologies has accelerated. The reorganization and integration of global resource elements have accelerated. New industries and new formats are booming. Countries around the world are more connected and interdependent than ever before. The development trend of coordinated development, common response to challenges, and sharing of progress achievements is unstoppable. The optimization and upgrading of China's economic structure stimulates new driving forces for development. The deep adjustment of the global innovation chain, industry chain, and supply chain has formed a historic intersection with China's promotion of high-quality development, bringing both pressure and challenges, as well as motivation and opportunities. China is fully capable of seizing the new opportunities nurtured in the process of global industrial structure and layout adjustment, accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system, and building a modern economic structure that promotes high-quality development and faces the future.

From the perspective of risks and challenges, China will seek and promote its own development in a more complex and severe strategic environment. On the one hand, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change. The trend of protectionism and anti globalization is clearly on the rise, and the global economic governance system is facing unprecedented challenges. The endogeneity and structural contradictions of world economic development are becoming increasingly apparent. The game of great powers and geopolitical conflicts have intensified global political and economic risks, and some countries have resorted to decoupling and chain breaking under the guise of "risk reduction", leading to accelerated restructuring of global industrial chains, showing trends of contraction, localization, and regionalization, posing a threat to the security and stability of international industrial and supply chains. Global issues are intensifying, with peace deficits, development deficits, security deficits, and governance deficits increasing. Traditional and non-traditional security challenges are also increasing. On the other hand, the problem of imbalanced and insufficient development in China remains prominent. China's reform, development, and stability face many deep-seated contradictions that cannot be avoided, and there are still many bottlenecks in promoting high-quality development. The innovation capability is not yet adapted to the requirements of high-quality development, and the reform tasks in key areas and key links are still arduous. There is a large regional gap, urban-rural gap, and income gap. There are still many difficulties in employment, education, healthcare, childcare, elderly care, housing, and other areas of people's livelihood and environmental protection. To ensure the security and stability of the food, energy, and industrial supply chains, and to prevent financial risks, many major problems still need to be solved.

From the perspective of supporting conditions, China has a solid foundation and guarantee for promoting modernization construction. Political security is strong and effective. The "Two Foundations" are the greatest certainty, confidence, and guarantee to overcome all difficulties and obstacles, and to deal with all uncertainties.The advantages of the system are becoming increasingly apparent. Practice has fully proven that China's socialist market economy system has strong resilience to resist risks and respond to tests. The institutional advantage of concentrating socialist forces to accomplish great things continues to emerge, and the modernization level of the national governance system and governance capacity continues to improve, ensuring that China can seize the opportunity and stand at the forefront of unprecedented changes in a century. The material foundation is more solid. China has the world's most complete industrial system, complete supporting capabilities, and increasingly complete infrastructure network. The industrial structure continues to optimize and upgrade, new driving forces accelerate the cultivation and growth, food and energy resource security capabilities continue to improve, and the resilience of the industrial and supply chains continues to increase, enabling China to have the ability to cope with various risks and challenges. The market potential is enormous in scale. China has a population of over 1.4 billion and a middle-income group of over 400 million, making it the world's largest and most promising market for growth. Based on the advantages of a super large scale market and combined with the advantages of industrial foundation, we can promote the formation of a virtuous cycle of supply and demand mutual promotion, production and sales advancing simultaneously, and firmly grasp the initiative of development.

Strengthen implementation and solidly carry out all aspects of economic and social development with the spirit of nailing nails

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has made a top-level design for Chinese path to modernization, and the blueprint has been drawn. The key is to implement it.

One is to firmly implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand. To better coordinate the expansion of domestic demand and deepen supply side structural reform, and enhance the driving force and reliability of the domestic circulation. Fully leverage the fundamental role of consumption in economic growth. Increase the income of urban and rural residents through multiple channels, stabilize bulk consumption such as automobiles, promote the introduction of new energy vehicles to rural areas, and cultivate and strengthen new consumption hotspots such as green consumption and service consumption. Further enhancing investment plays a crucial role in optimizing the supply structure. Accelerate the implementation of 102 major projects and other major economic and social projects in the 14th Five Year Plan, promote the construction of major infrastructure such as energy, water conservancy, transportation, and new types of infrastructure, play the guiding role of government investment and policy incentives, and effectively stimulate the vitality of private investment.

The second is to continuously build and improve a high-level socialist market economy system. We must adhere to the direction of socialist market economy reform and promote better integration between effective markets and promising governments. Adhere to the principle of "two unwavering". Deepen the reform of state-owned assets and enterprises, promote the strengthening, optimization, and expansion of state-owned capital and enterprises, optimize the development environment of private enterprises, accelerate the implementation of policy measures to promote the development and growth of the private economy, protect the rights and interests of foreign investment in accordance with the law, and eliminate legal and regulatory barriers and implicit barriers that affect fair competition and common development of enterprises of all types of ownership. Improve the basic system of market economy. Strengthen institutional construction and supervision in areas such as property rights protection, market access, fair competition, and social credit, and strengthen anti monopoly and anti unfair competition. Accelerate the construction of a unified national market. Deepen the market-oriented reform of factors, coordinate the construction of modern infrastructure system and high standard market system, and create a market-oriented, legal, and internationalized first-class business environment.

The third is to accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system. We should adhere to the focus of development on the real economy, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system that is intelligent, green, and integrated and meets the requirements of integrity, progressiveness, and security. Strengthen high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement. Deeply implement the innovation driven development strategy, focus on national strategic needs and the forefront of international competition, and win the battle for key core technologies. Strengthen the position of enterprises as the main body of scientific and technological innovation, and improve the level of transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements. Accelerate the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure. Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, cultivate and strengthen strategic emerging industries, and promote the deep integration of modern service industry with advanced manufacturing industry and modern agriculture. Make good use of the advantages of the ultra large scale market and strengthen the open cooperation of the industrial chain and supply chain. Actively developing the digital economy. Vigorously promote industrial digitization and digital industrialization, and promote the standardized and healthy development of platform enterprises.

Fourthly, we will deepen the promotion of coordinated development between urban and rural regions. We must prioritize the development of agriculture and rural areas, promote urban-rural integration, and improve the system and mechanism for regional coordinated development. Comprehensively promote rural revitalization. Improve the policy system of equal exchange and two-way flow of urban and rural factors, promote the orderly flow of urban resource factors to rural areas, and enhance the vitality of agricultural and rural development. We will vigorously develop characteristic industries according to local conditions and promote the integrated development of rural primary, secondary, and tertiary industries. Continuously consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation. Steadily promoting the new type of urbanization centered on people. Accelerate the urbanization of agricultural transfer population. Building a coordinated development pattern of large, medium, and small cities based on urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas, and deepening urbanization construction with county towns as important carriers. Promote the deep integration of regional coordinated development strategies, major regional strategies, and main functional area strategies. Firmly grasp the "bull nose" of Beijing's non capital functions and promote the coordinated development of Beijing Tianjin Hebei. We will adhere to the principle of jointly promoting major protection and not engaging in large-scale development, and solidly promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. To promote the construction of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area by supporting Hong Kong and Macao to better integrate into the overall development of the country. Adhere to the keywords of "integration" and "high quality" to promote the development of integration in the Yangtze River Delta. We will adhere to the principle of jointly promoting large-scale protection and coordinating the promotion of large-scale governance, and deepen the promotion of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin.

The fifth is to firmly implement high-level opening-up to the outside world. We must adhere to the implementation of larger scope, wider fields, and deeper levels of opening-up to the outside world, steadily expand institutional openness in rules, regulations, management, standards, and other areas, and promote reform and development through openness. Promote stable scale and optimized structure in foreign trade. Accelerate the development of new forms and models of foreign trade, promote high-quality development of free trade pilot zones, accelerate the construction of new land sea channels in the western region, and accelerate the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. Make greater efforts to attract and utilize foreign investment. Reasonably reduce the negative list of foreign investment access, and promote the landing, construction, and production of iconic foreign investment projects. We will work together to build high-quality development along the the Belt and Road. Consolidate and expand practical cooperation in building and co building countries, and ensure the safe, stable, and smooth operation of China Europe freight trains.

Six is to continuously improve people's livelihood and well-being. We must adhere to doing our best and acting within our capacity, and strive to solve the urgent and difficult problems that the people are looking forward to. Fully implement the employment priority policy. Support flexible employment through multiple channels, improve the employment support system for key groups, and strengthen employment assistance for disadvantaged groups. Establish a sound multi-level social security system. Promote the expansion of insurance coverage, improve the hierarchical and classified social assistance system, develop the elderly care industry, and improve the policy system for supporting childbirth. Prosperity and development of social undertakings. Inherit and develop excellent traditional Chinese culture, and solidly promote the construction of modern civilization and socialist cultural power of the Chinese nation. Accelerate the construction of an education powerhouse, promote the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education, and promote urban-rural integration. Promote the expansion of high-quality medical resources and regional balanced layout, and build a high-quality and efficient medical and health service system. Promote green and low-carbon development. Actively and prudently promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality, coordinate industrial structure adjustment, pollution control, ecological protection, and climate change response, and promote comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

The seventh is to actively coordinate development and security. We must adhere to strengthening the security guarantee system and capacity building in development, and safeguard the new development pattern with a new security pattern. Ensure food, energy, industrial and supply chains, and data security. Improve the grain production, purchase, storage, and sales system, and actively carry out international cooperation on important agricultural products. Strengthen the construction of energy supply guarantee capacity and accelerate the planning and construction of a new energy system. Continuously enhance the strategic resource supply guarantee capability, enhance the resilience and security level of the industrial chain supply chain. Establish a sound data security governance system and improve data security assurance capabilities. Ensure the security of important infrastructure. Optimize the layout, structure, function, and system integration of infrastructure, and accelerate the construction of a comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network. Prevent and resolve major risks. Adhere to the positioning that houses are for living, not for speculation, and make full use of policy tools to ensure the stable development of the real estate market. Strengthen regular professional supervision, prevent and resolve risks in areas such as finance and finance.