Continue to push forward the reform
Qiushi magazine editorial department
"Reform and opening up is an important magic weapon for the cause of the party and the people to catch up with the times. At present and in the future, it is a crucial period to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese modernization. Facing the complicated international and domestic situation, facing a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and facing the new expectations of the people, we must continue to push forward the reform. "
On April 30th, 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 reform and promoting Chinese modernization. The meeting profoundly expounded the great significance of continuing to push forward the reform in the new journey with the "six inevitable requirements", demanding that the whole party must consciously put the reform in a more prominent position and further comprehensively deepen the reform closely around promoting Chinese modernization.
Reform and opening up is the most remarkable feature and magnificent weather in contemporary China, and it is also a key measure to determine the success or failure of Chinese modernization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with great historical initiative, great political courage and strong responsibility, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has pushed the reform and opening up in the new era to a new level at a new historical starting point, and achieved historic changes, systematic remodeling and overall reconstruction in many fields, injecting inexhaustible power into the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader accurately grasped the law of reform, scientifically summed up historical experience, made overall plans for both domestic and international situations, and put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints and new theories, which provided a fundamental basis for comprehensively deepening reform and opening up.
The article "Deepening Reform and Opening-up in an All-round Way, Injecting Strong Power into Chinese Modernization" is extracted from the speeches, articles, questions and answers, reports and other important documents of the Supreme Leader from December 2012 to March 2024, and contains a series of important expositions of the General Secretary on comprehensively deepening reform and opening-up, which is highly political, theoretical, realistic and instructive. On the eve of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it is of great theoretical and practical significance to study and understand the spirit of this important article, to thoroughly study and implement a series of new ideas, new viewpoints and new conclusions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on comprehensively deepening reform, to make good use of the key measure of reform and opening up, to unswervingly carry it out to the end, and to provide strong impetus and institutional guarantee for Chinese modernization.
The Fundamental Motive Force for Promoting Chinese Modernization
Guangdong, a hot spot of "getting ahead of the trend", is the vanguard, pioneer and experimental area of reform and opening up, which plays an important role in the overall situation of Chinese modernization.
In December 2012, after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader came to Guangdong. In Shenzhen Lianhuashan Park, the General Secretary presented 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, the first local inspection was made in the first year of fully implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader once again went south to Guangdong and profoundly pointed out: "China’s reform and opening-up policy is long-term and consistent." The solemn declaration with a clear-cut flag shows the unswerving determination to reform.
Reform and opening up is a great awakening of our party, and it is this great awakening that gave birth to our party’s great creation from theory to practice. Reform and opening up is a great revolution in the history of the development of China people and the Chinese nation, and it is this great revolution that has promoted the great leap of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s cause.
In December 1978, our party held the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee and made a historic decision to shift the work center of the party and the state to economic construction and implement reform and opening up. Since then, the people of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China, with indomitable enterprising spirit and magnificent innovative practice, have constantly overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles that are rare in the world, and pushed China’s economic strength, comprehensive national strength and people’s living standards to a new level.
There is no end to practical development, and there is no end to reform and opening up. With the development of practice, some deep-seated institutional problems and barriers to solidification of interests have become increasingly apparent, and the reform has entered a critical period and deep water area. In the new era, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has deepened the reform in an all-round way with great political courage, dared to break into deep-water areas, dared to gnaw hard bones, dared to venture into dangerous beaches, dared to face new contradictions and challenges, and initiated great changes with great momentum and far-reaching influence.
On March 10th, 2023, the Third Plenary Session of the First Session of the 14th National People’s Congress was held in the Great Hall of the People, and the decision on the institutional reform plan of the State Council was adopted by voting. The picture shows the meeting site. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yue Yuewei/photo
Behind the magnificent reform, it is the great spirit and big pattern of the leader. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader personally led, personally deployed and personally promoted the comprehensive deepening of the reform work, and grasped the overall design, overall coordination, overall promotion and supervision and implementation of the reform. Incorporate comprehensive deepening reform into the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, personally preside over more than 70 central comprehensive deepening reform leading group meetings and central comprehensive deepening reform Committee meetings, and strengthen the top-level design of reform; Systematically sum up the valuable experience of reform and opening up for more than 40 years, constantly promote theoretical and practical innovation, and inject powerful thinking 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 opened to the outside world, to Pudong, a leading area of socialist modernization, we went deep into various localities and departments to investigate and investigate, examine the facts, listen to the voices of the people, and seek good strategies; We have deployed and advanced a series of tough battles for reform, overcome many long-standing unsolved problems, and achieved many major events with long-term implications.
Reform practice breeds scientific theory, and great changes depend on ideological guidance.
With the profound insight, keen judgment and theoretical creativity of Marxist politicians, thinkers and strategists, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made important expositions on a series of directional, overall and strategic major issues, and scientifically answered major theoretical and practical questions such as why and how to comprehensively deepen reform and opening up in the new era.
— — "A key measure to determine the success or failure of Chinese modernization".Without reform and opening up, there would be no China today, and there would be no China tomorrow. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "the reason why Socialism with Chinese characteristics has vigorous vitality lies in the implementation of socialism of reform and opening up"; "Only reform and opening up can develop China, socialism and Marxism"; "There is no end to the development of practice, the emancipation of the mind, and the reform and opening up. The reform and opening up is only in progress and not completed"; "It is necessary to comprehensively deepen reform as the fundamental driving force for promoting Chinese modernization and as an important starting point for stabilizing the overall situation, coping with emergencies and opening up new opportunities."
— — "Reform and opening up has a direction, a position and principles".The direction of comprehensively deepening reform is a fundamental issue. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that upholding and strengthening the overall leadership of the Party "is a political theme that runs through the whole process of reform"; "The reform led by our party has always been a comprehensive reform" and "it is a reform that keeps advancing on the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, neither taking the old road of being closed and rigid, nor taking the evil road of changing the flag"; "We will resolutely change what should be changed and what can be changed, and we will resolutely not change what should not be changed and what cannot be changed. We must adhere to the Party’s basic line, and unify the two basic points of taking economic construction as the center, adhering to the Four Cardinal Principles and persisting in reform and opening up with the great practice of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and persist in it for a long time and never waver. "
— — "Improve and develop the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity".The overall goal of deepening reform in an all-round way is to improve and develop the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s system and national governance system have "profound historical background", "remarkable advantages in many aspects" and "rich practical achievements", and "we should not only adhere to and consolidate China’s national system and national governance system that have been tested by long-term practice, but also improve and develop China’s national system and national governance system, and constantly transform China’s institutional advantages into national governance efficiency"; "To plan comprehensive and deepening reform in the new era, we must adhere to and improve the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity as the main axis, profoundly grasp China’s development requirements and the trend of the times, put system construction and governance capacity construction in a more prominent position, continue to deepen the reform of institutional mechanisms in all fields, promote the maturity and finalization of all systems, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity."
— — "We must adhere to the correct methodology".The reform in the new era is more faced with deep-seated institutional mechanisms, with higher requirements for the top-level design of reform and stronger requirements for the systematicness, integrity and synergy of reform. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that reform and opening up "must adhere to the correct methodology and advance through continuous practice and exploration"; "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 combination of party leadership and respect for people’s initiative, and adhere to ‘ Cross the river by feeling the stones ’ Combine with 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, pay attention to the systematicness, integrity and synergy of reform, and coordinate the reform progress in various fields to form an overall effect. "
Establish the first "single window" of international trade in China, open the first batch of free trade accounts in China, and set up the first wholly foreign-owned hospital, the first wholly foreign-owned Public Offering of Fund company and the first wholly foreign-owned automobile manufacturing enterprise … … Since the listing of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, a number of "national firsts" have been born, and a number of national first projects have been implemented in dozens of open fields such as manufacturing and financial industry. The picture shows the Zhangjiang area of Shanghai Free Trade Zone (photo taken on September 10, 2023, photo of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Wei/photo
— — "Unswervingly promote the implementation of major reform measures".Reform focuses on implementation, but it is also difficult to implement it. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that "all localities and departments should firmly establish the overall awareness and sense of responsibility, take reform as a major political responsibility, strengthen their determination and confidence in reform, and enhance their ideological consciousness and action consciousness in promoting reform, both as reform promoters and as reform doers, do a good job in the implementation of reform with the spirit of nailing nails, seize the key and make precise efforts, dare to gnaw at hard bones, stare at it and grasp it repeatedly until it achieves results"; "Effectively solve the formalism problems that plague the grassroots through reform, continue to focus on enhancing the people’s sense of gain, happiness and security, and unswervingly promote the implementation of major reform measures."
— — "Persist in promoting high-level opening up".Openness brings progress, while closure is bound to lag behind. Promoting reform and development by opening up is a successful practice of China’s reform and development. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "reform and opening up complement each other and promote each other, and reform will inevitably require opening up, and opening up will inevitably require reform"; "China’s reform and opening-up policy will remain unchanged for a long time, and it will never close the door of opening itself"; "China will persist in opening to the outside world at a high level, comprehensively promote Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development, and provide new opportunities for countries to open up and cooperate".
The important exposition of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary clarified the general goal, correct direction, principles and methods, key tasks and political guarantee of comprehensively deepening reform and opening up in the new historical position, which is an important part of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era and provides a powerful ideological and theoretical weapon for comprehensively deepening reform and opening up.
Comprehensively deepen reform in the new eraMake great achievements in history
In November 2013, the epoch-making Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee was held, and the "the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Several Major Issues of Comprehensively Deepening Reform" was adopted to make a general plan for comprehensively deepening reform and realize the transformation from partial exploration and breaking ice to system integration and comprehensive deepening. In October 2014, the Fourth Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Party was held, and the "the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Comprehensively Promoting Several Major Issues in Governing the Country by Law" was adopted, which formed a companion piece with the decision adopted by the Third Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Party; In February 2018, the Third Plenary Session of the 19 th CPC Central Committee was held, and the "the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Deepening the Reform of Party and State Institutions" and "Deepening the Reform Plan of Party and State Institutions" were adopted; In October 2019, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19 th CPC Central Committee was held, and the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Upholding and Improving the Socialism with Chinese characteristics System, Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity" was adopted; In February, 2023, the Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was held, which made important arrangements for further deepening the reform of the party and state institutions … …
Promote market system reform, macroeconomic governance reform, high-level open economy new system reform, etc., and the economic system reform continues to deepen; Promote the reform of the party and state institutions, deepen the reform of the state supervision system, develop people’s democracy throughout the process, and steadily advance the political system reform; Implementing the responsibility system for ideological work, improving the urban and rural public cultural service system, etc., the cultural system reform is solid and effective; Improve the public employment service system, improve the social security system covering the whole people, and comprehensively promote social system reform; A series of innovative systems, such as environmental protection supervision system, river and lake length system, and national park protection system, were introduced in due course, and the reform of ecological civilization system was accelerated … …
In the new era, unprecedented reform measures have continuously pushed forward the comprehensive deepening of reform to the breadth and depth, Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s system has become more mature and stereotyped, the modernization level of the national governance system and governance capacity has been continuously improved, the cause of the party and the country has been revitalized, and Chinese modernization has shown bright prospects.
The important article "Deepening Reform and Opening-up in an All-round Way, Injecting Strong Motive into Chinese Modernization" contains the incisive exposition of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary’s review and summary of the reform work: "A series of innovative theories, major measures and major breakthroughs we put forward are revolutionary, creating a new situation in which reform and opening-up have promoted historic achievements and changes in various undertakings of the party and the country."
This is a profound change in the way of organization.In the process of comprehensively deepening reform, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has taken the overall situation and coordinated all parties. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader personally took the lead in going out to discuss major issues, grasp major issues, and seek the overall situation, leading the whole party, the whole army, and the people of the whole country to make breakthroughs and overcome difficulties; The central leading group for comprehensive deepening reform was changed to a committee, as a strong center for overall deepening reform, planning top-level design and rallying reform forces; All localities and departments should build a centralized and unified reform leadership system, a pragmatic and efficient reform decision-making mechanism, an overall coordination mechanism linked up and down, and a strong and orderly supervision implementation mechanism from top to bottom, effectively ensuring the leadership and authority of the CPC Central Committee in comprehensively deepening reforms. Under the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, we will comprehensively deepen the reform, from tamping the foundation, erecting columns and beams, to comprehensively advancing and accumulating momentum, to system integration, coordination and efficiency, and systematically solving institutional obstacles, institutional obstacles and policy innovations in all fields.
This is a profound change in the national system and governance system."The reform and opening up in the new era has many new connotations and characteristics, one of which is that the system construction is more important". In the process of planning reform, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has always highlighted the main line of system construction, constantly improved the institutional framework, built a fundamental system, improved the basic system and innovated important systems. The system of the Party’s leadership, the system of the people being the masters of the country, the system of the rule of law in Socialism with Chinese characteristics, the administrative system in Socialism with Chinese characteristics, the people’s livelihood security system of coordinating urban and rural areas, and the social governance system of co-construction, co-governance and sharing … … The basic institutional framework in various fields has been basically established, and a systematic, scientific, standardized and effective institutional system has gradually taken shape, and the governance efficiency of the "China System" has become increasingly prominent.
This is a profound change with the extensive participation of the people.Reform for the people is meaningful; Only by relying on the people to reform can reform be motivated. Safe China construction, rural medical and health system construction, promoting pollution prevention and control, "toilet revolution", garbage sorting, clean heating & HELIP; … One small matter related to the people’s livelihood, one item was included in the agenda of the Central Leading Group for Deep Reform and the Central Committee for Deep Reform, which became the focus and force point of reform again and again. The reform of the household registration system has allowed 140 million agricultural migrants to settle in cities and towns; Strengthen mutual assistance of funds, and make overall plans for endowment insurance nationwide to ensure that pensions are paid in full and on time; Strengthen the protection of the bottom, and the reform of the real estate system will solve the housing problem for more than 140 million people in need; To reduce the burden on low-and middle-income groups, the personal income tax reform benefited 250 million people; Deepen the reform of the medical and health system, and guide the focus of medical and health work to move down and resources to sink; Deepen the reform and innovation of education and teaching, promote the balanced development of compulsory education and the integration of urban and rural areas … … The people’s sense of acquisition, happiness and security has been continuously enhanced.
The 2024 "Investing in China" series of activities was held in Baden on April 5 — Held in Stuttgart, the capital of Wü rttemberg, the event attracted more than 300 representatives from the German business community. The picture shows the activity scene taken on the same day. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Pengfei/photo
This is a profound change that the door to opening is getting bigger and bigger.Inland areas have changed from "defenders" to "forwards", coastal areas have opened up and developed by going up one flight of stairs, and the China market is more closely linked with the world market. The "Belt and Road" cooperation extends from Asia and Europe to Africa and Latin America, and more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations have signed the "Belt and Road" cooperation document. Since 2017, China has maintained its position as the largest country in goods trade for seven consecutive years. In 2023, its export international market share was 14.2%, ranking first in the world for 15 consecutive years. China is already a major trading partner of more than 140 countries and regions, and a major source of investment for more and more countries.
Since the new era, the reforms promoted by the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core are all-round, deep and fundamental, and the achievements are historic, revolutionary and groundbreaking. Looking around the world, no country or political party can have such political courage and historical responsibility, dare to be bold, cut inward and make self-revolution, and no country or political party can promote such a large-scale, large-scale and large-scale reform in such a short time.
Practice has fully proved that the historic achievement of comprehensively deepening reform and opening up in the new era lies in the fact that General Secretary of the Supreme Leader, as the core of the CPC Central Committee and the whole party, is at the helm and in the scientific guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era. To continue to push forward the reform in the new journey, we must deeply understand the decisive significance of "two establishment", strengthen "four consciousnesses", strengthen "four self-confidences" and achieve "two maintenance", and unswervingly uphold and strengthen the overall leadership of the party.
Further comprehensively deepen reform 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 economic base and improve the superstructure"; "We propose to carry out comprehensive and deepening reforms, which is to adapt to the changes in the basic contradiction movement in our society to promote social development. The basic social contradictions are always developing, so the adjustment of production relations and the improvement of the superstructure need to be carried out accordingly. "
In the important article "Deepening Reform and Opening-up in an All-round Way and Injecting Strong Motive into Chinese Modernization", General Secretary of the Supreme Leader, starting from the basic principles of historical materialism, scientifically expounded the profound truth that "reform and opening-up can only be carried out when it is not completed".
Chinese modernization is a great and arduous undertaking. The more arduous it is, the more we need motivation for reform and vitality for opening up. Report to the 20th CPC National Congress of the Communist Party of China regards deepening reform and opening up as a major principle that must be firmly grasped in promoting Chinese modernization, and focuses on comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization, making major strategic arrangements for comprehensively deepening reform in the new era and new journey. Since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has profoundly expounded the strategic focus and main direction of further deepening reform and opening up in many important occasions, such as the plenary session of the Party Central Committee, the meeting of the Central Committee for Deep Reform, the collective study in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, the National People’s Congress and the local inspection. The article "Deepening Reform and Opening-up in an All-round Way, Injecting Strong Motive into Chinese Modernization" contains these important expositions of the General Secretary.
— — On deepening the reform of the economic system.The reform of economic system is the focus of deepening reform in an all-round way, which has important influence and conduction on other aspects of reform. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that it is necessary to "give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, give better play to 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 the formation of institutions and mechanisms conducive to high-quality development"; Constantly improve and implement the "two unwavering" institutional mechanisms, "further deepen the reform of state-owned state-owned enterprises and improve the competitiveness of state-owned enterprises; Optimize the development environment of private enterprises, enhance the confidence of private economy development, and promote the development and growth of private enterprises "; "Improve the modern enterprise system with China 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 standardize and guide the healthy development of capital according to law".
— — On developing new quality productive forces.Developing new quality productivity is the inherent requirement and important focus of promoting high quality development. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that "to develop new quality productive forces, we must further deepen reform in an all-round way and form a new type of production relationship that is compatible with it"; It is necessary to "make efforts to break through the blocking points that restrict the development of new quality productive forces, establish a high-standard market system, innovate the allocation of production factors, and let all kinds of advanced and high-quality production factors flow smoothly to the development of new quality productive forces" and "expand high-level opening up to the outside world and create a good international environment for the development of new quality productive forces".
— — On the overall planning of reforms in other fields.Reform and opening up is a systematic project, and comprehensively deepening reform means promoting reforms in all fields as a whole. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that it is necessary to "make overall plans for 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 play to the advantages of the new national system, strengthen the national strategic scientific and technological strength, strengthen the dominant position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, optimize the allocation of innovative resources, strive to break through key core technologies, and promote the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance."
— — On promoting high-level opening up.Opening up is also reform. China’s open door will not be closed, but will only get wider and wider. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that it is necessary to "steadily expand the institutional opening of rules, regulations, management and standards, and promote joint construction with high quality ‘ Belt and Road ’ " ; "Strengthen institutional opening, continue to build a market-oriented, rule-of-law and international first-class business environment, and shape new advantages of an open economy at a higher level".
— — On highlighting the problem orientation and improving the reform implementation mechanism.Reform is forced by problems, and it is deepened by constantly solving problems. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that it is necessary to "focus on solving the problem of blocking points that restrict the construction of a new development pattern and promote high-quality development, the pain points and difficulties in the development environment and people’s livelihood, and the hot issues that are contrary to social fairness and justice, effectively prevent and resolve major risks, and constantly add momentum and vitality to economic and social development"; "Pay attention to improving the reform implementation mechanism, promote the effectiveness of reform measures, constantly highlight Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s institutional advantages, continuously enhance the motivation and vitality of socialist modernization, and better transform China’s institutional advantages into national governance efficiency."
"Reform and opening-up have come a long way in Qian Shan, but we still need to wade through mountains and rivers". On the new journey, we should unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, fully implement the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, persist in relying on reform and opening up to enhance the endogenous driving force for development, and further promote deep-level reform and high-level opening up as a whole, and we will certainly be able to write a new chapter in comprehensively deepening reform and opening up and create a new glory of Chinese modernization.
