Page 8 - Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development

We should markedly boost the overall performance of China’s innovation
system and establish a basic framework for the integrated development of

education, science and technology, and human resources. We should
significantly strengthen our capacity for basic research and original
innovation, achieve faster progress in securing breakthroughs in core

technologies in key fields, and see that China keeps pace or even leads the
way in many more fields. Full integration should be achieved between
technological and industrial innovation, and innovation should play a more

prominent role in driving development.
- Fresh breakthroughs in further deepening reform comprehensively
Strides should be made in modernizing China’s system and capacity for

governance. We should continue to improve the socialist market economy,
the systems and mechanisms for high-standard opening up, and the
institutions, standards, and procedures for whole-process people’s democracy,

and move to a higher stage in building a socialist country under the rule of
law.
- Notable cultural and ethical progress across society

We should inspire greater confidence in Chinese culture among our
people. Mainstream thoughts and views should enjoy stronger and more
extensive support, and the core socialist values should prevail throughout

society. We should further unleash the vitality of the entire nation for cultural
creation and innovation and enrich the intellectual and cultural lives of our
people. There should be a substantial increase in the cohesion of the Chinese

nation and the appeal of Chinese culture and a continued rise in China’s soft
power.

- Further improvements in quality of life
We should make new headway in promoting high-quality full
employment. Personal incomes should increase in step with economic growth,
and remuneration should rise in tandem with labor productivity increases.

The structure of income distribution should be optimized, with the
middle-income group continuing to expand. The social security system

should be refined and put on a more sustainable footing, and access to basic
public services should be made much more equitable.
- Major new strides in advancing the Beautiful China Initiative
Eco-friendly ways of work and life should become the norm in society,

the goal of peaking carbon emissions before 2030 should be achieved as
scheduled, and a new clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient energy system

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