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

Xi Jinping

Comrades,
On behalf of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee, I will
now brief you on the drafting of the Recommendations of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China for Formulating the 15th
Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development.

I. The Drafting Process

Formulating medium- and long-term plans to guide economic and social
development is an important means by which our Party governs the country.
As we will accomplish the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) this year, it is
necessary to work out the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030). Fulfilling this task
is of vital importance for facilitating the sustained and sound development of
our economy and society and putting China on firmer foundations for
basically achieving socialist modernization as planned.
In January this year, the Political Bureau decided that the 20th Central
Committee would discuss recommendations for the 15th Five-Year Plan at its
fourth plenary session. A group was then established for the purpose of
drafting the recommendations under the auspices of the Standing Committee
of the Political Bureau. I was chief of this group, while my colleagues Li
Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, and Ding Xuexiang served as its deputy chiefs.
The group also included heads of relevant departments and localities. On
February 11, the group convened its first meeting, after which the drafting
work officially began.
Throughout the drafting process, the Central Committee followed a
democratic approach and drew on a vast pool of wisdom, conducting
in-depth surveys and studies and seeking opinions from all quarters. On
January 22, the Central Committee issued the Notice on Soliciting Opinions
on Recommendations for the 15th Five-Year Plan to Be Studied at the Fourth
Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, in order to gather
opinions from certain Party members and non-Party figures. In late February,
the Central Committee organized six teams to conduct research projects in 12
provincial-level regions. Meanwhile, it requested certain central Party and
state departments to conduct research on 35 key topics. On April 30, I
presided over a symposium in Shanghai on economic and social development
during the 15th Five-Year Plan period for certain provinces, autonomous
regions, and municipalities directly under the central government. Thereafter,
I entrusted Comrade Li Qiang with presiding over three separate
symposiums for the economic community, the scientific and technological
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