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community, and representatives from the primary level. We also solicited
opinions online, receiving more than three million comments, which were
then sorted through and condensed into over 1,500 suggestions.
All those consulted unanimously agreed that dedicating the fourth
plenary session to deliberating recommendations for the 15th Five-Year Plan
is crucial for better leveraging the role of national development plans as a
strategic guide, further harnessing the mighty force that stems from our
whole Party and all Chinese people forging ahead in unity, and building a
great country and advancing national rejuvenation on all fronts through
Chinese modernization.
The general conclusion is that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period,
China will face both strategic opportunities and risks and challenges in
development, as well as increasing uncertainties and unforeseen factors.
Nevertheless, the conditions for and underlying trends of long-term economic
and social growth will remain unchanged. Those consulted expressed the
hope that we would define the general philosophy, core principles, major
objectives, strategic tasks, and main measures for economic and social
development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, so as to promote
high-quality development and put China on firmer foundations for basically
achieving socialist modernization.
On August 4, a draft document was issued to certain Party members,
including some retired senior Party officials, for consultation. Opinions were
also sought from the central committees of other political parties, leaders of
the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and prominent figures
without party affiliation.
From the feedback we received, it is clear that the draft document has the
full endorsement of all consulted localities and departments. There is
unanimous agreement that it accurately defines the historical stage that the
cause of the Party and the country will enter in the 15th Five-Year Plan period,
provides a thorough analysis of the profound and complex changes in China’s
development environment, and sets out a top-level design and strategic plan
for our development over the next five years. As a document with sound and
well-targeted guiding principles, clear and specific targets, realistic tasks, and
pragmatic measures, it will serve as yet another overarching blueprint and
call to action for further advancing Chinese modernization based on the
progress we have so far made. The document demonstrates our historic
initiative by proposing to write a new chapter in the miracles of rapid
economic growth and long-term social stability and open up new horizons for
Chinese modernization. It will undoubtedly exert a significant and
far-reaching influence on the cause of the Party and the country.
In addition, those consulted submitted many constructive opinions and
suggestions on the draft. The drafting group worked through these one by
one and incorporated as many of them as possible into the text. In total, we
made 218 additions, revisions, and simplifications to the document based on

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