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452 opinions and suggestions.
During the drafting process, the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau met three times and the Political Bureau convened on two occasions
to review and revise draft versions of the document. All these efforts
culminated in the final draft that we have submitted to this plenary session
for deliberation.
It is fair to say that the drafting work for this document is yet another
vivid example of intra-Party democracy and whole-process people’s
democracy in action.

II. Main Considerations and Basic Content

In drafting the document, our overall consideration was that we needed
to make systematic plans and strategic arrangements for China’s economic
and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period based on the
two-step strategic plan for building China into a great modern socialist
country in all aspects set forth at the Party’s 20th National Congress. Our
drafting work was grounded in an accurate understanding of the important
position of the 15th Five-Year Plan period in the process of basically achieving
socialist modernization and an in-depth analysis of the domestic and global
landscapes.
Throughout the drafting process, we have adhered to the following points.
First, staying oriented toward both goals and problems. Maintaining the basic
orientation of consolidating foundations and pressing ahead on all fronts, we
have made systematic plans with the aim of putting China on firmer
foundations for basically achieving socialist modernization and developed
robust, well-ordered, and effective measures to address inadequacies and
shore up weaknesses with a focus on the new trends in the once-in-a-century
global transformation and the prominent problems in our development.
Second, applying systems thinking. We have made a comprehensive plan for
all aspects of economic and social development and Party building in view of
the requirement to implement the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan and the
Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy in a coordinated way. Third, further
deepening reform comprehensively. We have taken reform as a means to both
resolve the difficulties arising during development and generate greater
development momentum and vitality. Fourth, opening wider to the outside
world. We have highlighted the need to coordinate the use of global
production factors and market resources while pursuing development
through our own strength.
The draft document consists of 15 parts, which are divided into three
main sections. The first section, which consists of the first and second parts,
gives a general overview of China’s major development achievements in the
14th Five-Year Plan period, the important position of the 15th Five-Year Plan
period as a critical stage in building on past successes to break new ground
for basically achieving socialist modernization, profound and intricate

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