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changes facing China’s development environment in the 15th Five-Year Plan
period, the guiding philosophy for economic and social development in the
15th Five-Year Plan period, and the core principles to follow and major
objectives to pursue during this period.
The second section is the discussion section, which comprises 12 parts
(the 3rd through the 14th part). This section mainly focuses on the key issues
bearing on overall and long-term interests and makes sector-specific
arrangements for strategic tasks and main measures during the 15th Five-Year
Plan period. It discusses approaches and major tasks in the key areas of
industrial development, scientific and technological innovation, the domestic
market, the economic structure, opening up, rural revitalization, coordinated
regional development, cultural development, public wellbeing, green
development, security and development, and national defense.
The third and final section consists of the 15th part and concluding
remarks. This section primarily makes arrangements for tasks related to
upholding and strengthening the Party Central Committee’s centralized,
unified leadership, advancing socialist democracy and rule of law, carrying
out work concerning Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, promoting the
building of a community with a shared future for humanity, and mobilizing
the initiative, enthusiasm, and creativity of the whole society.

III. Several Key Issues

The draft document contains a number of important points and major
measures, a few of which I will briefly explain here.
First, the important position of the 15th Five-Year Plan period
Socialist modernization can only be realized through a historical process
of gradual and ongoing development. It requires the unremitting hard work
of one generation after another. The draft document points out that the 15th
Five-Year Plan period will serve as a critical stage in building on past
successes to break new ground for basically achieving socialist modernization.
This judgment is based on the historic mission of this period. The 20th
National Party Congress set forth the goal of basically achieving socialist
modernization by 2035. We have laid solid foundations for this by getting off
to a good start in the first five years, which have made up the 14th Five-Year
Plan period. The period covered by the 15th Five-Year Plan will be critical as
we work to reinforce these foundations and push ahead on all fronts toward
this goal. A well-conceived 15th Five-Year Plan and its effective
implementation will ensure we have even stronger foundations for basically
achieving socialist modernization by 2035.
In line with this basic positioning, the draft document lays out plans for
development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. While carrying forward
concepts and approaches from the 14th Five-Year Plan, it accurately identifies
the general trends in China’s development over the next five years and
outlines a general philosophy, core principles, major objectives, and strategic
tasks that are both forward-looking and realistic. It is important that we seize
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