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Fifth, making solid progress toward realizing common prosperity for all
Chinese modernization is the modernization of common prosperity for all.
Since the Party’s 18th National Congress, we have remained true to our
original aspiration and approached problems from the perspective of the
people’s interests. This has seen us advancing coordinated regional
development, adopting strong measures to ensure and improve the people’s
wellbeing, securing victory in the fight against poverty, and building a
moderately prosperous society in all respects. All this has created favorable
conditions for advancing toward common prosperity for all. The section on
guiding principles highlights the need to make solid progress toward
realizing this objective. This also represents an overall requirement for
economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.

Firmly anchored in the goal of common prosperity for all and the need to
ensure and improve the people’s wellbeing, the document recommends a
series of balanced and accessible policies and measures to promote
high-quality full employment, optimize the income distribution system,
develop education that meets the people’s expectations, refine the social
security system, promote high-quality development in the real estate sector,
advance the Healthy China Initiative, bolster high-quality population
development, and make steady efforts to ensure equitable access to basic
public services. With a view to narrowing disparities between rural and urban
areas and between regions, it proposes a series of practical measures to
accelerate the pace of agricultural and rural modernization, steadily advance
all-around rural revitalization, improve the regional economic layout, and
promote coordinated regional development. With the aim of ensuring a rich
cultural life for all, it calls for efforts to promote and practice the core socialist
values, boost cultural programs, accelerate the development of cultural
industries, and extend the reach and appeal of Chinese civilization.
Sixth, ensuring both development and security
Security is a prerequisite for development while development provides a
guarantee for security. Over the next five years, China will see a notable rise
in uncertainties and unforeseen factors, which will make the task of ensuring
both development and security much harder. With a view to modernizing
China’s national security system and capacity, the document recommends
steps for improving the national security system, building up national
security capacity in key sectors, enhancing public safety governance, and
improving the social governance system. With the aim of promoting
high-quality modernization of national defense and the armed forces, it
proposes to speed up the development of advanced combat capabilities,
modernize military governance, and consolidate and improve integrated
national strategies and strategic capabilities.
Seventh, upholding the overall leadership of the Party
We must uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership, as it is the
fundamental guarantee for advancing Chinese modernization. With a view to

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