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favorable international conditions for China’s reform and development.
All-around progress has been made in Party building. Further progress
has been registered in strengthening the Party’s governance capacity and its
advanced nature. Notable results have been achieved in strengthening the
Party theoretically. Significant achievements have been made in studying and
applying the Scientific Outlook on Development. Major progress has been
made in conducting reform and innovation in Party building. Intra-Party
democracy has been further expanded. Major progress has also been made in
strengthening the ranks of Party officials; and new progress has been
registered in managing qualified professionals. We have intensified activities
to encourage Party members and organizations to excel in their work and to
build learning Party organizations. Community-level Party organizations have
been strengthened. New progress has been made in improving Party conduct,
promoting integrity and combating corruption.
On the other hand, we must be keenly aware that there is still much room
for improvement in our work and there are a lot of difficulties and problems on
our road ahead. They include the following: Unbalanced, uncoordinated and
unsustainable development remains a big problem. The capacity for scientific
and technological innovation is weak. The industrial structure is unbalanced.
Agricultural infrastructure remains weak. Resource and environmental
constraints have become more serious. Many systemic barriers stand in the
way of promoting development in a scientific way. The tasks of deepening
reform and opening up and changing the growth model remain arduous. The
development gap between urban and rural areas and between regions is still
large, and so are income disparities. Social problems have increased markedly.
There are many problems affecting people’s immediate interests in education,
employment, social security, healthcare, housing, the ecological environment,
food and drug safety, workplace safety, public security, law enforcement,
administration of justice, etc. Some people still lead hard lives. There is a lack
of ethics and integrity in some fields of endeavor. Some officials are not
competent to pursue development in a scientific way. Some community-level
Party organizations are weak and lax. A small number of Party members and
officials waver in the Party’s ideal and conviction and are not fully aware of its
purpose. Going through formalities and bureaucratism as well as extravagance
and waste are serious problems. Some sectors are prone to corruption and
other misconduct, and the fight against corruption remains a serious challenge
for us. We must take these difficulties and problems very seriously and work

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