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carry forward China’s cultural heritage. We will thus promote all-around

material abundance as well as people’s well-rounded development.
—It is the modernization of harmony between humanity and nature. Humanity
and nature make up a community of life. If we extract from nature without
limit or inflict damage on it, we are bound to face its retaliation. China is
committed to sustainable development and to the principles of prioritizing
resource conservation and environmental protection and letting nature

restore itself. We will protect nature and the environment as we do our own
lives. We will continue to pursue a model of sound development featuring
improved production, higher living standards, and healthy ecosystems to
ensure the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

—It is the modernization of peaceful development. In pursuing modernization,
China will not tread the old path of war, colonization, and plunder taken by
some countries. That brutal and blood-stained path of enrichment at the
expense of others caused great suffering for the people of developing
countries. We will stand firmly on the right side of history and on the side of
human progress. Dedicated to peace, development, cooperation, and mutual
benefit, we will strive to safeguard world peace and development as we
pursue our own development, and we will make greater contributions to
world peace and development through our own development.

The essential requirements of Chinese modernization are as follows:
upholding the leadership of the Communist Party of China and socialism
with Chinese characteristics, pursuing high-quality development, developing
whole-process people’s democracy, enriching the people’s cultural lives,

achieving common prosperity for all, promoting harmony between humanity
and nature, building a human community with a shared future, and creating
a new form of human advancement.
To build China into a great modern socialist country in all respects, we
have adopted a two-step strategic plan:

 Basically realize socialist modernization from 2020 through 2035
 Build China into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous,

strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful
from 2035 through the middle of this century
China’s overall development objectives for the year 2035 are as follows:

 Significantly increase economic strength, scientific and technological
capabilities, and composite national strength; substantially grow the
per capita GDP to be on par with that of a mid-level developed
country

 Join the ranks of the world’s most innovative countries, with great
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