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self-reliance and strength in science and technology

 Build a modernized economy; form a new pattern of development;
basically achieve new industrialization, informatization, urbanization,
and agricultural modernization

 Basically modernize the system and capacity for governance; improve
the system for whole-process people’s democracy; build a law-based
country, government, and society
 Become a leading country in education, science and technology, talent,

culture, sports, and health; significantly enhance national soft power
 Ensure that the people are leading better and happier lives; bring per
capita disposable income to new heights; substantially grow the
middle-income group as a share of the total population; guarantee
equitable access to basic public services; ensure modern standards of
living in rural areas; achieve long-term social stability; make more

notable and substantive progress in promoting the people’s
well-rounded development and prosperity for all
 Broadly establish eco-friendly ways of work and life; steadily lower
carbon emissions after reaching a peak; fundamentally improve the

environment; largely accomplish the goal of building a Beautiful
China
 Comprehensively strengthen the national security system and
national security capabilities; achieve basic modernization of national
defense and the armed forces

After basically realizing modernization, we will continue to work hard
and build China into a great modern socialist country that leads the world in
terms of composite national strength and international influence by the
middle of the century.

The next five years will be crucial for getting our efforts to build a modern
socialist country in all respects off to a good start. Our main objectives and
tasks for this period are as follows:

 Make breakthroughs in promoting high-quality economic
development; achieve greater self-reliance and strength in science and
technology; make major progress in creating a new pattern of
development and building a modernized economy

 Make new strides in reform and opening up; make further progress in
modernizing China’s system and capacity for governance; further
improve the socialist market economy; put in place new systems for a
higher-standard open economy
 Further enhance the institutions, standards, and procedures of
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