The power of a new development philosophy

NEW IDEAS, new strategy and new thinking have furthered China’s development, and they will guide the country toward a new era of quality development, says an article on xinhuanet.com. Excerpts:

The five concepts of development — innovation, coordination, green, openness and shared development initiated at the Fifth Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee — have propelled China to develop in a sustainable manner. They also are China’s road map to build a moderately well-off society in an all-round way, and address many challenges during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period.

Thanks to the guidance of the development philosophy of the Party with General Secretary Xi Jinping at its core, China has made significant achievements. For example, it has deepened supply-side reform, proposed the Belt and Road Initiative, started the integration of the BeijingTianjin-Hebei region and expedited the development of the high-speed railway network. Progress has also been made in social security, public services and poverty alleviation.

All this has made Chinese people more confident about the country’s development.

Since its 18th National Congress in 2012, the CPC with General Secretary Xi Jinping at its core has attached more importance to ideological work. The Party has reinforced ideology with updated theories and fought against negative thoughts. This has helped strengthen the leadership and made China confident of its development model.

The changes over the past five years owing to the more active and positive ideological work have made the Party realize that ideological instruction is integral to the security of the State and the Party. In this regard, the “color revolutions”

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has called for structural and institutional reforms to promote the technological integration of the military and civilian sectors.

The integration will gradually lead to win-win cooperation, yielding increased productivity, competitiveness and combat capabilities.

Currently, the integration of the military and civilian sectors faces problems such as overlapping functions, duplication of management and inactive market.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress,

The Party has implemented an eightpoint frugality code to regulate its members’ behavior in a bid to fight formalism, outdated bureaucrat practices, hedonism and extravagance.

And the anti-corruption campaign, which has entrapped both “tigers and flies” (high- and lowerranking corrupt officials), has strengthened the Party’s leadership.

By following the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Party has gained valuable experience. But despite people appreciating the Party’s achievements over the past five years, the CPC should continue to improve self-governance.