Tao Wenzhao
Vice President of the Institute of National Development and Strategy, Renmin University of Chinese
Professor at the School of Marxism
Studying and implementing well the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20 th CPC Central Committee is a major political task for the whole party and the whole country at present and for some time to come. It is necessary to profoundly understand and grasp the theme, major principles, major measures, and fundamental guarantees for further deepening reform in an all-round way, and transform the strategic plan for further deepening reform into a powerful force for promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Theoretical special articles· in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is a very important meeting held in the new era and new journey. The plenary session deliberated and adopted the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization (hereinafter referred to as the "Decision"), which comprehensively clarified that the Communist Party of China will unswervingly hold high the banner of reform and opening up, and further deepen reform in an all-round way around the promotion of Chinese-style modernization. Studying and implementing well the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20 th CPC Central Committee is a major political task for the whole party and the whole country at present and for some time to come. It is necessary to profoundly understand and grasp the theme, major principles, major measures, and fundamental guarantees for further deepening reform in an all-round way, and transform the strategic plan for further deepening reform into a powerful force for promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Deeply understand the great significance of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Since the beginning of reform and opening up, the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee has studied and discussed the issue of deepening reform, all of which are sending an important signal, that is, our party will unswervingly hold high the banner of reform and opening up and unswervingly adhere to the theory, line, principles, and policies since the Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee. In the final analysis, it is necessary to answer the question of what banner to hold and what road to take under the new historical conditions. Therefore, what topics to study, what decisions to make, what measures to take, and what signals to release at the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee are an important basis for judging the central government's policy and work priorities, and are of great significance to doing a good job in the next five or even 10 years.
Focusing on the present, the current and future periods are critical periods for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization. In the face of the complicated international and domestic situation, in the face of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and in the face of the new expectations of the people, we must consciously put reform in a more prominent position. Further deepening reform in an all-round way is an inevitable requirement for upholding and improving the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, for implementing the new development concept and better adapting to the changes in the main contradictions in mainland society, for adhering to the people-centered principle and allowing the fruits of modernization to benefit all the people more and more fairly, for coping with major risks and challenges, for promoting the steady and far-reaching development of the cause of the Party and the country, and for promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. The inevitable requirement of winning the strategic initiative in the increasingly fierce international competition is the inevitable requirement for solving the problems unique to the big party and building a stronger and more powerful Marxist political party. These "three faces" and "six inevitability" highlight the necessity and urgency of further deepening reform in an all-round way.
In addition to the introduction and conclusion, the "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has 15 parts, divided into three sections. The first part is the first section, which is a general introduction, which mainly expounds the great significance and overall requirements of further deepening reform in an all-round way and promoting Chinese-style modernization. Parts 2 to 14 are the second sections, which are divided into sections, mainly from the aspects of economy, politics, culture, society, ecological civilization, national security, national defense, and the military. The fifteenth part is the third section, which mainly focuses on strengthening the party's leadership over reform, deepening the reform of the party's building system, improving the party's work style and building a clean and honest government, and fighting corruption. The "Decision" put forward a total of more than 300 important reform measures, all of which involve the content of the system, mechanism and system level, some of which are the improvement and promotion of past reform measures, and some are based on practical needs and pilot exploration of new reform measures.
The Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee was epoch-making and ushered in a new period of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was also epoch-making, opening a new journey of comprehensively deepening reform and promoting reform through the overall design of the system in the new era, and creating a new situation of reform and opening up on the mainland. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) further deepened reform in an all-round way and promoted Chinese-style modernization, demonstrating the strong determination and strong mission to carry out the reform to the end, re-declaring what banner to hold and what road to take in the new era and new journey, and having great and far-reaching significance for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.
Firmly grasp the theme of promoting Chinese-style modernization
Chinese-style modernization has been continuously promoted in the course of reform and opening up, and it is bound to open up broad prospects in the course of reform and opening up. Reform and development are closely linked, reform promotes development, and development requires reform. Since the beginning of reform and opening up, we have moved from having enough food and clothing to being moderately prosperous and then to becoming a modern and powerful country, and from a highly centralized planned economy to a vigorous socialist market economy. Planning and deploying reform around the party's central task is a successful experience of the party's leadership in reform and opening up. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) established the central task of uniting and leading the people of all ethnic groups across the country to build a great modern socialist country in an all-round way, realize the second centenary goal, and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. In order to implement these strategic arrangements and turn the blueprint for Chinese-style modernization into reality, the fundamental lies in further deepening reform in an all-round way. Therefore, the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) closely followed the theme of promoting Chinese-style modernization, adhered to the combination of goal-oriented and problem-oriented, resolutely eliminated the ideological concepts and institutional shortcomings that hindered the promotion of Chinese-style modernization, and focused on breaking down deep-seated institutional and institutional obstacles and structural contradictions, so as to continuously inject strong impetus and provide strong institutional guarantees for Chinese-style modernization.
The overall goal of further deepening reform in an all-round way is to continue to improve and develop the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. By 2035, a high-level socialist market economy system will be built in an all-round way, the socialist system with Chinese characteristics will be further improved, the national governance system and governance capacity will be basically modernized, and socialist modernization will be basically realized, laying a solid foundation for building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects by the middle of this century. By the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 2029, the reform tasks proposed in the Decision will be completed. The overall goal of this reform is in harmony with the strategic arrangement for promoting Chinese-style modernization.
The systematic arrangements made for further deepening reform in an all-round way include building a high-level socialist market economy system, improving the institutional mechanism for promoting high-quality economic development, building an institutional mechanism to support comprehensive innovation, improving the macroeconomic governance system, improving the institutional mechanism for urban-rural integrated development, improving the institutional mechanism for high-level opening-up, improving the whole-process people's democratic institutional system, improving the socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, deepening the reform of the cultural institutional mechanism, and improving the institutional system for safeguarding and improving people's livelihood. We will deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system, promote the modernization of the national security system and capabilities, continue to deepen the reform of national defense and the armed forces, and improve the party's leadership level for further deepening reform in an all-round way and advancing Chinese-style modernization.
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has made arrangements in all aspects based on the theme of promoting Chinese-style modernization, and it is necessary to firmly grasp the theme of Chinese-style modernization to further deepen reform in an all-round way. For example, a high-level socialist market economy system is an important guarantee for Chinese-style modernization; High-quality development is the primary task of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way; Education, science and technology, and talents are the basic and strategic support for Chinese-style modernization; The integrated development of urban and rural areas is an inevitable requirement of Chinese modernization; Openness is a clear sign of Chinese modernization; The development of whole-process people's democracy is the essential requirement of Chinese modernization; The rule of law is an important guarantee for China's modernization; Chinese modernization is the modernization of material civilization and spiritual civilization in harmony; Ensuring and improving people's livelihood in the process of development is a major task of Chinese modernization. Chinese modernization is the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature; National security is an important foundation for the steady and long-term development of Chinese-style modernization. National defense and military modernization is an important part of China's modernization; The leadership of the Party is the fundamental guarantee for further deepening reform in an all-round way and promoting Chinese-style modernization; Chinese modernization is modernization that follows the path of peaceful development. All of these reforms are related to the "five-in-one", "four comprehensive" and various aspects of the strategic arrangement for Chinese-style modernization, and they are all closely centered on Chinese-style modernization. Chinese-style modernization is a red line that runs through all fields, aspects and work.
Systematically grasp the major measures to further deepen reform in an all-round way
To further deepen reform in an all-round way, it is necessary to achieve the "six persistences". The "Decision" summarizes and applies the valuable experience of comprehensively deepening reform since the reform and opening up, especially in the new era, and determines the principles to be followed to further deepen reform in an all-round way, that is, to adhere to the party's overall leadership, adhere to the people-centered, adhere to integrity and innovation, adhere to system building as the main line, adhere to the comprehensive rule of law, adhere to the concept of systems, etc.
To further deepen reform in an all-round way, we must achieve "seven focuses". The "Decision" emphasizes that to continue to push forward the reform, we should focus on building a high-level socialist market economic system, focusing on the development of whole-process people's democracy, focusing on building a socialist cultural power, focusing on improving the quality of people's life, focusing on building a beautiful China, focusing on building a higher level of peace in China, and focusing on improving the party's leadership level and long-term governing ability.
To further deepen reform in an all-round way, it is necessary to grasp the main contradictions and the main aspects of the contradictions. Chinese-style modernization is centered on economic construction, and further deepening reform in an all-round way is guided by economic structural reform. The main task is to improve the institutional mechanism conducive to promoting high-quality development, shape new momentum and new advantages for development, adhere to and implement the "two unswerving", build a unified national market, and improve the basic system of market economy.
To further deepen reform in an all-round way, it is necessary to give prominence to the development of new-quality productive forces. The "Decision" stresses that it is necessary to improve the system and mechanism for developing new productive forces in accordance with local conditions. To further emancipate and develop the social productive forces and enhance social vitality, it is necessary to promote a better adaptation of the relations of production and the productive forces, the superstructure and the economic base, and the governance of the state and social development. Productive forces are the fundamental driving force for the development of human society, and they are also the ultimate cause of all social and political changes. Emancipating and developing the social productive forces is an important and ultimate goal of reform. To improve the system and mechanism for the development of new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, it is necessary to deepen the reform of the economic system and the scientific and technological system, improve relevant rules and policies, accelerate the formation of production relations that are more compatible with the new quality of productive forces, and strive to break through the blocking points that restrict the development of new quality productive forces, promote the agglomeration of various advanced production factors to the development of new quality productive forces, and greatly improve total factor productivity.
To further deepen reform in an all-round way, it is necessary to strengthen and improve the party's leadership. Upholding the party's overall leadership is a valuable experience in comprehensively deepening reform since the beginning of reform and opening up, especially in the new era, and is a major principle for further deepening reform in an all-round way. The party's leadership is the fundamental guarantee for further deepening reform in an all-round way and promoting Chinese-style modernization. We must deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve the "two safeguards", maintain a high degree of consciousness of leading the social revolution with the party's self-revolution, adhere to the spirit of reform and strict standards to govern the party, improve the party's self-revolution system and normative system, and constantly promote the party's self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation, and self-improvement, so as to ensure that the party will always become a strong leadership core for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is necessary to uphold the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee over further deepening reform in an all-round way, deepen the reform of the party building system, deeply promote the building of a clean and honest party style and the struggle against corruption, and grasp the implementation of reform in the spirit of nailing down the nail.
Source: China Education News
WeChat editor: Zhang Jingjing
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