4. Xi on the tasks ahead

Strive to achieve the economic and social development goals for the whole year

On studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the reception celebrating the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 1 – “Currently, the century-old changes in the world are accelerating and the international environment has undergone profound changes. We still face many risks and challenges on the way forward.” At the reception celebrating the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that we must “strive to increase macroeconomic regulation, focusing on expanding domestic effective demand, striving to stimulate the vitality of operating entities, continuously promoting the continued improvement of economic operations, continuous enhancement of endogenous driving forces, and continuous improvement of social expectations, effectively preventing and defusing major risks, and striving to achieve the annual economic and social development goals.”

Since the beginning of this year, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and with the joint efforts of the whole country, China’s economy has generally rebounded for the better, high-quality development has been solidly advanced, grain production is expected to have a bumper harvest, people’s lives continue to improve, and the overall social situation remains stable. A good foundation has been laid for achieving the annual economic and social development goals. my country’s economic recovery speed is in a leading position among the world’s major economies and remains the main driving force for world economic growth. These achievements were achieved at a time when external demand has weakened, changes in the international environment have had an increasing adverse impact on my country, domestic cyclical structural contradictions have intertwined and overlapped, and risks and hazards in some fields have gradually emerged. They are hard-won and exciting.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Unity is strength, and confidence is worth more than gold.” It should be noted that after the epidemic prevention and control has stabilized, economic recovery will be a process of wave-like development and tortuous progress, and we must adopt a comprehensive, dialectical, and long-term approach. Look at China’s economic development from a perspective. China’s economy has always developed by overcoming challenges, grown by ups and downs, and grown stronger by going through trials. By adhering to the principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, proceeding step by step, and continuing to advance, China’s current economic stability has a firmer foundation and more momentum for progress. Stable prices have expanded the space for “advance”; “stable consumption” has enhanced the motivation for “advance”; stable employment has enhanced the effectiveness of “advance”. Today’s Chinese economy is unswervingly moving towards high-quality development, and we are full of confidence in China’s development prospects.

This confidence lies in: my country’s economy is highly resilient, has great potential, and is full of vitality. Its long-term positive fundamentals will not change, and its development still has a good supporting foundation and many favorable conditions. In the short term, all relevant parties will increase the implementation of macro policies, continue to optimize a number of phased policies, study and introduce a number of highly targeted new measures, actively plan and launch a number of reserve policies, and continue to consolidate the positive momentum of economic recovery. In the long term, my country has the institutional advantages of a socialist market economy, the demand advantage of a very large-scale market, the supply advantage of a complete industrial system, and the talent advantage of a large number of high-quality workers and entrepreneurs. Taken together, fully stimulating the advantages and vitality of all aspects can promote the continuous improvement of the economic structure, continuous enhancement of growth momentum, continuous improvement of development trends, and achieve effective improvement in economic quality and reasonable growth in quantity.

This year is the first year to implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It is also a critical year for the implementation of the “14th Five-Year Plan” to build on the past and usher in the future. Doing a good job in economic and social development throughout the year and promoting the overall improvement of economic operations are crucial to getting off to a good start in building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. Focusing on promoting high-quality development, we must fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on increasing macro-control, focus on expanding domestic effective demand, focus on stimulating the vitality of business entities, and promote high-quality development with new atmosphere and new actions. Achieve new results. Focusing on promoting high-level opening up to the outside world, we must continue to comprehensively deepen reforms, steadily expand institutional opening up such as rules, regulations, management, and standards, promote high-quality development in the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”, smooth domestic and international dual cycles, and make economic development more resilient , more energetic. Focusing on meeting the people’s growing needs for a better life, we must increase people’s livelihood protection, focus on expanding employment, solve the people’s urgent, difficult and anxious problems, and continuously enhance the people’s sense of gain, happiness and security.

Empty talk will harm the country, but hard work will prosper it; seize the day and night, and time waits for no one. Let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party, be down-to-earth, work hard, and do a solid job in economic development. We will carry out various social development tasks, strive to achieve the annual economic and social development goals, and make new and greater contributions to promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation.