In the golden autumn season, a good harvest is in sight.

The "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to an end. Based on the average growth rate of 5.5% in the previous four years, the GDP in the first three quarters of this year increased by 5.2% year-on-year. In 2025, China's economic aggregate is expected to reach about 140 trillion yuan.

The achievements have attracted worldwide attention and the consensus has become more profound.

Looking back on the past five years, China's economy has "grown in the baptism of wind and rain and grown stronger in the face of trials". This is fundamentally due to the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, and to the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Economic Thought.

Ideas are the precursor to action.

Ten years ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed a new development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which guided my country's economic development to achieve historic achievements and undergo historic changes.

Practice is the touchstone and the only criterion for testing truth. Standing at the historical juncture of decisively winning the "14th Five-Year Plan" and planning the "15th Five-Year Plan", we can deeply feel the power of truth and practical power contained in Xi Jinping's economic thoughts with new development concepts as the main content.

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The new development concept conforms to the development trend of the times and points out a new path to achieve higher quality, more efficient, fairer and more sustainable development.

A car that ignites a new engine of transformation and upgrading.

In November 2024, China's 10 millionth annual output of new energy vehicles rolled off the assembly line at Dongfeng Lantu Yunfeng Factory, making my country the first country in the world with an annual output of new energy vehicles exceeding 10 million units.

"Now that China wants to develop towards the higher goal of becoming a manufacturing power and an industrial power, it is necessary to seize opportunities and overtake others in developing strategic emerging industries." From following to leading, what leads the leapfrog development of China's new energy vehicles is the industrial transformation brought about by new development concepts.

Seizing the primary driving force of innovation, Lantu Automobile has extensively adopted cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and digital twins to shorten the production preparation cycle of new cars by at least 20%, reduce process design costs by more than 15%, and improve the quality of new products by more than 10%.

Grasping the pulse of the green development era, Lantu Automobile is the first in the industry to systematically upgrade the production capacity of fuel vehicles to the production capacity of new energy vehicles. It has also realized "green electricity" for new energy vehicles on the 5C smart charging network.

From factor-driven to innovation-driven, from extensive development to green and low-carbon development, my country's new energy vehicle industry chain is anchored in high-end, intelligent, and green directions and is accelerating.

Today, in the Chongqing Sailis super factory that uses intelligent production, two new energy vehicles are rolled off the production line in one minute; my country has built the world's largest number of car charging infrastructure systems with the largest radiation area...

"New energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products have added new highlights to Chinese manufacturing." At present, my country's new energy vehicle production and sales have ranked first in the world for 10 consecutive years, and the international market share of lithium-ion batteries ranks first in the world.

From an enterprise to an industry to the entire Chinese economy, the new development concept has stimulated the surging momentum of high-quality development and promoted the leap and transformation of the Chinese economy in the new era.

Large models are popular, and the all-superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device has set a new world record... Seizing innovation, the "big nose" that affects the overall economic and social development, my country's national core competitiveness has continued to improve, rising from 34th in 2012 to 10th in 2025 in the global innovation index rankings, becoming one of the economies with the fastest improvement in innovation in more than 10 years.

From "APEC Blue" and "Winter Olympics Blue" to "Beijing Blue", since the new era, our country has actively cultivated and developed green productivity and built the world's largest renewable energy system. The "green content" of the industry has increased the "gold content" of development. In the first four years of the "14th Five-Year Plan", energy consumption per unit of GDP has been reduced by 11.6%.

"China's economy is gradually transforming into a higher-quality, more balanced, and more sustainable growth model." The International Monetary Fund commented.

Development practice in the new era tells us that only by adhering to the guidance of new development concepts, accelerating the pace of innovative development and green development, and accelerating the cultivation and development of new productive forces can the Chinese economy win the historical initiative in high-quality development.

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Implementing the new development concept will help solve the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development in our country and meet the people's growing needs for a better life.

A "project" that draws a new picture of integrated development.

With the help of smart sensing equipment, you can adopt "shared vegetable fields" on your mobile phone; unmanned supermarkets, smart clinics... The level of modernization of rural production and life continues to improve, and the process of urban-rural integrated development is accelerating.

Agricultural makers, cultural makers, scientific makers, rural operators, rural professional managers... jointly build and share, and the momentum of coordinated urban and rural development is surging.

We can see the "future countryside" in "Zhejiang". Over the past 20 years, under the guidance of the "Ten Million Project", Zhejiang has drawn a blueprint to the end, and the integrated development of urban and rural areas has been further promoted.

"Adhere to the people-centered development concept and let the results of Chinese-style modernization benefit all people more and more equitably." From "Zhejiang" to the whole country, the "Ten Million Project" has opened up a broad path and provided valuable experience to achieve coordinated development and shared development.

In response to the "biggest shortcoming" of unbalanced development between urban and rural areas, Guangdong Province adheres to the guidance of new development concepts and proposes the implementation of "hundreds and thousands of projects" based on actual conditions, promotes strengthening counties and promoting towns and villages, and strives to turn shortcomings into "potential boards."

Baiyun District is the largest and most populous central urban district in Guangzhou. The urban-rural dual structure restricts high-quality development. Since the implementation of the "Hundreds and Thousands Project", Baiyun District has raised a total of 220 million yuan in assistance funds to help develop agriculture-related towns and streets. Last year, the per capita disposable income of rural residents exceeded 40,000 yuan for the first time, and the growth rate ranked first in Guangzhou.

Today, weak villages with a collective economic income of less than 100,000 yuan in Guangdong's rural areas have been basically eliminated, and 102 organized towns have been shortlisted for the "Top 500 Town Economies in 2025".

Promote high-quality development, create high-quality life, promote high-efficiency governance, and the concepts of coordinated development and shared development are increasingly gaining popularity.

The opening of the Huajiang Gorge Bridge to traffic has brought great changes to the mountains and villages. Buyi embroidery, Miao silver and other ethnic handicrafts have come out of the mountains;

Changing from "fighting alone" to "making fists with fingers", Xianyou, Fujian Province, has built rural-style shared wealth workshops to increase the collective income of the village and drive employment and income increase for low-income farmers;

From dilapidated adobe houses to beautiful courtyards, from relying on the sky to getting rich through industry, the immigrants in Yinchuan, Ningxia, have achieved a gorgeous transformation from "being able to move" to "being able to get rich";

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The people-centered development thinking is clearly reflected in the magnificent development practice in the new era. We have implemented major regional strategies, won the battle against poverty, promoted comprehensive rural revitalization, and built the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health care system. The people's sense of gain, happiness, and security has continued to increase.

Chinese-style modernization puts people’s livelihood first. Development practice in the new era tells us that we must persist in developing for the people, relying on the people for development, and sharing the fruits of development by the people, so that all people can have a greater sense of gain in co-construction, shared development, and move steadily toward common prosperity.

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Opening up is the only way for a country to prosper and develop, and implementing new development concepts is an inevitable requirement for advancing in-depth reform and expanding high-level opening up.

A market creates new opportunities for open development.

On October 14, the sixth-generation market global digital trade center in Yiwu, Zhejiang, opened for operation. Yiwu market started a new process of leaping from the traditional trade model to the digital trade ecology.

Small commodities, big market. Today's Yiwu holds more than 2.1 million "Made in China" companies with one hand and more than 230 countries and regions with the other. However, Yiwu does not seek to be "one big company" and always insists on mutual benefit and win-win results with the world.

"The economies of all countries will advance together if they are connected, and will retreat if they are related." An open Yiwu and an open China will inject more positive energy and certainty into global development.

Tesla's energy storage super factory in Shanghai has been put into operation, and Lexus has set up a wholly-owned electric vehicle factory in Shanghai... Since this year, a number of multinational car companies have increased their investment in China and are determined to "focus heavily" on China.

With an investment of US$2.5 billion in five years, the international pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca established its sixth global strategic R&D center in Beijing. With a total investment of approximately 500 million yuan and more than 500 scientists gathered, the Henkel Adhesive Technology Shanghai Innovation Experience Center of Germany was officially completed in Zhangjiang High-Tech Park... China is becoming an innovation highland that multinational companies must compete for.

A deeper understanding of China will lead to a firm belief in China——

Facing the headwinds and backlash of economic globalization, China has always stood firmly on the right side of history, on the side of fairness and justice, practiced true multilateralism, and resolutely opposed unilateralism, protectionism, power politics and bullying;

In the face of some countries building "small courtyards and high walls" and engaging in "decoupling and breaking links", China continues to reduce the negative list for foreign investment access and fully liberalizes manufacturing access;

Faced with the tightening of entry policies by some countries and regions, China has expanded the number of unilateral visa-free and transit visa-free countries to 47 and 55 respectively.

Since the new era, my country has established 22 free trade pilot zones in seven batches and built the Hainan Free Trade Port. my country has become a major trading partner of more than 150 countries and regions. The total volume of trade in goods has ranked first in the world for many years in a row. It ranks among the top in attracting foreign capital and outbound investment. The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has become a popular international public product and international cooperation platform.

A high level of openness is a prerequisite for high-quality development. Development practice in the new era tells us that China’s economic development was achieved under open conditions in the past, and high-quality development of China’s economy in the future must also be achieved under more open conditions. To adhere to open development, we must conform to the trend of our country's economy being deeply integrated into the world economy, pursue a mutually beneficial and win-win opening strategy, and develop a higher-level open economy.

"If you are on the right path, you must keep going and achieve success over time."

The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China studied and formulated the “15th Five-Year Plan” planning recommendations, aiming to make top-level design and strategic planning for the next five years of development and promote major breakthroughs in strategic tasks related to the overall situation of China-style modernization. By adhering to the guidance of Xi Jinping’s Economic Thought, adhering to high-quality development, and leading development with new development concepts, during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, China’s economic ship will surely ride the wind and waves, make steady progress, and achieve decisive progress in basically realizing socialist modernization.

"The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable!"