History always writes new chapters in successive struggles.

As the "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to an end, China in the new era has made another magnificent journey amidst the turbulence and turbulence——

By fully, accurately and comprehensively implementing the new development concept, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, and comprehensively promoting high-quality development, my country's economic and social development has achieved new groundbreaking progress, breakthrough changes, and historic achievements.

The majestic power of scientific theories profoundly shapes the development trajectory of a great country and guides the great journey towards building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation.

The light of thought illuminates the road to progress. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has led hundreds of millions of people to brave the wind and rain, brave the waves, overcome difficulties with incomparable courage, and create the future with firm confidence. In the process of theoretical innovation and practical innovation, which stimulate and reflect each other, China continues to move towards a new realm of development.

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On the coast of the East China Sea, Ningbo Zhoushan Port is lined with giant ships of 10,000 tons, and bridge cranes are constantly loading and unloading. As of September 11, the port's container throughput this year exceeded 30 million TEUs, 23 days ahead of last year, setting a new historical record again.

Through sea-rail combined transport and river-sea combined transport, this super-large port, with the world's annual cargo throughput for 16 consecutive years, has expanded its port hinterland to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, helping to unblock the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, China-Europe freight trains and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, becoming an important hub in the open economic corridor that spans the east, middle and west and connects sea, land and air.

On October 13, 2025, ships were loading and unloading containers at the Dapukou Container Terminal in Jintang Port Area, Zhoushan Port, Ningbo (drone photo). Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zou Xunyong)

The rivers and seas are accessible, the weather is new, witnessing the vitality of China, and high-quality development opening up new seas and skies.

More than five years ago, in the spring of 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Ningbo Zhoushan Port to inspect the resumption of work and production.

"The current situation is very different. The environmental conditions for large-scale entry and exit have changed. New ideas for leading development must be put forward according to the new situation." Reflecting on the past, present and future, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly proposed the strategic choice of building a new development pattern shortly after returning to Beijing.

In October 2020, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China planned the development blueprint for the "14th Five-Year Plan" and made comprehensive arrangements for building a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles reinforcing each other.

Looking at the long-term lens, whether it is the five years of the "14th Five-Year Plan" or the more than 10 years since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the times are changing, and the guidance of scientific theories is extremely important.

China is marching in the new era, facing profound adjustments to the global political and economic landscape, and facing historic changes in the main contradictions in society. What kind of development should we achieve and how should we achieve development? China's leaders have a high degree of theoretical consciousness and practical responsibility, scientifically judge the situation, respond to the laws of development, and explore ways to solve problems.

This is an accurate indication of the direction of development——

"After building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieving the first centenary goal, we must take advantage of the situation to start a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and march towards the second centenary goal. This marks that our country has entered a new stage of development."

This is a clear declaration of the theme of development——

“High-quality development is the theme of my country’s economic and social development during the 14th Five-Year Plan and beyond, and is related to the overall situation of my country’s socialist modernization drive.” “High-quality development is the primary task of comprehensively building a modern socialist country.” “Adherence to high-quality development must be regarded as the last word in the new era.”

This is a profound change in the concept of development——

Implement new development concepts into the entire process of economic and social development and in all fields to achieve high-quality development in which innovation becomes the first driving force, coordination becomes an endogenous feature, green becomes a universal form, openness becomes the only way, and sharing becomes the fundamental purpose.

A new concept opens up the world. Development is one of the most basic categories of Marxism, and high-quality development requires new productivity theory to guide it.

"During the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, the development of new productive forces in accordance with local conditions must be placed in a more prominent strategic position." On April 30, 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping hosted a symposium on the economic and social development of some provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period in Shanghai, emphasizing new productive forces.

"The characteristic is innovation, the key is high quality, and the essence is advanced productivity" "New quality productivity itself is green productivity"...

From first proposing new quality productivity during a local inspection in 2023 to making systematic explanations and major deployments on multiple occasions, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly answered major theoretical and practical questions such as "What is new quality productivity, why should we develop new quality productivity, and how to develop new quality productivity", revealing the evolution laws of productivity and providing important guidance for releasing new driving forces for high-quality development.

On October 9, 2025, technicians from Changxing Ditong Auto Parts Co., Ltd. in Changxing Economic and Technological Development Zone, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province controlled industrial robots to produce new energy auto parts (drone photo). Published by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Tan Yunfeng)

All epoch-making theories are products that meet the needs of the times.

Continuously deepen the understanding of the regularity of economic work, profoundly summarize that "the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is the fundamental guarantee for doing a good job in economic work", and put forward the important relationship of "five must be coordinated";

We must have the courage to comprehensively deepen reform, consciously stimulate the vitality of social productive forces by adjusting production relations, consciously adapt to the requirements of basic economic development by improving the superstructure, and promote the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in a more consistent manner...

The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has a long-term vision and overall overall situation. In the process of successfully controlling China's economic development, it has proposed a series of new concepts, new thoughts and new strategies, enriched and developed Xi Jinping's economic thoughts, and successfully opened up a new realm of Marxist political economics.

Overlooking the Taklimakan Desert, the Thousand Miles Green Wall locks Huanglong.

On November 28, 2024, as a rose seedling was planted into the sand, the 3,046-kilometer-long Taklimakan Desert green sand protection belt project was completed.

"After continuous efforts, the Taklimakan Desert wears a 'green scarf'." In April 2025, when General Secretary Xi Jinping participated in a voluntary tree planting activity in the capital, he specifically mentioned this miracle in the history of human desertification control.

Ecological security is the ultimate goal. Over the past five years, Xi Jinping's thoughts on ecological civilization have been continuously enriched and developed. The concept that clear waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, lighting up the path of green transformation and development of China's economy and society.

On October 11, 2025, in the Tiaozini Wetland in Dongtai, Jiangsu, migratory birds flew and groups of wild elk took a leisurely walk, creating an ecological beauty of harmonious coexistence between man and nature (drone photo). Published by Xinhua News Agency (recorded by Sun Jia)

There is no end to practical development and no end to theoretical innovation.

In October 2023, Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts were formally proposed at the National Work Conference on Propaganda, Ideology and Culture.

We should do a good job in "humanistic economics", use culture to empower economic and social development, promote the symbiosis and mutual prosperity of humanities and economy, and complement each other; optimize the supply of cultural products and services to better meet the people's spiritual and cultural needs, and strive to promote the material and spiritual well-being of the people...

Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts have awakened the most basic, profound and lasting power of cultural self-confidence, and the innovative and creative vitality of the entire nation has surged, and the spread and influence of Chinese civilization has continued to increase.

The ever-changing practice brings rich nourishment to theoretical innovation, and the theory that keeps pace with the times guides practice to stride forward.

In the past five years, against the background of the cold wave of anti-globalization and the impact on the production and supply chain, China's total economic volume has continuously crossed the 110 trillion yuan, 120 trillion yuan, and 130 trillion yuan mark. It is expected to reach about 140 trillion yuan in 2025, and its contribution rate to world economic growth remains at about 30%, becoming a stable and reliable source of power;

Over the past five years, China's innovation engine has become stronger, the coordinated development of urban and rural areas has consolidated its advantages, Beautiful China has turned from a vision into a reality, reform and opening up has blossomed into a new atmosphere, the effectiveness of national governance has continued to increase, the cohesion of the Chinese nation has further improved, and the common prosperity of all people is moving forward step by step.

"The impact of China's modernization process on the 21st century has just begun," foreign media commented. China did not follow the Western model, but opened up its own path, combining innovation, strategy and forward-looking thinking. China's progress is not only reflected in the economy, but also in technology and society. It is driven by its unique approach to common prosperity.

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Beijing, Central Party School (National School of Administration), the golden autumn sunshine shines on the garden full of vegetation, outlining a silhouette of time.

At the beginning of 2021, an important seminar with the theme of studying and implementing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee was held here with the participation of more than 190 leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels.

At the opening ceremony, General Secretary Xi Jinping taught a key lesson to the “critical minority”:

“Entering a new stage of development clarifies the historical direction of my country’s development, implementing new development concepts clarifies the guiding principles for my country’s modernization, and building a new development pattern clarifies the path choice for my country’s economic modernization.”

These three "new" mark the logical main line of the "Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Goals for 2035" and embody the far-reaching planning and profound wisdom of the leader of a great power.

Thought is the torch and practice is the sail.

Focusing closely on the theme of promoting high-quality development, we will deeply implement new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, bringing about changes in quality, efficiency, and motivation——

The electronic communications industry has a "Chinese ruler" for ultra-high-speed signals!

At the 2025 Bay Area Semiconductor Industry Ecological Expo held in Shenzhen recently, a new generation of ultra-high-speed real-time oscilloscope independently developed by my country was released, ushering in a key breakthrough in the field of high-end electronic measuring instruments.

On October 15, 2025, at the 2025 Bay Area Semiconductor Industry Ecological Expo held in Shenzhen, Liu Sang, CEO of Wanliyan Company, released a new generation of ultra-high-speed real-time oscilloscopes. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mao Siqian

Putting innovation at the core of overall development and cultivating and strengthening new productive forces are essential for high-quality development.

“We must create new paths in promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation” and “persist in pursuing education, science and technology, and talents together”...General Secretary Xi Jinping has given in-depth and detailed guidance time and time again, clarifying the methods and paths of innovation-driven development. China is full of new scenes.

On May 7, 2024, my country's first domestic electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier Fujian was undergoing its maiden flight test (drone photo). Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Ding Ziyu)

Accelerate the promotion of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance. The first domestic electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier Fujian was launched, the first Chinese space station "Tiangong" was fully completed and operational, artificial intelligence and low-altitude economy were "growing jointly", traditional industries were taking advantage of "numbers", innovation was accelerated into productivity, and the resilience of industrial development was effectively improved;

Play a big game of coordinated regional development. Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have become important sources of power leading the country's high-quality development. The development advantages of the four major regional sectors of the west, northeast, central and east are increasingly emerging;

Photovoltaic base taken in Yaoshang Village, Ruicheng County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province on June 25, 2025 (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Chenguang

Let green become the background color of development. From 2021 to 2024, China will support an average annual economic growth of 5.5% with an average annual energy consumption growth rate of 4.7%, and its energy consumption intensity will decrease by 11.6% cumulatively. It is one of the countries with the fastest decline in energy consumption intensity...

Show a new look and take new steps.

In China today, within one day, 24,000 new companies have sprung up, and more than 120 billion yuan of goods are imported and exported from other countries and regions; in one second, more than 1.43 million GB of data is transmitted in the cloud, and about 6,000 express delivery products enter the delivery channel... Every hour and every moment, China is moving towards higher quality, more efficient, fairer, more sustainable, and safer development goals at an admirable speed.

Adhere to the people-centered development idea and lead more than 1.4 billion people towards a better life. The answer to development is warm and thick——

January 23, 2025, Chang'an Community, Chang'an Street, Dadong District, Shenyang. Where the fireworks are in the world, the flavor of the new year is getting stronger.

General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was here for inspection, walked into the home of 82-year-old Lang Sulan, the fourth generation living under the same roof.

When asked about income and expenses, the general secretary paid close attention to them.

After learning that the community pays special attention to the elderly, the General Secretary was very moved, "Community work is a matter for thousands of households. Community work is a link between the past and the past, but it must look downward. The 'thousands of lines above' are also for the people, and they must ultimately be implemented by the people."

On the magnificent voyage, the people have always been the logical starting point and value destination of development.

On October 15, 2025, the campus job fair was filmed at the Pingfeng Campus of Zhejiang University of Technology in Hangzhou. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Han Chuanhao

Treat employment as the top priority for people's livelihood: strengthen the employment priority orientation in promoting high-quality development, thoroughly implement the employment priority strategy, improve the employment promotion mechanism, and continuously enrich and develop more proactive employment policies;

Closely following people's livelihood concerns such as providing for the elderly, providing education for the young, and providing medical care for the sick: Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", our country has built the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health system. The results of economic development and scientific and technological progress have been truly transformed into the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security;

From the comprehensive implementation of the personal pension system to the in-depth implementation of the five-year action plan of the new urbanization strategy, solid measures have been launched one after another; from the rural "toilet revolution" to urban garbage classification, from the prevention and control of "small glasses" to the promotion of clean heating, every small matter of people's livelihood has been integrated into the top-level design of development.

On November 7, 2024, citizens handled business at the Enterprise Service Center of Ma'anshan Municipal Administration Service Center in Anhui Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Yongzhen

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, more than 12 million new jobs were created in cities and towns every year, the average life expectancy reached 79 years, and direct settlement of cross-provincial medical treatment across the country benefited 560 million people... Behind every heart-warming figure is the more concrete "people's livelihood is the most important".

Promoting high-quality development and high-level safe and positive interactions, China has firmly grasped the initiative in development while sailing through stormy seas, treacherous shoals and rapids——

The national autumn grain harvest has exceeded 60%! Since mid-to-late September, it has continued to rain in many provinces. Faced with severe challenges, a series of measures from the central to local governments were quickly launched, and they went all out to "grasp the autumn" and win a bumper harvest.

"Solving the problem of food is always the top priority in governing the country." During spring planting and autumn harvest, General Secretary Xi Jinping went deep into the farmland again and again to inspect the grain situation and ask about grain matters.

In 2021, it is clear that the party and government share the same responsibility for food security; in 2022, hard measures to protect cultivated land will be implemented; in 2023, plans will be made to build a diversified food supply system... The Central Committee's No. 1 documents are filled with deep thoughts on food security.

On October 16, 2025, in Zhongqingdun Village, Chengtou Town, Ganyu District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, growers drove harvesters to harvest rice. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Si Wei)

The more complex the situation and environment, and the more arduous the mission and tasks, the more strategically we must look at, think about, and solve problems.

The General Secretary and the Party Central Committee's comprehensive deployment of building a new development pattern embodies a dialectical vision and long-term thinking.

Expand domestic demand in an all-round way, build a unified national market, and build a modern industrial system; consolidate the security foundation of food, energy, industry, national defense, etc., and protect the new development pattern with a new security pattern... A series of forward-looking plans have been implemented and have achieved results, pushing China's economic ship forward steadily.

The supply and demand sides are steadily improving - firmly ranking the world's second largest consumer market, the largest online retail market, and the largest manufacturing country, China's manufacturing continues to move towards high-end, intelligent, and green;

The "dual cycle" is smoother - my country's goods trade ranks first in the world, and its service trade ranks second in the world. From 2021 to 2024, the cumulative import of consumer goods will be 7.4 trillion yuan;

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"Comprehensively implementing new development concepts and accelerating the construction of a new economic pattern are the keys for China to redefine itself in the world." An article published on the website of Brazil's Forum magazine stated that China's remarkable changes stem from pragmatic governance, long-term planning and a commitment to Chinese-style modernization.

China's answer has attracted worldwide attention, and China's road is even broader.

Five years of magnificent practice, the new concept has demonstrated great practical power; the five-year extraordinary journey has also been deeply engraved in the historical coordinates of the development of a great country.

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Measuring the scale of history, we are still more than 20 years away from achieving the second centenary goal. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for basically realizing socialist modernization, laying a solid foundation, and making full efforts.

This is an era of profound changes, and it is also an era of great potential: major changes in the world that have not been seen in a century are accelerating, external suppression and containment are escalating, and domestic reform, development and stability tasks are arduous. However, opportunities and challenges coexist. If you seize the opportunities, you can turn crises into opportunities and ride on the momentum.

Don't be confused by the moment or thing, don't be disturbed by the high winds and waves.

General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee pointed out the way forward: "We must maintain strategic focus, enhance confidence in victory, actively recognize changes and respond to changes, concentrate on running our own affairs well, win strategic initiative in fierce international competition, and promote major breakthroughs in strategic tasks related to the overall situation of China-style modernization."

Looking at the road ahead that is destined to be extraordinary, taking the new development concept as the guide, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, adhering to the path of high-quality development, and promoting the giant ship of China to move forward, our strength will be more abundant and our confidence will be more solid.

Confidence and strength come from scientific guidance and strong leadership, forming the most reliable backbone and fixing star when storms come.

"The centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is the fundamental guarantee for doing a good job in economic work. At critical moments and important nodes, the Party Central Committee promptly assesses the situation and makes decisions and arrangements to ensure that our country's economic ship rides the wind and waves and moves steadily forward."

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s profound explanation at the Central Economic Work Conference in December last year embodies the greatest consensus among the entire party.

Stabilizing the economy, fighting the epidemic, resisting disasters, protecting people's livelihood, and coping with external pressure... Every decision made at a critical moment and every journey without hindrance have repeatedly proved that the most fundamental reason why we can continue to move towards new victories is that the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core is at the helm and has the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

On September 24 this year, at the United Nations Climate Change Summit, the world heard China’s solemn commitment——

General Secretary Xi Jinping announced a new round of China's nationally determined contributions in a video speech: "By 2035, China's economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 7%-10% from the peak, and we will strive to do better. Non-fossil energy consumption will account for more than 30% of total energy consumption..."

Some countries are hesitant to respond to climate change, but China has chosen to unswervingly follow the path of green development, grasp development trends, understand the laws of development, make strategic choices, and demonstrate the responsibility and responsibility of a major country.

Only by following the path can you go far.

Clearly identify the general trend of the times, seize historical opportunities, identify the direction and path of development in a wider scope, wider areas, and deeper levels, and strengthen strategic, systematic, and forward-looking planning... Our party continues to deepen its understanding of the laws of economic and social development, and constantly enhances the ideological consciousness and action consciousness of the entire party and the country to move forward in unison.

Confidence and strength come from deepening reforms and expanding opening up, which inject strong impetus into better leveraging the advantages of the system.

In July this year, the Yangtze River Delta regional market integration ushered in new progress - relevant departments in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui will cooperate on optimizing the business environment and maintaining fair competition market order to promote the joint construction of a national unified market pioneer area.

Future-oriented development is also the answer to "striving to open up a new world for reform and development."

Reforms entering the deep-water zone must make greater efforts to break through ideological barriers and barriers of solidified interests, continuously promote institutional innovation, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities.

Focusing on the theme of development, the direction of reform is clearer: "Chinese-style modernization has a very rich connotation, and further comprehensively deepening reforms must be all-round." "We must integrate reform more closely with economic and social development, and promote the accelerated implementation of landmark reform measures"...

Seize the main contradictions, seize the "nose" of economic system reform, drive reforms in other fields to achieve new breakthroughs, further comprehensively deepen reforms, pay more attention to system integration, focus more on highlighting key points, pay more attention to the effectiveness of reforms, and continue to improve the systems and mechanisms that are conducive to promoting high-quality development.

Promoting reform and development through opening up converge into the grand theme of the times.

On the bank of the Pujiang River, in half a month, the 8th China International Import Expo will kick off in Shanghai. Once a year, more and more global companies come to the "CIIE Appointment".

The exterior of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai), where the China International Import Expo is held, was taken on October 5, 2025. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Zhe

On the coast of the South China Sea, in less than two months, the Hainan Free Trade Port will launch island-wide customs closure operations. By then, China will reach a new level in expanding high-level opening up.

From north to south, the wave of open cooperation and mutual benefit is surging.

In the face of headwinds and currents, bravely sailing against the wind is the right choice to recognize changes and adapt to changes, and it is also the only way to break through and develop.

It not only deepens openness for the flow of goods and factors, but also steadily expands institutional openness such as rules and standards; it not only strives to strengthen the leading role of the domestic general cycle, but also improves the efficiency and level of the domestic general cycle through international circulation... A large Eastern country that firmly expands opening up and embraces the world at a deeper level injects more certainty into a world full of variables, and creates more vitality and opportunities.

On September 17, 2025, outlying island trucks passed through the Haikou New Sea Port and Nangang "Second Line Port" (freight) centralized inspection sites and headed for the port area (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Guanyu

Confidence and strength come from seizing the day and working hard for a long time, paving the way for the continuous implementation of the magnificent cause.

From October 20 to 23, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing to review the "Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" and draw a blueprint for the key five years on the new journey.

One relay after another, never stopping.

From the first Five-Year Plan to the 14th Five-Year Plan, with the theme of "building our country into a modern socialist country", we have consistently implemented it and outlined a grand modernization process.

Some foreign dignitaries commented: China's five-year plans have been consistently formulated with precision and implemented vigorously to ensure the sustained, stable and positive development of China's economy and society. This is China’s unique institutional advantage.

"By 2035, three five-year planning periods will be used to basically realize socialist modernization. Then, another three five-year planning periods will be used to build our country into a prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful modern socialist country by the middle of this century." In the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", General Secretary Xi Jinping described the development roadmap and timetable like this.

"We must accurately grasp the phased requirements of the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, focus on building a powerful country and the great cause of national rejuvenation, and closely focus on basically realizing the goal of socialist modernization, reasonably determine goals and tasks, and propose ideas and measures in one area and one area." General Secretary Xi Jinping's clear guidance in planning for the new five years is a profound answer to the issues of the times and a deep response to the people's expectations.

Five years is only a moment in the long history, but it is extremely precious for a country striving towards modernization.

Make constant progress with perseverance and draw a blueprint to the end. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the entire Party and the people of the country are united as one, striving unremittingly towards the bright future of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation, and will surely achieve greater brilliance on the new journey of Chinese-style modernization!