Firmly maintain confidence, muster up enthusiasm, and ensure a good start to the 15th Five Year Plan (editorial)
At the important historical juncture of the successful conclusion of the 14th Five Year Plan and the opening of the 15th Five Year Plan, the Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 10th to 11th. This is a very important meeting held by the Party Central Committee after the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It has significant and far-reaching significance for us to strengthen our confidence, strive for excellence, and achieve a good start to the 15th Five Year Plan.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech, comprehensively summarizing the economic work in 2025, deeply analyzing the current economic situation, and systematically deploying the economic work in 2026, providing scientific guidance for ensuring a good start and a good start in the 15th Five Year Plan.
The year 2025 is extraordinary and of great significance in the process of Chinese path to modernization. In the complex situation of increasing external pressure and numerous internal difficulties, China's economy has pushed forward under pressure and developed towards a new and better direction, maintaining an overall stable and progressive development trend, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality. The main goals of economic and social development will be successfully achieved. In the past five years, we have effectively responded to various shocks and challenges, and promoted the cause of the Party and the state to achieve new major achievements. China's economic, scientific and technological, national defense and other hard power and cultural, institutional, diplomatic and other soft power have significantly improved. Chinese path to modernization has taken new solid steps, and the new journey of the second century goal has achieved a good start.
The meeting pointed out that the supporting conditions and basic trends for the long-term improvement of China's economy have not changed. This is a major judgment made by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to coordinate the domestic and international situations and scientifically analyze the development situation of our country. It has strengthened our confidence and determination to work hard, respond to challenges, and forge ahead. We must fully tap into the economic potential, adhere to policy support and reform innovation simultaneously, achieve both "letting go" and "managing well", adhere to the close combination of investment in goods and investment in people, and respond to external challenges through hard work. The "five musts" summarized and refined at the meeting are a profound summary of China's development practice, reflecting our party's deepening understanding of the regularity of economic work under the new situation, and have a significant guiding role in continuously consolidating and expanding the momentum of economic stability and improvement, and winning strategic initiative in fierce international competition.
The realization of socialist modernization is a historical process of step-by-step progression and continuous development and progress. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has determined that the basic realization of socialist modernization by 2035 requires unremitting efforts and continuous struggle during the three five-year planning periods from the 14th Five Year Plan to the 16th Five Year Plan. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, a solid foundation has been laid. During the 15th Five Year Plan period, we must consolidate the foundation and make comprehensive efforts to ensure decisive progress in achieving socialist modernization. A good start is half the battle, and next year is the beginning of the 15th Five Year Plan. Doing a good job in economic work is of great significance.
The meeting accurately grasped the important position of 2026 in the "15th Five Year Plan" period, clarified the overall requirements and policy orientation of next year's economic work, emphasized adhering to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, better coordinating domestic economic work and international economic and trade struggles, better coordinating development and security, implementing more proactive macro policies, and releasing a clear signal of responding to various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development; We have deployed the key tasks of the "Eight Adherences" for next year's economic work, grasped the key points and outlined the plan, reflecting the combination of goal oriented and problem oriented approaches. We must seriously study, understand, and implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, make good use of the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of a super large market, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant human resources, increase efforts in countercyclical and cross cyclical adjustments, promote the effective improvement of the quality and reasonable growth of the economy, and unite and overcome difficulties to achieve a good start to the 15th Five Year Plan.
The centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is the fundamental guarantee for doing a good job in economic work. The more complex the situation becomes, the more it is necessary to strengthen the leadership of the Party, form a unified will and a strong joint force. To do a good job in next year's economic work, all regions and departments should enhance their overall vision and execution ability, unify their thoughts and actions with the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, unify them with the scientific judgment of the Party Central Committee on the economic situation and the decision-making and deployment of next year's economic work, and combine them with reality and adapt to local conditions to ensure implementation. We must establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, adhere to delivering political achievements for the people and through practical work, consciously follow the rules, and promote high-quality and sustainable development. To enhance the decision-making ability of local party committees, it is necessary to have correct concepts, good work style, and strong capabilities, as well as strong party spirit. We must resolutely prevent and correct the "three slaps" phenomenon of making decisions, expressing opinions, and leaving. We need to further create a favorable political environment, talent environment, business environment, and public opinion environment, in order to create a favorable environment and atmosphere for doing a good job in economic work and promoting high-quality development.
The blueprint has been drawn, and hard work creates the future.