Communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
(Adopted at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on July 18, 2024)
The third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing from July 15 to 18, 2024.
The plenary session was attended by 199 members of the Central Committee and 165 alternate members of the Central Committee. Members of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and responsible comrades from relevant parties attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates. Some grassroots comrades, experts and scholars from the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China also attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates.
The plenary session is chaired by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee, delivered an important speech.
The plenary session heard and discussed Xi Jinping's work report entrusted by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and reviewed and approved the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reforms and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization." Xi Jinping explained the "Decision (Discussion Draft)" to the plenary session.
The plenary session fully affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It was agreed that in the face of the severe and complex international environment and the arduous and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee conscientiously implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the First and Second Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, completely, accurately and comprehensively implemented the new development concept, adhere to the general tone of the work of seeking progress while maintaining stability, coordinate and promote the overall layout of the "five-in-one", coordinate and promote the "four comprehensives" strategic layout, coordinate both domestic and international situations, coordinate development and security, and strive to promote high-quality development. Further promote and plan to comprehensively deepen reforms, solidly promote the construction of socialist democracy and the rule of law, continuously strengthen publicity, ideological and cultural work, effectively ensure people's livelihood protection and ecological and environmental protection, resolutely safeguard national security and social stability, vigorously promote national defense and military construction, and continue to promote Hong Kong and Macao Work and work against Taiwan, further promote major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, consistently promote comprehensive and strict governance of the party, and achieve a positive economic recovery. Solid steps have been taken to comprehensively build a modern socialist country.
The plenary session spoke highly of the successful practice and great achievements in comprehensively deepening reforms since the new era, studied the issues of further comprehensively deepening reforms and promoting Chinese-style modernization, and believed that the current and future period is a key period for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization. period. Chinese-style modernization is constantly advancing in reform and opening up, and will surely open up broad prospects in reform and opening up. Faced with the complex international and domestic situation, facing a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and facing the new expectations of the people, we must consciously place reform in a more prominent position and further comprehensively deepen reform around promoting Chinese-style modernization.
The plenary session emphasized that to further comprehensively deepen reforms, we must adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents", and the Scientific Outlook on Development, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping A series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments on comprehensively deepening reforms, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, adhere to the general tone of the work of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and persist in emancipating the mind, Seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and pragmatism, further liberating and developing social productive forces, stimulating and enhancing social vitality, coordinating both domestic and international situations, coordinating and promoting the overall layout of the "Five in One", and coordinating and promoting the "Four Comprehensives" strategic layout, Guided by economic system reform, taking promoting social fairness and justice and improving people's well-being as the starting point and goal, we should pay more attention to system integration, focus more on highlighting key points, and pay more attention to reform effectiveness. Promote the better adaptation of production relations and productivity, superstructure and economic foundation, national governance and social development, and provide strong impetus and institutional guarantee for Chinese-style modernization.
The plenary session pointed out that the overall goal of further comprehensively deepening reforms is to continue to improve and develop the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. By 2035, a high-level socialist market economic system will be fully established, the socialist system with Chinese characteristics will be more complete, the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities will be basically realized, and socialist modernization will be basically realized, laying a solid foundation for comprehensively building a socialist modern and powerful country by the middle of this century. We must focus on building a high-level socialist market economic system, focusing on developing people's democracy throughout the process, focusing on building a socialist cultural power, focusing on improving people's quality of life, focusing on building a beautiful China, focusing on building a higher-level safe China, focusing on improving the party's leadership level and long-term governance ability to continue to push reform forward. By the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 2029, the reform tasks set out in this decision will be completed.
The plenary session emphasized that to further comprehensively deepen reforms, we must summarize and apply the valuable experience of comprehensively deepening reforms since the reform and opening up, especially in the new era, and implement the principles of adhering to the party's overall leadership, adhering to the people-centered approach, adhering to integrity and innovation, adhering to system construction as the main line, and adhering to the principles of comprehensively governing the country according to law and adhering to the concept of a system.
The plenary session made systematic arrangements for further comprehensively deepening reforms, emphasizing building a high-level socialist market economic system, improving systems and mechanisms to promote high-quality economic development, building systems and mechanisms to support comprehensive innovation, improving the macroeconomic governance system, improving the systems and mechanisms for integrated urban and rural development, and improving High-level systems and mechanisms for opening up to the outside world, improving the whole-process people's democratic system, improving the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, and deepening the reform of cultural systems and mechanisms. Improve the institutional system for ensuring and improving people's livelihood, deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system, promote the modernization of the national security system and capabilities, continue to deepen national defense and military reform, and improve the party's leadership level in further comprehensively deepening reforms and promoting Chinese-style modernization.
The plenary session proposed that the high-level socialist market economic system is an important guarantee for Chinese-style modernization. We must give better play to the role of market mechanisms, create a fairer and more dynamic market environment, optimize resource allocation efficiency and maximize benefits, both "live" and "manage", and better maintain market order and make up for market failure, smooth the circulation of the national economy, and stimulate the endogenous motivation and innovative vitality of the whole society. We must unswervingly consolidate and develop the public economy, unswervingly encourage, support and guide the development of the non-public economy, ensure that all types of ownership economies use production factors equally in accordance with the law, participate in market competition fairly, and receive equal legal protection, and promote the advantages of all types of ownership economies. Complementing and developing together. It is necessary to build a unified national market and improve the basic system of the market economy.
The plenary session proposed that high-quality development is the primary task in comprehensively building a modern socialist country. We must lead reform with new development concepts, base ourselves on the new development stage, deepen supply-side structural reforms, improve incentive and restraint mechanisms to promote high-quality development, and create new driving forces and new advantages for development. It is necessary to improve the system and mechanism for developing new productive forces according to local conditions, improve the system for promoting the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy, improve the system and mechanism for developing the service industry, improve the system and mechanism for modern infrastructure construction, and improve the system for improving the resilience and safety level of industrial and supply chains.
The plenary session proposed that education, science and technology, and talents are the basic and strategic support for Chinese-style modernization. We must thoroughly implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, and the strategy of innovation-driven development, coordinate and promote the integrated reform of the educational, scientific and technological talent system and mechanism, improve the new national system, and enhance the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system. It is necessary to deepen the comprehensive reform of education, deepen the reform of the science and technology system, and deepen the reform of the talent development system and mechanism.
The plenary session proposed that scientific macro-control and effective government governance are inherent requirements for giving full play to the advantages of the socialist market economic system. We must improve the macro-control system, coordinate and promote reforms in key areas such as finance, taxation, and finance, and enhance the consistency of macro-policy orientations. It is necessary to improve the national strategic planning system and policy coordination mechanism, deepen the reform of the fiscal and taxation system, deepen the reform of the financial system, and improve the implementation of regional coordinated development strategic mechanisms.
The plenary session proposed that integrated urban and rural development is an inevitable requirement for Chinese-style modernization. We must coordinate new industrialization, new urbanization and comprehensive rural revitalization, comprehensively improve the integration of urban and rural planning, construction, and governance, promote the equal exchange and two-way flow of urban and rural factors, narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, and promote the common prosperity and development of urban and rural areas. It is necessary to improve the system and mechanism for promoting new urbanization, consolidate and improve the basic rural management system, improve the support system for strengthening agriculture, benefiting farmers and enriching farmers, and deepen the reform of the land system.
The plenary session proposed that openness is a distinctive symbol of Chinese-style modernization. We must adhere to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world, persist in promoting reform through opening up, rely on our country's ultra-large-scale market advantages, enhance our ability to open up while expanding international cooperation, and build a new higher-level open economic system. It is necessary to steadily expand institutional opening up, deepen the reform of the foreign trade system, deepen the reform of foreign investment and foreign investment management systems, optimize the layout of regional opening up, and improve the mechanism for promoting high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road".
The plenary session proposed that the development of people's democracy throughout the process is the essential requirement of Chinese-style modernization. We must unswervingly follow the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics, uphold and improve our country's fundamental political system, basic political system, and important political system, enrich democratic forms at all levels, and concretely and realistically embody the people as the masters of the country in all aspects of political life and social life. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of the system of people being the masters of the country, improve the consultative democratic mechanism, improve the grassroots democratic system, and improve the pattern of the united front work.
The plenary session proposed that the rule of law is an important guarantee for Chinese-style modernization. We must fully implement the Constitution, safeguard the authority of the Constitution, coordinate to promote reforms in all aspects of legislation, law enforcement, judiciary, and law-abiding, improve the mechanism for ensuring equality before the law, promote the spirit of socialist rule of law, safeguard social fairness and justice, and comprehensively promote the rule of law in all aspects of national work. It is necessary to deepen reform in the legislative field, further promote administration according to law, improve the judicial system and mechanism for fair law enforcement, improve the mechanism for promoting the construction of a rule of law society, and strengthen the construction of foreign-related rule of law.
The plenary session proposed that Chinese-style modernization is a modernization that coordinates material civilization and spiritual civilization. We must enhance cultural confidence, develop advanced socialist culture, carry forward revolutionary culture, inherit China's excellent traditional culture, accelerate the adaptation to the new situation of rapid development of information technology, cultivate and form a large-scale team of outstanding cultural talents, and stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation. It is necessary to improve the responsibility system for ideological work, optimize the supply mechanism of cultural services and cultural products, improve the comprehensive network governance system, and build a more effective international communication system.
The plenary session proposed that ensuring and improving people's livelihood during development is a major task of Chinese-style modernization. We must persist in doing our best and within our capabilities, improve the basic public service system, strengthen inclusive, basic and comprehensive people's livelihood construction, solve the most direct and realistic interest issues that the people are most concerned about, and continuously satisfy the people's yearning for a better life. It is necessary to improve the income distribution system, improve employment priority policies, improve the social protection system, deepen the reform of the medical and health system, and improve the population development support and service system.
The plenary session proposed that Chinese-style modernization is a modernization in which man and nature coexist harmoniously. We must improve the institutional system of ecological civilization, coordinate the promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, actively respond to climate change, and accelerate the improvement of the institutional mechanism for the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. It is necessary to improve the basic system of ecological civilization, improve the ecological environment governance system, and improve the green and low-carbon development mechanism.
The plenary session proposed that national security is an important foundation for the steady and long-term development of Chinese-style modernization. We must fully implement the overall national security concept, improve the system and mechanism for maintaining national security, achieve high-quality development and high-level security and positive interaction, and effectively ensure the long-term stability of the country. It is necessary to improve the national security system, improve the public security governance mechanism, improve the social governance system, and improve the foreign-related national security mechanism.
The plenary session proposed that national defense and military modernization are important parts of Chinese-style modernization. We must uphold the party's absolute leadership over the people's army, thoroughly implement the strategy of reforming and strengthening the army, and provide a strong guarantee for achieving the 100-year goal of founding the army as scheduled and basically realizing the modernization of national defense and the army. It is necessary to improve the leadership and management system and mechanism of the People's Army, deepen the reform of the joint combat system, and deepen cross-military and local reforms.
The plenary session emphasized that the party's leadership is the fundamental guarantee for further comprehensively deepening reforms 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", achieve "two safeguards", maintain a high degree of consciousness to lead social revolution with the party's self-revolution, and persist in using reform Spirit and strict standards govern the party, improve the party's self-revolution system and norm system, continuously promote the party's self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation, and self-improvement, and ensure that the party always becomes the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. We must uphold the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee on further comprehensively deepening reforms, deepen the reform of the party building system, further promote the construction of party style and clean government and the fight against corruption, and implement reforms with a nail-nailing spirit.
The plenary session emphasized that Chinese-style modernization is modernization that follows the path of peaceful development. We must firmly pursue an independent foreign policy of peace, promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, practice the common values of all mankind, implement global development initiatives, global security initiatives, and global civilization initiatives, and advocate an equal and orderly multi-polarization, universal and inclusive world economy Globalization, deepen the reform of foreign affairs working mechanisms, participate in leading the reform and construction of the global governance system, and firmly safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests.
The plenary session pointed out that studying and implementing the spirit of the plenary session is a major political task for the whole party and the country at present and in the future. We must thoroughly study and understand the spirit of the plenary session, deeply understand and grasp the theme, major principles, major measures, and fundamental guarantees for further comprehensively deepening reform. The whole party must work together to implement the "Decision" and transform the strategic deployment of further comprehensively deepening reforms into a powerful force for promoting Chinese-style modernization.
The plenary session analyzed the current situation and tasks and emphasized the unswerving realization of the annual economic and social development goals. We must follow the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee on economic work, implement macro policies, actively expand domestic demand, develop new productive forces according to local conditions, accelerate the cultivation of new driving forces for foreign trade, solidly promote green and low-carbon development, effectively protect and improve people's livelihood, and consolidate and expand poverty alleviation. Achievements. It is necessary to summarize and evaluate the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and effectively do a good job in the preliminary planning of the "15th Five-Year Plan".
The plenary session pointed out that it is necessary to coordinate development and security, implement various measures to prevent and resolve risks in key areas such as real estate, local government debt, and small and medium-sized financial institutions, strictly implement production safety responsibilities, and improve monitoring and prevention and control measures for natural disasters, especially floods., weave a dense social security risk prevention and control network to effectively maintain social stability. It is necessary to strengthen public opinion guidance and effectively prevent and resolve ideological risks. It is necessary to effectively respond to external risks and challenges, lead global governance, and proactively create a favorable external environment.
The plenary session emphasized that we must combine study, publicity and implementation of the spirit of the plenary session, do a good job in arming the party with innovative theories, and improve the Marxist level and modernization capabilities of the whole party. It is necessary to improve the system of comprehensive and strict party governance, effectively improve work style, overcome the stubborn diseases of formalism and bureaucracy, continue to reduce the burden on the grassroots, further promote the construction of party style and clean government and the fight against corruption, and do a solid job in inspection work. It is necessary to consolidate and expand the results of thematic education, deepen party discipline study and education, safeguard the unity and unity of the party, and continuously enhance the party's creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness.
In accordance with the provisions of the Party Constitution, the plenary session decided to replace Ding Xiangqun, Yu Lijun and Yu Jihong, alternate members of the Central Committee, as members of the Central Committee.
The plenary session decided to accept Comrade Qin Gang's resignation application and remove Comrade Qin Gang from his post as a member of the Central Committee.
The plenary session reviewed and approved the review report of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China on Li Shangfu, Li Yuchao, and Sun Jinming's serious violations of discipline and law, and confirmed the previous sanctions imposed by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to expel Li Shangfu, Li Yuchao, and Sun Jinming from the Party.
The plenary session called on the entire Party, the entire army, and the people of all ethnic groups to unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, hold high the banner of reform and opening up, work together and forge ahead, and strive to build a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way and achieve the second goal. A centenary goal, and work hard to comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization!
