Chapter 034 The Fifth Plenary Session of the Sixteenth Central Committee

Capital.

Before the convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, all members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Jiangdong Province, including Li Yuanzhuo, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Zhou Zhengjiang, Xiao Chen, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and other leaders of the Jiangdong Provincial Party Committee, took the plane to the capital to prepare to participate in the upcoming congress.

"Faced with the reality of both effectiveness and shortcomings, hope and mí coexistence, some want to move towards the past, and some want to move towards the future", some speculation and expectations of policymakers are giving way to the understanding and planning of their specific statecraft...... For the hearing of the individual income tax law, experts suggested that the threshold was 5,000 yuan; China's overall competitiveness declined: "Shen Liu" will be issued as soon as mid-October; There is no wait-and-see period in the property market in Beijing; The adjustment of oil prices should be in line with international standards in small steps; The working group on the reform of equity division went to various places for investigation; The "Provisions on the Administration of Internet News Information Services" was promulgated, attaching great importance to the influence of new media on public opinion......

On September 26, any news website could be opened and the news could be seen. Everything seems ordinary, but it contains the information that China has entered a new turning period.

According to the established arrangement, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16 th CPC Central Committee was held in Beijing from 8 to 11 October, and the main agenda was to report to the Central Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on its work and study proposals on formulating the 11 th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development.

The arrival of the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" (2006-2010) means that China has entered a critical period of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. What kind of new path does Huaxia want to embark on? Can it show a clear future to people around the world who are concerned about China, and dispel or reduce the fear and worry of some people in the outside world about the rise of China? These issues have become the focus of media attention recently.

"The revision of the five-year plan seems to be a routine matter, but in fact it is very different. In particular, the preparation of the 11th Five-Year Plan means more of an important turning point, or a new beginning. It is not only a change in the name of a plan to a plan, a change in the nature of instructions into a guiding nature, and a change in the nature or application of affairs such as indicators and projects, but more importantly, it has important characteristics in terms of the nature of the direction and track. Ye Duchu, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, said.

On the morning of November 14, 2002, the mild-mannered Gu Banglan appeared in front of the spotlight in the Great Hall of the People along with eight of his colleagues from the Politburo Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. At this time, the whole world was speculating: where would these new generations, who had grown up after the end of the Revolutionary War, take one-fifth of the earth's population towards?

Now, nearly three years have passed, and the richness of the governing experience and the maturity of the governing concept have given the "new" of the "new leadership collective" a more profound connotation. Some of the speculations and expectations placed on policymakers three years ago have given way to an understanding and planning of their specific governing strategies.

"The biggest difference between this leadership and the past is that it is facing profound changes in the internal and external environment of China." Dr. Xin Ming of the Research Office of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China told this reporter that the deepening of economic globalization and opening up has implicated China's every move with the world, and the domestic reform has also touched on unavoidable institutional obstacles.

The "Study Times" of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China recently carried an article saying: "In the face of the reality of both achievements and shortcomings, and the coexistence of hope and mí, some want to move towards the past, and some want to move towards the future. ”

At the end of September, Xue Yuanlan, secretary of the Jiangnan Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, published a long signed article on how to solve the problem of migrant workers. In Jiangnan province, migrant workers already make up a quarter of the permanent population.

Xue Yuanlan's "prescription" is a "package" of solutions: from guaranteeing their labor income, providing social services such as low-cost housing and old-age security, to focusing on their spiritual dignity and sense of belonging.

Some scholars understand the connotation of a harmonious society in this way: resolving social contradictions, maintaining social order, and maintaining social stability are important criteria for a harmonious society and an important condition for building a harmonious society. "Deepening reform and speeding up development are political achievements, and maintaining social stability is also political achievements."

After experiencing the first shock and macroeconomic control, China's economic growth still maintained a high growth rate of 10% in 2003 and 9.5% in 2004. However, some people believe that the investment-driven economy still accounts for a large proportion, and that the economic efficiency is not high, and the resource cost is serious, so such an economic growth model cannot be sustained.

So, during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, what rate will China's economy grow? This is a question that many people are conjecturing. Some experts predict that the future economic growth rate may be lowered to less than 9%.

In a recent speech, Gu Banglan pointed out that during the 11th Five-Year Plan period, efforts should be made to maintain steady and relatively rapid economic development. The weight of the word "smooth" has been noted.

Taking economic construction as the central task and development as the most important task will never waver in this policy, and "no matter what name or reason it takes, it will be extremely dangerous." Some scholars say so.

The particularity of China's national conditions determines that it is necessary to maintain a relatively rapid economic growth rate, otherwise it will be more difficult to resolve challenges such as employment problems and social stability problems.

During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period and in the future, development has always been the last word, but the previous development model can no longer be used. It is necessary to carry out fundamental reforms on a series of institutional and mechanism issues in order to enhance the stamina for development.

According to the rumors released by some relevant departments, the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" will highlight the transformation of economic growth mode, adjust and optimize the industrial structure, and achieve economical, clean, safe and sustainable development. Building an "innovative nation" will be on the agenda.

An article published by a certain media entitled "The Violence of China's Soft Underbelly" gave an early warning to the development of China. At that time, the World Economic Forum released the "Global Competitiveness Report 2003-2004", which showed that China's international competitiveness had declined significantly compared with the previous year. And today, two years later, China's international competitiveness has once again reported the news of decline.

Lupes Brown, then chief economist at the World Economic Forum. Augustus pointed out in an interview that "in the long run, it is technological innovation that really drives economic development." Oaks said that in the past 20 years, China's economy has developed rapidly, but scientific and technological progress has not been fast. Huaxia's technical ranking is very low.

The Fifth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee made arrangements for enhancing the capability of independent innovation and resolving major scientific and technological problems restricting economic development. The three capabilities of original innovation ability, integrated innovation ability, and introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation ability will be emphasized.

Solving the "three rural" problems, promoting the healthy development of urbanization, and promoting regional coordinated development, together with strengthening the construction of a harmonious society, are all considered to be important connotations of China's future development.

Policymakers believe that in the future, Huaxia should be a resource-saving and environment-friendly society, and the international competitiveness and anti-risk ability of the economy will be unprecedentedly enhanced.

In mid-August, the central bank recommended the abolition of the pre-sale system in the 2004 China Real Estate Finance Report. Ren Zhiqiang, a well-known real estate developer, immediately published a "book of 10,000 words", questioning the "logical húnluàn" and "absurdity" of the central bank's report.

Ren Zhiqiang has no scruples to "call the board" with the central bank, which is eye-catching. It is understood that some local governments and departments have become silent backing in opposing the central bank's proposal.

Not long ago, Xiao Mo, executive vice minister of the Ministry of Education, severely criticized some local governments for not implementing the central government's education policies, which also aroused heated public opinion.

In February this year, the newly revised "Rules for the Work of the Government Council" clearly stated that "all departments must resolutely implement the major decisions of the Government Council, track and feedback the implementation in a timely manner, and ensure the smooth implementation of government decrees." ”

"Words such as 'ensuring the smooth implementation of government decrees' and 'safeguarding the authority of the central government' have been repeatedly mentioned by the current government, especially after the central government launched macroeconomic control measures in 2004." Chen, deputy director of the Development Research Center of the Government Council, said this in an interview.

As early as the mid-80s of the last century, when economic reform was vigorously promoted, Zheng Nanxun and Xiao Fei stressed the need to maintain the authority of the central government. Obviously, the explicit inclusion of "ensuring the smooth implementation of government decrees" in the "Rules for the Work of the Government Council" shows that the central authorities have noticed that there are still some problems in this regard. In the second half of 2004, Li Mingzhao, head of the inspection group of the Central Organization Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, also pointed out sharply in an interview: "Some localities and departments do not tell the truth and 'deceive the higher authorities and conceal the lower levels,' which is the greatest danger to our party. ”

Zhou Zhou, deputy director of the Research Office of the Central Party School, believes that at present, the total annual revenue of government departments at all levels across the country is as high as 800 billion yuan, of which 300 billion yuan is conservatively estimated to be the income from fees collected outside the statistics. These charges, which are made through the department, are an important factor in the formation of the department's interests.

The audit report just released shows that in the implementation of the budget last year, the Ministry of Commerce falsely reported 500 million yuan, the Civil Aviation Administration of China deposited 80 million yuan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other financial funds misappropriated, and the education department charged 154 million yuan.

Some political scientists believe that how to break the existing framework of interests and make the central government's decrees unimpeded has become a challenge that will affect the future development of China.

In this context, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee is considered to be a "meeting for further unifying thinking".

Over the past three years, the central leadership has attached great importance to unifying thinking. Gu Banglan took the lead in setting an example, and went to the old revolutionary base areas and the poorest areas to inspect and investigate many times, and warned the whole party about what ideas and methods the central authorities would use to govern the country. Gu Banglan himself also gave party lessons to the most grassroots party members in Lingnan and talked about the specific content of the "five overall plans".

On February 19, 2005, Gu Banglan made a speech at the "Special Seminar on Improving the Ability to Build a Harmonious Socialist Society" for provincial and ministerial-level leading cadres of the Central Party School. Some commentators said that this speech was the first time that he comprehensively expounded the idea of governing the country on behalf of the central authorities.

From August 19th to 23rd, Gu Banglan inspected the work in the Central Plains, Jiangxi and Xiaobei, with the theme of "Investigation and Research on China's Economic and Social Development and the Implementation of the Scientific Outlook on Development during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan Period". He continued to emphasize unity of thought.

Recently, a number of experts agreed that Gu Banglan's trip is to "blow the wind" for the next Fifth Plenary Session and the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan", and to understand the opinions of various places and observe the implementation of the Scientific Outlook on Development on the spot.

He stressed that it is necessary to have an accurate understanding of the international and domestic development environment, the phased characteristics of China's development, the main problems facing China's economic and social development, and the basic requirements for realizing China's rapid and sound economic and social development. ”

Another area of concern is undoubtedly the issue of personnel. At the beginning of December 2004, a new round of provincial and ministerial-level cadre adjustments was launched with the prelude of the change of director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China.

Three months after the convening of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee, the personnel changes involved the top party and government leaders in eight provinces (autonomous regions), two State General Administrations, and one public institution directly under the Government Affairs Yuan, of whom 14 took up new posts and four retired.

Changes in provincial and ministerial-level officials are generally based on the party's national congress as an adjustment cycle. And this personnel change took place between the party's ** and **.

Among them, there are also interactions between the central and local governments, such as Xu Anqiu, who stepped down as director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and became the secretary of the Central Plains Provincial Party Committee. Secretary of the Ninghui Provincial Party Committee was transferred to the post of director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

In July 2005, another high-level appointment and dismissal was announced, and six provincial and ministerial-level officials were revised, involving two central ministries and commissions, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, as well as Hedong and Xiaonan provinces.

The outside world has noticed that most of the senior provincial and ministerial-level officials involved in this readjustment have not completed their original posts.

Another sign of the change of high-level cadres in China is the increase in the number of economic and social management officials at the decision-making level. Statistics show that after the "Two Sessions" in 2003, the majority of provincial and ministerial-level leaders in China have a degree in liberal arts. Luo Mingcheng, Secretary of the Liao'an Provincial Party Committee, and Xiao Chen, Deputy Secretary of the Jiangdong Provincial Party Committee, have a doctorate degree in economics.

Just as striking as the change in the educational background of officials is that the "Republic Generation", born in the early 50s of the last century, has become a new force in power.

Luo Mingcheng and Li Yuanzhuo are all "members of the Republic Generation," and almost all of them have just passed the age of 40 to attain high positions at the vice provincial and ministerial levels, while Xiao Chen, secretary of the Jiangdong Provincial Party Committee, who has always attracted the attention of the outside world, is even younger; as the youngest member of the Central Committee born in the early 70s, he is regarded as the "second generation of the Republic" who is most likely to become a member of the sixth generation of the leadership collective or even the core.

At present, among the "top leaders" of the party and government in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities on the Chinese mainland, the "Republic Generation" has spread over one-third of the provinces.

According to the analysis of scholars, most of the "Republic Generation" were the 77th and 78th college students who were in the 77th and 78th grades when the college entrance examination was resumed after the "Cultural Revolution", and they themselves were elites, and they coincided with the shortage of national talents, and they were absorbed by the state's major organs, research institutes, and large enterprises as soon as they graduated in the early 80s. Most of them have also had the experience of "going to the mountains and going to the countryside". They generally have a realistic and pragmatic style, are earnestly concerned about the people's weal and woe, and are highly consistent with the central authorities in their thinking and action.

In addition, people have noticed that in the process of compiling the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan", in addition to the participation of relevant organs and organizations, the general public has also appeared. In a broad sense, this is conducive to improving the democratic system, enriching the forms of democracy, and expanding the orderly political participation of citizens.

According to this reporter's understanding, many localities and departments have used various information channels, including the Internet, to publish relevant national, local, or departmental trends in the formulation of plans and to solicit the opinions of the masses on the plans. As of late August this year, there were nearly 1 million pieces of information about the 11th Five-Year Plan on the Internet. This is a precedent in the history of Chinese planning.

Luo Mingcheng, secretary of the Liao'an Provincial Party Committee, sees public participation as a right of the people. He said: In drawing up the plan, Liao'an should adopt various effective forms to further unblock the channels for the public to participate in the drawing up of the plan, extensively listen to the opinions and suggestions of all sectors of society, and protect the public's right to understand and participate in the drawing up of the plan.

People are very concerned about the economic and social development in the next five years or even longer, and they are also concerned about the process of China's political civilization.

Gu Banglan recently emphasized that a harmonious society is, first of all, a society of democracy and rule of law.

On the eve of the convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16 th CPC Central Committee, Li Rujun, vice president of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, published a monograph in the Beijing Daily on "What kind of democracy can be practiced in China." The article says that in order to build a harmonious society in China, it is necessary not to just discuss some abstract principles, but to study and establish a mechanism for coordinating interests that is suited to the characteristics of structural changes in China's society. "To form such a mechanism for coordinating interests, fundamentally speaking, we must constantly improve our democracy and the rule of law."

In early September, the "Study Times" of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China carried an article saying: Without democracy, there can be no advanced nature.

The article says: According to the views of Western political science, Yan'an and the revolutionary base areas behind enemy lines during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression did not have the basic conditions for democratic elections at all -- most of the voters were illiterate and semi-literate, and the economic and cultural conditions were extremely backward. However, in the first election of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region, 80% of the voters participated in the election.

In the past three years, the democratic experiment has actually been gradually advancing, and some have produced social repercussions, such as the experiment of intra-party democracy in Dingqing District of Xiaonan, the experiment of "Sunshine Politics Fǔ" in Wucheng, Jiangdong, and the experiment of direct election in Yaning of Xichuan.

Lingnan, Xiaonan, Tianya and other provinces have implemented a voting system for principal leading cadres at the prefectural and municipal levels, which has changed from the discussion and decision of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee in the past to the voting of all members of the Provincial Party Committee, which takes effect on the spot; The Central Plains Province decided that a number of party representatives should be invited to attend all enlarged meetings of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee that involve major policy decisions. The Lin'an Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection in Jiangnan Province tried to openly try party members' violations of discipline to further ensure that party members have the right to participate, the right to know, and the right to make a defense.

Recently, the press quoted Máo Zedong in 1956 as saying: "We must build our country into a great power and make people amiable!" He also said that he only liked progressive China, and the meaning of progressive China certainly included democratic politics.

It can be said that today, a big chess game at home and abroad has been formed.

At the beginning of September, Gu Banglan delivered a speech on the concept of building a "harmonious world" at the summit to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, and proposed five measures, promising to provide large-scale assistance to the development of Chinese countries.

A few days later, the fourth round of the Six-Party Talks on the North Korean nuclear issue issued a joint statement in Beijing. This is the first time that China has successfully mediated a major international conflict.

International public opinion believes that this shows that Huaxia is more actively involved in international affairs. At the same time as the economic rise, China is moving towards becoming a political and cultural power in the world.

Analysts believe that in order to cope with the new international situation and create a more favorable international environment for China's reform and opening up, it is also necessary to "make a difference" in diplomacy while strategically implementing the policy of "taoguang and nurturing obscurity."

Wang Jisi, dean of the School of International Relations at Huaxia University, said: "It should be said that the new political and leading collectives have adopted a more enterprising and positive attitude, and this does not contradict Taoguang Yanghui." ”

He analyzed that the main criterion for judging the success of foreign policy lies in whether it is conducive to ensuring the smooth implementation of the central domestic task, rather than whether it is "hard" or "soft" on the surface.

Wang Jisi believes that the current leadership has been very successful in handling Sino-US relations, has a mature understanding of the changes in the external environment, and has a harmonious and consistent domestic and foreign policies. "On the issue of the treasure island, the basic attitude of the United States is not to unilaterally change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, which is the result of a lot of work done by the Chinese side."

In the past three years, the active and flexible strategy of the Chinese government has also attracted attention in the handling of Sino-European relations, relations with neighboring countries, and relations with the development of the Huaxia family.

Wang Jisi said that foreign policy is an extension of domestic policy and serves domestic politics. The adjustment of a country's foreign policy will also bring about changes in its domestic policy. "The interaction between domestic affairs and foreign affairs is getting closer and closer, and 'reform' and 'opening up' complement each other to form a big chess game."

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However, no matter how optimistic or negative the domestic and foreign media are about China, in Xiao Chen's view, it is still a "dichotomy": the achievements are huge, and the latent crisis is not small.

The achievements are obvious to all, and if you don't talk about him, you can talk about the crisis.

In Xiao Chen's view, in the past 25 years, China's economy has made indisputable great achievements. As the world's sixth largest economy and third largest trading country, China's economy is entering a new stage of development. In order to achieve sustainable economic growth, it is necessary for Huaxia to adjust its growth strategy accordingly and gradually solve some structural problems that have accumulated over the years. He believes that the current structural problems in China mainly include the following five aspects.

First, the dependence on foreign countries is too high.

In 2004, China's total trade to GDP ratio exceeded 70%, and it will rise further in 2005. In the world, no major country has reached the level of total trade to GDP ratio of China. In Japan, which claims to be heavily dependent on foreign demand, and the United States, which claims to be the most open in the world, the proportion is around 20%. China's trade is dominated by processing trade, which will only strengthen but not weaken China's economic dependence on foreign countries.

Due to the increasing scale of the economy, many of China's imported and exported products have occupied a very high share in the world market. The increase in China's imports has led to a sharp rise in the price of raw materials, and the increase in exports has led to a sharp drop in the price of labor-intensive manufactured goods, which has aroused great concern in the world, and trade protectionism against China has intensified.

The excessively high dependence on foreign countries not only reflects the imbalance in the development of China's tradable goods sector and non-tradable goods sectors, but also makes China's economy more and more vulnerable to external shocks.

Second, the return on investment is too low.

Over the past 25 years, China's investment rate has averaged around 40 percent, with more than 45 percent in 2004 and possibly 50 percent in 2005. There is no other country in the world that can compare with the high investment rate of Huaxia.

While the investment rate continues to increase, the investment efficiency of Huaxia continues to decline. In other words, in order to achieve the same percentage of economic growth, a higher and higher proportion of consumption needs to be sacrificed in the national economy.

Huaxia must vigorously improve capital efficiency. More resources should be devoted to increasing human capital and improving total factor productivity, so as to put China's economic growth on a sustainable basis.

Third, there is an imbalance in the balance of payments structure.

Historically, it seems that no other country has maintained a "double surplus" of both current account and capital account for such a long period of time as China, which many Asian countries have experienced in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. It remains to be seen how this situation will develop.

China is the world's largest direct investment country, with a cumulative direct investment volume of nearly 600 billion US dollars. At the same time, China has exported a large amount of capital through the purchase of US Treasury bills and other forms, and has now accumulated more than $700 billion in foreign exchange reserves. While introducing a large amount of long-term capital, Huaxia exported a larger amount of short-term capital.

A simple fact is this: as a country with a shortage of capital, China has become one of the most important capital exporters in the world. The "double surplus" shows that the allocation of resources in China is extremely unreasonable. The depreciation of the US dollar will cause the shrinkage of China's foreign exchange assets.

Fourth, the growth of high energy consumption and high pollution is unsustainable.

Huaxia's industry is dominated by energy- and mineral-intensive manufacturing. 2 The second largest oil importer. China's demand for iron ore and many other mineral resources has become one of the important reasons for the soaring price of mineral products in the world.

Xiao Chen never felt that Huaxia was really very rich, he always felt that Huaxia was a resource-poor country - especially the lack of energy and major minerals - and the world's supply of energy and mineral resources was not only limited but also very unstable. Water and air pollution in China have reached a very serious level, and we will pay a heavier and heavier price for this in the future.

Huaxia must make full use of price levers, industrial policies, and other means to improve the economic efficiency of enterprises and optimize the industrial structure. Otherwise, China's economic growth will be constrained by bottlenecks and will go to a dead end.

Fifth, there is a serious lack of investment in public goods.

China's investment in medical and health care, social welfare and security systems, environmental protection, and universal compulsory education has seriously lagged behind economic growth. The gap between the rich and the poor in China's urban and rural areas, between the interior and the coastal areas, and between different social strata is widening at an astonishing rate.

In the 2000 World Health Organization's evaluation of the equity of health financing and distribution among member countries, Huaxia ranked fourth. This is something that Xiao Chen extremely does not want to see. In order to build a harmonious society, the imbalance between social and economic development must be corrected as soon as possible.

China's economic restructuring requires a set of comprehensive management plans. In addition to further deepening the reform of the economic system and the reform of the political structure, improving the market mechanism, and eliminating the need to eliminate the market, public finance, industrial policy, and exchange rate policy should also play an important role in this adjustment process. Increasing this kind of investment is a good thing to increase the consumption rate and thus stimulate healthy economic growth.

Attending the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee this time, Xiao Chen's main goal is to strive for social security-

The Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the People's Republic of China was held in Beijing from October 8 to 11, 2005.

Present at the plenary session were 191 members of the Central Committee and 150 alternate members of the Central Committee. Members of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and responsible comrades of relevant departments attended the meeting as observers.

The plenary session was presided over by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Gu Banglan, general secretary of the Central Committee, made an important speech.

The plenary session listened to and discussed Gu Banglan's work report commissioned by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and deliberated and adopted the "Proposal of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 11 th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development." Wen Chengxi gave an explanation to the plenary session on the "Proposal (Discussion Draft)".

The plenary session fully affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since the Fourth Plenary Session of the 16 th CPC Central Committee. It was unanimously agreed that the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee adheres to the guidance of Zheng Nanxun and Xiao Fei Theory and the important thinking of the "three represents", unites and leads the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to thoroughly implement the spirit of the party's leading and the Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 16th CPC Central Committee, comprehensively implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, strengthen the party's ability to govern and build its advanced nature, adhere to the development of the party's primary task of governing and rejuvenating the country, strengthen and improve macroeconomic regulation and control, focus on promoting reform and opening up, accelerate the adjustment of the economic structure and change the mode of economic growth, and correctly handle the relationship between reform, development, and stability. New progress has been made in socialist economic, political, cultural, social, and party building, and China's economy and society have maintained a good momentum of development.

The plenary session spoke highly of China's tremendous achievements in economic and social development during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, and held that in the past five years, under the correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee, all localities and departments have concentrated their energies on construction, single-mindedly sought development, and continuously promoted reform and opening up, and China's economic strength, comprehensive national strength, and international status have been markedly enhanced. We have effectively suppressed the unstable and unhealthy factors in economic operation, successfully overcome the challenges of the epidemic and major natural disasters, calmly coped with the new changes after joining the World Trade Organization, the national economy has continued to develop rapidly, the pace of industrialization, urbanization, marketization and internationalization has accelerated, the main development goals set in the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" have been achieved ahead of schedule, the reform of the economic system has been deepened, foreign trade has reached a new level, the national fiscal revenue has increased substantially, and the overall price level has remained basically stable. The living standards of the people in urban and rural areas have been further improved, national unity has been continuously consolidated, new progress has been made in various social undertakings, and the building of socialist democratic politics and spiritual civilization has continued to be strengthened. All these have laid a good foundation for the development of the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period. Facing the future, we stand in a new history.

The plenary session made an in-depth analysis of the international and domestic situations facing China's economic and social development in the coming period, and emphasized that in the process of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period has an important historical position of inheriting the past and opening up the future. We must firmly seize the opportunities, cope with various challenges, conscientiously resolve the outstanding contradictions and problems we face on the road ahead, base ourselves on scientific development, focus on independent innovation, improve systems and mechanisms, promote social harmony, create a new situation in the cause of socialism in China, and lay a solid foundation for the smooth development of the next decade.

The plenum pointed out that in formulating the 11th Five-Year Plan, it is necessary to take Zheng Nanxun, Xiao Fei's theories and the important thinking of the "three represents" as guidance, and comprehensively implement the scientific outlook on development. We should persist in making development the last word, persist in grasping development as the party's most important task in governing and rejuvenating the country, persist in taking economic construction as the central task, and persist in using the methods of development and reform to solve problems in the course of advancement. It is necessary to unswervingly guide the overall situation of economic and social development with the scientific outlook on development, adhere to the people-oriented, change the concept of development, innovate the development model, improve the quality of development, and earnestly shift economic and social development to the track of comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, we must maintain steady and rapid economic development, we must accelerate the transformation of economic growth mode, we must improve the ability of independent innovation, we must promote the coordinated development of urban and rural areas, we must strengthen the construction of a harmonious society, and we must continue to deepen reform and opening up.

In accordance with the overall plan for building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way in the first two decades of this century, the plenary session put forward the main goals of economic and social development during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period: on the basis of optimizing the structure, improving efficiency and reducing consumption, the per capita GDP in 2010 will be doubled compared with 2000; The efficiency of resource utilization has been significantly improved, and the energy consumption per unit of GDP has been reduced by about 20% compared with the end of the Tenth Five-Year Plan period. Form a group of advantageous enterprises with independent intellectual property rights and well-known brands and strong international competitiveness; The socialist market economy system is relatively perfect, the open economy has reached a new level, and the balance of payments is basically balanced; Nine-year compulsory education has been popularized and consolidated, jobs in urban areas have continued to increase, the social security system has been relatively sound, and the number of poor people has continued to decrease. The income level and quality of life of urban and rural residents have generally improved, the overall price level has been basically stable, and the conditions for housing, transportation, education, culture, health, and environment have been greatly improved. New progress has been made in the building of democracy and the legal system and spiritual civilization, the situation of public order and safe production has further improved, and new progress has been made in building a harmonious society.

The meeting stressed that the key to achieving the goals of the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" and promoting the process of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way lies in strengthening and improving the party's leadership. It is necessary to persist in building the party to serve the public and ruling for the people, strengthen the party's ability to govern and its advanced nature, strengthen the building of leading bodies and grassroots party organizations at all levels, and constantly improve the level of the party's leadership over economic and social development. All party members should strengthen their ideals and beliefs, adhere to the party's fundamental purpose, work conscientiously, and unswervingly strive for the cause of building socialism in China. Leading cadres at all levels must persist in using power for the people, caring for the people, and seeking benefits for the people, continue to do a good job in the educational activities to maintain the advanced nature of the people, carry out in depth the building of a clean and honest party style and the struggle against the people, and always maintain the bloody ties between the party and the people.

The meeting stressed the need to implement the basic strategy of governing the country according to law, strengthen the building of socialist democratic politics, and actively and steadily continue to push forward the reform of the political system. It is necessary to strengthen the building of socialist spiritual civilization so that all the people can always maintain a high-spirited and upward spirit. It is necessary to strengthen national defense and army building. Maintain the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao. Promote the development of cross-strait relations and the great cause of the reunification of the motherland.

The meeting stressed that promoting economic development and improving the people's living standards has always been the central task of China, and that we must unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development, that is, we must develop ourselves through striving for a peaceful international environment, and we must also promote world peace through our own development. At the same time, China is willing to carry out mutually beneficial cooperation with all countries in the world and work together to build a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity.

The plenum called on all comrades of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to closely rally around the party Central Committee with Comrade Gu Banglan as general secretary, hold high the great banner of Marxism-Leninism, Zedong Thought, Zheng Nanxun, Xiao Fei Theory and the important thinking of the "three represents", adhere to the party's basic line, basic program and basic experience, comprehensively implement the scientific outlook on development, brace up spirits, work in a down-to-earth manner, forge ahead with determination, and blaze new trails. Strive to achieve the 11th Five-Year Plan for national economic and social development and the grand goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way!

The proposal on speeding up the improvement of the social security system jointly put forward by Xiao Chen and a group of members of the Central Committee was also almost completely adopted by the current congress. This point was not unexpected, because this suggestion was completely in line with the governing philosophy of the Hui faction.

Finally, in the announcement of the Fifth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, the "Proposal" clearly requires that during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to speed up the improvement of the social security system, provide a more comprehensive and reliable guarantee for the basic life of the broad masses of the people, and create important conditions for maintaining social stability and promoting social harmony.

After years of hard work, important progress has been made in the construction of China's social security system. The coverage of social insurance has been further expanded, the income of the fund has grown rapidly, and various systems have become more standardized. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the improvement of the social security system should focus on the following aspects:

First, it is necessary to correctly grasp the principle of improving the social security system. The "Proposal" proposes to establish and improve a social security system commensurate with the level of economic development, and to reasonably determine the standards and methods of security. The forms of social security should be diverse, and the basic security prescribed by the state should meet the basic living needs of the majority of residents; The need for high-level protection should be solved through the development of supplementary insurance and commercial insurance.

Second, improve the existing social security system. The first is the basic old-age insurance system for urban workers. To improve the basic pension insurance system, we should focus on two points: one is to gradually make personal accounts. Another point is to gradually improve the level of social co-ordination of basic pension insurance. It is necessary to gradually realize the provincial overall planning of basic pension insurance, and create conditions for the gradual transition to national overall planning. The second is the basic medical insurance system for urban workers. To improve the basic medical insurance system, it is first necessary to reasonably determine the proportion of medical expenses borne by individuals. Second, it is necessary to do a good job in expanding coverage. Finally, in connection with the reform of the medical and public health system and the reform of the drug production and circulation system, we should conscientiously study and gradually solve the problems that the masses of the people are concerned about, such as the difficulty and high cost of medical treatment. In addition, through preferential policies, enterprises will be guided to establish supplementary medical insurance, and the establishment of a large-amount medical assistance system will be encouraged. The third is the unemployment insurance system. In accordance with the "Unemployment Insurance Regulations," it is necessary to make the unemployment insurance system more standardized and perfect, and it is necessary to give full play to the positive role of the unemployment insurance fund in promoting reemployment. Fourth, the minimum subsistence guarantee system for urban residents. To improve the system of minimum subsistence security for urban residents, it is necessary to explore other ways of assistance other than currency. At the same time, it is necessary to further speed up the improvement of work-related injury insurance and maternity insurance systems.

Third, explore new areas of the social security system. First, it is necessary to conscientiously solve the problem of social security for migrant workers in urban areas. To solve their social security problems, their mobility should be considered, and the system should be designed to facilitate the transfer of accumulated social security rights and interests with mobility; The setting of social security programs should be the most concerned to avoid too many items and too high rates to cause labor costs to rise too quickly. The second is to study and formulate a plan for the reform of the pension insurance system of government agencies and institutions. It is necessary to draw on the experience of the reform of the old-age insurance system for enterprise workers, separate the construction of the new system from the handling of the problems left over from the old system, and properly formulate a transitional method for the transition between the old and new systems. Third, localities with the right conditions should actively explore the establishment of a system for guaranteeing the minimum subsistence in rural areas. At present, China's rural areas do not have the conditions to fully implement the minimum livelihood guarantee system in the same way as the cities. However, what has been established should be further improved; Those that have not yet been established should persist in proceeding from reality and actively carry out explorations within the scope of local financial resources. Fourth, it is necessary to conscientiously study and formulate policies and measures to cope with the aging of the population.

Fourth, improve the financial guarantee mechanism of the social security system. First, it is necessary to speed up the pace of public financial reform and increase financial input in social security. Second, it is necessary to transfer part of the state-owned assets in accordance with the law to enrich the social security fund and strengthen the management of the social insurance fund. The third is to further expand the coverage of social insurance and increase the collection rate. Fourth, it is necessary to gradually improve the system of social security laws and regulations, raise awareness of social security laws, and implement compulsory insurance for some special industries and enterprises.

After the meeting ended, Xiao Chen rushed to Yù Quanshan according to his uncle's explanation. Xiao Chen knew that the final step of the Pengcheng fire case would depend on the uncle's decision tonight.