After ten years, especially ten years, the China ship in the new era will sail into a new historical voyage.
When judging the world, it has always been an important basis for our party to make scientific decisions and make precise policies, and it is also an important method to unify its thinking and coordinate its pace. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly stressed: "The world today is experiencing a great change that has never happened in a hundred years, but the times and the situation are on our side. This is where our determination and confidence lie, as well as our determination and confidence." "At present and in the future, China’s development is still in an important period of strategic opportunities, but there are new developments and changes in opportunities and challenges." This important scientific judgment of "the opportunity is still there" has laid a solid self-confidence for grasping the historical initiative and making strategic plans, and is of great guiding significance for continuing to make great achievements in the promising era.
China weight that determines strategic opportunities.
The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward the period of important strategic opportunities for the first time, and clearly pointed out that the first 20 years of the 21st century is an important period of strategic opportunities for our country, which must be firmly grasped and can make great achievements.
Today, 20 years later, how to make a new judgment on the strategic opportunity period must fully estimate a variable that continues to influence the world trend and is becoming more and more important — — China component.
Economic development has reached a new height. In 2021, China’s total economic output increased from 53.9 trillion yuan in 2012 to 114.4 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 18% of the global economy from 11.4%, and contributing more than 30% to the world economy for many years, which is the biggest engine of world economic growth. The per capita GDP has increased from $6,100 to $12,500, which is close to the threshold of high-income countries. The balance of China’s foreign exchange reserves is 3.25 trillion US dollars, ranking first in the world for many years.
The driving force for technological innovation is stronger. "Heaven asks", "Heaven asks" and "Chang ‘e" asks about the vast sky, "Struggler" and "Deep Sea No.1" challenge the extreme depth of the sea, and technological breakthroughs such as high-performance equipment, intelligent robots, additive manufacturing and laser manufacturing strongly promote the upgrading and development of manufacturing industry, and the scale of new energy vehicles and new display industries ranks first in the world. China ranks 11th in the global innovation index, 23 places higher than that in 2012, and has entered the ranks of innovative countries, opening a new stage of promoting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and building a strong country in science and technology.
Great changes have been made in the economic structure. The upgrading of traditional industries has been accelerated, emerging industries have continued to thrive, and the construction of a modern industrial system with coordinated development of real economy, scientific and technological innovation, modern finance and human resources has been accelerated. A large number of major landmark innovations have led China’s manufacturing industry to new heights, and its comprehensive strength and international influence have been greatly enhanced. Among the 500 major industrial products, more than 40% of China’s products rank first in the world.
People’s living standards have improved in an all-round way. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the number of new jobs in cities and towns has exceeded 13 million annually. In 2021, the per capita disposable income of national residents exceeded 35,000 yuan, an increase of nearly 80% compared with 2012, and the number of middle-income groups exceeded 400 million. The battle against poverty has won a comprehensive victory, completed the arduous task of eliminating absolute poverty, and built a well-off society in an all-round way on the land of China. According to United Nations standards, the life of our people has entered a relatively affluent stage. China has become the world’s largest online retail market and will soon become the world’s largest consumer market.
The opening pattern is moving towards all directions. The share of commodity exports in the international market has increased from 11% to 15%, the position of the largest country in goods trade has been consolidated day by day, the utilization of foreign capital has been stable and high-quality, the level and structure of foreign investment have been continuously optimized, foreign investment cooperation has been accelerated, the "Belt and Road" initiative has achieved remarkable results, and the right to speak in global economic governance has been enhanced, forming a new pattern of all-round and high-level opening up … …
China is developing, China is developing, and China will continue to develop! This article has become an important variable that profoundly affects the international political and economic strategic pattern, and it is a solid foundation and the greatest driving force for winning the period of strategic opportunities in the third decade of this century and even longer.
Compared with the first 20 years of this century, in China today, the world is changing from the outside, and the main social contradictions have undergone profound changes from the inside. The systematic requirements for solving the problem of insufficient development imbalance are getting higher and higher, and the urgency is getting stronger and stronger. In the past, we followed the trend and the opportunities were easier to grasp. Now, it’s different to grasp the opportunity against the wind. In the past, the overall environment was relatively stable, and the risk challenges were easier to see; Now the world situation is turbulent and complicated, which puts forward higher requirements for adaptability. In the past, our level of development was low and we were more complementary to others. Now that our level of development has improved, we have more competition with others.
Compared with the first 20 years of this century, the current world economy is looking for new growth momentum, and China is at a historical juncture of structural optimization, kinetic energy conversion and high-quality development. The "historic intersection" of internal and external linkage determines that "opportunities and challenges have new development and changes" is: opportunities are more strategic and plastic, and challenges are more complex and overall. Although the challenge is unprecedented, if we deal with it well, the opportunity will be unprecedented.
There are not only rare historical opportunities, but also many risk challenges. Our party has made a clear long-term judgment on the period of strategic opportunities, and its important foothold lies in China’s weight and China’s actions. In other words, whether we can concentrate on doing our own thing well will be a decisive factor in whether we can win strategic opportunities, make good use of strategic opportunities, shape new strategic opportunities and then grasp the historical initiative.
Concentrate on your own business.
The development of a country and a nation depends on taking its own road, and the key lies in doing its own thing well. This is the basic truth revealed by materialist dialectics and the basic conclusion proved by history and reality. Only by unswervingly concentrating on your own affairs, can you fly around in chaos and remain calm, and let the wind blow from east to west, win the initiative, win the advantage and win the future in the great changes.
Take advantage of the situation and embark on a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way. This is a period of great development potential and various difficulties and risks, a period of approaching the center of the world stage and making greater contributions to mankind, and a period of coping with and resolving the strong pressure exerted by hegemonism on me. To do your own thing well, we must firmly establish the problem consciousness, take the problem as the guide, and grasp the "bull nose" of economic and social development.
We have a long list of challenges before us. The world economy is generally tightening, trade protectionism and populism are on the rise, the sources and risk points of global turmoil are increasing, "black swan" and "grey rhinoceros" appear from time to time, the competition in science and technology is more intense, and multilateralism and the free trade system are under attack. There are still many difficulties and problems in domestic economic operation, and the characteristics of regional and industrial differentiation are becoming more and more obvious. The challenges from economic system, natural system and social system are all arduous topics and hard bones.
The turbulent international situation, complex and sensitive surrounding environment and arduous and arduous tasks of reform, development and stability require us to take the lead in preventing risks, to respond to challenges, to fight a well-prepared battle against risks, and to fight a strategic initiative to turn danger into opportunity. In a word, we should have a strong ability to do our own thing well.
Ability comes from firm self-confidence that always stands on the right side of history. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out: "Only those who keep pace with history and share the fate with the times can win a bright future." In recent years, the incremental risk and the stock problem are intertwined, and the century-old disasters and epidemics are superimposed on each other, and mankind is in a difficult time. In China’s heavy development textbook, one of the most important methodologies is to adhere to dialectical materialism and historical materialism, accurately grasp the world trend, the general trend of the times and China’s greatest national conditions and reality, and take this as a basic point to understand the present and plan the future.
Ability comes from a broad vision that is not afraid of clouds covering your eyes. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader clearly put forward "having two overall situations in mind", one is the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the other is the great change that the world has never seen in a century. This is the basic starting point of our planning work. Only by grasping the two overall situations can we accurately locate the historical coordinates and world coordinates where China is today, open a broad horizon, see the major opportunities and new challenges with foresight, give full play to the subjective initiative, and gain new development momentum in accelerating the construction of a new development pattern.
Ability comes from the excellent wisdom of overall planning and system integration. Ten years ago, when General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over the first collective study of the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, he clearly stated that "Socialism with Chinese characteristics is an all-round developed socialism". The development is vast and grand, and only the overall consideration can control the overall situation; The reform of linkage coupling can only be promoted in coordination. The governance of the country in the new era, from the "five in one" to the "four comprehensive", from the new development concept to the new development pattern, from coordinating the two overall situations at home and abroad to coordinating the development and security, is a clear manifestation of the system concept, which maximizes the positive energy of development and stirs up the majestic power of writing history.
Ability comes from unswervingly promoting reform and opening up. Initiating a new era in Socialism with Chinese characteristics is also a profound revolution, and it needs to be bold, bold, and bold. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "The more contradictions and difficulties the reform faces, the more confidence we must have in advancing with the times and overcoming difficulties, the more enterprising consciousness, enterprising spirit and enterprising perseverance we must have ‘ Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to go to the mountains with tigers ’ Courage. " In recent years, we have deepened the reform of the party and state institutions, deepened the structural reform of the supply side, deepened the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform, and reshaped the relationship between the government and the market … … Real swords and guns, real money and silver, and more "real tricks" have comprehensively deepened reforms, laid down hard bones, overcome breakthroughs, and highlighted "gold content." Speeding up the construction of a unified national market and building a new development pattern with domestic macro-cycle as the main body and domestic and international dual-cycle promoting each other have become the first move to grasp the initiative of development.
Ability comes from the vitality and innovation of hundreds of millions of people. The people have always been an important force to push the wheel of history forward. In recent years, the central government has strongly supported and encouraged innovation, entrepreneurship and creation from the institutional mechanisms and policies, and the craze has surged, and miracles have emerged. The people of China have great creative spirit, great struggle spirit, great unity spirit and great dream spirit. Practice has proved that letting all the vitality of labor, knowledge, technology, management and capital compete with each other in generate, allowing all the sources of creating social wealth to fully flow, allowing every entrepreneur to have a fair opportunity to realize his dream, and gathering the wisdom and creativity of hundreds of millions of people into unparalleled development forces will surely help China’s economy overcome various difficulties and leap to a new level.
Keep the spirit of great struggle forever and create the future
The more you face the stormy waves, the more you can show the role of the mainstay. The backbone of a country, the stronger it is when overcoming difficulties, the more it can condense the strength of rain or shine.
“中国特色社会主义最本质的特征是中国共产党领导，中国特色社会主义制度的最大优势是中国共产党领导。”“中国特色社会主义制度是当代中国发展进步的根本保证。”最高领袖总书记的深刻思考，是“中国之治”生动实践的理论结晶。
办好中国的事情，关键在党。中国共产党与中华民族的前途命运，构成了当代中国最为关键的“命运共同体”。无论血雨腥风的战争岁月，还是激情燃烧的建设和改革时期，千千万万中国共产党人以国家民族利益为重、以人民幸福安康为念，顽强拼搏、勇毅前行，寻找到中国式现代化新道路、中华民族伟大复兴路。面向新的时代，迎接具有许多新的历史特点的伟大斗争，我们更要毫不动摇坚持和加强党的全面领导，使党的领导更加坚强有力。
总结党的十八大以来的成就和经验，最基本、最重要的一条，就是我们党始终保持了进行伟大斗争的精神状态和奋斗姿态。假如没有这种状态和姿态，非但难题不能破解、想办的大事办不成，历史性成就和历史性变革更是谈不上。最高领袖总书记多次着重强调的“伟大斗争、伟大工程、伟大事业、伟大梦想”，伟大斗争位列第一，有深意存焉。
Now, we are marching towards the goal of the second century, shouldering the historical responsibility of persisting in developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization. Building a socialist modern power in an all-round way, taking a two-step strategic arrangement and advancing in depth. The key to achieving the goals and tasks of the new era and new journey is still the party.
Our party is the largest Marxist ruling party in the world. To consolidate its long-term ruling position and always win the heartfelt support of the people, we must always be sober and firm in "rushing for exams" and always maintain the spirit of great struggle. We must never lose the mental state that dares to face contradictions and overcome difficulties, and give up the practical actions that dare to do our best and do good deeds. We must be tit-for-tat and uncompromising in safeguarding the core interests of the country. We must be firm, realistic and tough in the work of reform, development and stability, bite hard bones, wade through deep-water beaches, and break through this critical stage of seizing the pass.
The steps of enterprising people will never stop at their achievements and revel in their glory. The times are mine! There is much to be done in the period of important strategic opportunities with great potential, and time waits for no one. Anchoring the grand goal of building a socialist modernization power in an all-round way, unswervingly taking the road of Chinese modernization, grasping the historical opportunity, maintaining the attitude of struggle, and opening up a new situation based on the new stage of development, we are sure to ride the wind and waves on the great journey of the new era and constantly win new victories!
