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Communique of the Fifth Plenum of the 17th
Central Committee
of the Communist
Party of China
(October 18, 2010)
The
Fifth
Plenum
of
the
17th
CPC
Central
Committee
was
held
in Beijing from October
15 to 18, 2010.
Present at the plenum
were 202 members and 163 alternate
members of the CPC Central Committee.
Members of the Standing
Committee
of
the
CPC
Central
Commission
for
Discipline
Inspection
and
leading
officials
of
relevant
departments
attended the
meeting as non-voting delegates. Some delegates
to the 17th CPC National Congress,
including a few from the
grass roots
and a few experts and scholars, also attended the
meeting as non-voting delegates.
The
plenum
was
presided
over
by
the
Political
Bureau
of
the
CPC
Central
Committee.
Hu
Jintao,
General
Secretary
of
the
CPC
Central
Committee,
delivered
an
important
speech
at
the
plenum.
The plenum listened
to and discussed the working report
delivered by Hu Jintao, who was
entrusted by the Political
Bureau
of
the
CPC
Central
Committee,
and
adopted
the
Central
Committee's
Proposal
for
Formulating
the
12th
Five-
Year Program
for China's Economic
and
Social
Development
(2011-2015)
draft proposal to
the plenum.
The
plenum
fully
recognized
the
work
of
the
Political
Bureau
of
the
CPC
Central
Committee
since
the
Fourth
Plenum
of
the 17th CPC Central
Committee. The plenum unanimously agreed
that the Political Bureau of the CPC
Central Committee, faced
with the
fallout of the international financial crisis and
sweeping
changes
in
international
and
domestic
landscapes,
has
thoroughly
implemented
the
guidelines
of
the
17th
CPC
National
Congress
and
the
First,
Second,
Third
and
Fourth
plenums
of
the
17th
CPC
Central
Committee,
held
high
the
great
banner
of
socialism
with
Chinese
characteristics,
and
followed
the
guidance
of
the
Deng
Xiaoping
Theory
and
the
important
thought
of
the
Represents,
and
comprehensively
implemented
the
Scientific
Outlook
on
Development.
The
Political
Bureau
of
the
CPC
Central
Committee
has
united
and
led
the
whole
Party,
military and Chinese
people of all ethnic groups to celebrate
the 60th anniversary of the founding of
the People's Republic
of
China,
effectively
implement
the
stimulus
package
to
counter
repercussions of the international
financial crisis, improve
macro-
regulation
in
a
targeted
manner,
consolidate
achievements in
fighting the international financial crisis,
accelerate the transformation of the
economic growth mode,
maintain
stable
and
relatively
rapid
economic
development.
The
Political Bureau of the
CPC Central Committee has united and
led
the
whole
Party,
military
and
Chinese
people
of
all
ethnic
groups
to
make
efforts
to
ensure
and
improve
people's
livelihoods, effectively cope with
severe natural disasters
such
as
the
Yushu
earthquake
in
Qinghai
province
and
the
Zhouqu
mudslide
in
Gansu
province,
successfully
accomplish
the
campaign
of
learning
in-depth
the
Scientific
Outlook
on
Development by all Party members and
successfully host the
Shanghai
World
Expo.
The
plenum
agreed
that
remarkable
progress
had been made in
various works and programs of the Party and
the nation.
The plenum held
that the 12th Five-Year Plan period is a
crucial stage for building a moderately
prosperous society in
an all-round way
and a time of difficult issues for deepening
the
reform
and
opening-up
process
while
accelerating
the
transformation of the
nation's economic development pattern.
Properly setting the 12th Five-Year
Plan on the basis of an
in-depth
and
accurate
grasp
of
the
changes
and
characteristics
of
domestic
and
international
situations
is
of
great
significance to
further
seizing
and
effectively
utilizing
our
country's
important
period
of
strategic
opportunities,
promoting
steady
and
relatively
rapid
long-term
economic
development, winning new victories in
building a moderately
prosperous
society
and
pushing
forward
the
great
cause
of
building socialism with
Chinese characteristics.
The
plenum
spoke
highly
of
our
country's
great
achievements
in economic and
social development during the 11th Five-Year
Plan
period, holding that
the CPC had unified and led the
Chinese
people
of
all
ethnic
groups,
firmly
focused
on
development, the top priority of the
Party in governing and
rejuvenating
the
country,
carried
out
the
Party's
theories
and
guidelines, principles
and policies, implemented proper and
forceful
macroeconomic
regulation,
given
full
play
to
the
political
advantages
of
China's
socialist
system,
brought
into
full
play
the
fundamental
role
of
market
in
allocating
resources, thus bringing fresh and
historic changes to the
nation.
After
striving
for
five
years,
our
country
has
achieved
fast development of
social productivity, drastic enhancement
of
overall
national
strength,
remarkable
improvement
of
living
standards,
and
a
marked
rise
in
international
status
and
influence,
and
also
made
major
progress
in
the
socialist
economic,
political,
cultural,
social
and
conservation
culture
development, as well
as Party building, thus having composed
a
new
epic
recounting
the
cause
of
socialism
with
Chinese
characteristics. The
achievements of the five years are hard
won, the experience accumulated is
precious and the spiritual
fortune
created will last long.
The plenum made
an in-depth analysis of the domestic and
international
environment
for
China's
economic
and
social
development
during
the
coming
period,
and
put
stress
on
the
fact
resulting
from
a
comprehensive
assessment
of
international
and
domestic
situations
that
China
is
still
in
an
important
period
of strategic
opportunities during which there is a great deal
China
can
achieve,
and
it
is
faced
with
both
precious
historic
opportunities
and
plenty
of
foreseeable
and
unforeseeable
risks and
challenges. We should strengthen the awareness of
opportunities and potential risks,
properly master the law of
development,
actively adjust to the changes of environment,
effectively
solve
various
problems,
and
strive
to
push
forward
our
country's
reform
and
opening-up
process
and
socialist
modernization
drive.
The plenum pointed out that the
formulating of the 12th
Five-Year
Plan
must
hold
high
the
great
banner
of
socialism
with
Chinese
characteristics,
follow the guidance
of
Deng
Xiaoping
Theory
and
the
important
thought
of
Three
Represents,
thoroughly
apply
the
Scientific
Outlook
on
Development,
adjust
to the new changes of
domestic and international situations,
comply with the people's new
expectations of living better
lives,
take scientific development as the theme, employ
the
expedited transformation of the
economic development pattern
as
the
main
line,
deepen
the
reform
and
the
opening-
up
process,
safeguard and
improve the people's livelihoods, consolidate
and
expand
the
fruits
reaped
from
coping
with
the
international
financial
crisis,
and
promote
steady
and
relatively
fast
long-term
economic
development
and
social
harmony
and
stability, so as to lay
a decisive foundation for building a
moderately prosperous society.
The
plenum
stressed
that
in
contemporary
China,
the
adherence to development
as a task of overriding importance
means sticking to scientific
development, laying more stress
on
the
first
principle,
paying
more
attention
to
comprehensive, sustainable development
and overall planning
and coordination,
and putting more emphasis on securing and
improving people's livelihood to
promote social equality and
justice.
Acceleration of the transformation of the economic
development pattern marks a profound
reform in both economic
and
social
sectors
and
must
proceed
throughout
every
realm
and
all the
course of economic and social development.
Economic
strategic
restructuring
should
be
a
major
task
of
the
transformation
of
economic
development mode.
The
promotion
of
scientific
and
technological
progress
and
innovation
should
be
taken
as an important support to the transformation,
while
ensuring and improving people's
livelihood should be the very
aim
and
fundamental
end
of
the
move.
The
building
of
a
resource-saving and environment-
friendly society should be a
focal
point in the transformation of the economic
development
mode. It
is
imperative to take reform and opening-up as a
powerful
driving
force
for
speeding
up
the
transformation,
and
score more comprehensive, coordinated
and sustainable growth
to seek sound
and fast economic and social development.
After comprehensive considerations of
future development
trends
and
conditions,
the
plenum
proposed
the
following
as
the
major targets for economic and social
development in the next
five years: to
maintain stable and relatively fast economic
growth;
to
achieve
major
development
in
economic
restructuring;
to
universally
raise
people's
incomes
at
a
relatively
fast
pace;
to remarkably enhance
social construction; to continuously
deepen reform
and
opening-up;
to achieve
substantial
progress
in
transforming
the
economic
development
pattern;
to
remarkably
strengthen
the
country's
comprehensive
national
power,
international
competitiveness
and
capability
in
shielding against risks; to make
notable progress in meeting
people's
living
and
cultural
demands;
and
to
further
consolidate
the
foundation
for
the
making
of
a
better-off
society in an all-round way.
Participants
at
the
plenum
stressed
adherence
to
the
policy
of
boosting
domestic
demand,
maintaining
stable
and
relatively
fast economic development, and
strengthening and improving
macro-
control
measures.
The
plenum
called
for
the
establishment
of
a long-term
mechanism
to expand
consumption,
the
optimization
of
investment
structures, and
quickened
pace
of
the
building
of a
new
growth
pattern that
is
jointly
driven
by
consumption,
investment
and
exports.
Efforts
should
be
made
to
push
forward
rural
modernization,
accelerate
the
construction
of
new
socialist
rural
area,
maintain
coordinated
development
in
rural
and
urban
regions,
promote
the
development
of
modern
agriculture,
improve
public
services
and
infrastructure
construction in rural areas, and seek new ways
to
increase
farmers'
incomes.
The
rural
development
system
will
also be improved to
build contented homes for farmers. The
plenum underscored the establishment of
a modern industrial
system
and
enhancement
of
the
core
competitiveness
of
industries by transforming and
upgrading the manufacturing
sector,
developing
strategic
emerging
industries,
and
accelerating the growth
of the service sector. It is stressed
that the construction of the modern
energy industry and the
building
of
a
comprehensive
transport
system
should
be
boosted,
while
raising
the
level
of
informatization
and
encouraging
the
marine
economy.
Balanced
development
between
regions
should
be
maintained
and
urbanization
should
be
pushed
forward
in
a
positive and
sound manner. The master strategy of regional
development and the strategy of main
functional regions will
be implemented,
and the urbanization pattern will be improved
with
enhanced
urban
management.
Poverty alleviation
work
that
targets old
revolutionary base areas, ethnic regions, border
areas and poverty-stricken areas will
be strengthened. Great
importance
should
be
attached
to
building
a
regional
development
pattern
that
enables
regions
to
make
their
advantages
complementary
with
main
functions
clearly
defined,
enables more
efficient spatial use of the land, and achieves
a harmonious relation between humans
and nature. It is urged
that
the
building
of
a
resource-saving
and
environment-friendly
society should be accelerated, and the
ecological
conservation
culture should be
promoted.
More work
should be done to
proactively combat global climate change,
increase
environment
protection,
develop
the
recycling
economy,
improve resource
conservation and management, speed up the
construction of the ecological
protection system and that of
disaster
prevention and reduction, and enhance the ability
of
maintaining
sustainable
development.
The
plenum
urged
further
enforcement
of
the
strategy
of
rejuvenating
the
nation
through
science and
education and through the cultivation of talented
personnel
to
build
an
innovative
country.
The
plenum
called
for
upgrading
China's
scientific
innovation
ability,
improving
the
innovation
system
and
accelerating
educational
reform
and
development,
which
encourages
talent
and
lays
a
solid
foundation
in
terms
of
science
and
technology
and
human
resources
for
the
transformation
of
economic
development
pattern
and
achieving
the
goal
of
building
a
moderately
prosperous society in an all-round way.
The
plenum
called
for
ensuring
and
improving
people's