News dynamics "Promote the economy to achieve effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth" - the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core will lead the high-quality development of China's economy in 2023

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 10 Question: "Promote the economy to achieve effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth" - The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core will lead the high-quality development of China's economy in 2023

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter

　　China's economic development in 2023 is destined to be extraordinary——

　　In the face of the turbulent international political and economic environment and the arduous and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, China's economy has forged ahead in climbing the slope and overcoming difficulties.

　　"Promote the economy to achieve qualitative and effective improvement and reasonable quantitative growth. General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Party.

　　Scientific guidance, courage and responsibility. This year is the first year for the full implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and a year for economic recovery and development after the three-year transition of new crown epidemic prevention and control. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core unites and leads the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to resist external pressure, overcome internal difficulties, focus on expanding domestic demand, optimizing structure, boosting confidence, preventing and resolving risks, promote China's economic recovery and improvement, and move forward along the channel of high-quality development.

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　　On December 8, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee meeting chaired by General Secretary Xi Jinping made an important judgment when summing up this year's economic work: "China's economy has rebounded well, high-quality development has been solidly promoted, important progress has been made in the construction of a modern industrial system, new breakthroughs have been made in scientific and technological innovation, reform and opening up have been promoted in depth, the foundation for safe development has been consolidated and consolidated, people's livelihood has been effectively guaranteed, and solid steps have been taken to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way." ”

　　Looking back on the whole year, with the full return to normal operation of the economy and society, China's economy has stepped out of a recovery curve:

　　In the first quarter, the economy rebounded and made a good start; in the second quarter, the overall recovery trend continued, but the growth rate of some indicators slowed down and economic activity weakened; in the third quarter, the main economic indicators stabilized and rebounded. In the fourth quarter, the macro-control combination policy has been effective, and the economy has stabilized and increased significantly.

　　I don't know how hard it is. Sailing into 2023, China's economic ship faces new rapids:

　　Looking at the world, the economic recovery is sluggish, the anti-globalization trend is surging, unilateralism and protectionism have risen significantly, global problems have intensified, and the external environment facing China's development has become more complex and severe.

　　Looking around the country, cyclical structural contradictions are intertwined, the contradiction of insufficient aggregate demand is prominent, some enterprises have difficulties in operation, and there are many risks and hidden dangers in some fields, making it more difficult to achieve the expected goals of economic and social development.

　　Unlike the normalized, cyclical recovery of the past, the recovery process in the post-pandemic era will be volatile and longer.

　　"We must strengthen our confidence in doing a good job in economic work. At the Central Economic Work Conference held in December last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized.

　　Confidence comes from the guidance of thoughts——

　　During the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress in March this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a profound exposition on high-quality development and made important arrangements when participating in the deliberations of the Jiangsu delegation:

　　Accelerating the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement is the only way to promote high-quality development; accelerating the construction of a new development pattern is the strategic basis for promoting high-quality development; promoting agricultural modernization is an inevitable requirement for achieving high-quality development; people's happiness and well-being are the ultimate goal of promoting high-quality development; and to promote high-quality development, we must adhere to and strengthen the party's overall leadership and unswervingly govern the party strictly in an all-round way.

　　After more than a month, from April 10 to 13, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Guangdong for the first time this year and placed high hopes on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: "Make the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area a strategic fulcrum of the new development pattern, a demonstration place for high-quality development, and a leading place for Chinese-style modernization." ”

　　On November 28, 2023, the main line of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Super Project was officially completed, which is the east tower and west artificial island of the Lingdingyang Bridge of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Deng Hua

　　East to the Yangtze River Delta, west to Xinjiang, south to Guangdong, north to Heilongjiang... Since the beginning of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping's footprint has spanned the north and south of the river, focusing on the primary task of high-quality development, in-depth investigation and research, and put forward clear requirements:

　　From July 25th to 27th, during the inspection in Sichuan, it was emphasized that it is necessary to "further promote the reform of development mode, development momentum, development field and development quality, and create a new situation of high-quality development in China";

　　From September 6th to 8th, during the inspection in Heilongjiang, it was emphasized that it is necessary to "grasp the primary task of promoting high-quality development" and "strive to create a new situation of high-quality development in Heilongjiang in comprehensive revitalization and all-round revitalization";

　　On October 12, he presided over a symposium on further promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in Nanchang, Jiangxi, emphasizing "further promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and better supporting and serving Chinese-style modernization";

　　From November 28th to December 2nd, during the inspection in Shanghai, he emphasized that Shanghai should focus on the important mission of building the "five centers" and accelerate the construction of a modern socialist international metropolis.

　　A series of important expositions have further enriched and developed Xi Jinping's economic thought, injected new connotations into Marxist political economy, and promoted China's economy to firmly move towards high-quality development.

　　Confidence comes from the joint force of the top and bottom to promote high-quality development——

　　"After the smooth transition of epidemic prevention and control, economic recovery is a process of wave-like development and tortuous progress. "The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held on July 24 made important analysis and judgment.

　　In view of this year's economic work, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed at last year's Central Economic Work Conference that "we must adhere to the principle of stability and seek progress in stability", and made comprehensive arrangements for major issues such as focusing on expanding domestic demand, accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system, earnestly implementing the "two unwavering", making greater efforts to attract and utilize foreign investment, and effectively preventing and resolving major economic and financial risks.

　　Over the past year, General Secretary Xi Jinping has presided over the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the collective study Xi of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the meeting of the Central Deep Reform Commission, the meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, attended important meetings such as the National Conference on Ecological Environmental Protection and the Central Financial Work Conference, studied and deployed economic work, and focused on promoting the continuous improvement of economic operation, the continuous enhancement of endogenous driving force, the continuous improvement of social expectations, and the continuous resolution of risks and hidden dangers.

　　We will introduce 20 specific policy measures in 6 areas to restore and expand consumption, steadily reduce the interest rate on the first home loan, issue an additional 1 trillion yuan of national bonds in 2023 to support post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, and improve disaster prevention, mitigation and relief capabilities... The CPC Central Committee has made a series of decisions and arrangements, which have been implemented in a solid and effective manner by all localities and departments, and have continuously consolidated the foundation for economic recovery.

　　The private economy is a new force in promoting Chinese-style modernization and an important foundation for high-quality development.

　　Since the beginning of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized on many occasions to "encourage, support and guide the healthy development of the private economy", and has made a series of important arrangements in this regard.

　　In July, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting the Development and Growth of the Private Economy" was released. In September, the National Development and Reform Commission announced the establishment of a private economic development bureau. At the same time, a series of policies and measures have been introduced in various localities to add more synergy to the high-quality development of the private economy.

　　Confidence comes from real, hard-won development achievements——

　　In the first three quarters, GDP grew by 5.2 percent year-on-year; in the first 11 months, the national consumer price index rose by 0.3 percent year-on-year; in the first three quarters, the average surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas nationwide was 5.3 percent, down 0.3 percentage points year-on-year; and the scale of foreign exchange reserves remained stable at more than $3.1 trillion.

　　In the first three quarters, the contribution rate of final consumption expenditure to economic growth rose to 83.2 percent, of which the contribution rate increased to 94.8 percent in the third quarter; in the first 10 months, the country's fixed asset investment increased by 2.9 percent year-on-year, the investment structure continued to be optimized, and the decline in private investment narrowed for two consecutive months.

　　Since the third quarter, the flow of factors has tended to be active, the capacity utilization rate and the production and sales rate have rebounded simultaneously, the construction of a unified national market has been promoted in depth, new breakthroughs have been made in batches of key core technologies, the negative list for foreign investment access has been continuously reduced, the opening up of the modern service industry has been increased, and the dividends of reform and opening up have been continuously released.

　　In horizontal comparison, China's economic growth rate is still among the highest among major economies. Steven Barnett, the IMF's chief representative in China, pointed out that China remains the largest engine of global economic growth, accounting for one-third of global growth.

　　Since the beginning of this year, many senior executives of foreign companies have visited China intensively and increased their investment in China.

　　"China's economy has shown great resilience and potential", "China's economic growth in 2024 is expected to exceed this year"... Against the backdrop of multiple uncertainties in the global economy, many international institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, have recently intensively raised China's economic growth forecasts, casting a "vote of confidence" for China's economy.

　　On November 16, in San Francisco, USA, the APEC Business Leaders Summit attracted worldwide attention.

　　"Now, China's economy is resilient, full of potential, and has wide room for maneuver, and the fundamentals of long-term positive conditions have not changed and will not change. On the same day, President Xi Jinping delivered a written speech confidently and firmly, showing the world the bright future of China's economy.

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　　"New quality productivity", a refreshing term.

　　"Actively cultivate strategic emerging industries such as new energy, new materials, advanced manufacturing, and electronic information, actively cultivate future industries, accelerate the formation of new quality productive forces, and enhance new momentum for development" - in September this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping first proposed this important concept in Heilongjiang, which attracted great attention at home and abroad.

　　Workers at Chongqing Changan Leapfrog Vehicle Co., Ltd. in Wanzhou District, Chongqing Municipality, are busy on the production line (photo taken on November 27, 2023). In recent years, the company has changed its development model, continued to promote the intelligent and digital transformation of process technology and equipment, and actively explored and reserved cutting-edge technologies for intelligent networked vehicles, new energy vehicles and special vehicles. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Tang Yi

　　At present, China's economy is in a critical period of consolidating the foundation for recovery and industrial transformation and upgrading, the endogenous driving force is not strong, the aggregate demand is still insufficient, and many difficulties and challenges need to be overcome to promote high-quality development.

　　In the fierce international competition, scientific and technological innovation is the key to opening up new fields and new tracks for development, and shaping new momentum and new advantages for development.

　　Move towards the "new" and rely on innovation to drive and accumulate development momentum——

　　On November 28, in the Future Park of Shanghai Zhangjiang Science City, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Achievement Exhibition.

　　As soon as you walk into the exhibition hall, you can feel the sense of science and technology and the future: mesoporous materials, ring RNA, intelligent robots, innovative drugs and devices, as well as "air, space, land and sea energy" of a large country, and a business card of science and technology innovation.

　　In the exhibition hall, facing representatives of scientific researchers from all walks of life, General Secretary Xi Jinping said earnestly: "Promoting Chinese-style modernization is inseparable from the strategic support of science and technology, education and talents, and Shanghai should be a good leader in this regard and accelerate its progress into a scientific and technological innovation center with global influence." ”

On November 20, 2023, visitors visited the Innovation Achievement Exhibition of the 2023 China 5G + Industrial Internet Conference. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhizun

　　Since the beginning of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping has taken the opportunity of local investigation and investigation to go deep into the most active areas of scientific and technological innovation again and again, communicate face-to-face with scientific and technological workers, understand major scientific research progress, study the internal laws of scientific and technological innovation, and release a clear orientation that always focuses on scientific and technological innovation.

　　In March this year, the "Plan for the Reform of Party and State Institutions" was issued, proposing the establishment of the Central Science and Technology Commission, the re-establishment of the Ministry of Science and Technology, focusing on forward-looking planning, systematic layout, and overall promotion of scientific and technological work, and accelerating the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance.

On November 4, 2023, China's first domestically produced large-scale cruise ship "Aida Modu" was officially named and delivered. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Ting

　　Since the beginning of this year, the first domestically produced large-scale cruise ship has been named and delivered, the C919 large passenger aircraft has achieved commercial operation and entered the stage of industrialization development, the construction of 8 national computing hub nodes of the "Eastern Data and Western Computing" project has been started, and a series of major projects have been unveiled, which has become a vivid portrayal of continuous breakthroughs in key areas and continuous optimization of industrial structure.

　　Staff inspect the operation status of the micro-module computer room at China Unicom's Gui'an Data Center (photo taken on May 23, 2023). In recent years, the national "Eastern Data and Western Computing" project has been fully launched, and Guizhou is one of the eight national hub nodes of the integrated computing power network in the country. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Tao Liang

　　A set of dazzling data is exciting: 45 national advanced manufacturing clusters have been laid vertically and horizontally, with a total industrial output value of more than 10 trillion yuan in the first half of the year; 103,000 specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises have been cultivated across the country, and large and medium-sized enterprises have collaborated, integrated and innovated; more than 8,000 "5G + Industrial Internet" projects have been built, and nearly 10,000 digital workshops and smart factories have been built, and digital technology has strengthened the real economy.

　　On August 9, 2023, in Zhejiang Gongyuan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a provincial-level specialized and new "little giant" enterprise in Huangyan District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, the staff operated a fully automatic welding machine to produce solar cells. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Weng Xinyang

　　By promoting industrial innovation through scientific and technological innovation and building new competitive advantages through industrial upgrading, China's economy has continued to grow and develop while accelerating the cultivation of new quality productive forces.

　　Towards the "new", in the green upgrade continues to show a new atmosphere——

　　"Adhering to green development is the only way to go. On June 7, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed during his inspection tour in Inner Mongolia.

　　On October 10, General Secretary Xi Jinping learned more about the transformation and upgrading of enterprises to build green and intelligent factories and promote energy conservation, pollution reduction and carbon reduction at Sinopec Jiujiang Branch, and Yin Yin advised: "We must make persistent efforts, adhere to source control, reduce pollution and carbon emissions in the whole process, vigorously promote digital and intelligent transformation and green transformation, and build a world-leading green and intelligent refining and chemical enterprise." ”

　　At the subsequent forum on further promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: "Coordinate carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth, take industrial green transformation and upgrading as the top priority, accelerate the cultivation and expansion of green and low-carbon industries, actively develop green technologies and green products, improve the degree of economic greening, and enhance the potential and stamina of development." ”

　　This is a major change in China's energy mix – as of the end of June, China's installed renewable energy capacity reached 1.322 billion kilowatts, historically surpassing coal power and accounting for about 48.8% of China's total installed capacity. It is expected that by the end of this year, the installed capacity of renewable energy power generation in China will exceed 1.45 billion kilowatts, and the installed capacity of wind power and photovoltaic power generation will exceed 1 billion kilowatts.

Dalian Zhuanghe offshore wind power project in Liaoning Province photographed on September 13, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing

　　Zhangbei Renewable Energy Flexible DC Power Grid has been completed and put into operation, which can transmit 14 billion kWh of green electricity to Beijing every year, China Southern Power Grid has cooperated with thousands of upstream and downstream suppliers to innovate to boost the production capacity demand of nearly 400 billion yuan in upstream and downstream, and Qilu Petrochemical-Shengli Oilfield million-ton CCUS demonstration project can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1 million tons per year... Chasing the "wind" and "day", low-carbon transformation, green development momentum across the country is strong.

　　Towards the "new", the benign interaction between humanity and economy continues to open up new space for development——

　　In the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou in December, the yellow and red leaves and the ancient buildings with pink walls and tiles reflect each other, presenting a picture of the ancient scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

　　More than 10 kilometers away, Suzhou Industrial Park, driven by the innovation and development of a new generation of artificial intelligence, batches of enterprises are accelerating the development of large models and moving towards cutting-edge technologies.

Suzhou Industrial Park (drone photo, taken on July 3, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Bo

　　Tradition and modernity, the two sides of a city, are the organic combination of humanity and economy.

　　At this year's National People's Congress and the National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping set up such a topic when participating in the deliberations of the Jiangsu delegation: "There is heaven and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Suzhou and Hangzhou are all cities that are at the forefront of economic development." Where culture is very developed, the economy is still ahead of the curve. Let's take a look at the humanities economics. ”

　　During his visit to Jiangsu in July, the general secretary expressed his impression of Suzhou: "Suzhou has done a good job in the combination of tradition and modernity, where there is not only historical and cultural inheritance, but also high-tech innovation and high-quality development, representing the future development direction." ”

　　Humanistic economics in the new era has expanded new horizons and injected new connotations into China's economic development.

　　Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, the thousand-year-old kiln fire is booming.

　　The protection of ceramic culture and the development of the cultural tourism industry complement each other, giving this ancient town a new meaning: more than 20,000 young people are busy in the front line of porcelain making, a huge and complete ceramic industry chain, the total output value of the ceramic industry in 2022 will reach 66.5 billion yuan, and the export value will increase by 147.9% year-on-year...

　　In the live broadcast base of Taoxichuan Cultural and Creative Block in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, staff promoted ceramic products through a webcast (photo taken on February 22, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Mi

　　On October 11, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Jingdezhen to encourage the local government to strengthen creative design and R&D innovation, further make the ceramic industry bigger and stronger, and polish the beautiful business card of "Millennium Porcelain Capital" more brightly.

　　Humanistic empowerment of high-quality development, all localities grasp their own traditional characteristics, and promote the integration and interaction of cultural prosperity and economic development: Beijing strives to build a world-class harmonious and livable city, Wuhan relies on its geographical advantages of accessibility to all directions and open and inclusive humanistic character to forge ahead and innovate, Chongqing empowers the economy with culture, and creates a new business format for the integration of culture and tourism...

　　Overseas scholars believe that "humanistic economics" captures one of the most fascinating and exciting characteristics of China today, that is, a never-ending spirit of struggle and exploration, constantly exploring new possibilities for China and the world.

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　　The people are the state, and the country is solid.

　　For Wang Dan, a citizen of Wenjiang, Sichuan, to get the keys to public rental housing and have a stable "home", for Li Guangming, a resident of Wangjia Community in Huangshi, Hubei Province, the problem of eating for the elderly couple has been solved in the canteen at the door of their home, and for Li Hui, a patient in Nanning, Guangxi, the price of essential medicines has dropped from about 16,800 yuan to 789 yuan per box.

　　"Employment, education, medical care, childcare, elderly care, housing, and the environment, these people's daily affairs, intimate things, and specific things are constantly being integrated into the top-level design of China's national development, and constantly becoming the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security. President Xi's speech at the joint welcome banquet of US friendship groups on November 15 revealed a strong sense of people's livelihood.

　　People's happiness and well-being is the ultimate goal of promoting high-quality development. The more complex and severe the economic situation is, the more important it is to focus on people's livelihood concerns and firmly adhere to the basic line of people's livelihood.

　　Video connection to visit the grassroots cadres and the masses to listen to the voices of the people, go to the communities of returning residents to see the changes, go to the homes of the affected people to ask about the warmth and cold, and enter the affordable rental housing to check the people's conditions... General Secretary Xi's investigation and investigation over the past year has run through the main line of putting the people first.

　　The deep concern for people's livelihood is reflected in the heart-warming scenes:

　　On May 10, Nanwenying Community, Rongdong District, Xiong'an New District. General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to visit the returning masses, from the party and mass service centers to the community canteens, and then to the new homes of the returning masses, caring about the elderly and providing for them, and worrying about the people's clothing, food, housing and transportation.

　　On this trip, the general secretary carefully advised: "The people who have returned to the new area must first settle down, so that they can live and work happily and develop greatly." The large-scale development of the Xiong'an New Area will have many opportunities in the future, and it is necessary to connect the relocated personnel with their peaceful living and happy work. ”

　　On November 10, when winter was in the north, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a special trip to Beijing and Hebei to visit and comfort the people who suffered from floods this summer, and to inspect and guide the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction work.

　　Visiting residents, teachers and students, visiting shops, entering peasant households, entering wheat fields, and going up the embankment, the general secretary said affectionately: "We must continue to carry out the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction work one by one, and continue to work hard to promote the people's lives in a better direction, so that the people can live a better life in the future!"

　　"Whether the road to modernization can be successful and stable in the end depends on whether we adhere to the people-centered approach. Modernization should not only look at the indicators and data on paper, but also look at the happiness and well-being of the people. On March 15, General Secretary Xi Jinping, in his keynote speech at the high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties, focused on the value of development.

　　Deeply concerned about people's livelihood is implemented in a number of policies and measures to benefit the people:

　　In accordance with the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions, since the beginning of this year, all localities and departments have continued to increase investment in people's livelihood, strengthen people's livelihood security, optimize people's livelihood services, and solve people's worries, benefit people's livelihood, and warm people's hearts with actual results.

　　Solve problems and consolidate employment, the foundation of people's livelihood——

　　On the one hand, the number of college graduates in the class of 2023 has reached a new high, reaching 11.58 million, and on the other hand, employment has been affected by the downward pressure of the economy.

　　From the two sessions of the National People's Congress clearly calling for "focusing on employment assistance for key groups", to the inspection of Inner Mongolia in June, which proposed that "we should fully implement the employment priority policy and put the promotion of fuller and higher-quality employment in a prominent position", General Secretary Xi Jinping regarded employment as the top priority to ensure people's livelihood, and raised stable employment to a strategic height for overall consideration.

　　Implementing the arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and based on changes in the external environment and the needs of the employment situation, many provinces have launched a package of policies to optimize and adjust employment stabilization. Up to now, governments at all levels have directly supported employment and entrepreneurship with more than 200 billion yuan.

　　With the continuous recovery of the economy, the accelerated release of policy dividends, and the detailed implementation of employment assistance, the surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas across the country has declined for two consecutive months since August, and the employment situation has remained generally stable. From January to October, 11.09 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country, completing 92% of the annual target.

　　Strengths and weaknesses, make up for shortcomings in the field of people's livelihood——

　　"It is necessary to firmly grasp the problems of the people's urgency, hardship and longing, and take more measures to benefit the people's livelihood and warm the hearts of the people", "Do things that benefit the people's livelihood, do things that warm the hearts of the people, and do things that conform to the will of the people", "Strengthen the basic, inclusive, and comprehensive construction of people's livelihood, and improve the social security system"...

　　Implementing the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, all localities should strive to run various livelihood undertakings well during the critical period of economic recovery, and speed up the shortcomings in education, medical care, pension and other areas of people's livelihood.

　　Focus on new business formats. Seven platform enterprises in seven provinces and cities, including Beijing, have piloted occupational injury protection for employees in new forms of employment. As of the end of September, 6.68 million food delivery riders and ride-hailing drivers had been provided with "new work-related injury insurance".

　　Good for new citizens. This year, about 1.5 million units (rooms) of affordable rental housing have been raised and built across the country, and the progress of raising and building in various localities has been accelerating.

　　Respond to new expectations. In the first three quarters, about 36.45 million people received direct settlement for cross-provincial and non-local medical treatment, reducing personal advances by more than 41.3 billion yuan, and the ninth batch of national organizations organized centralized procurement of 41 kinds of drugs, and the average price of the selected drugs was reduced by 58%.

　　Improve quality and continue to improve people's livelihood and well-being——

　　During his inspection tour in Sichuan on July 27, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out that "to test the effectiveness of promoting development, we must see whether there are new breakthroughs in high-quality development and whether there are new improvements in the quality of people's lives."

　　The "Domestic Tourism Promotion Plan (2023-2025)" was issued to strengthen the improvement of tourism supply, accelerate the construction of a "quarter-hour convenient living circle" to enrich people's clothing, food, housing and transportation, determine the first batch of 63 national cultural industry empowerment rural revitalization pilot lists, and encourage grassroots sports such as "village BA", "village super" and "village volleyball" to be carried out extensively and safely. Focusing on satisfying the people's growing needs for a better life, a new chapter in the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization is being written at an accelerated pace.

　　This is the scene of the first "Beautiful Village" Basketball League Finals in Guizhou Province taken in Taipan Village, Taijiang County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province on March 27, 2023 (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ou Dongqu

　　"While promoting high-quality development and doing a good job of making the 'cake' bigger, we should further divide the 'cake'. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out at the opening ceremony of the seminar on the implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in the Xi on February 7.

　　From the central to the local level, a series of new deployments and new measures have continuously transformed the fruits of development into a high-quality life for the people, and promoted all-round human development and all-round social progress while striving to promote common prosperity.

　　"We will continue to promote high-quality development and let the fruits of modernization benefit all people. This is the goal of struggle on the new journey, and it is also a solemn commitment made by our party to the people and history.

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　　On May 10 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the core location of the start-up area of Xiong'an New Area in Hebei Province for investigation and investigation.

　　The construction of Xiong'an Intercity Station is progressing in an orderly manner, key supporting projects such as the International Trade Center have sprung up, the octagonal shape outline of the Sinochem Headquarters Base project has begun to appear, and the headquarters building of Xiong'an New Area of China Satellite Network Group Co., Ltd. has entered the secondary structure construction stage...

China Satellite Network Group Co., Ltd. Xiong'an New Area Headquarters (taken on September 30, 2023, drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Xudong

　　Looking at the busy scene of tower cranes in front of him, General Secretary Xi Jinping encouraged the on-site builders: "This is a historical opportunity that has not been encountered in a century, you are undertaking important historical tasks, you must work hard!"

　　Regarding promoting coordinated regional development, General Secretary Xi Jinping has a big chess game in mind. Looking at the whole country, from the Northeast Plain to the Yangtze River, from the Yellow River Basin to South China, a series of regional development strategies have been implemented to lay a solid foundation for accelerating the construction of a new development pattern and achieving high-quality development.

　　In April, in Guangdong, clear requirements were put forward for the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, in May, in Hebei, he presided over a symposium on in-depth promotion of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, in September, in Heilongjiang, he presided over a symposium on promoting the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China in the new era, in October, in Jiangxi, he presided over a symposium on further promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and in November, in Shanghai, he presided over a symposium on in-depth promotion of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.

　　Connecting the east, the middle and the west, coordinating the north and the south. Following the footsteps of General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection and investigation this year, a series of major arrangements related to regional coordinated development are constantly opening up a broad new space for China's economic development.

　　"The next 'China' is still China."

　　President Xi's written speech at the APEC Business Leaders Summit demonstrates the self-confidence and responsibility of major countries.

　　At the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE), which ended a month ago, guests from 154 countries, regions and international organizations gathered together to achieve a record high of US$78.41 billion in annual intended transactions in just six days, becoming a vivid portrayal of China and the world working together to create a better future.

　　"I hope that the CIIE will accelerate the improvement of the window function of building a new development pattern and provide new opportunities for the world with China's new development", President Xi Jinping sent a letter to the 6th China International Import Expo, sending a positive signal to accelerate the construction of a new development pattern.

　　Accelerating the construction of a new development pattern is a strategic decision made by the CPC Central Committee based on the realization of the second centenary goal, overall development and security, and a strategic deployment to grasp the initiative in future development.

　　Since the beginning of this year, under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, China has accelerated the construction of a new development pattern with a clearer direction, a clearer path, and a steady pace of development.

　　Focus on expanding domestic demand and smoothing the national economic cycle——

　　Insufficient aggregate demand is a conspicuous contradiction facing the current economic operation. "We must vigorously implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand and adopt more effective measures to bring about a virtuous circle of social reproduction. "At last year's Central Economic Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping made clear arrangements.

　　Stimulate the confidence of private investment, hold a series of activities of "Consumption Boost Year", introduce key consumption measures to promote automobiles, home furnishings, home appliances, catering, etc., and implement the "three-year action plan for county commerce"... Over the past year, all localities and departments have implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, and stepped up efforts to expand investment and promote consumption.

　　In the first three quarters of this year, the contribution rate of final consumption expenditure to economic growth reached 83.2%, and the efficiency of consumption as the primary driving force of China's economic growth continued to increase.

　　With a population of more than 1.4 billion, it is the world's largest middle-income group and the world's second largest importer of goods. Based on domestic markets, expanding domestic demand, and smoothing circulation, China's economy has the confidence to overcome difficulties and stride forward on the new journey.

　　Comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, and smooth domestic and international dual circulation——

　　On November 1, the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone was inaugurated. Since then, the number of China's pilot free trade zones has been upgraded and expanded to 22, forming a pattern of reform, opening up and innovation covering the east, west, north, south and middle, and coordinating the coastal, inland and border areas.

　　Deepen the market-oriented reform of factors, build a high-standard market system, accelerate the construction of a unified national market, release 24 policies and measures to stabilize foreign investment, and announce eight actions to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation... China continues to promote reform through opening-up and development through reform.

　　"Better coordinate development and security, comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, and strive to achieve an overall improvement in economic operation," General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly emphasized in his speech at the Spring Festival group meeting earlier this year.

　　China's economy has always been moving forward in chopping waves.

　　Looking ahead, we must not only deal with the extreme pressure of "decoupling and breaking the chain" and "de-risking" of Western powers, but also ensure that we always secure the food bowl, ensure energy security, solve the problem of "stuck neck" in core technologies, and prevent and resolve economic and financial risks.

　　We always have the confidence and confidence to maintain the determination of "flying through the turbulent clouds calmly" and stimulate the motivation of "moving forward the more difficult and dangerous": China has the institutional advantages of the socialist market economy, the demand advantage of the super-large-scale market, the supply advantage of a complete industrial system, and the talent advantage of a large number of high-quality workers and entrepreneurs.

　　On the new journey of building a strong country, we should better coordinate the effective improvement of quality and the reasonable growth of quantity, insist on winning by quality, and achieve qualitative change through the accumulation of quantitative changes, so as to achieve higher quality, more efficient, fairer, more sustainable and safer development.

　　Keep the right path and open a new game, to the vast and subtle.

　　"China's economy is resilient, has great potential and is full of vitality, and the long-term positive fundamentals will not change, and China's economic ship will continue to move forward through the wind and waves. General Secretary Xi's sonorous words conveyed to the world the firm confidence that China's economy is moving forward steadily. (Reporter Zou Wei, Han Jie, Jiang Lin, Wei Yukun, Pan Jie, Yan Fujing, Zhang Xinxin)