Great Achievements in Comprehensively Deepening Reform in the New Era

Following the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a new era. This era has seen a comprehensive deepening of reform that has both built on the previous period of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization and opened a new chapter in China's reform. This is articulated in the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization, adopted at the recent third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, which states:

"The third plenary session of the 11th CPC Central Committee was a landmark event that ushered in a new period: one of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization. The third plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee was also of epoch-making significance. It marked the start of a new journey of comprehensively deepening reform in the new era with systematic and holistic plans, thus paving the way for a brand new stage in China's reform and opening up endeavors."

At the 18th National Congress, the CPC not only set the grand goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, but also laid out strategic plans for comprehensively deepening reform. The new era of reform was officially launched at the 18th CPC Central Committee's third plenary session in 2013. At this session, the Central Committee put forward an overarching strategic plan for deepening reform, detailing overall goals, strategic priorities, key focus points, working mechanisms, implementation methods, and timelines and roadmaps. With its well-defined objectives, systematic and comprehensive content, and intensive measures, this plan enabled reform to exert a more profound impact than ever before.

The work of reform proceeded under the personal planning and guidance of President Xi Jinping. Presiding over 72 meetings of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform (previously the Central Leading Group on Comprehensively Deepening Reform), President Xi ensured alignment in thinking and understanding, made work arrangements, reviewed major reform plans, analyzed reform trends, and advanced the implementation of reform measures. All this ensured the robust leadership needed to deepen reform across the board.

Thanks to the CPC Central Committee's strong leadership and the collective efforts of the entire Party, the military, and all the Chinese people, the reform tasks set forth in 2013 at the third plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee have been largely accomplished. In the current new era, we have pushed ahead with furthering reform and tackled challenges head-on. We have resolved many issues that were long on the agenda but remained unsolved and delivered many accomplishments that were wanted but remained out of reach. The reforms of the new era have been all-encompassing, in-depth, and fundamental in nature and have yielded historic, transformative, and groundbreaking achievements.

Editor: Zhang Xian