What's the Vision for China's 15th FYP? Breakdown of the Readout of the Fourth Plenum
The Fourth Plenum of the 20 Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ended earlier today. A detailed communique has been put out by Xinhua. Frankly, there are few surprises.
Zhang Shengmin has been promoted to the CMC Vice Chairman’s position. This was not entirely surprising. My colleague Anushka has been telling me for a while that this is likely on the cards. The Chinese Defense Minister, however, still does not have a place in the CMC. So the vacuum at the top has been filled, but there are still several infirmities within the military governance system that persist.
In terms of the broader readout on the 15th FYP, if you’ve been tracking this space, then there’s really nothing particularly surprising either. The immediate priorities remain:
“stabilising employment, enterprises, markets, and expectations, stabilise the overall economic foundation, and consolidate and expand the momentum of economic recovery and improvement. Macroeconomic policies must continue to exert strength and increase efforts at appropriate times, effectively implement enterprise support policies, deeply carry out special actions to boost consumption, firmly secure the basic bottom line of the ‘three guarantees’ at the grassroots level, and actively and prudently defuse local government debt risks.”
Over the long term, there is a realisation that the external environment remains rather difficult, and this is something that China will have to continue to cope with. That said, the communique exudes a fair bit of confidence in the ability of the Chinese economy to chart the course for the future. Xi Jinping’s leadership in managing China’s journey through this period also received a vote of approval.
The focus of development remains the “real economy”, with technological advancement and self-reliance being coupled with building a modern industrial system. The goal is to remain and strengthen China’s status as a modern manufacturing behemoth. This is captured in language such as:
“adhere to the principles of intelligent, green, and integrated development, accelerate the development of a strong manufacturing nation, a strong quality nation, a strong aerospace nation, a strong transportation nation, and a strong cybersecurity nation; maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing, and build a modernised industrial system with advanced manufacturing as its backbone.”
And this: “Seizing the historic opportunity presented by the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, it is necessary to coordinate the development of a strong nation in education, science and technology, and human resources, improve the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system, comprehensively enhance independent innovation capabilities, seize the commanding heights of scientific and technological development, and continuously stimulate the generation of new-quality productive forces. We must strengthen original innovation and tackle key core technologies, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, advance the integrated development of education, science, technology, and human resources, and deepen the construction of a Digital China.”
These are the top two priorities. After this, the document talks about domestic demand. There’s nothing particularly of substance in there about managing the real-estate sector, expanding social security or ensuring upward social mobility. These are mentioned but are clearly not the big focus areas.
On engaging with the world, the communique talks about the need to “safeguard the multilateral trading system, expand international circulation, promote reform and development through opening up, and share opportunities and achieve common development with all countries in the world. We should actively expand independent opening up, promote innovative development in trade, expand space for two-way investment cooperation, and jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative with high quality.”
Another key point from my perspective is this: “develop a new-era socialist culture with Chinese characteristics that possesses strong ideological guidance, spiritual cohesion, value appeal, and international influence”.
Finally, I recommend dwelling on the paragraph on military development. This bit in particular is striking:
“while engaging in struggle, preparing for war, and carrying out military development simultaneously, accelerate the integrated development of mechanization, informatization, and intelligentization, and enhance the strategic capabilities for safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests. It is necessary to accelerate the building of advanced combat capabilities, advance the modernisation of military governance, and consolidate and enhance the integrated national strategic system and capacity.”
Also, this was a rather striking and ominous paragraph. It tells you that Xi’s anti-corruption campaign is unending.
The plenary session emphasised that governing the country must begin with governing the Party, and only when the Party thrives can the country be strong. The more effective the Party’s management and governance, the more effectively it will guarantee economic and social development. It is necessary to unswervingly advance the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with unending perseverance and tenacity, resolutely implement the requirements of the Party’s self-revolution, apromote the regular and long-term development of the Party’s work style, unswervingly carry out the fight against corruption, and provide a strong guarantee for realizing the goals of economic and social development during the 15th FYP period.
Anyway, here’s the full communique:
168 members of the Central Committee and 147 alternate members attended the plenary. Xi Jinping delivered a speech.
The plenary session listened to and discussed the work report delivered by Xi Jinping on behalf of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee and reviewed and approved the ‘Proposal of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development.’ Xi Jinping also provided an explanation of the ‘Draft Proposal’ to the plenary session.
The plenary session fully affirmed the work of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee since the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. It unanimously agreed that the Politburo has conscientiously implemented the spirit of the 20th Party nCongress and previous plenary sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, adhered to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implemented the new development philosophy, coordinated and advanced the overall layout of the ‘Five-Sphere Integrated Plan’, and the strategic layout of the ‘Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy’, coordinated the two overall situations of domestic and international affairs, and coordinated development and security. It further comprehensively deepened reform, solidly promoted high-quality development, advanced the building of socialist democracy and the rule of law, strengthened publicity, ideological, and cultural work, effectively carried out work on ensuring people’s livelihood and protecting the ecological environment, safeguarded national security and social stability, carried out in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the 8-Point Central Regulation, advanced in depth the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, strengthened the modernisation of national defense and the military, did a good job in work concerning Hong Kong and Macao and work related to Taiwan, advanced in depth major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, promoted the economy’s sustained recovery and improvement, and is about to successfully accomplish the main goals and tasks of the ‘14th Five-Year Plan.’ The solemn commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War greatly inspired the national spirit, aroused patriotic enthusiasm, and gathered the strength for striving. 全会充分肯定党的二十届三中全会以来中央政治局的工作。一致认为，中央政治局认真落实党的二十大和二十届历次全会精神，坚持稳中求进工作总基调，完整准确全面贯彻新发展理念，统筹推进“五位一体”总体布局，协调推进“四个全面”战略布局，统筹国内国际两个大局，统筹发展和安全，进一步全面深化改革，扎实推动高质量发展，推进社会主义民主法治建设，加强宣传思想文化工作，切实抓好民生保障和生态环境保护，维护国家安全和社会稳定，开展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育、纵深推进全面从严治党，加强国防和军队现代化建设，做好港澳工作和对台工作，深入推进中国特色大国外交，推动经济持续回升向好，“十四五”主要目标任务即将胜利完成。隆重纪念中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年，极大振奋民族精神、激发爱国热情、凝聚奋斗力量.
The plenary session highly appraised the major achievements attained in China’s development during the 14th FYP period. The development journey during this period has been both unusual and extraordinary. Facing a complex and intricate international situation and arduous and heavy domestic tasks of reform, development, and stability, the Party Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, united and led the whole Party and people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, faced difficulties head-on, forged ahead with determination, withstood the severe impact of the once-in-a-century pandemic, effectively responded to a series of major risks and challenges, and promoted the Party and the country’s undertakings to achieve new major accomplishments. China’s economic strength, scientific and technological prowess, and comprehensive national strength have reached new heights; Chinese-style modernisation has taken new solid steps forward; and the new journey toward realising the second centenary goal has made a good start. 全会高度评价“十四五”时期我国发展取得的重大成就。“十四五”时期我国发展历程极不寻常、极不平凡。面对错综复杂的国际形势和艰巨繁重的国内改革发展稳定任务，以习近平同志为核心的党中央团结带领全党全国各族人民，迎难而上、砥砺前行，经受住世纪疫情严重冲击，有效应对一系列重大风险挑战，推动党和国家事业取得新的重大成就。我国经济实力、科技实力、综合国力跃上新台阶，中国式现代化迈出新的坚实步伐，第二个百年奋斗目标新征程实现良好开局.
The plenary session pointed out that achieving socialist modernisation is a historical process of step-by-step progression and continuous development and advancement, requiring unremitting effort and sustained struggle. The 15th FYP period is a critical period for consolidating the foundation and fully realising socialist modernisation, and it plays an important role in connecting the past and the future in the process of basically achieving socialist modernisation. During the 15th FYP period, China’s development environment faces profound and complex changes; our development is in a period in which strategic opportunities coexist with risks and challenges, and uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing. China’s economic foundation is stable, with numerous advantages, strong resilience, and enormous potential. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term positive growth remain unchanged. The advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, a super-large market, a comprehensive industrial system, and abundant talent resources are becoming even more prominent. The whole Party must deeply understand the decisive significance of the ‘Two Establishments’, strengthen the four consciousnesses, reinforce the four self-confidences’ and achieve the two safeguards; maintain strategic composure; enhance the confidence of certain victory; actively assess, adapt to, and seek changes; dare to struggle and be good at struggle; bravely face major tests of fierce winds and surging waves, and even turbulent seas; overcome difficulties, combat risks, and meet challenges with the spirit of historical initiative; concentrate strength on managing our own affairs well; continue to write new chapters of the two great miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability; and strive to open up new prospects in the building of Chinese-style modernisation. 全会指出，实现社会主义现代化是一个阶梯式递进、不断发展进步的历史过程，需要不懈努力、接续奋斗。“十五五”时期是基本实现社会主义现代化夯实基础、全面发力的关键时期，在基本实现社会主义现代化进程中具有承前启后的重要地位。“十五五”时期我国发展环境面临深刻复杂变化，我国发展处于战略机遇和风险挑战并存、不确定难预料因素增多的时期。我国经济基础稳、优势多、韧性强、潜能大，长期向好的支撑条件和基本趋势没有变，中国特色社会主义制度优势、超大规模市场优势、完整产业体系优势、丰富人才资源优势更加彰显。全党要深刻领悟“两个确立”的决定性意义，增强“四个意识”、坚定“四个自信”、做到“两个维护”，保持战略定力，增强必胜信心，积极识变应变求变，敢于斗争、善于斗争，勇于面对风高浪急甚至惊涛骇浪的重大考验，以历史主动精神克难关、战风险、迎挑战，集中力量办好自己的事，续写经济快速发展和社会长期稳定两大奇迹新篇章，奋力开创中国式现代化建设新局面.
The plenary session emphasised that, during the 15th FYP period of economic and social development, it is necessary to adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of the ‘Three Represents’, and the Scientific Outlook on Development; comprehensively implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era; thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th Party Congress and all plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee; focus on comprehensively building a great modern socialist country and realizing the second centenary goal; and comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernisation. It is necessary to coordinate and advance the overall layout of the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan and the strategic layout of the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, coordinate the two overall situations of domestic and international affairs, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development philosophy, accelerate the establishment of a new development pattern, adhere to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, take economic construction as the center, take promoting high-quality development as the main theme, take reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, take meeting the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life as the fundamental purpose, and take comprehensive and strict governance of the Party as the fundamental guarantee. It is necessary to promote effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth of the economy, to promote the all-round development of people and to make solid strides toward the common prosperity of all the people, ensuring that decisive progress is achieved in basically realizing socialist modernisation. 全会强调，“十五五”时期经济社会发展，必须坚持马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论、“三个代表”重要思想、科学发展观，全面贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想，深入贯彻党的二十大和二十届历次全会精神，围绕全面建成社会主义现代化强国、实现第二个百年奋斗目标，以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴，统筹推进“五位一体”总体布局，协调推进“四个全面”战略布局，统筹国内国际两个大局，完整准确全面贯彻新发展理念，加快构建新发展格局，坚持稳中求进工作总基调，坚持以经济建设为中心，以推动高质量发展为主题，以改革创新为根本动力，以满足人民日益增长的美好生活需要为根本目的，以全面从严治党为根本保障，推动经济实现质的有效提升和量的合理增长，推动人的全面发展、全体人民共同富裕迈出坚实步伐，确保基本实现社会主义现代化取得决定性进展.
The plenary session pointed out that economic and social development during the 15th FYP period must adhere to the following principles:
upholding the Party’s overall leadership
putting people first
upholding high-quality development
comprehensively deepening reform
combining an effective market with a capable government
coordinating development and security
全会指出，“十五五”时期经济社会发展必须遵循以下原则，坚持党的全面领导，坚持人民至上，坚持高质量发展，坚持全面深化改革，坚持有效市场和有为政府相结合，坚持统筹发展和安全.
The plenary session put forward the main objectives for economic and social development during the 15th FYP period:
achieving significant results in high-quality development,
significantly improving self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology
achieving new breakthroughs in further comprehensively deepening reform
significantly enhancing social civilization
continuously improving the quality of life for the people
making new and significant progress in building a Beautiful China
further consolidating the national security barrier
Building on this foundation, we will strive for another five years to achieve a significant leap forward in China’s economic strength, scientific and technological strength, national defense strength, comprehensive national strength, and international influence by 2035, with per capita GDP reaching the level of moderately developed countries, a happier and better life for the people, and the basic realisation of socialist modernisation. 全会提出了“十五五”时期经济社会发展的主要目标：高质量发展取得显著成效，科技自立自强水平大幅提高，进一步全面深化改革取得新突破，社会文明程度明显提升，人民生活品质不断提高，美丽中国建设取得新的重大进展，国家安全屏障更加巩固。在此基础上再奋斗五年，到二〇三五年实现我国经济实力、科技实力、国防实力、综合国力和国际影响力大幅跃升，人均国内生产总值达到中等发达国家水平，人民生活更加幸福美好，基本实现社会主义现代化.
The plenary session proposed building a modernised industrial system and consolidating and strengthening the foundation of the real economy. It is necessary to adhere to ensuring the focus of economic development on the real economy, adhere to the principles of intelligent, green, and integrated development, accelerate the development of a strong manufacturing nation, a strong quality nation, a strong aerospace nation, a strong transportation nation, and a strong cybersecurity nation; maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing, and build a modernised industrial system with advanced manufacturing as its backbone. It is necessary to optimise and upgrade traditional industries, cultivate and expand emerging industries and future industries, promote the high-quality and efficient development of the service industry, and build a modernized infrastructure system. 全会提出，建设现代化产业体系，巩固壮大实体经济根基。坚持把发展经济的着力点放在实体经济上，坚持智能化、绿色化、融合化方向，加快建设制造强国、质量强国、航天强国、交通强国、网络强国，保持制造业合理比重，构建以先进制造业为骨干的现代化产业体系。要优化提升传统产业，培育壮大新兴产业和未来产业，促进服务业优质高效发展，构建现代化基础设施体系.
The plenary session proposed accelerating high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, leading the development of new-quality productive forces. Seizing the historic opportunity presented by the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, it is necessary to coordinate the development of a strong nation in education, science and technology, and human resources, improve the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system, comprehensively enhance independent innovation capabilities, seize the commanding heights of scientific and technological development, and continuously stimulate the generation of new-quality productive forces. We must strengthen original innovation and tackle key core technologies, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, advance the integrated development of education, science, technology, and human resources, and deepen the construction of a Digital China. 全会提出，加快高水平科技自立自强，引领发展新质生产力。抓住新一轮科技革命和产业变革历史机遇，统筹教育强国、科技强国、人才强国建设，提升国家创新体系整体效能，全面增强自主创新能力，抢占科技发展制高点，不断催生新质生产力。要加强原始创新和关键核心技术攻关，推动科技创新和产业创新深度融合，一体推进教育科技人才发展，深入推进数字中国建设.
The plenary session proposed building a strong domestic market and accelerating the establishment of a new development pattern. It is necessary to adhere to expanding domestic demand as the strategic foundation, persist in closely combining benefiting people’s livelihoods and promoting consumption with investing in physical and human capital, use new demand to lead new supply, and new supply to create new demand, promote the virtuous interaction between consumption and investment, between supply and demand, and enhance the endogenous driving force and reliability of the domestic economic cycle. It is necessary to vigorously boost consumption, expand effective investment, and resolutely eliminate the bottlenecks and blockages that hinder the building of a unified national market. 全会提出，建设强大国内市场，加快构建新发展格局。坚持扩大内需这个战略基点，坚持惠民生和促消费、投资于物和投资于人紧密结合，以新需求引领新供给，以新供给创造新需求，促进消费和投资、供给和需求良性互动，增强国内大循环内生动力和可靠性。要大力提振消费，扩大有效投资，坚决破除阻碍全国统一大市场建设卡点堵点.
The plenary session proposed accelerating the establishment of a high-level socialist market economy system and enhancing the driving forces for high-quality development. It is necessary to uphold and improve the basic socialist economic system, better leverage the guiding role of economic system reform, improve the macroeconomic governance system, and ensure that high-quality development proceeds steadily and over the long term. It is necessary to fully stimulate the vitality of various business entities, to accelerate the improvement of the system and mechanisms for market-based allocation of factors, and enhance the effectiveness of macroeconomic governance. 全会提出，加快构建高水平社会主义市场经济体制，增强高质量发展动力。坚持和完善社会主义基本经济制度，更好发挥经济体制改革牵引作用，完善宏观经济治理体系，确保高质量发展行稳致远。要充分激发各类经营主体活力，加快完善要素市场化配置体制机制，提升宏观经济治理效能.
The plenary session proposed expanding high-level opening up to create a new situation of win-win cooperation. It is necessary to steadily expand institutional opening up, safeguard the multilateral trading system, expand international circulation, promote reform and development through opening up, and share opportunities and achieve common development with all countries in the world. We should actively expand independent opening up, promote innovative development in trade, expand space for two-way investment cooperation, and jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative with high quality. 全会提出，扩大高水平对外开放，开创合作共赢新局面。稳步扩大制度型开放，维护多边贸易体制，拓展国际循环，以开放促改革促发展，与世界各国共享机遇、共同发展。要积极扩大自主开放，推动贸易创新发展，拓展双向投资合作空间，高质量共建“一带一路”.
The plenary session proposed accelerating the modernisation of agriculture and rural areas, and solidly advancing comprehensive rural revitalization. It is necessary to adhere to taking the resolution of the ‘three rural’ issues as the top priority of the entire Party’s work; promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas; continuously consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation; promote that rural areas basically possess the conditions for modern living; and accelerate the building of an agricultural power. We must enhance the comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality and efficiency, promote the development of livable, workable, and beautiful villages, and improve the effectiveness of policies that strengthen, benefit, and enrich farmers. 全会提出，加快农业农村现代化，扎实推进乡村全面振兴。坚持把解决好“三农”问题作为全党工作重中之重，促进城乡融合发展，持续巩固拓展脱贫攻坚成果，推动农村基本具备现代生活条件，加快建设农业强国。要提升农业综合生产能力和质量效益，推进宜居宜业和美乡村建设，提高强农惠农富农政策效能.
The plenary session proposed optimising regional economic layout and promoting coordinated regional development. It is necessary to leverage the combined effects of the coordinated regional development strategy, major regional strategies, the main functional area strategy, and the new urbanization strategy; optimize the layout of major productive forces; leverage the role of key regions as growth poles; and build a regional economic layout and territorial spatial system featuring complementary advantages and high-quality development. We should enhance regional development coordination, promote interconnected regional development, optimise the territorial spatial development pattern, deepen the people-oriented new urbanization, and strengthen the development, utilization, and protection of marine resources. 全会提出，优化区域经济布局，促进区域协调发展。发挥区域协调发展战略、区域重大战略、主体功能区战略、新型城镇化战略叠加效应，优化重大生产力布局，发挥重点区域增长极作用，构建优势互补、高质量发展的区域经济布局和国土空间体系。要增强区域发展协调性，促进区域联动发展，优化国土空间发展格局，深入推进以人为本的新型城镇化，加强海洋开发利用保护.
The plenary session proposed stimulating the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation and ensuring a flourishing socialist culture. It is necessary to uphold the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, take root in the broad and profound Chinese civilization, follow the trend of the development of information technology, and develop a new-era socialist culture with Chinese characteristics that possesses strong ideological guidance, spiritual cohesion, value appeal, and international influence, and solidly advance the building of a culturally strong country. It is necessary to promote and practice the core socialist values, vigorously develop cultural undertakings, accelerate the development of the cultural industry, and enhance the communicative power and influence of Chinese civilization. 全会提出，激发全民族文化创新创造活力，繁荣发展社会主义文化。坚持马克思主义在意识形态领域的指导地位，植根博大精深的中华文明，顺应信息技术发展潮流，发展具有强大思想引领力、精神凝聚力、价值感召力、国际影响力的新时代中国特色社会主义文化，扎实推进文化强国建设。要弘扬和践行社会主义核心价值观，大力繁荣文化事业，加快发展文化产业，提升中华文明传播力影响力.
The plenary session proposed increasing efforts to safeguard and improve people’s livelihoods and solidly advance common prosperity for all. It is necessary to persist in doing our utmost and acting within our capabilities, strengthen inclusive, basic, and bottom-line livelihood projects, address the urgent needs of the people, facilitate social mobility, and improve people’s quality of life. We must promote high-quality and full employment, improve the income distribution system, provide education that satisfies the people, strengthen the social security system, promote high-quality development of the real estate industry, accelerate the development of a Healthy China, promote high-quality population development, and steadily advance equalization of basic public services. 全会提出，加大保障和改善民生力度，扎实推进全体人民共同富裕。坚持尽力而为、量力而行，加强普惠性、基础性、兜底性民生建设，解决好人民群众急难愁盼问题，畅通社会流动渠道，提高人民生活品质。要促进高质量充分就业，完善收入分配制度，办好人民满意的教育，健全社会保障体系，推动房地产高质量发展，加快建设健康中国，促进人口高质量发展，稳步推进基本公共服务均等化.
The plenary session proposed accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and to build a Beautiful China. It is necessary to firmly establish and put into practice the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, take carbon peaking and carbon neutrality as the guide, coordinate efforts to reduce carbon emissions, reduce pollution, expand green areas, and enhance growth, build a solid ecological security barrier, and strengthen the driving force for green development. It is necessary to continue to deeply advance the tough battle for pollution prevention and control and the optimisation of ecosystems, accelerate the building of a new-type energy system, actively and prudently advance and achieve carbon peaking, and accelerate the formation of green production and lifestyles. 全会提出，加快经济社会发展全面绿色转型，建设美丽中国。牢固树立和践行绿水青山就是金山银山的理念，以碳达峰碳中和为牵引，协同推进降碳、减污、扩绿、增长，筑牢生态安全屏障，增强绿色发展动能。要持续深入推进污染防治攻坚和生态系统优化，加快建设新型能源体系，积极稳妥推进和实现碳达峰，加快形成绿色生产生活方式.
The plenary session proposed advancing the modernisation of the national security system and capacity and to build a Safe China at a higher level. It is necessary to unswervingly implement the overall national security concept, follow the path of socialist governance with Chinese characteristics, and ensure that society is both full of vitality and well-ordered. It is necessary to improve the national security system, strengthen national security capabilities in key areas, enhance public security governance, and improve the social governance system. 全会提出，推进国家安全体系和能力现代化，建设更高水平平安中国。坚定不移贯彻总体国家安全观，走中国特色社会主义社会治理之路，确保社会生机勃勃又井然有序。要健全国家安全体系，加强重点领域国家安全能力建设，提高公共安全治理水平，完善社会治理体系.
The plenary session proposed achieving the goals of the PLA’s centenary as scheduled and advancing national defense and military modernisation with high quality. It emphasised implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Military, implementing the military strategic guidelines of the new era, upholding the Party’s absolute leadership over the people’s armed forces, and implementing the Chairman Responsibility System of the CMC, and in accordance with the new ‘three-step’ strategy for the modernisation of national defense and the military, advance the building of the military through political work, strengthening the military through reform, strengthening the military through science and technology, strengthening the military through talent, and governing the military according to law; while engaging in struggle, preparing for war, and carrying out construction at the same time, accelerate the integrated development of mechanization, informatization, and intelligentization, and enhance the strategic capabilities for safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests. It is necessary to accelerate the building of advanced combat capabilities, advance the modernisation of military governance, and consolidate and enhance the integrated national strategic system and capacity. 全会提出，如期实现建军一百年奋斗目标，高质量推进国防和军队现代化。贯彻习近平强军思想，贯彻新时代军事战略方针，坚持党对人民军队绝对领导，贯彻军委主席负责制，按照国防和军队现代化新“三步走”战略，推进政治建军、改革强军、科技强军、人才强军、依法治军，边斗争、边备战、边建设，加快机械化信息化智能化融合发展，提高捍卫国家主权、安全、发展利益战略能力。要加快先进战斗力建设，推进军事治理现代化，巩固提高一体化国家战略体系和能力.
The plenary session emphasised that the entire Party and people of all ethnic groups throughout the country must unite to strive for the realisation of the 15th FYP. It is necessary to persist in leading social revolution through the Party’s self-revolution, unswervingly advance the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, strengthen the Party’s political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal, and enhance the Party’s ability and capacity to lead economic and social development, thereby gathering tremendous strength for advancing Chinese-style modernisation. We must uphold and strengthen the centralised and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, advance the development of socialist democracy and the rule of law, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of all segments of society to participate in Chinese-style modernisation. We must promote long-term prosperity and stability in Hong Kong and Macao, promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and advance the great cause of national reunification, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. 全会强调，全党全国各族人民团结起来为实现“十五五”规划而奋斗。坚持以党的自我革命引领社会革命，持之以恒推进全面从严治党，增强党的政治领导力、思想引领力、群众组织力、社会号召力，提高党领导经济社会发展能力和水平，为推进中国式现代化凝聚磅礴力量。要坚持和加强党中央集中统一领导，推进社会主义民主法治建设，充分调动全社会投身中国式现代化建设的积极性主动性创造性。促进香港、澳门长期繁荣稳定，推动两岸关系和平发展、推进祖国统一大业，推动构建人类命运共同体.
The plenary session pointed out that studying and implementing the spirit of the plenary session is a major political task for the entire Party and the entire country at present and for the foreseeable future. It is necessary to organise the study, dissemination, and promotion of the spirit of the plenary session through various means so that the entire Party and society fully understand it. It is necessary to earnestly implement the spirit of the plenary session, unswervingly promote high-quality development, accelerate the establishment of a new development pattern, make solid strides toward the common prosperity of all the people, better coordinate development and security, and coordinate and advance economic construction and work in all fields, thereby laying a solid foundation for basically realising socialist modernisation. 全会指出，学习好贯彻好全会精神是当前和今后一个时期全党全国的重大政治任务。要通过各种方式，组织好全会精神的学习、宣讲、宣传，使全党全社会领会好全会精神。要切实抓好全会精神的贯彻落实，坚定不移推动高质量发展，加快构建新发展格局，推动全体人民共同富裕迈出坚实步伐，更好统筹发展和安全，统筹推进经济建设和各领域工作，为基本实现社会主义现代化夯实基础.
The plenary session emphasised that governing the country must begin with governing the Party, and only when the Party thrives can the country be strong. The more effective the Party’s management and governance, the more effectively it will guarantee economic and social development. It is necessary to unswervingly advance the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with unending perseverance and tenacity, resolutely implement the requirements of the Party’s self-revolution, apromote the regular and long-term development of the Party’s work style, unswervingly carry out the fight against corruption, and provide a strong guarantee for realizing the goals of economic and social development during the 15th FYP period. 全会强调，治国必先治党，党兴才能国强。管党治党越有效，经济社会发展的保障就越有力。必须以永远在路上的坚韧和执着，持之以恒推进全面从严治党，坚决把党的自我革命要求落实到位，推进党的作风建设常态化长效化，坚定不移开展反腐败斗争，为实现“十五五”时期经济社会发展目标提供坚强保证.
The plenary session analysed the current situation and tasks and emphasised resolutely achieving the annual economic and social development goals. It is necessary to continue to accurately implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, focus on stabilising employment, enterprises, markets, and expectations, stabilise the overall economic foundation, and consolidate and expand the momentum of economic recovery and improvement. Macroeconomic policies must continue to exert strength and increase efforts at appropriate times, effectively implement enterprise support policies, deeply carry out special actions to boost consumption, firmly secure the basic bottom line of the ‘three guarantees’ at the grassroots level, and actively and prudently defuse local government debt risks. 全会分析了当前形势和任务，强调坚决实现全年经济社会发展目标。要继续精准落实党中央决策部署，着力稳就业、稳企业、稳市场、稳预期，稳住经济基本盘，巩固拓展经济回升向好势头。宏观政策要持续发力、适时加力，落实好企业帮扶政策，深入实施提振消费专项行动，兜牢基层“三保”底线，积极稳妥化解地方政府债务风险.
The plenary session pointed out that it is necessary to effectively ensure people’s livelihood security, tap potential through multiple channels, strengthen work related to employment stabilization and promotion, promote stable employment for key groups, intensify efforts to rectify wage arrears, strengthen basic public services, and address the urgent and pressing needs needs of the people. It is necessary to effectively carry out post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, resettlement and livelihood support for affected people, and ensure that those affected by disasters can spend the winter warmly. 全会指出，要切实抓好民生保障，多渠道挖掘潜力，加强稳岗促就业工作，促进重点群体稳定就业，加大欠薪整治力度，加强基本公共服务，解决好人民群众急难愁盼问题。切实抓好灾后恢复重建、受灾群众安置和生活保障工作，确保受灾群众温暖过冬.
The plenary session emphasised the need to do well in work related to production safety and maintaining stability, tighten and solidify responsibilities for production safety, strictly implement various supervision systems, and resolutely prevent and curb the occurrence of major and especially serious accidents. It is necessary to strengthen full-chain supervision of food and drug safety, thoroughly investigate and resolve contradictions and disputes, strengthen the overall prevention and control of public security, crack down on all kinds of illegal and criminal activities in accordance with the law, strengthen guidance of public opinion, and effectively prevent and defuse ideological risks. 全会强调，要做好安全生产和维护稳定工作，压紧压实安全生产责任，严格落实各项监管制度，坚决防范和遏制重特大事故发生。强化食品药品安全全链条监管。深入排查化解矛盾纠纷，加强社会治安整体防控，依法打击各类违法犯罪。加强舆论引导，有效防范化解意识形态风险.
Zhang Shengmin has been promoted as the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission. Alternate members Yu Huiwen, Ma Hancheng, Wang Jian, Wang Xi, Wang Yonghong, Wang Tingkai, Wang Xinwei, Wei Tao, Deng Yiwu, Deng Xiuming, and Lu Hong has now become full members of the Central Committee.
The plenary session deliberated and adopted the review report of the CCDI on the serious violations of discipline and law by Tang Renjian, Jin Xiangjun, Li Shisong, Yang Fasen, and Zhu Zhisong. It deliberated and adopted the review report of the CMC on the serious violations of discipline and law by He Weidong, Miao Hua, He Hongjun, Wang Xiubin, Lin Xiangyang, Qin Shutong, Yuan Huazhi, Wang Chunning, and Zhang Fengzhong; and confirmed the disciplinary decisions previously made by the Politburo to expel He Weidong, Miao Hua, Tang Renjian, Jin Xiangjun, He Hongjun, Wang Xiubin, Lin Xiangyang, Qin Shutong, Yuan Huazhi, Wang Chunning, Li Shisong, Yang Fasen, Zhu Zhisong, and Zhang Fengzhong from the Party. 全会审议并通过了中共中央纪律检查委员会关于唐仁健、金湘军、李石松、杨发森、朱芝松严重违纪违法问题的审查报告，审议并通过了中共中央军事委员会关于何卫东、苗华、何宏军、王秀斌、林向阳、秦树桐、袁华智、王春宁、张凤中严重违纪违法问题的审查报告，确认中央政治局之前作出的给予何卫东、苗华、唐仁健、金湘军、何宏军、王秀斌、林向阳、秦树桐、袁华智、王春宁、李石松、杨发森、朱芝松、张凤中开除党籍的处分.
The plenary session called upon the entire Party, the entire military, and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to unite even more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, strive together for the basic realisation of socialist modernisation, and continuously open up new prospects for building a strong country and advancing the great cause of national rejuvenation in an all-round way through Chinese-style modernisation. 全会号召，全党全军全国各族人民要更加紧密地团结在以习近平同志为核心的党中央周围，为基本实现社会主义现代化而共同奋斗，不断开创以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业新局面.