Official: Adoption of recommendations for China's 15th Five-Year Plan marks major outcome of CPC Central Committee's fourth plenary session

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Friday briefed the media on the guiding principles and major outcomes of the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, which adopted a key document shaping China's next phase of development.

Jiang Jinquan, director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee, said the most important outcome of the session was the review and adoption of the Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development.

He noted that the 20th CPC National Congress set the goal of basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035, and that the upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan period will be a crucial stage to consolidate the foundation and push ahead on all fronts toward that goal.

Formulating the recommendations is essential to advancing the blueprint set out by the 20th CPC National Congress in a phased and systematic way, responding to new changes in the external environment, and maintaining strategic initiative amid intensifying international competition, Jiang pointed out.

It is also necessary for meeting China's evolving development requirements and further promoting high-quality growth, he added.

According to Jiang, the recommendations comprise 15 sections and 61 articles, divided into three major parts. The first outlines the country's achievements during the 14th Five-Year Plan period and explains the significance and overall requirements for development in the coming years. The second details strategic tasks and major initiatives across key areas, while the third focuses on upholding and strengthening the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee and advancing socialist democracy and the rule of law.

Jiang also said participants at the session held extensive discussions on the document and gave it high recognition. They generally agreed that the recommendations represent another significant programmatic document in the history of the Party. With clear goals, precise guidance, and pragmatic measures, the document serves as a mobilization order for advancing Chinese modernization and will exert a profound and far-reaching influence on the Party and the nation's future development.

Han Wenxiu, executive deputy director of the Office of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs, introduced that the recommendations set clear major objectives for the 15th Five-Year Plan period.

The focus, he said, will be on achieving significant achievements in high-quality development; reaching substantial improvements in scientific and technological self-reliance and strength; fresh breakthroughs in further deepening reform comprehensively; realizing notable cultural and ethical progress across society; achieving further improvements in quality of life; reaching major new strides in advancing the Beautiful China Initiative; and making further advances in strengthening the national security shield.

Han said these priorities reflect China's determination to translate the grand vision of socialist modernization into concrete action, ensuring steady progress toward the goals set for 2035.