Communiqu of the Fourth Plenary Session of the nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
(adopted at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on October 31, 2019)
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee was held in Beijing from October 28 to 31, 2019.
The plenary session was attended by 202 members and 169 alternate members of the Central Committee. Members of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and persons in charge of relevant departments attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates. Some grassroots comrades, experts and scholars from the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China also attended the meeting.
The plenary session is chaired by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee, delivered an important speech.
The plenary heard and discussed Xi Jinping's work report commissioned by the Central Political Bureau, and deliberated and adopted the decision of the CPC Central Committee on some important issues concerning adhering to and improving the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, promoting the modernization of the state governance system and governance capacity. Xi Jinping explained the decision to the plenary session.
The plenary session fully affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee since the Third Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee. It is agreed that in the face of the complex situation of increasing risks and challenges at home and abroad, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee highly values the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It adheres to the nineteen and nineteen of the party in the light of Marx Lenin doctrine, Mao Zedong thought, Deng Xiaoping theory, the important thought of "Three Represents", and the socialist ideology of Scientific Outlook on Development and Xi Jinping in the new era with Chinese characteristics. In the spirit of the second and third plenary sessions of the CPC Central Committee, we will accurately grasp the two major domestic and international situations, focus on development and security, strengthen strategic planning, enhance strategic determination, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, continue to comprehensively promote the "five in one" overall layout and coordinate the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, and unite and lead the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups to overcome difficulties and forge ahead Yes, the series of activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China have greatly inspired and rallied the hearts of the party, the army and the people. The series of activities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening-up have strengthened the confidence to carry out the reform to the end. The theme of "never forget the original heart and keep the mission in mind" has achieved remarkable results in education. All the work to deepen the reform of the party and state institutions has been successfully completed. The reform and opening-up has been comprehensively deepened, and the We will make steady development, resolutely fight three major battles and deal with various risks and challenges effectively. We will further modernize national defense and the armed forces, and make new and significant progress in all undertakings of the party and the state.
The plenary session pointed out that the socialist system with Chinese characteristics is a scientific system formed by the party and the people in their long-term practice and exploration. All the work and activities of China's national governance are carried out in accordance with the socialist system with Chinese characteristics. China's national governance system and governance capability are the concentrated embodiment of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and its implementation capability.
The plenary session held that since its establishment, the Communist Party of China has united and led the people, adhered to the combination of the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality, won the victory of the Chinese revolution, and profoundly summed up the positive and negative experiences at home and abroad, continued to explore practice, continued reform and innovation, established and improved the socialist system, and formed and developed the party's leadership and economy, politics and culture , social, ecological civilization, military, foreign affairs and other systems, strengthen and improve national governance, and make historic achievements. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has led the people in promoting the overall layout of "five in one" and the strategic layout of "four in an all-round way" in a coordinated way. We have promoted the improvement of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, and made great contributions to political stability, economic development, cultural prosperity, national unity, people's happiness, social peace and the country Unity provides a strong guarantee. It has been proved by practice that the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the national governance system are systems and governance systems guided by Marxism, rooted in China, deeply rooted in Chinese culture and supported by the people. They are systems and governance systems with strong vitality and great superiority. They can continuously promote the progress and development of a country with a population of nearly 1.4 billion and ensure that it has The system and governance system for the Chinese nation to achieve the two centenary goals and realize the great rejuvenation.
The plenary session stressed that China's national system and national governance system have many significant advantages, including: adhering to the party's centralized and unified leadership, adhering to the party's scientific theory, maintaining political stability, and ensuring that the country always advances in the direction of socialism; adhering to the people as the master of the country, developing people's democracy, close contact with the masses, and closely relying on the people to promote national development We should make full use of our outstanding advantages, adhere to the principle of comprehensive rule of law, build a socialist country under the rule of law, and ensure social fairness, justice and the rights of the people. We should stick to the principle of unity, mobilize the enthusiasm of all sides, and concentrate our efforts on major issues. We should adhere to the principle of equality among all ethnic groups, build a strong sense of the community of the Chinese nation, and work together for common prosperity and development Significant advantages; adhere to the principle of public ownership as the main body, the common development of various ownership economies, the distribution according to work as the main body, and the coexistence of various distribution modes, organically combine the socialist system and the market economy, and constantly emancipate and develop the significant advantages of social productivity; adhere to the common ideals and beliefs, values and moral concepts, and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture The socialist advanced culture promotes the remarkable advantages of all the people in Ideological and spiritual unity; adheres to the people-centered development idea, constantly guarantees and improves people's livelihood, promotes people's well-being, and takes the road of common prosperity; adheres to reform and innovation, keeps pace with the times, and is good at self-improvement and self-development, so as to make the society full of vitality and vitality Potential; adhere to the remarkable advantages of combining virtue and ability, selecting talents and using them to cultivate more and better talents; adhere to the party's command gun, ensure that the people's army is absolutely loyal to the party and the people, and effectively safeguard the country's sovereignty, security and development interests; adhere to the "one country, two systems", maintain the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao, and promote the peaceful reunification of the motherland We should adhere to the unity of independence and opening up, actively participate in global governance, and make continuous contributions to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. These remarkable advantages are the basic basis for us to strengthen our confidence in the road, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The plenary stressed that we must adhere to the guidance of Marx Lenin doctrine, Mao Zedong thought, Deng Xiaoping theory, the important thought of "Three Represents", and the socialist ideology of Scientific Outlook on Development and Xi Jinping in the new era with Chinese characteristics, enhance the "Four Consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self confidence", "two maintenance", and persist in the unity of the party's leadership, the people's ownership and the rule of law. We should adhere to emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, carrying out reform and innovation, focusing on and improving the basic system, basic system and important system that support the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and strive to consolidate the foundation, promote the advantages, make up for the weaknesses and strengths, build a systematic, scientific, standardized and effective system, and strengthen system governance, legal governance, comprehensive governance and source governance To better transform the institutional advantages of our country into the efficiency of national governance, and to provide a strong guarantee for the realization of the two centenary goals and the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The plenary session pointed out that the overall goal of upholding and improving the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity is to achieve remarkable results in a more mature and finalized system in all aspects by the time our party is established 100 years ago; by the year 2035, the system in all aspects will be more perfect and basically realize the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity; and by the new China In the 100 years since the founding of the people's Republic of China, the modernization of the national governance system and capacity has been realized in an all-round way, making the socialist system with Chinese characteristics more consolidated and its advantages fully demonstrated.
The plenary session proposed that we should adhere to and improve the party's leadership system and improve the party's scientific, democratic and legal governance. We must adhere to the party, government, military and people's studies, in the East, West, North and south, the party is in charge of everything, resolutely uphold the authority of the Party Central Committee, improve the party's leadership system that takes charge of the overall situation and coordinates all parties, and implement the Party's leadership in all aspects and links of national governance. We should establish a system that does not forget the original intention and keeps the mission in mind, improve the systems that firmly uphold the authority of the Party Central Committee and centralized and unified leadership, improve the overall leadership system of the party, improve the systems that govern for and rely on the people, improve the system that improves the party's ability to govern and the level of leadership, and improve the system that comprehensively and strictly governs the party.
The plenary session proposed that we should uphold and improve the people's system of ownership and develop socialist democracy. We must uphold the dominant position of the people, unswervingly follow the path of political development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and ensure that the people manage state affairs, economic and cultural undertakings, and social affairs in various ways and forms according to law. We should adhere to and improve the fundamental political system of the people's Congress, the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, consolidate and develop the most extensive patriotic united front, the system of regional national autonomy, and the system of grassroots people's autonomy, which is full of vitality.
The plenary session proposed that we should adhere to and improve the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics and improve the ability of the party to rule the country according to law. To build a socialist system of rule of law with Chinese characteristics and a socialist country of rule of law are the internal requirements for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics. We must unswervingly follow the socialist road of rule of law with Chinese characteristics, comprehensively promote the rule of law, adhere to the common promotion of rule of law, rule of law and administration according to law, and adhere to the construction of a country under the rule of law, a government under the rule of law and a society under the rule of law. We need to improve the system and mechanism to ensure the full implementation of the constitution, improve the legislative system and mechanism, improve the social fairness, justice and legal security system, and strengthen the supervision of the implementation of the law.
The plenary session proposed that we should adhere to and improve the socialist administrative system with Chinese characteristics, and build a government governance system with clear responsibilities and administration according to law. State Administration is responsible for promoting economic and social development, managing social affairs and serving the people in accordance with the decision-making and deployment of the party and the state. We must adhere to the principle that all administrative organs serve the people, are responsible for the people and subject to the supervision of the people, innovate administrative methods, improve administrative efficiency and build a service-oriented government that the people are satisfied with. We need to improve the national administrative system, optimize the system of government responsibilities, optimize the organizational structure of the government, and improve the two systems and mechanisms that give full play to the initiative of the central and local governments.
The plenary session proposed that we should uphold and improve the basic socialist economic system and promote high-quality economic development. The basic socialist economic system, such as the socialist market economic system, embodies the superiority of the socialist system and adapts to the development level of the social productive forces in the primary stage of socialism. It is a great creation of the party and the people. We must adhere to the basic socialist economic system, give full play to the decisive role of the market in the allocation of resources, give better play to the role of the government, fully implement the new development concept, adhere to the supply side structural reform as the main line, and accelerate the construction of a modern economic system. We should unswervingly consolidate and develop the public sector of the economy, encourage, support and guide the development of the non-public sector of the economy, adhere to the principle of distribution according to work and the coexistence of multiple modes of distribution, accelerate the improvement of the socialist market economic system, improve the mechanism of scientific and technological innovation, and build a new open economic system at a higher level.
The plenary session put forward that we should adhere to and improve the system for the prosperity and development of advanced socialist culture and consolidate the common ideological basis for the unity and struggle of all the people. The development of advanced socialist culture and the broad cohesion of the people's spiritual strength are the profound support for the modernization of the national governance system and capacity. We must strengthen cultural self-confidence, firmly grasp the direction of advanced socialist culture, stimulate the cultural creativity of the whole nation, and better build China's spirit, value and strength. We should adhere to the fundamental system of Marxism's guiding position in the field of ideology, adhere to the system of leading cultural construction with socialist core values, improve the system of safeguarding people's cultural rights and interests, improve the mechanism of guiding public opinion that adheres to the correct direction, and establish and improve the system and mechanism of cultural creation and production that puts social benefits first and integrates social and economic benefits.
The plenary session put forward that we should adhere to and improve the people's livelihood security system that integrates urban and rural areas to meet the people's growing needs for a better life. To improve the well-being of the people and promote the all-round development of people are the essential requirements of our party to establish the party for the public and to govern for the people. We must improve the national basic public service system in terms of education for the young, education for the learning, income from work, medical care for the sick, support for the elderly, living in a certain place, and support for the weak. We must pay attention to strengthening the construction of people's livelihood that is inclusive, basic, and comprehensive, so as to ensure the basic life of the masses. We will meet people's multi-level and diversified needs, and make the fruits of reform and development more equitable for the benefit of all people. We need to improve the promotion mechanism that is conducive to fuller and higher quality employment, build an education system that serves the whole people's lifelong learning, improve the social security system that covers the whole people, and strengthen the system guarantee that improves the people's health level. We will resolutely win the battle against poverty and establish a long-term mechanism to solve relative poverty.
The plenary session proposed that we should adhere to and improve the social governance system of CO governance and sharing, and maintain social stability and national security. Social governance is an important aspect of national governance. We must strengthen and innovate social governance, improve the system of social governance under the leadership of the Party committee, the responsibility of the government, democratic consultation, social coordination, public participation, legal protection, and scientific and technological support, build a community of social governance that everyone is responsible for, everyone is responsible for, and everyone enjoys, and ensure that people live and work in peace, social stability and order, and build a higher level of safe China. We need to improve the effective mechanism for dealing with the contradictions among the people in the new situation, improve the prevention and control system of social security, improve the public security system and mechanism, build a new pattern of social governance at the grass-roots level, and improve the national security system.
The plenary session proposed that we should adhere to and improve the system of ecological civilization and promote the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. The construction of ecological civilization is a millennium plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. We must practice the idea that green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, adhere to the basic national policy of saving resources and protecting the environment, adhere to the policy of saving first, protection first, and natural recovery as the main principle, firmly follow the civilized development path of production development, rich life and good ecology, and build a beautiful China. We should implement the strictest system of ecological environment protection, establish a system of efficient utilization of resources, improve the system of ecological protection and restoration, and strictly define the responsibility system of ecological environment protection.
The plenary session proposed that we should adhere to and improve the party's absolute leadership system over the people's army and ensure that the people's army faithfully performs its mission in the new era. The party's absolute leadership over the people's army is the foundation and soul of building the army. We must firmly establish the guiding position of Xi Jinping's strong army ideology in national defense and army building, consolidate and expand the fruits of reform in national defense and the army, build a socialist military policy system with Chinese characteristics, comprehensively promote the modernization of national defense and the armed forces, ensure the realization of the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era, build the people's army into a world-class army and preserve the people's army forever. Quality, purpose and nature. We should uphold that the supreme leadership and command of the people's army belong to the Party Central Committee, improve the system of Party building in the people's army, and implement the party's absolute leadership over the people's army throughout all areas of military building.
The plenary session proposed that we should adhere to and improve the system of "one country, two systems" and promote the peaceful reunification of the motherland. "One country, two systems" is an important system for the party to lead the people to realize the peaceful reunification of the motherland and a great initiative of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions must be governed in strict accordance with the Constitution and the basic law, so as to maintain their long-term prosperity and stability. We will establish and improve the legal system and enforcement mechanism for special administrative regions to safeguard national security. We should firmly advance the process of peaceful reunification of the motherland, improve institutional arrangements and policy measures to promote cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, deepen cross-strait integration and development, and ensure the well-being of Taiwan compatriots, and unite Taiwan compatriots to oppose "Taiwan independence" and promote reunification.
The plenary session proposed that we should adhere to and improve the independent foreign policy of peace and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. We must coordinate the overall situation at home and abroad, hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, unswervingly safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, and unswervingly safeguard world peace and promote common development. We should improve the party's leadership system and mechanism for foreign affairs, improve the overall diplomatic layout, promote the construction of an open system of win-win cooperation, and actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system.
The plenary session proposed that we should adhere to and improve the supervision system of the party and the state, and strengthen the restriction and supervision over the operation of power. The supervision system of the party and the state is an important system guarantee for the party to realize self purification, self-improvement, self innovation and self-improvement under the long-term ruling condition. We must improve the supervision system of unified leadership, comprehensive coverage, authority and efficiency of the party, enhance the seriousness, coordination and effectiveness of supervision, form a power operation mechanism with scientific decision-making, resolute implementation and strong supervision, build an integrated system and mechanism to promote the system and mechanism that dare not corrupt, cannot corrupt and do not want to corrupt, and ensure that the power given by the party and the people is always used to seek happiness for the people.
The plenary session stressed that it is a major strategic task for the whole party to adhere to and improve the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and promote the modernization of the national governance system and capacity. Party committees and governments at all levels, as well as leading cadres at all levels, should earnestly strengthen the awareness of the system, take the lead in maintaining the authority of the system, set an example in the implementation of the system, and drive the whole Party and society to consciously respect the system, strictly implement the system, and resolutely maintain the system. We should strengthen the theoretical research, publicity and education of the system, guide the whole Party and the whole society to fully understand the essential characteristics and advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and strengthen the confidence of the system. We will promote cadres to perform their duties, exercise their powers, and carry out their work in strict accordance with the system, and improve their ability and level in promoting the five in one overall layout and the four comprehensive strategic layout.
In accordance with the provisions of the party constitution, the plenary session decided to replace the alternate members of the Central Committee, Ma Zhengwu and Ma Weiming, as members of the Central Committee.
The plenary session deliberated and passed the examination report of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Liu Shiyu's serious violation of discipline and law, confirming the punishment given to Liu Shiyu by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee for two years.
The plenary calls on the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups to unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, strengthen their confidence, maintain their determination, forge ahead and open up new ideas, adhere to and improve the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, achieve the goal of "two one hundred years" and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Chinese dream and strive!
Source: People's daily