In April 2020, at the seventh meeting of the 19th Central Financial and Economic Commission, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed for the first time to build a new development pattern. At the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference more than a month later, he once again emphasized that looking to the future, we must gradually form a new development pattern with the domestic circulation as the main body and the domestic and international circulations mutually promoting each other.
How to accelerate the construction of a new development pattern? We must study and layout from two dimensions: First, we must accelerate the filling of shortcomings and weaknesses in China's industrial chain and supply chain in a more targeted manner to ensure the smooth circulation of the national economic cycle; second, we must improve the endogenous driving force and reliability of the domestic circulation, improve international competitiveness, and enhance the attractiveness and driving force for the international circulation.
On March 5, 2023, Xi Jinping pointed out when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation that accelerating the construction of a new development pattern is the strategic basis for promoting high-quality development. We must organically combine the implementation of the strategy of expanding domestic demand with deepening supply-side structural reform and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system.
On March 5, 2023, Xi Jinping participated in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation at the first session of the 14th National People's Congress where he was. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren
Just 4 months after the end of the National People's Congress, Xi Jinping came to Jiangsu and went to Suzhou, Nanjing and other places to conduct research in industrial parks, enterprises, historical and cultural districts, science laboratories, etc. After the inspection, he said with emotion—
"In the past, people thought that we were less than 1.2 meters tall and could not buy tickets; now we have developed into a Northeastern man of 1.89 meters tall. We must take the path of self-reliance and self-improvement, and only by holding our own jobs in our hands can we not panic. Strategic significance, so I spared no effort to promote strengthening, supplementing, and extending the chains anywhere."
With the domestic circulation as the main body, it is definitely not closed and closed. At the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in recent years, Xi Jinping has made important statements many times -
There is now an increasing trend of protectionism in the international community, but we must stand on the right side of history, adhere to multilateralism and the democratization of international relations, plan development with an open, cooperative and win-win mind, unswervingly promote economic globalization to the direction of openness, inclusiveness, universality, balance and win-win, and promote the construction of an open world economy;
In accordance with the requirements of building a high-level socialist market economic system and promoting high-level opening up, we must deepen reforms in key areas, coordinate the construction of a modern infrastructure system and a high-standard market system, and steadily expand institutional opening up;
Continue to build a market-oriented, law-based, and international first-class business environment, and shape new advantages of a higher-level open economy;
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On March 6, 2022, Xi Jinping visited the members of the agricultural, social welfare and social security who attended the Fifth Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and attended the joint group meeting to listen to opinions and suggestions. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng
Fundamentally speaking, building a new development pattern is an inevitable choice to adapt to the requirements of China's new stage of development and shape new advantages in international cooperation and competition.
Xi Jinping pointed out during the 2022 National People's Congress that we are either engaged in "dual circulation" when we are in difficulties, or in normal times, the "dual circulation" is also the most stable and reliable economic layout.
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