ChinesePresidentXiJinping,alsogeneralsecretaryoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)CentralCommitteeandchairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommission,addressestheopeningofastudysessionatthePartySchooloftheCPCCentralCommitteeattendedbyprovincialandministerial-levelofficials,Jan.11,2021.(Xinhua/JuPeng)BEIJING,Jan.11(Xinhua)--ChinesePresidentXiJinpingonMondaycalledforensuringagoodstartforfullybuildingamodernsocialistcountry.Xi,alsogeneralsecretaryoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)CentralCommitteeandchairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommission,madetheremarkswhenaddressingtheopeningofastudysessionatthePartySchooloftheCPCCentralCommitteeattendedbyprovincialandministerial-levelofficials.Xistressedtheneedtoresolutelyimplementtheguidingprinciplesofthefifthplenarysessionofthe19thCPCCentralCommitteeandurgedtheofficialstoaccuratelyunderstandthenewdevelopmentstage,actonthenewdevelopmentphilosophyandacceleratetheestablishmentofthenewdevelopmentparadigmtodrivehigh-qualitydevelopmentduringthe14thFive-YearPlan(2021-2025)period.NEWSTAGEXisaidthenewdevelopmentstageremainsintheprimarystageofsocialism,butitisalsoanewstartingpointbuiltondecadesofdevelopment."WehavelaidasolidmaterialfoundationtoembarkonanewjourneyandachievenewandhighergoalsbyourunremittingendeavorssincethefoundingoftheNewChina,especiallyoverthefourdecadessincethereformandopeningup,"hesaid.Xisaidthatthenewdevelopmentstagespansthenext30years,duringwhichChinaisexpectedtocompletemodernization.Xistressedthattheprimarystageofsocialismisnotstatic,butratherdynamic,active,promisingandpermeatedwithvigorousvitality.ForChina'ssocialismtoadvancefromtheprimarystagetoahigherone,itisnecessarytofullybuildamodernsocialistChinaandbasicallyrealizesocialistmodernization,hesaid."Theworldisundergoingprofoundchangesunseeninacentury,buttimeandsituationareinourfavor,"Xisaid.Hepointedoutthatthereareunprecedentedchallengesandopportunitiesbothatpresentandforsometimetocome,butingeneralopportunitiesoutweighchallenges.XistressedtheneedforthePartytodeliverinitsworkandperseveranceinrealizingsetgoals.NEWPHILOSOPHYSincethe18thCPCNationalCongress,manymajortheoriesandconceptsoneconomicandsocialdevelopmentwereputforward,withthenewdevelopmentphilosophybeingtheprimaryandmostimportantone,whichhasledChinatomakehistoricachievementsandtransformationsineconomicdevelopment,Xisaid.HeorderedPartymemberstofullyandfaithfullypracticethenewdevelopmentphilosophy,whose"roots"and"soul"lieinstrivingforpeople'swell-beingandnationalrejuvenation.Xialsostressedaproblem-orientedapproachinimplementingthephilosophy,callingformoretargetedandpragmaticmeasuresinaddressingtheissueofunbalancedandinadequatedevelopment.Effortsshouldbemadetostrengthenawarenessofpotentialdangers,persistinconsideringtheworst-casescenarioandalwaysbereadytocopewithevenmorecomplexanddifficultsituations,saidXi."Wemustbebravetofightandbegoodatit.Wemustcomprehensivelystrengthenourselves,"hesaid.NEWPARADIGMXisaiditisamajorstrategictaskforChina'soveralldevelopmenttoestablishatafasterpacethenewdevelopmentparadigmfeaturingdualcirculation,inwhichdomesticandoverseasmarketsreinforceeachother,withthedomesticmarketasthemainstay.OnlybysmoothingthedomesticcirculationcanChinawithstandtherapidchangesintheinternationalarena,henoted.Xiunderscoredthenecessitytokeepeconomiccirculationunobstructed,furtheremphasizeindependentinnovation,strengthenarrangementsforscientificinnovationandpushforwardtheestablishmentofmechanismsthatfacilitateinnovationandtechnologicalbreakthroughs.Xialsocalledforsettingupaneffectivesystemtoboostdomesticdemand,unleashingthepotentialofdomesticdemandandencouragingconsumerspending,thusmakingtheformationofasuper-sizeddomesticmarketasustainablecourseofhistory.NewadvantagesmustbecreatedforChinatoengageininternationalcooperationandcompetition,andattentionshouldbepaidtousingtheinternationalcirculationtoboosttheefficiencyandqualityofdomesticcirculation,Xisaid.StressingtheParty'soverallleadershipoverChina'ssocialistmodernization,Xiurgedofficialsatalllevels,especiallyseniorones,tokeepimprovingtheirpoliticaljudgment,understandingandexecutionfortheeffectiveimplementationofthePartyleadership'sdecisionsandplans.Monday'seventwaspresidedoverbyLiKeqiangandattendedbyLiZhanshu,WangYang,WangHuning,ZhaoLejiandHanZheng--whoareallmembersoftheStandingCommitteeofthePoliticalBureauoftheCPCCentralCommittee.VicePresidentWangQishanalsoattended.Presidingovertheopeningceremony,LiKeqiangcalledforanin-depthstudyofXi'sspeechwhichisofgreatandprofoundsignificanceandeffortstofullyimplementtheCPCCentralCommittee'smajordecisionsandplansforthe14thFive-YearPlanperiod.12NextPageLastPage21