As socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, the Party Central Committee with the General Secretary at its core has keenly observed the new trends in China's economic and social development, made the important judgment that China's economy has shifted from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development, and made comprehensive plans for promoting high-quality development. The general Secretary made a series of scientific explanations on high-quality development, forming a complete theoretical system from scientific judgment and strategic planning to specific deployment. The General Secretary's important exposition on high quality development is an important content of the General Secretary's economic thought. At present, education is being carried out to study and implement the General Secretary's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It is very important for China to promote high-quality economic and social development and build a great modern socialist country by earnestly studying, deeply understanding, earnestly practicing and actively implementing the General Secretary's new conclusions, new strategies and new plans for high-quality development.

Scientific grasp of major strategic judgment

China's economy has shifted from a stage of rapid growth to a stage of high-quality development. This is a major strategic judgment made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade General Secretary at its core in light of the new environment, new changes, new conditions and new features of China's development. Economic and social development is a process of quantitative change to qualitative change and spiraling upward. When quantitative accumulation develops to a certain extent, it will inevitably turn to qualitative improvement. China's economic and social development will inevitably follow this objective law. After experiencing rapid growth, economic development is bound to change from quantitative expansion to qualitative improvement, which is an irresistible objective logic for the development of any economy. Only by following this law and turning to high-quality development at the right time can we successfully achieve further economic development and upgrading. Materialist dialectics tells us that the laws governing the development of things are objective and do not depend on people's will. They can neither be arbitrarily modified nor created out of thin air. They can only be correctly understood, scientifically grasped, and acted in accordance with the trend. Since the reform and opening up, the economic development of our country has experienced a rapid growth phase, and now it has developed to the stage with high quality development as the theme. Promoting high-quality development is an inevitable requirement for development in accordance with economic laws. The Party Central Committee with Comrade General Secretary as the core, proceeding from the objective reality of our country, creatively proposes that the Chinese economy has shifted from the stage of rapid growth to the stage of high-quality development, which provides the fundamental guideline for scientifically grasping the historic juncture of our economic development in the new era, and is a major strategic judgment made based on our country's actual economic development.

Firstly, it analyzes the important conditions for the high quality development in our country. In March 2022, the General Secretary pointed out at a joint discussion of members of the agricultural and social welfare and social security sectors of the CPPCC National Committee that "we should see that there are still many strategic favorable conditions for China's development." We have the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, the remarkable advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the solid foundation for sustained and rapid development, a long-term and stable social environment, and the spirit of self-strengthening. The Five favorable conditions provide an important guarantee for high-quality development. As long as we make good use of the "strategic favorable conditions", we will be able to write a new chapter of development and achieve high-quality development.

Second, it emphasizes the inevitability of achieving high quality development in our country. The first is to adapt to the inevitable demand of the change of the principal contradiction in our society. According to the report to the 19th CPC National Congress, the principal contradiction facing Chinese society has evolved into the contradiction between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people's ever-growing needs for a better life. We must promote high-quality development to solve the principal contradiction facing Chinese society. Second, it is necessary to achieve our strategic goals and historical tasks. The 2017 Central Economic Work Conference pointed out that promoting high-quality development is essential to maintaining sustained and sound economic development, and is necessary to adapt to the changes in the principal contradiction facing Chinese society and to finish building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and a modern socialist country in all respects. The Report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC regards high-quality development as one of the essential requirements of Chinese modernization. In March 2023, at the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, the General Secretary stressed: "In the new journey of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, we must unswervingly promote high-quality development." It can be said that only by achieving high-quality development can we realize the strategic goal of building a great modern socialist country in an all-round way and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Third, the inevitable choice to deal with risks and challenges. The General Secretary pointed out that the key to forestalling and defusing various risks and hidden dangers and actively responding to impacts and challenges brought by changes in the external environment is to run our own affairs well and improve the quality of development. We must pursue high-quality development so as to effectively defuse risks and challenges of all kinds and achieve long-term economic stability and social harmony and stability.

Thirdly, it expounds that high-quality development is the primary task and the important requirement of "four must's". In March 2023, when attending the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation at the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, the General Secretary stressed that "high-quality development is the primary task of comprehensively building a modern socialist country" and put forward the important requirements of promoting high-quality development. First, we must fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new vision for development. Second, we must better balance the effective improvement of quality and reasonable growth of quantity. Third, we must stay committed to deepening reform and opening up and transforming the growth model. Fourth, we must take meeting the people's ever-growing needs for a better life as our starting point and goal. In general, to promote high-quality development, we must always grasp, measure and promote development through the internal unity of innovation, coordination, green development, openness and sharing, and bring about a change in the quality, efficiency and driving force of economic development. We must always put quality first and efficiency first to promote the best combination of effective improvement of quality and reasonable growth of quantity in our economy. We must fully mobilize all the enthusiasm and creativity, carry out deeper reform and open up at a higher level, and enhance the core competitiveness of our economy. We must adhere to the philosophy of people-centered development, ensure and improve people's wellbeing through high-quality development, and gradually achieve common prosperity.

Have a deep understanding of major theoretical innovations

The general secretary's important discussion on high-quality development systematically answers a series of major questions on "how to see, how to do, what to do" of Chinese economy in the new era and new journey. It is a profound understanding and highly summation of the law of Chinese economic development, and provides action guidance for Chinese economic work in the new era, which is a significant theoretical innovation.

First, we need to define the basic connotation of high-quality development. The general Secretary stressed that "development is the foundation and key to solving all problems in China" and "To be more specific, high-quality development is to shift from 'whether or not' to 'whether or not'". This series of discussion points out the basic connotation of high-quality development: foundation is development, development is the basis to solve all problems; The key is quality. We should put quality first and efficiency first, and give higher priority to high-quality development. Overall planning, effective improvement of quality and reasonable growth of quantity. These contents constitute the key link to achieve high-quality development.

Second, define the main extension of high-quality development. The general Secretary pointed out that "high-quality development is not just an economic requirement, but a general requirement for all aspects of economic and social development; It is not only a requirement for the economically developed regions, but also a requirement that the development of all regions must be implemented. It is not a temporary requirement, but a requirement that must be adhered to over the long term. "" All regions should adapt to local conditions, build on their strengths and make up for their weaknesses, and blaze a path of high-quality development suited to their actual conditions." This clearly defines the extension of high-quality development from three dimensions: from the field of all aspects, all-round high-quality development; From the perspective of space, it is the high-quality development of all regions and the whole airspace. From the perspective of time, it is a long-term, whole-process high-quality development. All these are essential for high-quality development.

Thirdly, the important characteristics of high-quality development are put forward. In December 2017, the General Secretary pointed out at the Central Economic Work Conference that high-quality development is the development that can well meet the people's ever-growing needs for a better life, the development that reflects the new concept of development, the development where innovation has become the primary driving force, coordination has become an endogenous feature, green has become a common pattern, openness has become the only way, and sharing has become the fundamental goal. In August 2021, when presiding over the 10th meeting of the Financial and Economic Commission of the CPC Central Committee, the General Secretary pointed out that common prosperity is an essential requirement of socialism and an important feature of Chinese-style modernization. We should adhere to the people-centered development philosophy and promote common prosperity through high-quality development. This series of important discussions has pointed out the important characteristics of high-quality development and also defined the important criteria for achieving high-quality development.

Fourth, we need to emphasize the strategic significance of high-quality development. The 2017 Central Economic Work Conference pointed out that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and so has China's economic development. The basic feature is that China's economy has shifted from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development. The Report to the Party's 20th National Congress clearly points out that high-quality development is the primary task for comprehensively building a modern socialist country. In March 2023, when attending the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation at the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, the General Secretary stressed that "the happiness of the people is the ultimate goal of promoting high-quality development". These important discussions emphasize the strategic significance of high-quality development from three aspects, that the transition to high-quality development is the basic feature of economic development entering a new era, that high-quality development is the primary task of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, and that it is the inevitable way to realize people's happiness and well-being.

Fifth, discusses the internal driving force of high quality development.   During his visit to Shanghai, the General Secretary stressed that "high-quality development should be focused on the real economy". During a visit to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in January 2019, the General Secretary pointed out that "independent innovation is an urgent requirement and important support for promoting high-quality development and transforming growth drivers". In March 2023, when attending the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation at the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, the General Secretary stressed that "accelerating the realization of self-reliance and self-improvement in high-level science and technology is the only way to promote high-quality development" and "accelerating the construction of a new development pattern is the strategic basis for promoting high-quality development". It can be said that these are the dynamic system and mechanism for high-quality development, and constitute the internal driving force for high-quality development.

Sixth, we need to put forward an overall plan for high-quality development. Promoting high-quality development is a systematic project involving all aspects, fields and links. The General Secretary pointed out, "We should adhere to the theme of promoting high-quality development, integrate the strategy of expanding domestic demand with deepening supply-side structural reform, enhance the internal driving force and reliability of the great domestic cycle, improve the quality and level of the international cycle, accelerate the building of a modern economic system, raise total factor productivity, and enhance the resilience and safety of industrial and supply chains. We will strive to promote the integration of urban and rural areas and coordinated development among regions, and promote the effective improvement of the economy in quality and reasonable growth in quantity. Only by advancing these major measures in a coordinated way can we achieve better coordination, synergy and achieve the strategic goal of high-quality development.

Seventh, point out the breakthrough focus of high-quality development. Focusing on "promoting high-quality development," the report to the Party's 20th National Congress made important plans for building a high-level socialist market economy, building a modern industrial system, comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, promoting coordinated development among regions, and advancing high-level opening up. These are key breakthroughs in promoting high-quality development. In the new era and the new journey, we need to focus on these priorities and make breakthroughs so as to achieve high-quality development.

Source: State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council