Asia News Weekly, Beijing, March 2 (Chief Correspondent Wang Chiyun, Beijing)Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), pointed out in his report to the 19th National Congress of the CPC that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and that the main contradiction in China's society has been transformed into the contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and insufficient development. The change in the main contradiction in society is a historic change that affects the overall situation, requiring us to vigorously improve the quality and effectiveness of development on the basis of continuing to promote development, so as to better meet the people's growing needs for a better life.

     Xi Jinping emphasized in his 2018 New Year's message that heaven rewards hard work with each passing day.In 2017, we held the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and started a new journey to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way. China's GDP stepped up to 80 trillion yuan, more than 13 million people were newly employed in urban and rural areas, more than 900 million people have been covered by social pension insurance, 1.35 billion people have been covered by basic medical insurance, and more than 10 million more rural poor people have been lifted out of poverty. "We can build ten million houses, and shelter the world's poor people with happy faces!" The 3.4 million poor people have been relocated to help the poor and have warm new homes, and the number of shantytown renovations of all kinds has been completed ahead of schedule, with a target of 6 million units. With the accelerated development of various livelihood programs and the gradual improvement of the ecological environment, the people have a greater sense of gain, happiness and security. We have taken another big step towards realizing the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.

     Embracing the new era and leading the people to create a better life; setting a new direction and leading the Chinese nation to continue to create a great cause of rejuvenation - the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has sounded the clarion call for advancing the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The spirit of the Nineteenth CPC National Congress has been rapidly being studied and implemented across the land of China, from the city to the countryside, and from the inland to the border areas, as a result of efforts to learn, understand and realize the spirit of the Nineteenth CPC National Congress.

      In March of early spring, the much-anticipated First Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and the Thirteenth Session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) are about to be held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. At this time, just 129 days have passed since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was successfully concluded.

     Following the past, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) put forward the political manifesto and program of action that "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics has entered a new era"; and striving for progress, the 2018 "Two Sessions" of the People's Republic of China (PRC) will elevate the Party's propositions and the people's will to the level of the national will through the legal process. national will.

     Over the past 129 days, the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has surged in China, the concept of "new era, new mission, new journey, new blueprint" has been deepened in the practice of writing a new poem for a better life for the people, the pace of reform and opening up has been accelerated, and initiatives to improve people's livelihoods have been introduced intensively, and more than 1.3 billion Chinese people are raising the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and marching forward towards the grand goals set by the 19th CPC National Congress. Holding high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, more than 1.3 billion Chinese people are striding forward toward the grand goals set by the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). ......

     "Directing the development enthusiasm of the whole society to the idea that 'socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era', and putting the practice of 'new era, new journey, new blueprint' into practice in all aspects of economic and social development "- Under the guidance of the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), up and down the country, the tide of realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is surging.

     New era, new mission, new journey, new blueprint. In the face of the people's aspiration for a better life, the State has responded. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) proposes to make the people's aspiration for a better life the goal of the Party and the government. This points out the direction for development in the new era. Creating and sharing a better life and increasingly satisfying the people's aspirations for a better life are also becoming the consensus of all sectors of society.

A new era in which the good life is becoming more widespread

     The new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the era of "the contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development".

     In the past, the main contradiction in society was between the growing material and cultural needs of the people and backward social production. Now that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China summarizes the main contradiction in Chinese society as "the contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development".

           Pan Helin, a postdoctoral fellow in applied economics at the China Academy of Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance, said that compared with the old contradiction, the "new contradiction" describes the people's needs from the original material and cultural aspects to the need for a better life, which fully embodies Engels' theory of the three levels of needs, namely, "survival, enjoyment, development" and other aspects of the needs, development" and other aspects of needs.

   In the opinion of Zhang Qizuo, economist and director of the G20 and Emerging Countries Development Strategy Research Center, the redefinition of the main social contradictions from "material and cultural needs" to "needs for a better life", from "backward social production" to "unbalanced and insufficient development" is a grasp of social change, but ultimately a response to the people's aspiration for a better life. From "material and cultural needs" to "needs for a better life", and from "backward social production" to "unbalanced and inadequate development", redefining the main social contradictions is a grasp of social changes, but ultimately a response to the people's aspirations for a better life.

     In fact, "people's better life" is a high-frequency term in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), appearing 14 times in the entire text. So what exactly is a "good life"? Among the people interviewed, some answered "having a house, a car and money", some answered "having someone to love, having something to do and having something to look forward to", and some answered "having a child to raise, having a place to learn and teach, having something to work for, and having medical treatment for the sick, The old have care, live in a home, the weak have support" ......

     Everyone in all walks of life in all sectors of society has their own different perspectives and understandings of the definition of "good". In his report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that, as we enter a new era, the people's need for a better life is becoming increasingly widespread, with not only higher demands for material and cultural life, but also growing demands for democracy, the rule of law, fairness, justice, security and the environment.

     Xin Ming, a professor at the Central Party School, believes that the "people's growing need for a better life" has a broader connotation than the "people's growing material and cultural needs". It includes not only the "growing material and cultural needs" that we used to talk about, i.e., "hard needs", but also the more subjective "soft needs" derived from this, such as the people's sense of gain, happiness, security, dignity, rights, and mastery. "soft needs".

     New needs bring new challenges. Xin Ming pointed out that the original "hard needs" have not disappeared, but have shown an upgrading trend. People are looking forward to better education, more stable jobs, more satisfactory incomes, more reliable social security, higher levels of medical and health services, more comfortable living conditions, a more beautiful environment, and a richer spiritual and cultural life. The "soft needs" of the new generation are diversified, multilevel and multifaceted, and it can even be said that they place high demands on the comprehensive development of human beings and the overall progress of society, and of course are more difficult to address.

     The new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is an era dedicated to seeking happiness for the people in order to meet the new expectations of the more than 1.3 billion Chinese people for a better life.

     In order to meet the new expectations of the people for a better life and to satisfy their growing material, spiritual, democratic, rule of law, fairness, justice, security and environmental needs, the State has taken a series of measures in various fields and is committed to working for the well-being of the people.

     In the area of real estate, the Central Government has adhered to the positioning that "houses are for living in, not for speculation", insisted on categorized regulation and control, and implemented policies tailored to cities and localities, as well as the main responsibility of local governments, and accelerated the establishment of a multi-principal housing system with multiple sources of supply, multiple channels of protection, and integrated rental and purchase, so as to enable all people to have a place to live. At present, the year-on-year rate of increase in the prices of newly constructed residential housing in first-tier cities and some hot second-tier cities has fallen, and the prices of third- and fourth-tier cities have stabilized, so that the excessively rapid rise in real estate prices has been curbed.

     In the medical field, following the convening of the National Health and Wellness Conference, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council issued the "Outline of the "Healthy China 2030" Plan", which provides a multifaceted plan in terms of policy, industry and health for all. Recently, the Draft Law of the People's Republic of China on Basic Medical Care and Health Promotion was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) for the first time for deliberation, providing a foundation of the rule of law for the construction of a healthy China.

     In the home furnishing sector, the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued the Technical Requirements for Environmental Labeling Products - Furniture, which puts forward requirements for "environmental protection" in the production process of furniture. Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei also jointly formulated the "construction of paints and adhesives volatile organic compounds content limit standards", the production, sale, use of construction of paints and adhesives in all aspects of the whole process of control. This not only enhances the furniture industry's environmental requirements, but also forces the entire home furnishing industry to rapidly transform and upgrade to meet consumer demand for environmental protection and safety.

     In the field of home appliances, with the arrival of the intelligent era, traditional home appliances are actively exploring and seeking a way of transformation and upgrading that can meet the diversified needs of consumers. Recently, the China Household Electrical Appliances Association also officially released the first domestic "intelligent home appliances cloud interconnection standard", so that the single product intelligent 1.0 era officially entered the interconnection of the 2.0 era.

     "Entering the new era, Jingdong will seize the opportunity to realize greater action, and strive to become an enabler for the people to realize a better life." Liu Qiangdong, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Jingdong Group, said that the country's new reference to the new contradictions of the new era is not only a major assertion made on the development situation of our country, but also points out the direction for the future development of enterprises.

     It is reported that it is Vanke's new vision to be the "scene master of good life" to match its urban supporting service strategy. As a leading enterprise in the field of Internet medicine and health, AliHealth announced that it would launch in-depth cooperation with China Biological in the fields of disease prevention and health education, and jointly devote itself to the development of medicine and health industry.

     Nowadays, the term "good life" has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Focusing on the needs of the people, social actors from all walks of life are constantly reaching out to all corners of life to satisfy the growing needs of the people for a better life as much as possible.

New Era Bridging the gap for balanced development

     The new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is an era of making up for shortcomings and balancing development, and better promoting overall progress in politics, economy, culture, society and ecology.

     "In the past, we villagers just rely on farming and fishing to make a living, but now we can also row boats for tourists, and our income has increased a lot." A Mosuo girl from Lugu Lake Dalushui Village, Ninglang County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, told reporters that Dalushui Village was originally known as a poor village, but in the past few years, with the development of the tourism industry, the villagers' lives have improved.

     The changes in Daluishui Village are a true portrayal of our Party's continuous efforts to realize the people's aspirations for a better life. Over the past few years, the people's living standards have continued to rise, and the gross domestic product (GDP) has grown from 54 trillion yuan to 8 trillion yuan, with China's GDP ranking second in the world; the urbanization rate has increased by an average of 1.2 percentage points per year, and more than 60 million poor people have been steadily lifted out of poverty.

     At the historical intersection of the "two hundred years" goals, the report of the 19th CPC National Congress also depicts the vision and blueprint of a socialist modernized country that embodies the new expectations of the people for a better life, i.e., on the basis of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects in 2020, basically realizing socialist modernization in 2035; and building a strong socialist modernized country in all respects in the middle of the current century. By the middle of this century, a strong modernized socialist country will be built in a comprehensive manner.

     However, in the course of China's continuous socio-economic development, there are still many deep-rooted problems. For example, some outstanding problems of unbalanced and inadequate development have yet to be resolved, the quality and effectiveness of development are not yet high, the capacity for innovation is not strong enough, the level of the real economy needs to be improved, and ecological environmental protection has a long way to go; there are still a number of shortcomings in the area of people's livelihoods, and there are still arduous tasks in the fight against poverty, with a wide gap between urban and rural areas in terms of regional development and income distribution, and with the masses facing a number of difficult problems in employment, education, health care, housing and old age, and so on.

     For example, with regard to the public's concern about "medical care for the sick", Li Bin, Director of the National Health and Planning Commission, said that the current supply of medical services is unbalanced and inadequate, and the best medical resources are concentrated in large cities and economically developed areas. The reform of the health-care system must be deepened, so that the superior resources of medical services can be radiated to difficult areas.

     In this regard, Liu Shuguang, a delegate to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), suggested that the key to implementing the spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress and better meeting the people's growing needs for a better life is to take Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era as a guide for action, deeply implement the new development concept of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness, and sharing, and to comprehensively push forward the coordinated development of the economy, politics, culture, society and ecology, and to make an effort to grasp the key points, mend shortcomings and strengthen weaknesses, resolutely fight the battles of preventing and resolving major risks, precise poverty eradication and pollution prevention and control, improve the quality and effectiveness of development, and better promote overall progress in politics, economy, culture, society and ecology.

     The new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the era of deciding to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects and then to build a modern socialist power in all respects.

     At the beginning of the reform and opening-up process, the Communist Party of China (CPC) made strategic arrangements for China's socialist modernization and put forward the "three-step" strategic goal. The two goals of solving the problem of people's food and clothing and achieving a moderately affluent standard of living for the people as a whole have been realized ahead of schedule. On this basis, the CPC put forward the goal of "two hundred years". Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, historic achievements have been made in reform, opening up and socialist modernization, and historic changes have taken place in the cause of the Party and the country, with the first hundred-year goal about to be successfully achieved. The 19th National Congress of the CPC comprehensively analyzed the international and domestic situation and the conditions for the development of China, and made new strategic arrangements for the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

     From now to 2020, we will be able to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects. This is a solemn promise made by the Communist Party of China to history and to the people. Completing a moderately prosperous society in all respects encompasses both the tasks and goals of economic development and those of other aspects such as social development. Based on the achievement of the various indicators of economic and social development, China is confident that it will build a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020 and realize the first centennial goal.

     From 2020 to 2035, socialist modernization will be basically realized. This means that the original goal of China's basic modernization will be completed 15 years ahead of schedule. Since the reform and opening up of China, the systemic advantages of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the governance advantages of the CPC, and the catching-up advantages of China's economic development have been fully unleashed, and the enormous creativity that has erupted from the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics has profoundly changed the face of China and will continue to do so, so that the basic realization of modernization stands on a solid foundation, with a solid base.

     From 2035 to 2050, China will be built into a rich, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful modern socialist power. Compared with the original third-step strategic goal, this has a fuller connotation, a more ambitious goal and a better vision. Upgrading from a modernized country to a modernized and powerful country means that the new goal is not to build a socialist modernized country in the general sense; by that time, the Chinese nation will have completed the great leap from standing up, getting rich to getting strong, and will be standing in the forest of the world's nations with a more vigorous attitude.

     The new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is an era in which the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country are united in their struggle to create a better life and gradually realize the common prosperity of all people.

     The interests of the people are the highest pursuit of the CPC, sharing is the value of the new development concept, and adherence to people-centeredness is the basic strategy for adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The people's aspiration for a better life is the goal of the CPC, and realizing the common prosperity of all people is the essential requirement of socialism. Today, the people's material and cultural living standards have risen sharply, but there are still shortcomings in building a better life together; social wealth is growing rapidly, but there is still a gap between them and common prosperity. After 40 years of reform and opening up, the level of productivity in Chinese society has increased significantly, and people's lives have improved markedly; at the same time, the connotations of the people's living needs have expanded greatly, the level has risen considerably, and their yearning for a better life has become even stronger.

     Entering the new era, the needs of the people are diversified, multi-level and multi-faceted: they expect better education, more stable jobs, more satisfactory incomes, more reliable social security, higher levels of medical and health services, more comfortable living conditions, a more beautiful environment, and a richer spiritual and cultural life; they expect to better satisfy their "soft needs" for a good life in terms of democracy, the rule of law, fairness, justice, security and the environment; they expect to better satisfy their "soft needs" for a sense of participation, fairness, access, happiness, security and dignity; and they expect all people to achieve comprehensive development and common prosperity. We expect to better satisfy people's needs for a good life in terms of democracy, the rule of law, fairness, justice, security, and the environment; we expect to better satisfy people's "soft needs" for participation, fairness, access, happiness, security, and dignity; we expect that all people can achieve comprehensive development, common prosperity, and share in the fruits of economic and social development; and we expect that the country's material, political, spiritual, and social civilizations will develop in a balanced manner and make progress together, It is expected that the entire country's material, political, spiritual, social and ecological civilizations will develop in a balanced manner and make progress together, so as to satisfy people's needs for a better life in all aspects. Entering the new era, no one should be left behind in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and no one should be left behind on the road to common prosperity. We must pay more attention to the people's need for a better life, to social justice, to safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods, to sharing the fruits of development with the entire population, to enhancing the people's sense of well-being, accessibility and security, and to making efforts to make tangible progress in creating a better life and realizing common prosperity.

Historical mission of national rejuvenation in the new era

     The New Era of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is an era in which all Chinese children will work together to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

     The realization of great rejuvenation has been the greatest dream of the Chinese nation since modern times. After the Opium War, China was plunged into a dark situation of shattered mountains and rivers and internal and external troubles. In the repeated weighing of various doctrines and paths, in the repeated contests of political forces, and in the repeated comparisons of the Chinese people, history and the people chose the Communist Party of China (CPC), Marxism, and socialism. The history of the CPC is a history of struggle to lead the Chinese nation towards rejuvenation. The CPC united and led the people to find a path of democratic revolution in line with China's actual situation, completing the great leap from feudal autocracy to people's democracy; it established an advanced social system in line with China's actual situation, realizing the great leap of the Chinese nation from continuous decline in modern times to a fundamental reversal of its destiny, and a sustained march toward prosperity and strength; it pushed ahead with the reform and opening up of the country, ushering in a great leap of the Chinese nation from standing up, to becoming rich, to becoming strong, and ushering in the great leap of the Chinese nation from standing up to becoming strong. The promotion of the new great revolution of reform and opening up has ushered in the great leap from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong, and ushered in the bright prospect of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

     Today, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the Chinese nation stands at the new coordinates of its great rejuvenation. In just a few decades, China has traveled the road traveled by developed countries for hundreds of years, creating a development miracle in the history of humankind. The Chinese miracle took place in a country with extraordinarily long historical depth, extraordinarily large land area, and extraordinarily large population size, and is the greatest political, economic, and social transformation of mankind to date.China's GDP was estimated to be more than 12 trillion U.S. dollars in 2017, with a total economic output roughly equivalent to two Japan's, three Germany's, four Great Britains, five India's, six Italy's, seven Canada's, and eight Russia's. China has the most complete industrialized economy in the world, and the most complete industrialized economy in the world. China has the most complete industrial chain and the strongest industrial manufacturing capacity in the world, and in 2010, China's manufacturing output surpassed that of the United States, making it the world's largest manufacturing country. China has become a source of power and an anchor of stability for the world economy, contributing more than 30% to the world's economic growth, more than the United States, Japan and the European Union combined.

     General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "the Communist Party of China (CPC) is a political party that seeks the happiness of the Chinese people, and it is also a political party that strives for the cause of human progress." Everything the CPC does is for the happiness of the Chinese people, the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the peace and development of mankind. General Secretary Xi Jinping also emphasized in particular that the Chinese dream is the dream of the country and the nation, as well as the dream of every Chinese, and ultimately the dream of the people. "The most fundamental thing about the Chinese dream is to realize a better life for the Chinese people."

     The blueprint is drawn, the mission is on the shoulder; forge ahead and work hard!

     Facing a new era, a new mission, a new journey, a new blueprint, new opportunities and new challenges, China is marching forward along the course set by the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The 1.3 billion Chinese people up and down the country expect and believe that under the guidance of the spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the people of all ethnic groups across the country are striving to realize the goals and tasks set by the 19th CPC National Congress with a never-relenting state of mind and an unrelenting attitude of striving to achieve the goals and tasks set by the 19th CPC National Congress. Two Hundred Years" and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!