Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization: Major Achievements and Global Contributions (Part 3)
Summary of Section 2 under Chapter 2: The Basic Principles for Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization
2.2 Commitment to a People-Centered Approach
Key Takeaways
(1) Adhering to a people-centered approach is the value orientation for promoting Chinese modernization through comprehensively deepening reform.
(2) It is precisely because the CPC has consistently promoted social justice and the well-being of the people as its core focus that China has been able to propose and implement effective reform measures, drawing the impetus for deeper reforms from the people's practical creativity.
"Reform is meaningful when it is done for the people."
--- President Xi Jinping
The reform is being promoted by addressing the most pressing and immediate concerns of the people. It focuses on areas such as employment, education, income distribution, healthcare, social security, elderly care and childcare, public culture, and community-level governance.
Achievements
(1) Ensuring and enhancing the people's wellbeing
Over the past 10 years or so, China has made sustained efforts to ensure people's access to childcare, education, employment, medical services, elderly care, housing, and social assistance. The people's lives have improved on all fronts; life expectancy per capita has risen steadily; the world's largest education and healthcare systems have been built; and the quality of life has continued to improve, enhancing people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.
(2) Common prosperity for all is an important feature of Chinese modernization
Eradicating poverty is a fundamental task in building a moderately prosperous society in all aspects and is crucial for promoting Chinese modernization through comprehensively deepening reform.
Goal: The CPC has creatively implemented targeted poverty alleviation, achieving the goal of ensuring that the poor “do not have to worry about food and clothing and have access to compulsory education, basic medical care, and housing security.”
Case Study
Long Xianlan, a villager from Shibadong Village, had been jobless for a long time. Through government-organized agricultural technology training, he learned beekeeping and honey harvesting techniques. This training was supported by the targeted poverty alleviation policy which also granted him a loan. As a result, he earned more than 5,000 CNY in his first year and has since set up a local beekeeping company that generates an annual revenue of about 2 million CNY. It is worth noting that Shibadong Village is in Shuanglong Town, Huayuan County, Hunan Province, where General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the concept of "targeted poverty alleviation" in 2013.
“Reforms draw their power from the people.”
--- President Xi Jinping
China's comprehensive deepening reform upholds the people's central role, tapping into their boundless wisdom and strength, ensuring the reform has the most reliable, profound, and enduring source of strength.
Achievements
The CPC Summarized and adopted practical experience of the people and has established practices which unleashed the immense creativity of our people. Examples include,
Comprehensive rural reforms
Pilot free trade zones
"One-stop" policy (Allowing people to get things done in one trip)
Fengqiao model in the new era
Case Study
The 12345 Citizen Hotline in Beijing efficiently addresses a wide range of public issues but also helps guide the government's ongoing reform efforts.
The hotline is available 24/7 throughout the year, with over 1,700 staff members working in shifts to respond to citizens' calls.
Government departments analyze big data generated from the hotline to identify the critical junctures in people's livelihoods and obstacles in governance. This analysis provides a solid foundation for comprehensively deepening reforms and collaborating with city residents to address various challenges in urban modernization.
Looking Ahead
The word "Renmin," which stands for "people," is mentioned 46 times in the Chinese version of Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPC on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization. This highlights the important role of the people in further deepening reform comprehensively.
Areas to work on
Income distribution system
Employment-first policy
Social security system
Reforming the medical and healthcare systems
Facilitate population development and provide related services
Basic public services.
With the focus on providing inclusive services, meeting essential needs, and providing for those most in need, we will strive to resolve the most practical problems that are of the greatest and most direct concern to the people to meet people's aspirations for a better life.
Summaries of Chapter 2&3: To be Continued…