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BEIJING, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

As China enters a new development stage, different regions and sectors across

the country are gearing up to improve the quality of development in the world's

second largest economy.

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Joining panel discussions during China's ongoing Two Sessions, President Xi

Jinping underscored several key words crucial for the development in the coming

years: new development paradigm, green transformation, people-centered

philosophy and high-quality development.

These words are important concepts featured in China's latest development

blueprint – the draft Outline for the 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) (2021-2025) for

Economic and Social Development and Long-Range Objectives through the Year

2035, which is under review at the fourth session of the 13th National People's

Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.

New development paradigm

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central

Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, called on north

China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to serve and integrate into the

country's new development paradigm on Friday.

Joining discussions with fellow lawmakers from the region, he called for

efforts to build Inner Mongolia into a national base for key energy and

strategic resources, a production base for agriculture and animal husbandry,

and a gateway for northward opening-up.

Xi said Inner Mongolia should find its role in the country's establishment of

the new development paradigm of "dual circulation," in which the domestic and

overseas markets reinforce each other, with the domestic market as the mainstay.

Green transformation

Inner Mongolia should strive to step up green transformation of key industries

and areas, foster cleaner production and accelerate green and low-carbon

development, President Xi said, urging efforts to promote the smart and green

development of related sectors toward the higher end.

Green development was also a main topic during Xi's discussion with lawmakers

from northwest China's Qinghai Province on Sunday. He said Qinghai should

prioritize ecological protection, promote high-quality development and create

high-quality life for the people, calling on the province to make new

achievements in protecting the ecology in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and

advancing sustainable development.

Xi encouraged Qinghai to intensify efforts to build a world-class salt lake

industrial base and foster an economic system featuring green, low-carbon and

circular development.  

Qinghai has great responsibilities for China's ecological security and the

sustainable development of the nation, he said, urging the province to protect

Sanjiangyuan — the "source of three rivers," including the Yangtze, the Yellow

and the Lancang rivers.  

China has pledge to have carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030 and achieve

carbon neutrality before 2060.

People-centered philosophy

A people-centered philosophy of development has been emphasized in the CPC

Central Committee's proposals for formulating the 14th FYP and long-range

goals. The country will promote common prosperity for everyone and make sure

that its development is for the people and by the people, and its fruits shared

by the people.

President Xi reiterated the concept during the panel discussion with deputies

from Qinghai, saying that regions across China should adhere to a

people-centered philosophy of development and pursue innovative, coordinated,

green, open and shared development.

He urged the Qinghai provincial government to boost employment and improve

public services such as education, social security, healthcare, nursing and

housing.

He also called on Inner Mongolia and Qinghai to consolidate achievements in the

fight against poverty and advance the strategy of rural vitalization.

At a joint group meeting of national political advisors from the education,

medical and health sectors on Saturday, Xi stressed giving "strategic priority"

to safeguarding people's health and building a high-quality and balanced basic

public education service system.

The meeting was held during the fourth session of the 13th National Committee

of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top

political advisory body.

Xi commended health workers for "putting up an iron wall" against COVID-19 at a

critical time and called for reforming and improving the disease prevention and

control system.

High-quality development

On Saturday, President Xi mentioned the word "high-quality" several times

during his discussion with the national political advisors.

China's public health protection network should be fortified and efforts should

be made to promote the high-quality development of public hospitals, he said,

demanding comprehensive healthcare for the people at all stages of life.

On education, he said the country must strive to build a high-quality and

balanced basic public education service system. He also called for efforts to

train more talents who can contribute to China's high-quality development and

high-level self-reliance.

Xi summarized the importance of high-quality development on Sunday, describing

it as the theme of China's economic and social development in the 14th FYP

period and beyond.

Different regions should find paths of high-quality development suited to their

conditions and take concrete actions to improve people's livelihood, he added.

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SOURCE: CGTN