Status, background of the times, scientific connotation, spiritual essence and fundamental requirements, emphasize that in the new stage of development, we must adhere to Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents and thoroughly implement Scientific Outlook on Development.
Scientific Outlook on Development is the inheritance and development of the important thoughts of the Party's three generations of central leading collective on development, the concentrated expression of Marxist world outlook and methodology on development, the scientific theory that keeps pace with the times in the same strain as Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, the important guiding principle for China's economic and social development, and the important strategic thought that Socialism with Chinese characteristics must adhere to and implement.
Scientific Outlook on Development, the first priority is development, the core is people-oriented, the basic requirement is comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable, and the fundamental method is overall consideration. These four sentences epitomize Scientific Outlook on Development's scientific connotation, spiritual essence and fundamental requirements.
-We must persist in taking development as the top priority of the Party in governing and rejuvenating the country. Development is of decisive significance for building a well-off society in an all-round way and accelerating socialist modernization. We must firmly grasp the center of economic construction, persist in concentrating on construction and development, and constantly liberate and develop social productive forces. Better implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, strengthening the country through talents and sustainable development, focus on grasping the law of development, innovate the concept of development, change the development mode, solve the development problems, improve the quality and efficiency of development, achieve sound and rapid development, and lay a solid foundation for the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Strive to achieve people-oriented, comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable scientific development, realize the organic unity of all undertakings and the harmonious development of social members, and achieve peaceful development of world peace through safeguarding world peace and self-development.
-we must adhere to the people-oriented principle. Serving the people wholeheartedly is the fundamental purpose of the party, and all the struggles and work of the party are for the benefit of the people. We must always take the realization, maintenance and development of the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the starting point and the end result of all the work of the party and the state, respect the people's dominant position, give play to the people's initiative, safeguard people's rights and interests, take the road of common prosperity, promote people's all-round development, and ensure that development is for the people, development depends on the people, and development results are shared by the people.
-We must adhere to comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development. According to the overall layout of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's cause, we will comprehensively promote economic construction, political construction, cultural construction and social construction, promote the coordination of all links and aspects of modernization, and promote the coordination of production relations and productivity, superstructure and economic base. Adhere to the civilized development path of production development, affluent life and good ecology, build a resource-saving and environment-friendly society, realize the unity of speed and structural quality and benefit, and coordinate economic development with population, resources and environment, so that people can produce and live in a good ecological environment and realize sustainable economic and social development.
-we must make overall plans. Correctly understand and properly handle the major relations in Socialism with Chinese characteristics's career, coordinate urban and rural development, regional development, economic and social development, harmonious development between man and nature, domestic development and opening to the outside world, coordinate the relationship between the central and local governments, coordinate individual interests and collective interests, local interests and overall interests, current interests and long-term interests, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties. Coordinate the two overall domestic and international situations, establish a global perspective, strengthen strategic thinking, be good at grasping development opportunities, deal with risks and challenges from the development and changes of the international situation, and create a good international environment. We should not only take the overall situation into consideration, but also grasp the main work that affects the overall situation and the outstanding problems that affect the interests of the masses, and make efforts to promote and make key breakthroughs.
Scientific Outlook on Development profoundly embodies the new requirements of the new stage of development and the new conditions of the times for the work of the party and the state. To fully implement the spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, continue to emancipate the mind, persist in reform and opening up, promote scientific development and social harmony, and strive for new victories in building a well-off society in an all-round way, we must thoroughly implement Scientific Outlook on Development. Comrade Hu Jintao pointed out in the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: "All comrades in the Party should fully grasp the scientific connotation and spiritual essence of Scientific Outlook on Development, enhance the consciousness and firmness of implementing Scientific Outlook on Development, focus on changing ideas that are not suitable for Scientific Outlook on Development, focus on solving outstanding problems that affect and restrict scientific development, guide the development enthusiasm of the whole society to scientific development, and implement Scientific Outlook on Development in all aspects of economic and social development." This is a solemn call to the whole party, and it is also a major requirement for party member cadres, especially leading cadres at all levels.
Since it was put forward by Scientific Outlook on Development, it has been widely recognized by the whole party and society, and has played an important guiding role in practice. In order to promote the in-depth implementation of Scientific Outlook on Development and cooperate with the whole party in studying and practicing Scientific Outlook on Development activities, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee organized and compiled the Reading Book on Scientific Outlook on Development in accordance with the spirit of the 17th CPC National Congress, which provided important auxiliary materials for party member, cadres and the masses to learn from Scientific Outlook on Development.
Scientific Outlook on Development is the latest achievement of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system.
Scientific Outlook on Development was put forward by our Party under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, based on the basic national conditions of the primary stage of socialism, deeply analyzing the stage characteristics of China's development, summing up China's development practice, accurately grasping the world development trend, learning from foreign development experience and adapting to the new development requirements. Standing at the height of history and times, Scientific Outlook on Development profoundly answered a series of major questions about China's socialist economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction and party building around the theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, which is a major innovation of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system.
1. Scientific Outlook on Development is a scientific theory that comes down in one continuous line with Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents and keeps pace with the times.
Scientific Outlook on Development adhered to the basic principles of Marxism, closely combined with the reality of China's reform, opening up and socialist modernization, and closely combined with the new conditions of the times. He not only unswervingly adhered to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, but also endowed Marxism with new vitality, which is a Marxism that keeps pace with the times.
In the long-term practice of leading China's revolution, construction and reform, our Party has combined the basic principles of Marxism with the specific reality and characteristics of the times in China, constantly promoted the China of Marxism, and achieved two historic leaps. The first leap took place during the new-democratic revolution. China * * * producers, after repeated exploration and summing up their success and failure experiences, found the revolutionary road with China characteristics, surrounded the cities from the countryside and finally won the national victory. After the victory of the revolution, they actively explored the road of socialist construction suited to China's national conditions, and formed correct theoretical principles and experience summaries about China's revolution and construction, which were proved by practice. This is Mao Zedong Thought. The second leap occurred after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party. On the basis of summing up China's experience and studying the international situation, China's producers opened up the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and formed the correct theoretical principles and experience summary of building, consolidating and developing socialism in China, which has been proved by practice. This is Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system. Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system is a scientific theoretical system including the important strategic thoughts of Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents and Scientific Outlook on Development. This theoretical system adheres to and develops Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, and embodies the wisdom and painstaking efforts of several generations of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to lead the people in their unremitting exploration and practice. It is the latest achievement of Marxism in China, the most precious political and spiritual wealth of the Party, and the ideological basis for the United struggle of the people of all ethnic groups in China. In contemporary China, adhering to Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system means truly adhering to Marxism.
Scientific Outlook on Development is an important part of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system. After the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as the general secretary focused on the overall development of the cause of the party and the people, adhered to the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, complied with the development and changes of the domestic and international situation, carried forward the spirit of seeking truth from facts and pioneering, constantly summed up practical experience, constantly expanded theoretical horizons, constantly summarized theories, and put forward the idea of adhering to people-oriented and realizing scientific development. It is proposed that we should adhere to overall planning, correctly understand and properly handle the major relations in Socialism with Chinese characteristics's career; Put forward to build a harmonious socialist society and comprehensively promote socialist modernization according to the overall layout of the four in one; Put forward to build a socialist core value system and firmly establish a socialist concept of honor and disgrace; Put forward to build a new socialist countryside, an innovative country, a resource-saving and environment-friendly society and an ecological civilization society; Put forward to unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development, adhere to the open strategy of mutual benefit and win-win, and promote the construction of a harmonious world; He put forward major strategic thoughts and tasks such as comprehensively strengthening the party's ruling ability and advanced construction, and formed the Scientific Outlook on Development. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China scientifically summarized and profoundly expounded Scientific Outlook on Development and enriched and developed Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system.
Scientific Outlook on Development is a scientific theory that is in the same strain as Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents and keeps pace with the times. It is the product of combining Marxism with the reality of contemporary China and the characteristics of the times, and it is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the * * * production party of China and the people of China. The thorough implementation of Scientific Outlook on Development is the best adherence and practice to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents.
2. Based on the basic national conditions of China, Scientific Outlook on Development made an in-depth analysis of the stage characteristics of China's development, conscientiously summed up the development practice of China, and adapted to the new development requirements.
China is still in the primary stage of socialism and will be in it for a long time, which is our party's scientific judgment on the basic national conditions of contemporary China. This judgment is the fundamental and argumentative basis for the formation of our party's theory, line, principles and policies, and also the basis for the formation of Scientific Outlook on Development. After the unremitting efforts since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, China has made remarkable development achievements, and profound and significant changes have taken place from productivity to production relations, from economic base to superstructure. However, China's basic national conditions, which will remain in the primary stage of socialism for a long time, and the contradiction between the people's growing material and cultural needs and backward social production, the main social contradiction, have not changed. The situation of large population, weak foundation, unbalanced urban and rural development and underdeveloped productivity is still the biggest reality in China. The contradictions and problems we encounter in our development, no matter in scale or complexity, are rare in the world. We still have a long way to go to build a well-off society at a higher level, benefit more than one billion people, and realize socialist modernization and common prosperity for all people. This requires us to always keep in mind the basic national conditions in the primary stage of socialism, recognize the long-term and arduous nature of building a well-off society in an all-round way and basically realizing modernization, and improve our consciousness of thinking, making decisions and doing things without being divorced from reality. Scientific Outlook on Development put forward it on the basis of profoundly grasping the basic national conditions and development reality of contemporary China.
The staged characteristics of China's economic and social development are the realistic basis for the formation of Scientific Outlook on Development. In the new historical stage, China has entered a critical period of development, reform and contradiction. Economic and social development presents a series of new stage characteristics, which are mainly manifested as follows: the economic strength is obviously enhanced, but the overall level of productivity is not high, the ability of independent innovation is not strong, and the long-standing structural contradictions and extensive growth mode have not fundamentally changed; With the initial establishment of the socialist market economic system, the institutional and institutional obstacles affecting development still exist, and the reform faces deep-seated contradictions and problems; People's lives have generally reached a well-off level, but the trend of widening income distribution gap has not been fundamentally reversed, and there are still a considerable number of poor and low-income people in urban and rural areas, making it more difficult to take into account the interests of all parties; Coordinated development has achieved remarkable results. At the same time, the weak agricultural foundation and backward rural development have not changed. It is an arduous task to narrow the gap between urban and rural development and promote coordinated economic and social development. With the continuous development of socialist democracy, the basic strategy of governing the country according to law has been implemented. At the same time, the requirements of building democracy and legal system and expanding people's democracy and economic and social development have not been fully met, and the political system reform needs to be deepened. Socialist culture is more prosperous, people's spiritual and cultural needs are increasingly strong, and the independence, selectivity, variability and differences of people's ideological activities are obviously enhanced, which puts forward higher requirements for the development of advanced socialist culture; Social vitality has been significantly enhanced, social structure, social organization form and social interest pattern have undergone profound changes, and social construction and management are facing many new topics; Opening to the outside world is expanding day by day, and international competition is becoming increasingly fierce. The pressure of economic and technological hegemony in developed countries has existed for a long time, and the foreseeable and unpredictable risks have increased, which puts forward higher requirements for coordinating domestic development and opening up. These stage characteristics are the concrete embodiment of the basic national conditions in the primary stage of socialism in the new century and new stage, and reflect the new situation, new contradictions and new problems faced by China's economic and social development. If we don't deeply grasp these stage characteristics and take measures to solve the outstanding contradictions and problems in progress, it will definitely have a great impact on China's economic and social development, especially its long-term development. Scientific Outlook on Development was put forward on the basis of accurately grasping the stage characteristics of China's development and adapting to the new requirements of China's development.
The practical experience of China's socialist construction and reform and opening up is the practical basis for the formation of Scientific Outlook on Development. Being good at summing up experience is a fine tradition of our party and an important way to promote the integration of the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete reality of China. During the decades of socialist construction in China, our party not only created brilliant achievements in socialist construction through hard struggle, but also accumulated rich experience in developing socialism through hard exploration. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, our party profoundly summed up the positive and negative experiences of socialist construction, and on the basis of correctly judging the national conditions, formed the basic line of "one center and two basic points" centering on economic construction, adhering to the four cardinal principles and persisting in reform and opening up, and opened up the road to Socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China combined summing up historical experience with summing up fresh experience, formulated a series of principles and policies to promote reform and development, and continuously enriched and developed the party's basic theory, line, program and experience. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China reviewed and summarized the historical process and valuable experience of China's reform and opening-up, and emphasized that to promote reform and opening-up and socialist modernization, we must combine upholding the basic principles of Marxism with promoting the China of Marxism, adhering to the four cardinal principles with reform and opening-up, respecting the people's initiative with strengthening and improving the Party's leadership, and adhering to the basic socialist system with developing the market economy. We should combine the reform of economic foundation with the reform of superstructure, the development of social productive forces with the improvement of the civilized quality of the whole nation, the improvement of efficiency with the promotion of social equity, the persistence of independence with participation in economic globalization, the promotion of reform and development with the maintenance of social stability, and the promotion of the great cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics with the new great project of party building. These "ten combinations" vividly explain how our party adheres to and develops Marxism, socialism and socialist modernization, how to coordinate the overall situation at home and abroad, and how to strengthen and improve the party's leadership in the practice of reform and opening up, profoundly revealing the key and fundamental success of China's reform and opening up, and revealing the true meaning of China's socialist economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction and party building. Emphasis on creating a good international environment, maintaining domestic social and political stability, and upholding the core position of the party's leadership are the guarantees for reform and development. It is a concentrated summary of our party's experience in reform, opening up and socialist modernization, and it is also a valuable experience for a developing country with a population of more than one billion to get rid of poverty, speed up modernization and consolidate and develop socialism. Scientific Outlook on Development put forward this proposal on the basis of profoundly summarizing and persistently applying the long-term practical experience of China's development.
3. Scientific Outlook on Development was put forward on the basis of a profound analysis of the international situation, conforming to the world development trend and drawing lessons from foreign development experience.
The world today is undergoing great changes and adjustments, and the development of China faces both unprecedented opportunities and unprecedented challenges. On the one hand, peace and development are still the theme of the times, world multipolarization is irreversible, economic globalization is developing in depth, scientific and technological revolution is accelerating, global and regional cooperation is in the ascendant, international cultural exchanges are expanding unprecedentedly, international security cooperation is strengthening day by day, countries are increasingly interdependent, the role and influence of developing countries on the world stage are rising rapidly, the international power balance is developing in a direction conducive to maintaining world peace, and the overall situation of world peace and development is stable. On the other hand, there are more unstable and uncertain factors in the international environment, and the external conditions for China's development are complex and changeable. Hegemony and power politics still exist, the struggle between unipolar and multipolar is still sharp, various political forces have been profoundly adjusted and combined, international strategic competition has become more intense, regional conflicts and hot issues have emerged one after another, international terrorism is rampant, and traditional and non-traditional security threats are intertwined. The world economy is developing unevenly, the gap between the North and the South is widening, economic structural contradictions are intensifying, trade and investment protectionism are on the rise, the pressure on energy resources is increasing, the potential risks of economic development are increasing, and the harm of climate change, major natural disasters and serious infectious diseases is increasing. * * * It is the common aspiration of people all over the world to promote the democratization of international relations, the development of economic globalization in a balanced, inclusive and win-win direction, the prosperity and progress of human civilization, the maintenance of world peace and stability, and the protection of the earth's homeland on which human beings depend. It is our inevitable choice to grasp the new changes in the international situation and the development trend of the world, conform to the new requirements of the development of the times, and adhere to the road of scientific development, harmonious development and peaceful development. Scientific Outlook on Development put forward the proposal on the basis of scientifically judging the international situation and the development trend of the world.
The relationship between contemporary China and the world has undergone historic changes. The role and influence of China's development on world development are constantly improving, and so is the role and influence of international environmental development on China's development. After these years of development, China's economic strength and comprehensive national strength have been greatly enhanced, and its international status and influence have been continuously improved. The international community is generally optimistic about China's development prospects, pays more attention to China strategically, and is increasingly willing to cooperate with China. There are more and more factors in the international environment that are beneficial to the development of China. This will help China to strengthen cooperation with other countries in the world and accelerate its own development. However, we should also be soberly aware that China is under great pressure from developed countries, which are dominant in economy and technology. Western hostile forces have never given up the strategic plan of westernization and differentiation. Trade frictions continue, competition for resources intensifies, environmental problems are prominent, cultural exchanges are frequent, and the task of safeguarding national security is even more arduous. We will still face an overall favorable environment for China's development, but unfavorable factors may also increase. We must think about the development of China in the overall situation of the world, constantly improve our ability to coordinate the two overall situations at home and abroad, constantly improve our ability to seize opportunities and meet risks and challenges, and always take the initiative in development. Scientific Outlook on Development put it forward on the basis of profoundly grasping the new changes in the relationship between China and the world.
Scientific Outlook on Development reflects the development concept of the contemporary world, conforms to the trend of the times, and is a profound summary and high generalization of the development experience of human society. After the end of World War II, accelerating economic growth has become the knowledge of all countries in the world, and mankind has created unprecedented economic growth achievements. However, due to the simple pursuit of economic growth, ignoring social development and social equity, ignoring energy and resource conservation and ecological environment protection, some countries have encountered such problems in their development. Some countries have taken the road of development first and then governance, and paid a high price to solve the serious deterioration of the ecological environment; In some countries, due to unbalanced economic structure and lagging social development, the development quality is not high and the stamina is insufficient; After some countries entered the middle stage of industrialization and the ranks of middle-income countries, they did not properly handle the relationship between wealth increase and income distribution, economic growth and social equity, which led to the disparity between the rich and the poor, increased unemployment and intensified social contradictions. Some countries blindly copy the western model, implement multi-party system and privatization, and rely on western multinational companies economically. Political parties are constantly fighting, the political situation has been turbulent for a long time, and economic and social development has been seriously retrogressed. The development practice of all countries in the world shows that development is not only economic growth, but the comprehensive and coordinated development of economy, politics, culture and society. It should be the development of social equity with the increase of social wealth, the development of the two overall situations at home and abroad, and the harmonious and sustainable development between man and nature. As a developing socialist country, China should not only accomplish the dual tasks of industrialization and informatization, but also shoulder the dual tasks of increasing social wealth, allowing people to enjoy the fruits of development and realizing social equity. It is also faced with the dual pressures of promoting economic development, saving resources and protecting the environment, which determines that we must not repeat the old path taken by other countries, but must embark on a development path with China characteristics. Scientific Outlook on Development put forward it on the basis of learning from the development experience of other countries and absorbing the beneficial achievements of foreign development theories.
4. Scientific Outlook on Development is an important strategic thought that must be adhered to and implemented in the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Scientific Outlook on Development's persistence and development of the Party's basic theory, line, program and experience further deepened his understanding of the laws governing the Party, socialist construction and the development of human society. It is an important guiding principle for China's economic and social development and a major strategic thought that must be adhered to and implemented in the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Scientific Outlook on Development adhered to the basic principles of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, and inherited and developed Marxism that the progress of human society ultimately depends on the development of productive forces. The Marxist ruling party should devote itself to the development of social productive forces, and the people are the main body of historical development and the fundamental force to promote social progress. The future society is a free and all-round development society for everyone, and socialism must constantly promote the all-round development of people. Social development must make the relations of production and productivity, superstructure and economic base coordinate and adapt, human beings depend on nature, and man and nature live in harmony, and all departments, aspects and links of social production are interrelated and inseparable, which is the concentrated embodiment of Marxist world outlook and methodology on development. Focusing on building a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized and harmonious socialist modern country, Scientific Outlook on Development put forward a series of closely linked and interconnected strategic ideas and major viewpoints, which endowed contemporary China Marxism with distinctive practical characteristics, national characteristics and characteristics of the times and opened up a new realm of Marxism in China.
Scientific Outlook on Development continued to answer the questions of "what is socialism and how to build it" and "what kind of party to build and how to build it", and creatively answered the questions of "what kind of development to achieve and how to develop it", which made our party's understanding of Socialism with Chinese characteristics reach a new height. Scientific Outlook on Development covers a wide range of fields, such as natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, involving reform, development and stability, internal affairs, foreign affairs and national defense, and running the party, country and army. It runs through the great cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and the new great project of Party building, and constitutes a systematic scientific theory with rich ideological connotation and strict internal logic, and it is also an open scientific theory that is constantly developing in practice.