high-quality development
{{Short description|Chinese Communist Party slogan}}
{{Xi Jinping sidebar}}High-quality development ({{lang-zh|s=高质量发展|hp=Gāo zhìliàng fāzhǎn}}) is a political slogan promoted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was coined by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping at the 19th CCP National Congress in October 2017 to promote a more sustainable development of the Chinese economy.
History
The term was first used by Xi Jinping at the 19th CCP National Congress in October 2017.{{Cite news |date=5 January 2024 |title=Xi's Mysterious Economic Slogan Adds to Investor Confusion |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-04/xi-s-high-quality-development-for-china-can-mean-anything |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Bloomberg News}} During the meeting, he said China was transitioning away from a "high-speed growth phase" to high-quality growth.{{Cite news |date=16 July 2024 |title=Why China's Xi Is Pushing 'High-Quality Development' |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-16/why-china-s-xi-jinping-is-pushing-high-quality-development-at-third-plenum |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Bloomberg News}}
In October 2020, the 5th Plenary Session of the 19th CCP Central Committee declared that China "has entered a stage of high-quality development."{{Cite news |date=8 March 2021 |title=高质量发展"高"在哪儿？习近平总书记这样解析 |trans-title=What is the “high” in high-quality development? General Secretary Xi Jinping explains it this way |url=https://news.youth.cn/sz/202103/t20210308_12751948.htm |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=China Youth Daily}} During the Central Economic Work Conference in December 2023, Xi called high-quality development the "hard truth of the new era". The 3rd plenary session of the 20th CCP Central Committee declared that high-quality development is "the top mission of building a modern socialist country".{{Cite news |date=18 July 2024 |title=Xi's Big Economic Meeting Shows Party Bracing for Slower Growth |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-18/china-vows-to-push-for-high-quality-development-as-top-mission |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Bloomberg News}}
Content
The main components of high-quality development include:{{Cite web |date=16 October 2022 |title=习近平提出，加快构建新发展格局，着力推动高质量发展 |trans-title=Xi Jinping proposed to accelerate the construction of a new development pattern and focus on promoting high-quality development |url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2022-10/16/content_5718812. |access-date=6 February 2025 |website=State Council of China}}
- Building a high-level socialist market economic system.
- Building a modern industrial system.
- Comprehensively promoting rural revitalization.
- Promoting coordinated regional development
- Promoting high-level opening up to the outside world.