The People's Daily (December 30) published an article captioned 'Correctly understand and grasp the new
development stage' by Gao Peiyong, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
The article said it is necessary to "Correctly understand and grasp the strategic goal of achieving common
prosperity" calling it "a very important prerequisite and basis for these major theoretical and practical
issues" ... "and to correctly understand and grasp the new development stage." Gao Peiyong explained "The
"newness" of the new development stage is reflected in the profound and complex changes that have taken
place in the development environment. From an international perspective, the world today is undergoing major changes unseen in a century. Compared with the relatively stable environment in previous years, the
current world situation is turbulent and complex; compared with the development reality of China's industries
and developed countries that are more complementary to developed countries in previous years, the
competition is now more competitive. Coupled with the intertwined effects of the world’s century-old
changes and the epidemic in the century, the international environment has become increasingly complex,
and uncertainties and instability have increased significantly. From a domestic perspective, our country is in
a critical period of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." He said, "it is now significantly
more difficult to grasp opportunities and identify risks and challenges" and "that the opportunities faced by
the new development stage are more strategic and plastic, and the challenges faced are more complex and
overall." He clarified that "the construction of a new development pattern is a systematic and deep-level
change that concerns the overall situation. It is not limited to the economic field and stops at the economic
system level. To achieve a benign interaction between high-quality development and high-level safety. This
shows that the construction of a new development pattern reflects the strategic considerations of overall
development and safety". Gao Peiyong observed that the Central Economic Work Conference had
summarized the "four musts": "we must adhere to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central
Committee, respond calmly to major challenges, and move forward in unison. It is necessary to adhere to
high-quality development. It is the party's basic line to adhere to economic construction as the center. The
whole party must concentrate on implementing it and promote the steady improvement of quality and
reasonable growth of the economy. We must persist in seeking progress while maintaining stability, adjust
policies and promote reforms to grasp the effectiveness of timeliness, and insist on standing first and then
breaking through, and fighting steadily. We must strengthen overall coordination and adhere to the system
concept."
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