A four-day plenary session by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee ended on Thursday by adopting the recommendations for the country's 15th Five-Year Plan.

According to a communique released at the end of the fourth plenum, participants deliberated over and adopted the Recommendations of the CPC Central Committee for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development, according to Xinhua News Agency.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered important addresses as well as explanatory remarks on the draft recommendations.

China is on the verge of accomplishing the major objectives and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the communique says.

Participants at the session gave a highly positive assessment of the country's major development achievements during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), which has marked a momentous and extraordinary period in the country's development, Xinhua reported.

According to the communique, the country's next Five-Year Plan, from 2026 to 2030, will be critical as China works to reinforce the foundations and push ahead on all fronts towards basically achieving socialist modernisation by 2035.

China is still in a phase of development where strategic opportunities exist alongside risks and challenges, while uncertainties and unforeseen factors are rising.

"All of us in the Party must acquire a deep understanding of the decisive significance of establishing Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and of establishing the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era," the communique says.

The guiding principles for economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period are: upholding the party's overall leadership; putting the people first; pursuing high-quality development; comprehensively deepening reform; promoting interplay between an efficient market and a well-functioning government; and ensuring both development and security.

And the plan's major objectives include significant advancements in high-quality development; substantial improvements in scientific and technological self-reliance and strength; and fresh breakthroughs in further deepening reform comprehensively.

The communique also says China should build a robust domestic market and work faster to foster a new pattern of development, and that the country should move faster to develop a high-standard socialist market economy and boost the momentum for high-quality development.

China should work harder to ensure and improve public well-being and promote prosperity for all, the communique says.

The session decided to add Zhang Shengmin as a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, according to the communique.
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Last updated: 2025-10-23 HKT 17:57