China.org.cn | October 29, 2020
Economic Daily:
During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China will build a new, dual-cycle development architecture with the domestic cycle as the mainstay and with domestic and international development reinforcing each other. What's the MIIT's plan for the next year to get a head start on the 14th Five-Year Plan? Thank you.
Wang Zhijun:
This is a very important question. Today's world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. This year, the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated such changes. In the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China will enter an important period of strategic opportunity during which much can be achieved. Meanwhile, the international community is experiencing profound changes in economic, scientific and technological, cultural, security, and political areas. Next year is the first year of the 14th Five Year Plan and also the first year in which we will embark on a new journey towards the Second Centenary Goal of building China into a modern socialist country. Following the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, our industrial and information technological departments will fully implement the decisions and arrangements made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, foster the spirit of winning, carry out pragmatic measures, stimulate innovative vitality, seek breakthroughs in reform, and fight actively for a good start to the 14th Five-Year Plan.
Next year, guided by the new development philosophy and the theme of promoting high-quality development and pursuing supply-side structural reform as main task, we will implement guidelines in "consolidating, strengthening, upgrading, and ensuring unimpeded flows," and unswervingly build China into a major country in areas of manufacturing and cyberspace.We will strengthen independent innovation, promote a high-level industrial base and modern industrial chain, set up a batch of national pilot zones for manufacturing high-quality development and advanced manufacturing clusters, and cultivate a group of excellent enterprises with global competitiveness. We will enhance quality, efficiency, and core competitiveness in industry and information technology development, and step up efforts in middle and high-end industrial chains. We will provide higher quality industrial products and better information and communication services to satisfy the people's growing needs for a better life, to build a new, dual-cycle development architecture with the domestic cycle as the mainstay and with domestic and international development reinforcing each other, and support to build China into a modern socialist country. Thank you.