CHINA KEY PHRASES

CHINA KEY PHRASES

全面建成小康社會

“小康社會”是由鄧小平在20世紀70年代末80年代初在規(guī)劃中國經濟社會發(fā)展藍圖時提出的戰(zhàn)略構想。隨著中國特色社會主義建設事業(yè)的深入,其內涵和意義不斷地得到豐富和發(fā)展。在20世紀末基本實現(xiàn)“小康”的情況下，中共十六大報告明確提出了“全面建設小康社會”，中共十七大報告在此基礎上提出新的更高要求，中共十八大報告根據(jù)我國經濟社會發(fā)展實際和新的階段性特征，在黨的十六大、十七大確立的全面建設小康社會目標的基礎上，提出了到2020年“全面建成小康社會”的目標。全面建成小康社會的目標主要包括：第一，轉變經濟發(fā)展方式取得重大進展；第二，實現(xiàn)兩個“倍增”，即國內生產總值和城鄉(xiāng)居民人均收入比2010年翻一番；第三，通過增強創(chuàng)新驅動發(fā)展新動力，進入創(chuàng)新型國家行列；第四，工業(yè)化基本實現(xiàn)，信息化水平大幅提升，城鎮(zhèn)化質量明顯提高，農業(yè)現(xiàn)代化和社會主義新農村建設成效顯著；第五，區(qū)域協(xié)調發(fā)展機制基本形成；第六，對外開放水平進一步提高，國際競爭力明顯增強。

Complete the Process of Building a Moderately Well-off Society in All Respects

Deng Xiaoping created the vision of a moderately well-off society in the late 1970s and early 1980s, while the blueprint for China’s economic and social development was being crafted. The concept has since been enriched and deepened in an evolving process of social-economic development with Chinese characteristics.

In consideration of the fact that the goal of a markedly improved life for Chinese people had basically become a reality by the end of the 20th century, the CPC Central Committee called for a continued push to build a moderately well-off society in all respects in its report to the 16th National Congress. New and more ambitious elements were subsequently added to this already expanded concept at the Party’s 17th National Congress (held in 2007). In view of the current status and future characteristics of China’s social-economic development, the CPC Central Committee announced in its report to the 18th National Congress the goal of completing the process of building a moderately well-off society in all respects by the year 2020 on the basis of what had been achieved since the Party’s previous two major gatherings.

Specifically, the goal calls for: (1) making major progress in transforming China’s growth model; (2) doubling China’s 2010 GDP and the per capita income of both urban and rural residents; (3) promoting innovation and pursuing innovation-driven development; (4) basically completing the process of industrialization, markedly expanding access to information technology, achieving better urbanization management, and making notable progress in agricultural modernization and rural development; (5) establishing a mechanism for coordinated development across all regions; and (6) opening up further and notably improving China’s international competitiveness.

精準扶貧、精準脫貧

2014年12月11日閉幕的中國中央經濟工作會議，首次在中央工作層面明確提出了精準脫貧的概念；2015年6月18日，習近平在貴州調研時強調，扶貧開發(fā)“貴在精準，重在精準，成敗之舉在于精準”，“精準扶貧”隨后成為社會各界熱議的關鍵詞。2015年11月3日發(fā)布的“十三五規(guī)劃建議”中，進一步作出“實施精準扶貧、精準脫貧”的工作部署。精準脫貧，就是要防止用經濟收入的平均數(shù)掩蓋大多數(shù),更加注重保障基本民生，更加關注低收入群眾生活。精準扶貧，則是要做到對貧困人口進行精確識別、精確幫扶，對扶貧工作做到精確管理。中央明確提出精準扶貧、精準脫貧，是因為中國的扶貧開發(fā)工作已進入“啃硬骨頭、攻堅拔寨”的沖刺期。為了真正實現(xiàn)“精準”目標，習近平提出了“扶貧對象精準、措施到戶精準、項目安排精準、資金使用精準、因村派人精準、脫貧成效精準”的具體要求。

Targeted Approach to Alleviating Poverty

At the conclusion of the Central Economic Work Meeting on December 11, 2014, the central leadership foated the idea of a targeted approach to alleviating poverty. On June 18, 2015, during his visit to Guizhou Province, Xi Jinping once more raised the subject, which he believes is pivotal to the success of the poverty alleviation drive. It has subsequently become a hot topic amongst the general public. In its Proposal for Formulating the 13th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, released in November 2015, the 18th CPC Central Committee specifed targeted measures to be taken in the coming fve years.

The targeted efforts are designed to ensure that average income statistics do not mask the actual living conditions of those living in hardship. Such efforts require attention to detail. Greater emphasis will be laid upon identifying low-income groups in need of assistance in order that they may receive due attention and their basic standard of living guaranteed.

The central leadership proposed such a targeted approach at a time when China faces a daunting challenge in its efforts to eliminate the final pockets of poverty across the country. To ensure the effectiveness of poverty reduction efforts, Xi Jinping called for assistance policies and programs that are tailored to the needs of individual families in conjunction with targeted funding and village-specifc expert support, and pursued with a results-oriented focus.

Editor’s note: In this column we present to you the phrases used every day in the media and by Chinese government, so providing a succinct overview of China’s political thinking, its policies and ongoing reforms and transitions.