The magazine "Seeking Truth" published General Secretary Xi Jinping's important article "Key Tasks of Current Economic Work."

The fourth issue of "Qiushi" magazine, published on February 16, will feature an important article by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, titled "Key Tasks of Current Economic Work." This is part of a speech given by General Secretary Xi Jinping on December 10, 2025, at the Central Economic Work Conference. The article emphasizes that there are many key tasks in economic work in 2026, and it is important to grasp the key points. It is necessary to adhere to the dominance of domestic demand and build a strong domestic market. There needs to be coordination to promote consumption and expand investment, making good use of China's super-large market advantages. It is important to thoroughly implement special actions to boost consumption, formulate and implement plans to increase the income of urban and rural residents, expand the supply of high-quality goods and services, optimize the implementation of policies for the development of new industries and new forms of business, remove unreasonable restrictions in the consumption sector, and unleash the potential of service consumption in culture and tourism. Focusing on improving people's well-being, efforts should be made to stabilize and increase investment, appropriately increase the size of central budgetary investments, optimize the implementation of "dual-control" projects, manage the use of local government special bonds, and continue to play a role in promoting new policy-based financial instruments in order to promote urban renewal actively and stimulate private investment. The article also points out that it is essential to adhere to innovation-driven development and accelerate the cultivation and growth of new drivers. It is important to lead industrial upgrading with technological innovation and continuously generate new productive forces. Plans should be formulated to promote the integrated development of education, technology, and talent. Efforts should be made to build international scientific and technological innovation centers in Beijing, Shanghai, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, creating world-class sources of technological innovation. The role of enterprises as main innovators should be strengthened, support should be provided to expand demonstrations of applications of new technologies, products, and scenarios, the protection system for intellectual property rights in emerging fields should be improved, and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements should be accelerated. It is necessary to formulate action plans to enhance the capacity and quality of the service industry, implement a new round of high-quality development actions for key industrial chains, deepen the expansion of "AI +," and improve the governance of artificial intelligence. Innovation in technology financial services should also be promoted.