Seeking Truth magazine publishes an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping on using mid-to-long term planning to guide economic and social development as an important way for our party to govern the country.

The 12th issue of "Qiushi" magazine, published on June 16th, 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 "Using Medium and Long-Term Planning to Guide Economic and Social Development is an Important Way for Our Party to Govern the Country". This is an excerpt from important discussions by General Secretary Xi Jinping from October 2015 to April 2025. The article emphasizes that scientifically formulating and continuously implementing five-year plans is an important experience in governing the country for our Party, and also an important political advantage of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Shortly after the founding of the New China, our Party put forward the goal of building a socialist modernization country. From the first five-year plan to the fourteenth five-year plan, the consistent theme has been to build our country into a socialist modernization country. In this process, our Party has deepened its understanding, matured its strategy, and enriched its practice in building a socialist modernization country, accelerating the process of modernization development in our country. The article points out that the report of the 20th National Congress of the Party elaborately discusses the Chinese characteristics, essential requirements, and major principles of Chinese-style modernization, which is the highest-level design for promoting Chinese-style modernization. Chinese-style modernization is promoted in stages and in different areas. Achieving the development goals of each stage and implementing the development strategies of each area also requires top-level design. It is necessary to deeply understand the global trends of development, accurately grasp the common desires of the people, thoroughly explore the laws of economic and social development, so that the formulated planning and policy systems reflect the characteristics of the times, grasp the laws, and be rich in creativity, achieving a combination of long-term and short-term, coherence from top to bottom, and coordination in content. The article emphasizes that the people's aspiration for a better life is our goal, and the people's confidence and support is the driving force for our country's progress. Good policies and development plans should cater to the people's wishes and meet their expectations, starting from the people and returning to the people. The formulation of five-year plans involves all aspects of economic and social development, closely related to the production and life of the people. It is necessary to combine strengthening top-level design with adhering to seeking opinions from the people, integrating social expectations, grassroots wisdom, expert opinions, and grassroots experience into the planning process. The article emphasizes that for planning the economic and social development in the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to accurately grasp the stage requirements of the "15th Five-Year Plan", focus on the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the nation, closely center around the basic realization of the goal of socialist modernization, and rationally determine goals and tasks for each field one by one. For all areas of tasks, in-depth analysis and argumentation is required to ensure scientific precision and timely implementation. It is necessary to plan comprehensively, grasp the key and decisive factors, control the rhythm and progress well, focus on consolidating and expanding advantages, breaking through bottlenecks, reinforcing weaknesses, and improving quality and efficiency, maintaining consistency with the overall goals. Local plans must be based on reality, seeking truth from facts, and improving the implementation capacity and effectiveness of the plan.