This year marks the 45th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up. The torrent of reform is surging forward, and the achievements of the reform will shine through the ages. Beginning on December 16th, the three-episode political film "Great Reform" was broadcast. On September 2, 2023, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader pointed out in a video speech delivered at the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services Global Service Trade Summit that this year marks the 45th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up. China will persist in promoting high-level opening up, comprehensively promote Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development, and provide new opportunities for countries to open up and cooperate.
Draw a picture of history and write a hymn of struggle. This year is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, and it is also the 45th anniversary of reform and opening up and the 10th anniversary of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee. The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is epoch-making, opening a new era of reform, opening up and socialist modernization. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee is also epoch-making, realizing the transformation from partial exploration and breaking through the ice to system integration and comprehensive deepening, and creating a new situation of China’s reform and opening up. Over the past 45 years, from the beginning of the new era to the beginning of the new century, from a new starting point to the beginning of the new era, our party has led the people to paint a magnificent and magnificent historical picture and write a song of praise for the struggle that is earth-shaking and magnificent.
Play passionate music to show firm determination. By the end of 2020, a total of 2,485 reform programs have been launched in all aspects, and the reform objectives and tasks proposed by the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee have been completed on schedule. Since 2017, it has maintained its position as the largest country in goods trade for six consecutive years. In 2022, the international market share of exports has further increased to 14.7%, ranking first in the world for 14 consecutive years; The "Belt and Road" cooperation extends from the Eurasian continent to Africa and Latin America, and more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations have signed the "Belt and Road" cooperation document; In the past 10 years, the proportion of China’s total economic output in the world economy has increased from 12.3% to over 18%, and its annual average contribution rate to world economic growth has exceeded 30%… … Unprecedented reform measures and hard-won opening achievements show the bright future of Chinese modernization.
Profound history shows that it is a guide to scientific action. Practice has fully proved that reform and opening up is an important magic weapon for China to catch up with the times in great strides and a key measure to determine the fate of contemporary China. Reform and opening up is the most distinctive feature of contemporary China and the most distinctive banner of our Party in the new historical period. Reform and opening up is the only way to uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with great political courage and strong responsibility, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has comprehensively deepened reform, opened wider to the outside world, and promoted historic achievements and changes in the cause of the party and the country. The whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in China are working hard and bravely, striving to take the "only way" of reform and opening up and constantly writing a new historical chapter in reform and opening up.
Promote common development and enhance human well-being. Over the past 45 years, continuous opening-up has not only developed itself, but also continuously injected momentum into global economic development. China’s economy has strong resilience, sufficient potential and wide room for manoeuvre. The fundamentals of long-term improvement have not changed and will not change. China will still provide strong kinetic energy for the world economy and provide broader market opportunities for all countries. At present, the world is at a critical stage of implementing the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but the recovery of the world economy is weak, economic globalization is facing a countercurrent, and people’s expectations for development are even more ardent. As the world’s second largest economy, the second largest consumer market and the largest commodity trading country, China’s high-quality development cannot be separated from high-level opening-up, and China’s continuous expansion and opening-up will surely bring more development opportunities for itself and the world.