In 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China’s development must be guided by a new development ideology with five core contents: innovation, coordination, greening, opening up, and sharing. As the core content of Xi Jinping’s economic ideology, the new development ideology has been reflected in every five-year plan of China since it was proposed.
The new development ideology is actually a new development logic that is completely different from the traditional formula. It systematically answers the fundamental questions of what is good development and how to achieve good development.
First of all, the novelty of the new development ideology is reflected in five interconnected fields. Traditional development has always focused on GDP growth, but the new development concept focuses on five areas: innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing to systematically resolve structural contradictions in development. Among them, innovation is the main driving force that mobilizes new momentum through new technological achievements and industrial upgrading, coordination is an internal requirement that focuses on resolving the development imbalance between urban and rural areas, green is a necessary condition that promotes the harmonious coexistence of people and nature, openness is a necessary path for opening up development space, and sharing is the original requirement for promoting social justice and making all people share the achievements of development.
Then, the novelty of the new development concept is reflected in the path. The traditional Western formula imitates the polluted and then solved way, capital is prioritized and few people benefit, or relies on large-scale investment of resources and labor. On the contrary, the new development concept has changed the driving force of development, that is, from being driven by the state to being driven by innovation. Because of relying on innovation, since the 18th Communist Party of China, China’s ranking in the Global Innovation Index has risen from 34th to 10th, making a leap from “catching up” to “leading”.
Third, the novelty of the new development concept is reflected in the goals. The goals of
Traditional development has always placed capital at the core and accumulated wealth for a few people. The new development concept puts the interests of the people at the core and has the ultimate goal of making everyone share the fruits of development and achieving common prosperity. Under the guidance of this goal, the idea of ​​sharing has made everyone share the fruits of development. Up to now, China’s health insurance has covered more than 1,300 million people, pension insurance has covered nearly 1,100 million people, and the average life expectancy has been raised to 79 years.
Under the guidance of putting the interests of the people at the core, openness has promoted development from a “zero-sum game” to a “mutual benefit and win-win” one, ultimately building a community of shared future for mankind. Since modern times, the rise of great powers has always been accompanied by confrontation and rivalry. The new development concept, on the other hand, adheres to China-foreign cooperation and actively embraces international cooperation. China contributes oriental wisdom to global governance while sharing its development opportunities with the world.
Under the guidance of the new development concept, China has created a development path that goes beyond the traditional formula, with a more integrated concept, a more sustainable path, and a more equitable goal. This not only changes the logic of development, but also provides new development options for the world.
