A people-centered approach to development

The people are the creators of history. Their contribution determines the future of our Party and our country. The people-centered approach is incorporated in all theories and practices of the Party and the state.

In his report to the 19th CPC National Congress, Xi Jinping highlights the importance of a people-centered approach to promoting human development and bringing prosperity to all. Our people-centered philosophy is key to the Party’s political thinking. It is what distinguishes a Marxist party from other political parties. It is also a creative application of the principle of ensuring the people’s principal status in our development theory. It is reflected in all our economic and social development initiatives, attesting to the centrality of the wellbeing of the people on the Party’s agenda. Implementing such a philosophy calls for respect for the people’s role in running the country and sensitivity to their yearning for a better life. It is our responsibility to always serve, defend and uphold the best interests of the people, and pursue development efforts in their interests, for their benefit, and reliant on their contributions.

Further reform and innovation are critical to addressing quality and efficiency concerns in our development efforts, so as to produce more quality products to satisfy the people’s growing material and cultural needs. It is essential to create an environment that encourages creativity and innovation, and helps individuals, including workers, entrepreneurs, innovators, and officials at all levels, realize their full potential. It is imperative to continue to strengthen and improve our basic socialist economic and distribution system, especially income redistribution mechanisms, including by rationalizing the taxation regime, strengthening social security, and increasing government transfer payments. These and other related measures aim to better ensure social equity and justice, narrow the existing income gap and more broadly and equitably share development gains.

Our people-centered development philosophy reflects the Party’s overarching goal of serving the public good, and the principles of historical materialism that emphasizes the role of the people in turning the wheel of history. It is in line with our aspirations to bring prosperity to all and our value system that highlights the centrality of the people.

以人民為中心的發展思想

人民是歷史的創造者，是決定黨和國家前途命運的根本力量。“以人民為中心”的思想貫穿于黨和國家的全部理論和實踐中。黨的十九大報告指出，必須堅持以人民為中心的發展思想，不斷促進人的全面發展、全體人民共同富裕。人民立場是中國共產黨的根本政治立場，是馬克思主義政黨區別于其他政黨的顯著標志。帶領人民創造幸福生活，是黨始終不渝的奮斗目標。以人民為中心的發展思想是堅持人民主體地位這一根本原則在發展理論上的創造性運用，體現在經濟社會發展各個環節。踐行以人民為中心的發展思想，要堅持人民主體地位，順應人民群眾對美好生活的向往，不斷實現好、維護好、發展好最廣大人民根本利益，做到發展為了人民、發展依靠人民、發展成果由人民共享。要通過深化改革、創新驅動，提高經濟發展質量和效益，生產出更多更好的物質精神產品，不斷滿足人民日益增長的物質文化需要。要全面調動人的積極性、主動性、創造性，為各行業各方面的勞動者、企業家、創新人才、各級干部創造發揮作用的舞臺和環境。要堅持社會主義基本經濟制度和分配制度，調整收入分配格局，完善以稅收、社會保障、轉移支付等為主要手段的再分配調節機制，維護社會公平正義，解決好收入差距問題，使發展成果更多更公平惠及全體人民。以人民為中心的發展思想，體現了黨全心全意為人民服務的根本宗旨，體現了人民是推動發展的根本力量的唯物史觀，體現了逐步實現共同富裕的目標要求，彰顯了人民至上的價值取向。