On October 23, Xinhua News Agency issued the communique of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
The Plenary session proposed to speed up the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and build a beautiful China . Firmly establish and practice the concept that green water and green hills are Jinshan and Yinshan, take carbon peak and carbon neutralization as the traction, coordinate to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth, build a strong ecological security barrier, and enhance the momentum of green development. We should continue to deepen pollution prevention and control and ecosystem optimization, accelerate the construction of a new energy system, actively and steadily promote and achieve carbon peak, and accelerate the formation of a green production and lifestyle . Communique
of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China (Adopted at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on October 23, 2025)
The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China The fourth Plenary meeting was held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025. The plenum was
attended by 168 members and 147 alternate members of the Central Committee. Members of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and responsible comrades of relevant departments attended the meeting as observers. Some grass-roots comrades and experts and scholars among the delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China also attended the meeting.
The plenum was presided over by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee, made an important speech.
The Plenary session heard and discussed Xi Jinping's work report entrusted by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and considered and adopted the Proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Formulation of the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development. Xi Jinping explained the proposal (discussion draft) to the Plenary session.
The plenum fully affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. It is unanimously agreed that the Political Bureau of the Central Committee has earnestly implemented the spirit of the 20th and 20th Plenary sessions of the CPC, adhered to the general tone of steady and progressive work, fully, accurately and comprehensively implemented the new development concept, Co ordinated the overall layout of the "five in one", coordinated the strategic layout of the "four in an all-round way", coordinated the domestic and international overall situation, and coordinated development and security. We should firmly promote high-quality development, promote the construction of socialist democracy and the rule of law, strengthen publicity, ideological and cultural work, earnestly ensure people's livelihood and protect the ecological environment, safeguard national security and social stability, carry out in-depth study and education in the spirit of the Eight Provisions of the Central Committee, deepen the comprehensive and strict administration of the Party, and strengthen the modernization of national defense and the army. We will further promote major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, promote sustained economic recovery, and successfully accomplish the main objectives and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan. The 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan and the World Anti-Fascist War was solemnly commemorated, which greatly inspired the national spirit, stimulated patriotic enthusiasm and rallied the strength of struggle.
The Plenary session spoke highly of the great achievements made in China's development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's development process was extremely unusual and extraordinary. In the face of the complex international situation and the arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core has United and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups to face difficulties and move forward, withstand the severe impact of the century epidemic, effectively respond to a series of major risks and challenges, and promote the cause of the Party and the country to achieve new and significant achievements. China's economic strength, scientific and technological strength and comprehensive national strength have leaped to a new level, Chinese-style modernization has taken a new solid step, and the new journey of the second centenary goal has achieved a good start.
The Plenary session pointed out that the realization of socialist modernization is a historical process of progressive and continuous development and progress, which requires unremitting efforts and continuous struggle. The "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period is the key period for basically realizing socialist modernization, laying a solid foundation and making full efforts, and plays an important role in the process of basically realizing socialist modernization. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, China's development environment is facing profound and complex changes, and China's development is in a period of coexistence of strategic opportunities and risks and challenges, and increasing uncertainties and unpredictable factors. China has a stable economic foundation, many advantages, strong resilience and great potential, and the supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement remain unchanged. The advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the super-large-scale market, the complete industrial system and the abundant human resources are more prominent. The whole Party should have a profound understanding of the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousness", firm the "four self-confidence", achieve the "two safeguards", maintain strategic determination, enhance confidence in victory, actively recognize changes and respond to changes, dare to fight, be good at fighting, dare to face the major tests of storms and even storms, and take the initiative in history. We should concentrate our efforts on our own affairs, continue to write a new chapter of the two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, and strive to create a new situation of Chinese-style modernization.
The Plenary stressed that in economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, we must adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Representatives" and the scientific concept of development, comprehensively implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress and the 20th Plenary Session of the CPC, and thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC. Focusing on building a strong socialist modernization country in an all-round way and realizing the goal of the second century's struggle, we should comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, comprehensively promote the overall layout of the "five in one", coordinate and promote the strategic layout of the "four in an all-round way", coordinate the domestic and international overall situation, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept and speed up the construction of a new one. We should adhere to the general tone of steady and progressive work, take economic construction as the center, promote high-quality development as the theme, take reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, take meeting the growing needs of the people for a better life as the fundamental purpose, take strict and comprehensive governance of the Party as the fundamental guarantee, and promote the effective improvement of the quality and quantity of the economy. Solid steps have been taken to promote the all-round development of human beings and the common prosperity of all the people, so as to ensure decisive progress in the basic realization of socialist modernization.
The Plenary session pointed out that economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period must follow the following principles: adhering to the Party's overall leadership, adhering to the supremacy of the people, adhering to high-quality development, adhering to the comprehensive deepening of reform, adhering to the combination of effective market and promising government, and adhering to the overall development and security. The main objectives of economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period were
set out at the Plenary session: to achieve remarkable results in high-quality development, to greatly improve the level of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, to make new breakthroughs in further deepening reform in an all-round way, to significantly improve the level of social civilization, to continuously improve the quality of people's lives, and to make new and significant progress in building a beautiful China. The national security barrier is more consolidated. On this basis, we will strive for another five years to achieve a substantial leap in China's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, national defense strength, comprehensive national strength and international influence by 2035. The per capita GDP will reach the level of moderately developed countries, people's lives will be happier and better, and socialist modernization will be basically realized.
The Plenary session proposed to build a modern industrial system and consolidate and strengthen the foundation of the real economy. We will continue to put the focus of economic development on the real economy, adhere to the direction of intellectualization, greening and integration, accelerate the construction of a strong manufacturing country, a strong quality country, a strong aerospace country, a strong transportation country and a strong network country, maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing industry, and build a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing industry as the backbone. We should optimize and upgrade traditional industries, foster and strengthen new industries and future industries, promote the high-quality and efficient development of service industries, and build a modern infrastructure system.
The Plenary session proposed to speed up the self-reliance and self-improvement of high-level science and technology and lead the development of new quality productive forces. We should seize the historical opportunity of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, coordinate the construction of a strong country in education, science and technology, and talent, enhance the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system, comprehensively enhance the ability of independent innovation, seize the commanding heights of scientific and technological development, and constantly promote new quality productivity. We should strengthen original innovation and tackle key core technologies, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, promote the development of educational and technological talents as a whole, and further promote the construction of digital China.
The Plenary session proposed to build a strong domestic market and accelerate the construction of a new development pattern. We should adhere to the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand, adhere to the close combination of benefiting people's livelihood and promoting consumption, investing in goods and investing in people, lead new supply with new demand, create new demand with new supply, promote the benign interac tion between consumption and investment, supply and demand, and enhance the endogenous power and reliability of the domestic cycle. We should vigorously boost consumption, expand effective investment, and resolutely break down the blockages that hinder the construction of a unified national market.
The Plenary session proposed to speed up the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system and enhance the driving force for high-quality development. We should adhere to and improve the basic socialist economic system, better play the leading role of economic system reform, improve the macroeconomic governance system, and ensure stable and far-reaching development of high quality. We should fully stimulate the vitality of all kinds of business entities, speed up the improvement of the system and mechanism of market-oriented allocation of factors, and enhance the effectiveness of macroeconomic governance.
The Plenary session proposed to expand high-level opening-up and create a new situation of win-win cooperation. We will steadily expand institutional openness, safeguard the multilateral trading system, expand the international cycle, promote reform and development through opening up, and share opportunities and common development with other countries in the world. We should actively expand independent opening up, promote trade innovation and development, expand two-way investment cooperation space, and build a "the Belt and Road" with high quality.
The Plenary session proposed to speed up the modernization of agriculture and rural areas and firmly promote the overall revitalization of rural areas. To solve the "three rural" issues as the top priority of the Party's work, promote the integration of urban and rural development, continue to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, promote the basic modern living conditions in rural areas, and accelerate the construction of a strong agricultural country. We should improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality efficiency, promote the construction of livable, suitable for industry and beautiful countryside, and improve the effectiveness of the policy of strengthening agriculture, benefiting farmers and enriching farmers.
The Plenary session proposed to optimize the regional economic layout and promote coordinated regional development. Give full play to the superposition effect of regional coordinated development strategy, regional major strategy, main functional area strategy and new urbanization strategy, optimize the distribution of major productive forces, give full play to the role of growth poles in key regions, and build a regional economic layout and territorial spatial system with complementary advantages and high-quality development. We should enhance the coordination of regional development, promote regional linkage development, optimize the pattern of land and space development, further promote the new people-oriented urbanization, and strengthen the protection of marine development and utilization.
The Plenary session proposed to stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation and to prosper and develop socialist culture. We should adhere to the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, take root in the broad and profound Chinese civilization, conform to the trend of information technology development, develop socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era with strong ideological guidance, spiritual cohesion, value appeal and international influence, and firmly promote the construction of a strong cultural country. We should carry forward and practice the socialist core values, vigorously prosper cultural undertakings, accelerate the development of cultural industries, and enhance the influence of the dissemination of Chinese civilization.
The Plenary session proposed to strengthen efforts to safeguard and improve people's livelihood and firmly promote the common prosperity of all the people. We should continue to do our best and act according to our capabilities, strengthen the construction of inclusive, basic and bottom-up people's livelihood, solve the urgent problems of the people, smooth the channels of social mobility and improve the quality of people's lives. We should promote high-quality full employment, improve the income distribution system, run a satisfactory education for the people, improve the social security system, promote the high-quality development of real estate, accelerate the construction of a healthy China, promote the high-quality development of the population, and steadily promote the equalization of basic public services.
The Plenary session proposed to speed up the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and build a beautiful China. Firmly establish and practice the concept that green water and green hills are Jinshan and Yinshan, take carbon peak and carbon neutralization as the traction, coordinate to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth, build a strong ecological security barrier, and enhance the momentum of green development. We should continue to deepen pollution prevention and control and ecosystem optimization, accelerate the construction of a new energy system, actively and steadily promote and achieve carbon peak, and accelerate the formation of a green production and lifestyle.
The Plenary session proposed to promote the modernization of the national security system and capacity and build a higher level of safe China. We will unswervingly implement the overall concept of national security, take the road of socialist social governance with Chinese characteristics, and ensure that society is vigorous and orderly. We should improve the national security system, strengthen the capacity building of national security in key areas, improve the level of public security governance, and improve the social governance system.
The Plenary session proposed that the goal of building the army for one hundred years should be achieved on schedule and the modernization of national defense and the army should be promoted with high quality. Implementing Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army, implementing the military strategic policy of the new era, adhering to the absolute leadership of the Party over the people's army, implementing the responsibility system of the Chairman of the Military Commission, and in accordance with the new "three-step" strategy of national defense and army modernization, promoting political army building, reforming and strengthening the army, strengthening the army by science and technology, strengthening the army by talents, and administering the army according to law, while struggling, preparing for war and building, speeding up the integration of mechanization, informatization and intellectualization, and promoting the modernization of the people's army Enhance the strategic capability of safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests. We should speed up the construction of advanced combat effectiveness, promote the modernization of military governance, and consolidate and improve the integrated national strategic system and capabilities.
The plenum stressed that the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups should unite to strive for the realization of the 15th Five-Year Plan. We should persist in leading the social revolution with the Party's self-revolution, persevere in promoting the comprehensive and strict administration of the Party, enhance the Party's political leadership, ideological leadership, mass organization and social appeal, improve the Party's ability and level of leading economic and social development, and gather great strength for promoting Chinese-style modernization. We should adhere to and strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, promote the construction of socialist democracy and the rule of law, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the whole society in the Chinese-style modernization drive. Promote the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao, promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, promote the great cause of reunification of the motherland, and promote the construction of a community of human destiny.
The Plenary session pointed out that learning and implementing the spirit of the Plenary session is a major political task for the whole Party and the whole country at present and in the future. We should organize the study, publicity and publicity of the spirit of the Plenary session in various ways so that the whole Party and society can understand the spirit of the Plenary session. We should earnestly implement the spirit of the Plenary session, unswervingly promote high-quality development, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, take solid steps to promote the common prosperity of all the people, better coordinate development and security, comprehensively promote economic construction and work in all fields, and lay a solid foundation for the basic realization of socialist modernization.
The Plenary session stressed that governing the country must first govern the Party, and only when the Party is prosperous can country be strong. The more effective the management of the Party is, the stronger the guarantee of economic and social development will be. With perseverance and perseverance on the road, we must persevere in promoting the comprehensive and strict administration of the Party, resolutely implement the Party's self-revolutionary requirements, promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of the Party's style construction, and unswervingly carry out the anti-corruption struggle, so as to provide a strong guarantee for the realization of the economic and social development goals during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
The Plenary session analyzed the current situation and tasks and stressed the need to resolutely achieve the economic and social development goals for the whole year. We should continue to accurately implement the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment, focus on stabilizing employment, enterprises, markets and expectations, stabilize the basic economic situation, and consolidate and expand the momentum of economic recovery. Macroeconomic policies should be sustained and timely strengthened, enterprise support policies should be implemented, special actions to boost consumption should be carried out in depth, the bottom line of "three guarantees" at the grass-roots level should be firmly held, and local government debt risks should be actively and steadily resolved.
The Plenary session pointed out that we should earnestly ensure people's livelihood, tap potential through multiple channels, strengthen the work of stabilizing posts and promoting employment, promote stable employment of key groups, intensify efforts to rectify wage arrears, strengthen basic public services, and solve the urgent problems of the people. Effectively do a good job in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, resettlement of the affected people and livelihood security work to ensure that the affected people warm winter.
The Plenary stressed that we should do a good job in safety production and maintaining stability, tighten the responsibility for safety production, strictly implement various regulatory systems, and resolutely prevent and curb the occurrence of major accidents. Strengthen the whole chain supervision of food and drug safety. Deeply investigate and resolve contradictions and disputes, strengthen the overall provention and control of social security, and crack down on all kinds of crimes according to law. We should strengthen the guidance of public opinion and effectively prevent and defuse ideological risks.
The plenum decided to add Zhang Shengmin as vice chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission. In accordance with the provisions of the Party Constitution,
the Plenary session decided to replace alternate members of the Central Committee Yu Huiwen, Ma Hancheng, Wang Jian, Wang Xi, Wang Yonghong, Wang Tingkai, Wang Xinwei, Wei Tao, Deng Yiwu, Deng Xiuming and Lu Hong as members of the Central Committee.
The Plenary session deliberated and adopted the report of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on the serious violations of discipline and law by Tang Renjian, Jin Xiangjun, Li Shisong, Yang Fasen and Zhu Zhisong. The report of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China on serious violations of discipline and law by He Weidong, Miao Hua, He Hongjun, Wang Xiubin, Lin Xiangyang, Qin Shutong, yuan Huazhi, Wang Chunning and Zhang Fengzhong was examined and adopted. He Weidong, Miao Hua, Tang Renjian, Jin Xiangjun, He Hongjun, Wang Xiubin, Lin Xiangyang, Qin Shutong, yuan Huazhi, Wang Chunning, Li Shisong, Yang Fasen, Zhu Zhisong and Zhang Fengzhong were confirmed to be expelled from the Party by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.
The Plenary session called on the whole Party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups to unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, work together to basically realize socialist modernization, and constantly create a new situation in promoting the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation in an all-round way with Chinese-style modernization.
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