"Scientific Outlook on Development Study Book"

(Serial 5)

5. The fundamental method of the scientific outlook on development is overall planning

The fundamental approach of the Scientific Outlook on Development is overall consideration, which profoundly embodies the scientific application of materialist dialectics on development issues, profoundly reveals the basic ways to achieve scientific development and promote social harmony, and profoundly reflects the inevitable requirements for adhering to comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development. To thoroughly implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, we must adhere to the fundamental approach of overall planning, be good at grasping the overall situation of economic and social development, and handle major relationships in all aspects.

1． Overall consideration is an important experience in socialist construction

Overall consideration is an important historical experience formed by our party in the long-term practice of socialist construction. It is a major strategic policy that we must adhere to in dealing with contradictions and problems in all aspects. It is also a scientific and effective working method that our party has always adhered to. Comrade Mao Zedong said:"Our policy is to make overall arrangements and make appropriate arrangements.""When we make plans, handle affairs, and think about problems, we must start from the fact that our country has a population of 600 million. Never forget this."Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out:"The task of modernization is multifaceted, and all aspects need to be comprehensively balanced and cannot be addressed individually.""We must adjust the relationship between various interests in accordance with the principle of overall consideration."Comrade Jiang Zemin emphasized:"In the process of advancing socialist modernization, various relationships must be properly handled, especially some major relationships with overall implications.""All our policies, measures and work should correctly reflect and be conducive to the proper handling of various interest relationships, and should seriously consider and take into account the interests of people from different classes and aspects."Our party’s rich thoughts on overall planning have profoundly revealed the inherent laws of socialist construction and have very important guiding significance.

Since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary has profoundly summarized the historical experience of my country’s socialist construction, especially the fresh experience since the reform and opening up, adapted to the new situation and new tasks, and further developed the strategic thinking of overall planning. It is emphasized that in the process of modernization, it is necessary to coordinate urban and rural development, regional development, economic and social development, the harmonious development of man and nature, domestic development and opening up to the outside world, so that all aspects of development can be adapted and coordinated. The Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China regarded overall planning as the fundamental method of the Scientific Outlook on Development, and further proposed coordinating the relationship between the central and local governments, individual interests and collective interests, local interests and overall interests, current interests and long-term interests, and coordinating both domestic and international overall situations, forming a rich content of the Scientific Outlook on Development regarding overall planning.

Overall consideration is the policy and principle for correctly handling major relationships in economic and social development. It is the fundamental method that must be adhered to in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and accelerating socialist modernization. Comrade Hu Jintao pointed out: At the critical stage of my country’s reform and development,"If we want to promote scientific development and promote social harmony, we must more consciously use the fundamental method of overall planning and correctly reflect and take into account the interests of different aspects". Only by insisting on overall planning and consideration can we truly handle the reform, development and stability issues of a large developing country with a population of more than one billion, and truly handle the fundamental interests of all people and the specific interests of all aspects, so as to fully unleash the enthusiasm of all parties and better promote the development of the cause of the party and the country.

2． Correctly understand and properly handle the major relationships in modernization

Proceeding from the overall situation of the party and the country, correctly understanding and properly handling the major relationships in the modernization drive is an inevitable requirement for adhering to overall planning and consideration. We must insist on overall planning and consideration of all parties, coordinate and coordinate all aspects of modernization in all fields, coordinate the interests of all social strata and groups, and promote the common development of political, cultural, and social construction while vigorously advancing economic construction.

We must correctly understand and properly handle the major relationships involving economic and social development, and achieve benign interaction and coordinated development of various economic and social elements. It is necessary to coordinate urban and rural development, in accordance with the requirements of forming a new pattern of integrated urban and rural economic and social development, implement the policy of industry feeding back agriculture, and cities supporting rural areas, correctly handle the relationship between industry and agriculture, cities and rural areas, urban residents and farmers, increase efforts to promote agriculture through industry, and promote urban and rural areas, so that the steady advancement of urbanization and the solid advancement of the construction of a new socialist countryside will become the two-wheel drive of my country's modernization process, gradually resolve the dual structural contradictions between urban and rural areas, and strive to achieve common prosperity between urban and rural areas. Coordinate regional development, continue to promote the country's overall regional development strategy, actively promote the development of the western region, comprehensively revitalize old industrial bases such as the Northeast region, vigorously promote the rise of the central region, actively support the eastern region to take the lead in development, continue to leverage the advantages and enthusiasm of each region, guide the rational flow of production factors across regions and the rational layout of industries, and strengthen the national We will promote land planning, promote the formation of main functional areas, improve regional policies, focus on achieving equalization of basic public services, increase the state's fiscal transfer payments to underdeveloped areas, vigorously support the economic and social development of old revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority areas, border areas, and poverty-stricken areas, and gradually form a new pattern of mutual promotion, complementary advantages, and common development between the east, middle and west. Coordinate economic and social development, further leverage the government's role in promoting employment, adjusting distribution, improving social security, and achieving social equity, accelerate the development of social undertakings such as science and technology, education, culture, health, sports, social security, and social management, and achieve the organic unity of economic development and social progress. Coordinate the harmonious development of man and nature, adhere to the basic national policy of conserving resources and protecting the environment, properly handle the relationship between economic construction, population growth and resource utilization, and ecological and environmental protection, and enhance the capacity for sustainable development. Coordinate domestic development and opening up to the outside world, be good at seizing development opportunities and responding to risks and challenges from changes in the international situation, make coordinated use of both domestic and international markets and resources, coordinate domestic industrial development and international industrial division of labor, coordinate and deal with the continuous improvement of my country's socialist market economic system and participate in the formulation of international economic and w88 rules, and be good at using my country's comprehensive advantages to expand a broader market space and provide lasting and reliable resource guarantees for my country's modernization.

We must seriously consider and treat the development needs of all aspects, correctly reflect and take into account the interests and requirements of all strata and groups, fully mobilize the development enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the entire society and the entire nation, and form broad consensus and gather powerful forces to advance the cause of the party and the country. It is necessary to coordinate the relationship between the central and local governments and be good at giving full play to the initiative of both the central and local governments. We should not only adhere to the national game of chess to ensure the smooth flow of central government decrees and the implementation of prohibitions, but also support local governments to adapt to local conditions and carry out work creatively. Coordinate individual interests and collective interests, local interests and overall interests, current interests and long-term interests, correctly handle the relationship between the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, the common interests of the masses at this stage and the special interests of different groups, and be good at taking into account and coordinating the interests of different aspects. It is necessary to coordinate economic construction and national defense construction, gradually increase defense investment on the basis of the continuous enhancement of the country's economic strength, continuously improve the level of national defense and military modernization, and achieve the unity of enriching the country and strengthening the military in the process of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. We must coordinate the overall domestic and international situations, hold high the banner of peace, development, and cooperation, unswervingly pursue an independent foreign policy of peace, unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development, and unswervingly pursue a mutually beneficial and win-win strategy of opening up. We must develop ourselves by safeguarding world peace, maintain world peace through our own development, and make new contributions to promoting the building of a harmonious world.

3． Master the scientific thinking method of overall consideration

Overall consideration, as the fundamental method of the Scientific Outlook on Development, profoundly reflects the Marxist worldview and methodology on development embodied in the Scientific Outlook on Development. It is the specific application of dialectical materialist ideological methods in modernization and is the essence and key that we must grasp to deeply understand and correctly apply the Scientific Outlook on Development. We must firmly grasp the scientific thinking method of overall planning, strive to improve dialectical thinking ability, continuously enhance the ability of overall planning, and better promote scientific development.

First, we must take an overall view and make overall plans. Take the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the new great project of party building as a whole, insist on taking economic construction as the center, and comprehensively promote economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction and party building in accordance with the four-in-one overall layout,Organically integrate the promotion of scientific development, social harmony and strengthening party building, so that they can promote and support each other and achieve positive interaction. Persist in grasping the overall situation with a broad mind, assessing the situation and advancing with the times; analyzing the overall situation with dialectical thinking, following the trend and making the best use of the situation; planning the overall situation in a systematic way, looking forward and backward, and making overall arrangements.

Second, we must base ourselves on the present and focus on the long term. Link current development with long-term development, consider both current and future development needs; follow both economic and natural laws; pay attention to both economic and social benefits, as well as resource and ecological environmental benefits. We must adhere to the organic unity of achieving phased goals and promoting sustainable development, and the organic unity of meeting the material and cultural needs of the people and promoting the all-round development of people. We must resolutely prevent short-term behavior that is eager for quick success, strive to achieve coordinated development of economy and society, material and spirituality, man and nature, and ensure the sustainable development of the Chinese nation from generation to generation.

Third, we must advance comprehensively and make key breakthroughs. We should regard all the work of the party and the state as a dialectically unified whole, correctly handle the relationship between central and comprehensive, key and non-key, focus on strengthening weak links, be good at grasping and solving the main tasks that affect the overall situation and major long-term issues, and truly focus our work on solving important issues in reform, development and stability, on solving urgent problems in the production and life of the masses, and on solving outstanding issues in party building. Strive to improve the ability to observe situations and analyze problems, be good at grasping the fundamentals in complex contradictions, and grasp the direction in the ever-changing situation.

Fourth, we must take into account all parties and achieve a comprehensive balance. Treat economic and social development as a dynamic process, deeply understand that balance is relative and imbalance is absolute, grasp the dialectical relationship between balance and imbalance in economic and social development, be good at mobilizing the enthusiasm of all aspects of development, encourage seizing opportunities to accelerate development, and strive to achieve balanced development, focusing on the coordination and stability of development. Adhere to adapting measures to local conditions, people's conditions, and timely conditions, and do not insist on uniformity, do not adopt a one-size-fits-all approach, and avoid focusing on one thing at the expense of the other. Correctly understand and properly handle important interest relationships, fully consider the interest requirements of different regions, different industries, and different groups, and be good at grasping the juncture of the interests of all parties so that the interests and development requirements of all aspects can be taken into account.