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 Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025.
Attending the plenary session were 168 members of the Central Committee and 147 alternate members of the Central Committee. Members of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and responsible comrades from relevant parties attended the meeting. Some grassroots comrades, experts and scholars among the representatives of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China also attended the meeting.
The plenary session is chaired by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, delivered an important speech.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, delivered an important speech. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025. The Political Bureau of the Central Committee presided over the meeting. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Haitao
The plenary session listened to and discussed Xi Jinping's work report commissioned by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and reviewed and approved the "Recommendations of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development." Xi Jinping explained the "Recommendations (Discussion Draft)" to the plenary session.
The plenary session fully affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee since the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party. It was unanimously agreed that the Political Bureau of the Central Committee conscientiously implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 20th Plenary Session of the Party, adheres to the general tone of the work of seeking progress while maintaining stability, completely, accurately and comprehensively implements the new development concept, coordinates and advances the "five-in-one" overall layout, coordinates the advancement of the "four comprehensives" strategic layout, coordinates both domestic and international situations, coordinates development and security, further comprehensively deepens reforms, solidly promotes high-quality development, and promotes the construction of socialist democracy and the rule of law , strengthen publicity and ideological and cultural work, effectively protect people's livelihood and ecological environment protection, maintain national security and social stability, carry out in-depth implementation of the spiritual study and education of the Eight Provisions of the Central Committee, promote comprehensive and strict Party governance, strengthen national defense and military modernization, do a good job in Hong Kong and Macao and work with Taiwan, further promote major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, promote continued economic recovery, and the main goals and tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan" are about to be successfully completed. To solemnly commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War has greatly inspired the national spirit, inspired patriotic enthusiasm, and gathered strength for struggle.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025. This is Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and others on the rostrum. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shen Hong
The plenary session spoke highly of the major achievements in my country's development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, our country's development history is extremely unusual and extraordinary. Faced with the complex international situation and the arduous and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has united and led the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to face the difficulties and forge ahead, withstand the severe impact of the epidemic of the century, effectively respond to a series of major risks and challenges, and promote the cause of the Party and the country to achieve new and major achievements. Our country's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength have leapt to a new level, Chinese-style modernization has taken new solid steps, and the new journey toward the second centenary goal has achieved a good start.
The plenary session pointed out that realizing socialist modernization is a historical process of step-by-step progression and continuous development and progress, which requires unremitting efforts and continuous struggle. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for basically realizing socialist modernization to lay a solid foundation and make full efforts. It plays an important role in the process of basically realizing socialist modernization and serves as a link between the past and the future. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, my country's development environment is facing profound and complex changes. my country's development is in a period where strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist, and uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing. Our country's economic foundation is stable, has many advantages, is strong in resilience, and has great potential. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed. The advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of ultra-large-scale markets, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant human resources have become more evident. The whole party must deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve "two safeguards", maintain strategic focus, enhance confidence in victory, actively recognize changes and adapt to changes, dare to fight, be good at fighting, and have the courage to face Faced with the major test of high winds, rough seas and even stormy seas, we must use the spirit of historical initiative to overcome difficulties, fight risks, and face challenges, concentrate on running our own affairs, continue to write a new chapter in the two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, and strive to create a new situation in China's modernization drive.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025. This is Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and others on the rostrum. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shen Hong
The plenary session emphasized that economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period must adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents", the Scientific Outlook on Development, and fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era , thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and all 20th Plenary Sessions, focus on building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way and achieve the second centenary goal, comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, coordinate the advancement of the "five-in-one" overall layout, and coordinate the advancement of the "four comprehensives" "Strategic layout, coordinating both domestic and international situations, fully, accurately and comprehensively implementing the new development concept, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, adhering to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhering to economic construction as the center, promoting high-quality development as the theme, taking reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, and meeting the people's daily needs The fundamental purpose is to meet the growing needs of a better life, and the fundamental guarantee is to comprehensively and strictly govern the party, promote the effective improvement of the quality and reasonable growth of the economy, promote the comprehensive development of people and the common prosperity of all people, and ensure that decisive progress is made in basically realizing socialist modernization.
The plenary session pointed out that economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period must follow the following principles, adhere to the party's overall leadership, adhere to the people's supremacy, adhere to high-quality development, adhere to comprehensively deepen reforms, adhere to the combination of effective markets and promising governments, and adhere to coordinated development and security.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025. The Political Bureau of the Central Committee presided over the meeting. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xiang
The plenary session proposed the main goals of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period: remarkable results have been achieved in high-quality development, the level of self-reliance and self-reliance in science and technology has been greatly improved, new breakthroughs have been achieved in further comprehensively deepening reforms, social civilization has been significantly improved, people's quality of life has continued to improve, new major progress has been made in the construction of a beautiful China, and national security barriers have been further consolidated. On this basis, we will strive for another five years. By 2035, our country's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, national defense strength, comprehensive national strength and international influence will have greatly increased. The per capita GDP will reach the level of moderately developed countries. People's lives will be happier and better. 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 must insist on focusing our economic development on the real economy, adhere to the direction of intelligence, greenness, and integration, accelerate the construction of a manufacturing, quality, aerospace, transportation, and network power, maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing, and build a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone. It is necessary to optimize and upgrade traditional industries, cultivate and expand emerging industries and future industries, promote high-quality and efficient development of the service industry, and build a modern infrastructure system.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xiang
The plenary session proposed to accelerate self-reliance and self-reliance in high-level science and technology and lead the development of new productive forces. 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 a strong country in talent, improve the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system, comprehensively enhance independent innovation capabilities, seize the commanding heights of scientific and technological development, and continuously generate new productive forces. It is necessary to strengthen original innovation and key core technology research, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, promote the development of educational scientific and technological talents, 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. Adhere to the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand, adhere to the close integration of benefiting people's livelihood and promoting consumption, investing in things and investing in people, leading new supply with new demand, creating new demand with new supply, promoting the positive interaction between consumption and investment, supply and demand, and enhancing the endogenous power and reliability of the domestic macrocycle. It is necessary to vigorously boost consumption, expand effective investment, and resolutely remove obstacles that hinder the construction of a unified national market.
The plenary session proposed to accelerate the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system and enhance the momentum for high-quality development. We must uphold and improve the basic socialist economic system, give better play to the leading role of economic system reform, improve the macroeconomic governance system, and ensure the steady and long-term development of high-quality development. It is necessary to fully stimulate the vitality of various business entities, accelerate the improvement of the market-based allocation system and mechanism of factors, and enhance the efficiency of macroeconomic governance.
The plenary session proposed to expand high-level opening up to the outside world and create a new situation of win-win cooperation. Steadily expand institutional opening up, maintain the multilateral trading system, expand international circulation, 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 innovative development of w88, expand two-way investment and cooperation space, and jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality.
The plenary session proposed to accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas and solidly promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. We should insist on solving the "three rural" issues as the top priority of the whole party's work, promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas, continue to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation, promote rural areas to basically have modern living conditions, and accelerate the construction of an agricultural power. It is necessary to improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality and efficiency, promote the construction of a livable, industrial and beautiful countryside, and improve the effectiveness of policies that strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers and enrich farmers.
The plenary session proposed to optimize regional economic layout and promote coordinated regional development. Give full play to the overlapping effects of regional coordinated development strategies, regional major strategies, main functional area strategies, and new urbanization strategies, optimize the layout of major productive forces, give play to the role of key regions as growth poles, and build a regional economic layout and land space system that complements advantages and high-quality development. It is necessary to enhance the coordination of regional development, promote regional joint development, optimize the spatial development pattern of land, further promote new people-oriented urbanization, and strengthen marine development, utilization and protection.
The plenary session proposed to stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation and prosper and develop socialist culture. Adhere to the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, take root in the broad and profound Chinese civilization, follow the development trend of information technology, develop a new era of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics that has strong ideological leadership, spiritual cohesion, value appeal, and international influence, and solidly promote the construction of a cultural power. It is necessary to carry forward and practice the core values of socialism, vigorously prosper cultural undertakings, accelerate the development of cultural industries, and enhance the spread and influence of Chinese civilization.
The plenary session proposed to increase efforts to protect and improve people's livelihood and solidly promote the common prosperity of all people. We must do our best and within our capabilities, strengthen inclusive, basic and comprehensive people's livelihood construction, solve the urgent, difficult and anxious problems of the people, open channels for social mobility, and improve the quality of people's lives. It is necessary to promote high-quality and full employment, improve the income distribution system, provide education that satisfies the people, improve the social security system, promote high-quality development of real estate, accelerate the construction of a healthy China, promote high-quality development of the population, and steadily promote equalization of basic public services.
The plenary session proposed to accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and build a beautiful China. Firmly establish and practice the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are valuable assets. Guided by peak carbon neutrality, we will coordinately promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, build a solid ecological security barrier, and enhance green development momentum. We must continue to advance pollution prevention and control and ecosystem optimization, accelerate the construction of new energy systems, actively and steadily promote and achieve carbon peaks, and accelerate the formation of green production and lifestyles.
The plenary session proposed to promote the modernization of the national security system and capabilities and build a higher-level safe China. We must unswervingly implement the overall national security concept, follow the path of socialist social governance with Chinese characteristics, and ensure that society is vibrant and orderly. It is necessary to improve the national security system, strengthen national security capacity building in key areas, improve the level of public security governance, and improve the social governance system.
The plenary session proposed to achieve the centenary goal of the founding of the army as scheduled and promote the modernization of national defense and the army with high quality. We must implement Xi Jinping's Thought on Strengthening the Army and the military strategic guidelines for the new era, adhere to the Party's absolute leadership over the People's Army, implement the Chairman's Responsibility System of the Central Military Commission, and follow the new "three-step" strategy for national defense and military modernization to advance political military building, reform to strengthen the military, science and technology to strengthen the military, talent to strengthen the military, and law-based military management. While fighting, preparing for war, and building at the same time, we will accelerate the integrated development of mechanization, informatization, and intelligence, and improve our strategic ability to defend national sovereignty, security, and development interests. It is necessary to accelerate the construction of advanced combat capabilities, promote the modernization of military governance, and consolidate and improve the integrated national strategic system and capabilities.
The plenary session emphasized that the entire Party and people of all ethnic groups in the country unite and strive to realize the "15th Five-Year Plan". We must persist in leading the social revolution with the Party's self-revolution, persist in promoting comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, enhance the Party's political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal, improve the Party's ability and level in leading economic and social development, and gather great strength to promote Chinese-style modernization. It is necessary to uphold 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 entire society to participate in Chinese-style modernization. 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 with a shared future for mankind.
The plenary session pointed out that learning and implementing the spirit of the plenary session is a major political task for the entire party and the country at present and in the future. It is necessary to organize the study, preaching and publicity of the spirit of the Plenary Session through various methods so that the whole party and the whole society can understand the spirit of the Plenary Session. We must 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 people, better coordinate development and security, coordinate the advancement of economic construction and work in various fields, and lay a solid foundation for the basic realization of socialist modernization.
The plenary session emphasized that to govern the country, we must first govern the party. Only when the party thrives can the country be strong. The more effective the party is in managing the party, the stronger the guarantee for economic and social development will be. We must persist in promoting comprehensive and strict governance of the party with tenacity and perseverance that are always on the road, resolutely implement the party's self-revolutionary requirements, promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of the party's style construction, unswervingly carry out the anti-corruption struggle, and 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 emphasized resolutely achieving the economic and social development goals for the whole year. It is necessary to continue to accurately implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, focus on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing markets, stabilizing expectations, stabilizing the fundamentals of the economy, and consolidating and expanding the positive momentum of economic recovery. Macroeconomic policies must continue to exert force and increase their efforts in a timely manner, implement corporate support policies, thoroughly implement special actions to boost consumption, secure the bottom line of "three guarantees" at the grassroots level, and actively and steadily resolve local government debt risks.
The plenary session pointed out that we must effectively protect people's livelihood, tap potential through multiple channels, strengthen work to stabilize jobs and promote employment, promote stable employment for key groups, increase efforts to rectify wage arrears, strengthen basic public services, and solve the urgent, difficult and anxious problems of the people. Efforts should be made to ensure post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, resettlement and living security for the affected people to ensure a warm winter for the affected people.
The plenary session emphasized the need to do a good job in safety production and maintenance of stability, tighten and consolidate safety production responsibilities, strictly implement various regulatory systems, and resolutely prevent and contain major accidents. Strengthen the supervision of the entire food and drug safety chain. We will conduct in-depth investigations and resolve conflicts and disputes, strengthen overall prevention and control of social security, and crack down on various illegal crimes in accordance with the law. Strengthen the guidance of public opinion and effectively prevent and resolve ideological risks.
The plenary session decided to add Zhang Shengmin as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.
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 reviewed and adopted the review report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China on serious violations of discipline and law by Tang Renjian, Jin Xiangjun, Li Shisong, Yang Fasen, and Zhu Zhisong, and reviewed and adopted the review report of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China on the serious violations of disciplines and laws by He Weidong, Miao Hua, He Hongjun, Wang Xiubin, Lin Xiangyang, and Qin The review report on serious violations of discipline and law by Shutong, Yuan Huazhi, Wang Chunning, and Zhang Fengzhong confirmed the previous sanctions issued by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to expel 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 from the party.
The plenary session called on the entire Party, the military and the people of all ethnic groups to unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, work together to basically realize socialist modernization, and constantly create a new situation in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.
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