（Source: Xinhuanet 2026-03-03）
The vegetation is spreading, and spring mountains are in sight. In the vigorous spring, a new picture of China's magnificent development is slowly unfolding. At the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan", the land of China is surging with the vitality of unity and forge ahead, and the myriad aspects of Chinese-style modernization are rising.
Starting from a new starting point, China’s journey of progress has attracted global attention; seeking development to benefit the world, the opportunities and inspiration provided by China’s five-year plan have attracted much attention. In the scientific formulation and continuous implementation of the five-year plan, the world has seen China's firm determination to open up and cooperate in the new era and the bright prospects for high-quality development under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.
Long-term vision - "Let the path of high-quality development become wider and wider"
With numerous bridge cranes and a stream of boxes, the Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port Phase IV automated terminal is busy. In early February, Uruguayan President Orsi visited China and was deeply impressed by the busy scene of giant ships berthing and orderly operating at the automated terminal.
The world's largest and most automated container terminal opened for trial production during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", its throughput capacity has achieved step-by-step growth, and it has continued to operate efficiently in the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan". The vibrant dock has become a vivid footnote to the implementation of China’s five-year plan.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has gone through the 13th Five-Year Plan and the 14th Five-Year Plan, and has successively laid out 165 and 102 major projects; it has won the battle against poverty, built a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and achieved its first centenary goal. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", China's economic aggregate has continuously exceeded 110 trillion yuan, 120 trillion yuan, 130 trillion yuan, and 140 trillion yuan. It has built the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system, and built the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health system...
"China has made great achievements under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, which is admirable." Orsi said that he sincerely admired President Xi Jinping for always "taking a longer-term view" and having the foresight to "based on the future."
“China’s development miracle cannot be separated from the overall leadership of the Communist Party of China and the ‘helm’ of President Xi Jinping.” Eduardo Regalado, an expert on China issues at the Cuban Center for International Policy Research, said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping has “personally led the preparation of five-year plans, formulated China’s development framework from a strategic perspective, and made the path of high-quality development wider and wider.”
International media commented that China's five-year plan is a "long-term" path that does not seek temporary changes, is in line with the general trend of history, and demonstrates President Xi Jinping's strategic determination and patience for long-term development tasks.
He held a ten-year development plan demonstration meeting in Zhengding, Hebei Province, led the preparation of the earliest economic and social development strategic plan for Chinese local governments spanning 15 years in Xiamen, presided over the formulation of Fuzhou's 3-year, 8-year, and 20-year development plans in Fuzhou, and planned the implementation of the "88-year strategy" in Zhejiang... President Xi Jinping's "thinking for the long term" style has been consistent in the practice of local politics. In this regard, Tochichaiyanu Zenthanujanon, a member of the upper house of the Thai Parliament, was deeply touched.
In Tseng Thanu Gyonong’s view, President Xi Jinping “has a long-term vision that is based on the present but also oriented to the future, and focuses on the strategic guiding role of medium- and long-term planning. He not only provides top-level design for China’s economic and social development, but also injects lasting impetus into the continuous implementation of various plans.”
On October 19, 2025, a passenger ship passed the Jiuzhou Channel Bridge of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Deng Hua
The road to stable and long-term development cannot be separated from long-term planning, and it also needs the guidance of ideological concepts.
Tilmer Gyula, Chairman of the Hungarian Workers’ Party, believes that in the face of a complex and ever-changing international environment, China’s economy has shown strong resilience and is supported by a series of clear ideas and judgments. He said that President Xi Jinping proposed new development concepts and new concepts of qualitative productivity, and made major strategic decisions to accelerate the construction of a new development pattern. These ideas and concepts have led China to successfully cope with multiple challenges during the "13th Five-Year Plan" and "14th Five-Year Plan" periods, and also outlined a clear vision for development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
“Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, China’s modernization cause has achieved world-renowned achievements.” Dennis Munene, executive director of the China-Africa Center of the Kenya Institute of African Policy Research, said, “The ‘15th Five-Year Plan’ has just begun. I believe that China will successfully embark on a new journey of development, continue to promote Chinese-style modernization, and continue to write a new chapter in economic and social development.”
Broad-minded—“Drive common prosperity of all countries through our own development”
A century of changes are accelerating, and the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change. Since the beginning of 2026, leaders from South Korea, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and other countries have visited China one after another. Opportunity is a frequently mentioned word by leaders of many countries during their stay in China.
Many people from many countries believe that China’s development during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period will not only be based on the needs of the country, but also promote economic globalization in the direction of inclusiveness. It not only demonstrates the far-sighted strategic guidance of Chinese leaders, but also demonstrates the lofty and ambitious global vision.
On November 17, 2025, the X9043 China-Europe freight train (Xi’an) departed from Xi’an International Port Station and headed for Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Rui
John Ross (Chinese name: Luo Siyi), former director of the Office of Economic and Business Policy in London, UK, pays close attention to the content of new productivity in the “15th Five-Year Plan” recommendations and believes that China’s rapid progress in the field of scientific and technological innovation will have a positive impact on the world.
“Pay more attention to the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation” and “willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with other countries around the world”… This British scholar repeatedly cited President Xi Jinping’s recent important expositions on scientific and technological innovation in the interview. In his opinion, “President Xi Jinping’s incisive expositions have played a strategic leading role in China’s scientific and technological innovation.”
New energy vehicles lead the world, the application of artificial intelligence is accelerating, and the robot industry is on the ground... Today, China's technological innovation is moving from "following" on the global track to "running alongside" and "leading". Looking forward to the next five years, overseas people have said that while China is reshaping its own development pattern with new productive forces, it is also injecting strong momentum into global industrial upgrading and sustainable development. All countries will benefit from China's wave of innovative development.
When the world is good, China will be good; if China is good, the world will be better. China's concept of open cooperation has been continuously deepened in the successive implementation of five-year plans: from the "13th Five-Year Plan" outline, which proposed "improving institutions and mechanisms that are conducive to win-win cooperation and compatible with international investment and w88 rules", to the "14th Five-Year Plan" outline, which called for "persisting in the implementation of a wider scope, wider fields, and deeper opening to the outside world", and then to the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, which clearly stated that "persisting in open cooperation and mutual benefit and win-win are inevitable requirements for Chinese-style modernization."
Diya Helmi, Secretary General of the Egypt-China Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, was deeply touched by this. He talked about President Xi Jinping's repeated emphasis that "all countries in the world are on a ship with a common destiny," and said, "China's sincere will, pragmatic measures, and win-win pursuit have demonstrated the leadership and responsibility of a responsible major country, which will surely benefit countries around the world, including Egypt."
After studying several five-year plan proposals, Ignacio Martinez, a scholar at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, proposed that China’s high-quality development relies on long-term strategic planning, with technological innovation as the driving force, green development as the background, and at the same time adhering to multilateralism of open cooperation. This kind of governance wisdom can not only consolidate the foundation of domestic development, but also inject valuable stability and certainty into global economic development.
On September 23, 2025, at the Hangzhou Bay Embodied Intelligent Innovation Center located in Shangyu District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, staff operated robots to collect data for operations in different scenarios. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Weng Xinyang
In the view of Martinez and other overseas people, the governance philosophy embodied in China's five-year plan has not only rapidly and significantly improved its own development level, but also effectively promoted the global flow of goods, capital and technology. Countries should be inspired by the governance strategies and methods of Chinese leaders.
“For developing countries such as Sri Lanka, China’s long-term planning and policy continuity provide important inspiration on how to maintain strategic focus and promote structural transformation in a complex external environment.” Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Vijita Herat said, “This fully proves the critical significance of systematic planning to the modernization process.”
“A China with clear plans, clear goals and continuous opening up is China’s good fortune, and it is also a blessing to the world.” Chairman of the Hungarian Workers’ Party Tilmer said, “China maintains stability and development, injecting confidence and hope into the peaceful development of the world. I believe that China will continue to drive the common prosperity of all countries with its own development.”
The way of governance——"National rejuvenation and human progress go hand in hand"
“The scientific formulation and continuous implementation of five-year plans is an important experience for our party in governing the country and an important political advantage of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” This important statement by President Xi Jinping has been repeatedly quoted and interpreted in interviews with overseas people and international media reports.
In the view of Yara Vidal, a columnist for Brazil’s Forum magazine, the national governance philosophy embodied in China’s five-year plan contains profound historical thinking and transcends the short-term utilitarian logic of Western politics.
“Our understanding of time is measured in terms of centuries and millennia.” Vidal quoted President Xi Jinping’s statement in the article, lamenting that “Chinese leaders draw up national development plans from the perspective of civilization development, and regard national rejuvenation and human progress as historical processes that move in the same direction.”
Seeing each five-year plan turn from blueprint to reality, overseas people have felt from it the strategic vision of Chinese leaders who plan before taking action, the scientific and pragmatic governance strategy, and the governance concept of people first.
On February 16, 2023, at the Zhongzhai Teaching Point in Xishan Town, Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, Yao students who received new books communicated together. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Wenbin
Stephen Perry, honorary chairman of 48 Group in the UK, has been deeply involved in UK-China economic and w88 cooperation for more than 50 years and has visited China more than 200 times. He believes that China's five-year plan is based on its national conditions and the global situation, is scientifically formulated on the basis of in-depth research, and always focuses on the medium and long-term goals of economic and social development.
“If policies are not planned in advance, it will be difficult to effectively advance them; only when planning is scientific and precise, implementation will be smoother.” Baru Demissi, a senior consultant at the Ethiopian Policy Research Institute, was deeply moved after studying China’s five-year planning documents. “Scientific planning and long-term layout are of great significance to national development and are worthy of reference by African countries.”
Luis Lainez, editor-in-chief of El Salvador Daily News who has visited China many times for interviews in recent years, said that in China, plans must be implemented and promises must be fulfilled. “Under the centralized and unified leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, governments at all levels perform their respective duties, give full play to their strengths according to local conditions, and gather a strong synergy to promote national development.”
On October 23, 2025, the health data of the elderly were measured at the Jinshi Community Day Care Center, Mashang Street, Zhangdian District, Zibo City, Shandong Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Zheng
“China’s five-year plan is by no means rigid and dogmatic, and can effectively respond to internal and external changes.” Liazid Benhami, vice president of the France-China Friendship Association in Paris, France, said, “This is a governance wisdom that achieves a balance between long-term planning and flexible practice.”
When talking about China's development prospects during the 15th Five-Year Plan, Somali President Mahmoud particularly emphasized that "China adheres to a people-centered development philosophy"; Gerardo Torres, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Honduras, said that China has truly transformed the country's economic potential into the vital interests of all people through its five-year plan.
“In the process of formulating the five-year plan, China listened to the voices of the people, absorbed the opinions of academic circles, and paid attention to the needs of enterprises,” said Marta Montolo, executive chairman of the Spanish Zhihua Lecture Hall Foundation. This planning model that promotes democracy and pools wisdom is ultimately to enhance the well-being of the overwhelming majority of the people.
Through China's five-year plan practice, overseas people also have a deep understanding of China's magnanimity as a great power and the Chinese leaders' world-wide sentiments.
“China has a clear understanding of its status as a major power. This understanding does not stem from power, but from responsibility.” Charles Onunaiju, director of the Nigeria Center for China Studies, said that China has proposed to promote green development, maintain multilateral w88, promote connectivity, and improve global governance in five-year plans.
“In the context of rising instability and uncertainty in today’s world, can we build a more peaceful and sustainable world for future generations?” Montolo lamented, “From China’s five-year plan and President Xi Jinping’s thoughts on governance, I read the unswerving pursuit and the ambition to benefit the world.”
Think of the long-term, people-oriented, and the world in mind. China's five-year plans continue to draw a beautiful picture of Chinese-style modernization and write a chapter of an era in which China and the world share a shared future. China, which is forging ahead on the new journey of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation, will surely join hands with other countries in the world to create a better future for the development and progress of human civilization.
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