Harmonious
Society
Six Main Characteristics of a Harmonious Society:
1. Democracy and the rule of law,
2. fairness and justice,
3. integrity and fraternity,
4. vitality,
5. stability and order,
6. and harmony between man and nature.
The Main Objectives and Tasks for Building a Harmonious
Socialist Society by 2020:
-- The socialist democratic and legal system must be further improved;
the fundamental principle of administering the country according to
the law must be generally implemented; people's rights and interests
shall enjoy concrete respect and be guaranteed. To achieve this, we
shall develop a socialist democracy and fully integrate the leadership
of the Party with the people's position as masters of the country
and thus administer the country according to the rule of law; we shall
enable the broad masses of people to participate in economic, political,
cultural and social management; we shall constantly improve the legal
system, ensure judicial justice and safeguard judicial authority so
as to concretely respect and protect people's economic, political,
cultural and social rights and interests and protect human rights
and property rights.
-- The widening gap between urban and rural development and between
different regions shall be gradually reversed; a reasonable and orderly
income distribution pattern will take shape in general; household
wealth shall increase universally, thus enabling people to lead more
affluent lives; employment rates will be relatively high and a social
security system covering both urban and rural residents shall be established
in general. To achieve this, we shall reverse the unbalanced development
between urban and rural areas and between different regions; we should
reduce the proportion of high and low income groups and increase the
proportion of the middle income group so as to enable the "diversified"
income distribution pattern to take shape. The distribution order
that ensures equal opportunities and an equitable distribution process
will surely make the distribution result more reasonable; and the
per capita income level of all members of society will be improved.
We shall achieve full employment through economic restructuring and
innovation of systems and basically set up the social security system
covering both urban and rural residents.
-- Basic public service systems shall be further
improved and the government will attain relatively significant improvements
in administrative and service levels. To achieve this, the government's
public finance system shall be further improved and the division of
the administrative power and financial power of governments at all
levels shall become more reasonable. Urban and rural residents shall
gradually enjoy equal basic public services. And the quality of the
public products such as education, medicare, employment and social
security shall realize marked progress. The change of government functions
in line with the requirements of the socialist market economy shall
make great progress. The governments economic regulation, market
supervision, social management and public services should be more
responsive to the growing material and cultural needs of the people.
-- The ideological and moral qualities, scientific and cultural qualities
and health status of the whole nation will be improved markedly and
further progress will be made in fostering a sound moral atmosphere
and harmonious interpersonal relationships. To achieve this, we shall
filter socialist core values into the minds of people and help them
reach a wide agreement on moral standards such as patriotism, devotion,
honesty and friendliness. We shall popularize 9-year compulsory education
so as to increase the physical and mental health of the people and
create a social atmosphere of one for all and all for one.
-- Creativity of society as a whole will be enhanced markedly and
an innovation-based nation will be established in general; public
administration system will be further improved and social order made
sound. To achieve this, we shall ensure that the whole society becomes
more united and harmonious; we shall deliver more perfect mechanisms
for fair competition, further improve the modern property rights so
as to give full play to the creativity of the whole society. On the
basis of integrating social management resources we shall set up a
complementary network to ensure a clear division of government and
market and a reasonable division of responsibilities between governments
at higher and grassroots levels so as to better meet the needs of
social restructuring and constantly enhance the people's sense of
convenience and security.
-- Resources will be used more efficiently and the ecological environment
will be improved visibly. To achieve this objective, we shall speed
up our pace to change patterns of economic growth and reduce our overall
consumption level of energy and other resources; we shall focus on
addressing the environmental and ecological problems which endanger
peoples health and affect sustainable development, thus enabling
people to have clean water, fresh air and safe, healthy food; we shall
make new progress in building a resource conserving and environmentally
friendly society.
The Principles Observed in Building a Harmonious Socialist Society:
-- Putting people first. We must always put the
fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as
both the starting point and objective of the work of the Party and
state to satisfy their ever-increasing material and cultural demands.
We shall insist that development should be for the people and by the
people and its benefit should be shared among the people.
-- Development in a scientific way. We shall work to strike a proper
balance between urban and rural development, development among regions,
economic and social development, development of man and nature, and
domestic development and opening wider to the outside world. We shall
change our growth mode, promote energy-efficient development to realize
comprehensive, balanced, and sustainable economic and social development.
-- In-depth reform and opening up. We shall continue
in the direction of reform to develop the socialist market economy.
In order to meet the requirements for economic and social development,
we shall promote economic, political, cultural and social restructuring
and innovation. We shall open wider to the outside world, make the
reform decisions more scientific and the reform measures more coordinate
so as to establish more dynamic, more efficient and more open systems
and mechanisms.
-- Democracy and the rule of law. We should build socialist democracy
and implement the fundamental principle of administering the country
according to law. We shall build a socialist country under the rule
of law, enhance the legal awareness of the whole society and promote
the legalization and standardization of national economy, politics,
culture and social life so as to gradually constitute the social justice
guaranteeing system and to promote social justice.
-- Properly handling the relationships between reform,
development and stability. We should take into full consideration
the momentum of reform, the speed of development and the responses
of the general public. We shall maintain the stability and unification
of the society so as to ensure that people should live and work in
peace and contentment.
-- The participation of the whole society under the leadership of
the Party. We shall follow a scientific and democratic path of administration
in accordance with laws, and unite all forces available so as to create
a harmonious society where everyone shares the responsibilities as
well as achievements.
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