"Commentary Line" Jingcai praise: The essence of China's development is to serve the people and not to surpass anyone

Source: Beijing News Network

China's development goal has never been to surpass anyone, but to make the 1.4 billion Chinese live a good life. This concentration and sobriety are engraved in the original intention and mission of our party and run through the principles and policies of the great powers. In the midst of the clamor of the outside world, "killing with the stick," and even blocking and suppressing, we must especially guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and continue to concentrate on doing our own things well. Facing the world with enough self-confidence and determination, and perfecting yourself with a sober enough mind and measures, this should be the Consensus of China on the new journey.

The total economic volume reached 114.4 trillion yuan, ranking second in the world, accounting for more than 18% of the global economy; gdp increased by 8.1% over the previous year, and the economic growth rate ranked among the best among the world's major economies... In the context of the severe global epidemic situation and weak economic recovery, the newly released 2021 China Economic Annual Report is particularly eye-catching. While the foreign media collectively "look east", topics such as comparing the development of China and the United States and predicting when China's economic aggregate will surpass the United States are also particularly hot.

Over the years, China's economy has grown steadily, the plate has become larger and larger, and there has long been a debate around when the GDP of China and the United States will reverse. There are those who advocate the "theory of catching up with and surpassing hopelessness", there are those who come up with the "theory of rapid super-beauty", and many international institutions are keen to compare the Sino-US economy from multiple dimensions such as economic structure and industrial potential, and in the series of reports, different theories such as "China threat theory" and "China responsibility theory" emerge in an endless stream, and the meaning of speculation is self-evident.

The narrowing economic gap between China and the United States is an objective fact, and it will inevitably become a new perspective for the world to observe China. But aside from the ulterior motives of "embarrassing blackness", how should we ourselves look at this problem?

As an important economic indicator used globally, GDP reflects to some extent the "fundamentals" of a country's or region's level of development. A larger total amount and a faster growth rate often correspond to a stronger comprehensive national strength. However, the size and growth rate of GDP are only one of the indicators of economic conditions, and they cannot cover the whole picture of development. For example, a large total amount does not mean high quality, and the mainland economy is indeed facing practical problems such as the uncoordinated driving posture of the "troika", the unbalanced development of the region, and the insufficient gold content of the industry. From the perspective of long-term benefits, development is far from a simple equation, but a complex equation. While paying attention to the growth rate, we must also ask which industry contributes to GDP, how much resource cost is paid, whether it is green and sustainable... No matter from what aspect, "only the GDP theory is high and low" is biased, only staring at the surpassing of the United States is not much meaning, insisting on using dialectical eyes to examine the Chinese economy, is a more scientific and reasonable posture.

More importantly, China's goal has never been to surpass anyone, but to make the 1.4 billion Chinese live a good life. This concentration and sobriety are engraved in the original intention and mission of our party and run through the principles and policies of the great powers. Looking back at the past seventy years or so, when we were poor and white, our party regarded the comprehensive restoration of the national economy as the top priority, and after getting rich, it immediately opened a decisive battle against poverty, the problem of absolute poverty was solved historically, and the world's largest social security network was gradually established... It can be said that it is precisely by always doing its own things well and single-mindedly seeking happiness for the people that China has written a historical chapter of the Illuminati Era.

The weak follow the trend, and the strong stand on their own. Today, although China has returned to the center of the world stage as the world's second-largest economy, it is still the world's largest developing country, with Chinese still not flying, more than 200 million Chinese families without flush toilets, and only 4% of Chinese have a bachelor's degree or above. Many people are not so rich, and everyone has higher expectations for "early childhood, learning and teaching, medical treatment for the sick, and old age". In general, resolving the "contradiction between the people's growing need for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development" also requires great efforts. In the midst of the clamor of the outside world, "killing with the stick," and even blocking and suppressing, we must especially guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and continue to concentrate on doing our own things well. Facing the world with enough self-confidence and determination, and perfecting yourself with a sober enough mind and measures, this should be the Consensus of China on the new journey.

To pay attention to and evaluate economic development, it is fundamentally necessary to see whether the results of development benefit the people. This principle applies not only to China, but to any country. For example, in the United States, as an old capitalist power, GDP has won the "world's first" for a hundred consecutive years, but the gap between rich and poor is getting wider and wider, and the happiness of the people is shrinking. Nearly 80 million people are struggling to pay their medical bills, more than 850,000 people have died in the COVID-19 pandemic, and low-income groups in the shadow of inflation have even had problems eating... The size of the economy is staggering, but there is no social equity, no ethnic equality, no life safety, what is the significance of such a "first"? This also reminds all observers that instead of staring at the numbers and talking about it, it is better to deeply analyze the people's livelihood content of development.

There is no natural great power, and there is no immutable great power. China is still a big developing country, and our goal is to make 1.4 billion Chinese live a happy life, and the greatest potential of China's economy is also in it. Everyone's undistracted determination and hard work will eventually converge into a majestic force for national development. "Don't listen to the sound of the leaves beating through the forest, why not groan and walk slowly", I hope that more people can maintain such concentration and concentration.