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China’s Communist Party congress to zero in on national direction for next 5 years – and beyond
- Attention to shift to goal of returning country to the forefront of global powers by 2049
- Editorial echoes Marxist theme of ‘struggle’ highlighted by the party in recent weeks
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China’s leadership will discuss and calibrate the country’s strategy for the next five years and beyond at the Communist Party’s upcoming national congress as it grapples with a “complex and arduous environment at home and abroad”, according to People’s Daily.
In its National Day editorial, the party mouthpiece said the twice-a-decade congress would be critical for China to deliver the second of President Xi Jinping’s “Two Centenaries” goals – to return the nation to the forefront of global powers by 2049, when it celebrates its centenary.
“At the [20th] congress, we will make an overall assessment and scientifically plan the mission objectives and policy directions for the next five years and beyond,” the editorial said without elaboration.
The congress, which gets under way in two weeks, is convened mainly to usher in a power transition and changes in leadership.
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While the focus will be personnel issues and not detailed policy deliberations, the top agenda usually includes setting long-term strategic goals.
It was at the 18th congress in 2012 that Xi first put forward the concept of the Two Centenaries and made it the party’s broad ambition.
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The Two Centenaries is a set of goals to measure progress in China’s modernisation, calling on China to become “a moderately prosperous society in all respects” by 2021.
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