The Chinese Dream and Zhejiang’s Practice—General Report Volume

Since the beginning of the 21st century, guided by the principles established during the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Zhejiang, a province which has gradually gained prominence since reform and opening-up, has stayed ahead by carrying out the “Eight-Eight Strategies” and pragmatic work, thus making a series of brilliant achievements and bringing about Zhejiang’s experience—which has been widely recognized at home and abroad and has actively been drawn upon in the rest of the country—which is mainly characterized by and basically covers a people-oriented diversified economy, an inclusive and orderly society, cultural self-improvement and innovation, well-functioning services from the government, a strong and vigorous building up of the Party (See Liu Yingqiu et al. in Zhejiang Experience and Its Implication for the Development of China, Social Sciences Academic Press, pp. 1–35, 2007), as well as yielding the first batch of fruitful results at the provincial level with respect to the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.

One common characteristic of the successive Party Committees and People’s Governments of Zhejiang Province since the reform and opening-up lies in adeptly combining the strategies and policies developed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with local conditions to identify the correct developmental path and work priorities.

In the process of reform and opening-up, the Party Committees and governments at various levels in Zhejiang have attached importance to leveraging the political advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and have done solid work to stay ahead, carried through one blueprint to consistently pursue development, they have played an important role in Zhejiang’s efforts to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects and Zhejiang’s modernization drive, and have actively pushed forward transformation and upgrading of the governance mode, promoted Zhejiang’s all-round, coordinated and sustainable economic and social development and created new miracles in Zhejiang’s development.

The development and prosperity of Chinese culture is an essential part of the Chinese Dream whose basic connotation is that the country becomes prosperous and strong, the Chinese nation revives and the people enjoy happiness. The realization of the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation is the result of balanced development and mutual promotion of material wellbeing and cultural-ethical standards. If civilization is not inherited and developed, and culture is not carried forward and does not thrive, the Chinese Dream cannot be realized.

Since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the successive Party Committees and the People’s Governments of Zhejiang Province have carried through one blueprint, united and led the people of the whole province to deeply implement the “Eight-Eight Strategies”, comprehensively carried out a series of decisions and arrangements including the building of a safe Zhejiang, a Zhejiang under the rule of law, a culturally large province and an ecological province, promoting rapid and coordinated economic and social development and greatly improving the people’s well-being.

The ecological environment is an important material base for the survival and development of human society; it is also an essential condition for sustainable economic and social development of a country or territory. Therefore, protecting the ecological environment and promoting ecological progress is an important task having a vital bearing on economic and social development and is also a long-term strategy for the people’s well-being and the future of the nation. According to comrade Xi Jinping, moving towards the new era of ecological progress and building a beautiful China is an important part of efforts to realize the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.

With a focus on enhancing the Party’s capacity for governance and increasing its level of social governance in an all-round way, the Party Committee of Zhejiang Province has always moved towards the goal of building up the Party into a powerful leadership core, and has promoted progress in the Party’s line of thought, organization, conduct, in combating corruption and upholding integrity as well as institutional improvements while pushing forward economic, political, cultural, social and ecological development; being realistic and pragmatic, the Party Committee of Zhejiang Province has proceeded from the basic conditions for consolidating the Party’s capacity for governance, carried out concrete work, given full scope to the Party’s influence, its ability to organize, inspire and lead, endeavored to make the Party organizations at various levels and Party members throughout the province organize, promote and engage in Zhejiang’s vivid practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics, really provide a strong guarantee for Zhejiang to continue to stay ahead.