RECENTLY, China’s two national sessions – the Fourth Session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the Fourth Session of the 14th National People’s Congress of China (NPC) – successfully concluded in Beijing.
The “Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for National Economic and Social Development” was approved by the NPC during the session, providing a carefully-designed roadmap for China’s next five years of economic and social development.
China will actively advance Chinese-style modernisation by further consolidating foundational sectors and fully uncovering the potential of all fields in the 15th Five-Year Plan (15FYP) period.
Having met all the major targets of the 14th Five-Year Plan with GDP exceeding 140 trillion yuan, China is moving forward with new tasks set in the 15FYP, which are represented by 20 main indicators, important strategic tasks in 16 key sectors, and 109 projects in various fields.
China will take coordinated efforts to promote high-quality development, achieve greater sci-tech self-reliance and strength, and comprehensively deepen reforms in various fields.
China is dedicated to making notable across-society cultural and ethical progress, elevating people’s quality of life, further implementing the Beautiful China Initiative, and strengthening the overall national security.
China will work hard to achieve economic higher-quality growth with appropriate output increase, substantially promote people’s all-rounded development, and make solid progress in achieving common prosperity for all.
Fulfilment of these tasks will make China well prepared for realising its goal of stepping into the rank of moderately develop- ed countries in terms of GDP per capita, and basically achieving socialist modernisation by 2035.
China will resolutely practise high level opening-up by continuously providing stability and progress to its own people and the rest of the world in the 15FYP period.
A country’s greatness lies in serving the greater good other than its own.
China’s annual economic growth averaged 5.4% in the past five years, contributing around 30% to global economic growth.
In the coming five years, China will maintain resilient development with underlying economic structure further strengthened and growth momentum well maintained.
As the world’s largest potential consumer market and weighty emerging economy, China is committed to providing continued stability and growth drive to the global economy.
China will continue to expand institutional opening-up, provide expanded market access covering a wide range of fields particularly the service sector, and upgrade trade and investment cooperation with better delivery.
China is happy to make joint growth with the rest of the world by sharing development opportunities and opening its super-large market. China will further enrich the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity by making continued contributions to the global community in the 15FYP period.
It is war, poverty, hunger and injustice, rather than people of a different nation or race that are enemies to mankind.
In a world marked by increasing uncertainties and volatile situations, building a community with a shared future for humanity is gaining growing support and involvement.
A country of commitments, China will continue to work with the international community to shape an equal and orderly multipolar world, and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalisation.
China is willing to join hands with partner countries to further implement global development, security, civilisation and governance initiatives.
China is committed to pushing global modernisation featured by peaceful development, win-win cooperation and common prosperity.
China will continue its joint efforts with the international community to oppose hegemony and bullying, and strive to form a fairer and more equitable international order.
2026 marks the beginning of China’s 15FYP and the 13th Malaysia Plan. Given this opportune time, China is willing to continue strengthening alignment of development strategies and further substantiate the outcomes delivered by President Xi Jin-ping’s state visit to Malaysia, under the guidance of the important consensus reached by leaders of both countries.
China will work with Malaysia to keep carrying forward the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), the “Two Countries, Twin Parks” and other high-quality BRI projects; uncover the complementary advantages and cooperation potential in the emerging cutting-edge fields of digital economy, green economy, etc.; and foster new regional hubs for innovation-led growth and high-tech development.
Together, China and Malaysia will advance building the high- level strategic China-Malaysia community with a shared future at a faster pace and with more delivery of tangible benefits.
Standing at a new starting point, China and Malaysia will progress in bigger strides and co-write a more glorious chapter of another “Golden 50 Years” of friendly ties.
As good neighbours, friends and partners, China and Malay-sia have always been, and will always be, each other’s strong support and assistance in times of need and difficulty.
OUYANG YUJING
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Malaysia
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