Xinhua News Agency Beijing, September 21, 2018 Question: Create a new situation to safeguard national security - A review of China's safeguarding national security in the new era
Xinhua News Agency reporters Xiong Zhengyan, Liu Yizhan, Dai Xiaohe
" Enhance the sense of crisis and be prepared for danger in times of peace is a major principle that we must always adhere to in governing the party and the country. Our party must consolidate the ruling status of and unite and lead the people to persevere and develop To develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and ensure national security is the top priority."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has coordinated the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the major changes in the world that have not been seen in a century, strengthened national security strategic planning and top-level design, vigorously promoted theoretical, practical and institutional innovation in the field of national security, and created a new situation to safeguard national security, providing a strong guarantee for the prosperity and development of the Party and the country and long-term stability.
Adhere to Overall national security concept Building a new security pattern
National security is an important cornerstone for a stable country, and safeguarding national security is the fundamental interests of the people of all ethnic groups in the country.
has entered a new era. my country is facing a more severe national security situation. External pressure is unprecedented. Traditional security threats and non-traditional security threats are intertwined. " Black Swan " and "Gray Rhino" incidents occur from time to time.
Staff of the Shizhong District People's Court of Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province explained national security knowledge to residents in Ronghuali Community, Longshan Road Street (photo taken on April 14, 2022). Xinhua News Agency (photo by Sun Zhongzhe)
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has adapted to the general trend of development of the times, and from the strategic height of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, combined the Marxist national security theory with contemporary Chinese security practice and China's excellent traditional strategic culture, and creatively put forward the overall national security concept. Over the past 10 years, our Party has unswervingly followed the path of national security with Chinese characteristics and promoted historic changes in national security work.
National security leadership system and institutional mechanisms are becoming increasingly perfect -
In November 2013, the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to establish the Central National Security Committee; in January 2014, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting to study and decide on the establishment of the Central National Security Committee.
On April 15, 2014, the first plenary meeting of the Central National Security Commission was held. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Chairman of the Central National Security Commission, pointed out that we must adhere to the overall national security concept, take people's security as the purpose, political security as the foundation, economic security as the basis, military, cultural and social security as the guarantee, and rely on promoting international security as the basis, and embark on a national security path with Chinese characteristics.
Overall national security concept system answers Socialism with Chinese characteristics Entering a new era. How to solve the common security problems faced by major countries in the process of development, while also dealing with the special security problems faced in the critical stage of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. This major issue of the times is the first major strategic idea in the history of our party to be established as the guiding ideology for national security work.
19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will incorporate the overall national security concept into the basic strategy of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and write it into Party Constitution , reflecting the common will of the whole party and the people of the whole country.
On December 11, 2020, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held its 26th collective study on doing a good job in national security. General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward 10 requirements for implementing the overall national security concept.
On November 18, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to review the "National Security Strategy (2021-2025)". The meeting pointed out that to safeguard national security under the new situation, we must firmly establish the overall national security concept and accelerate the construction of a new security pattern.
my country has continuously improved a series of institutional mechanisms such as the national security risk assessment and early warning mechanism, the national security review and supervision system, the national security crisis management mechanism, the national emergency management mechanism, and the national security comprehensive guarantee system. The joint force and overall effectiveness of national security work have been further enhanced, providing strong institutional guarantees for mobilizing to fight the overall national security war.
formulates and issues a series of laws and regulations in the field of national security -
On July 1, 2015, the 15th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress passed the "National Security Law of the People's Republic of China", which will be determined on April 15 each year as National Security Education Day for All.
In Henan Agricultural University , police officers from Zhengzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau interacted with students (photo taken on April 15, 2022). Xinhua News Agency (photo by Liu Shuting)
In recent years, a series of laws and regulations in the field of national security have been issued, including the Anti-espionage Law, the Anti-terrorism Law, the Network Security Law, the National Intelligence Law, the Management of Domestic Activities of Overseas NGOs, the Nuclear Security Law, the , the Heroes and Martyrs Protection Law, and the Password Law.
my country has basically formed a national security legal system with Chinese characteristics based on my country's national conditions, reflecting the characteristics of the times, adapting to the strategic security environment in which China is located, coordinated content, strict procedures, complete supporting facilities, and effective operation, providing strong legal guarantees for safeguarding national security.
10, my country's political security has been further consolidated, and the maintenance of security in key areas has achieved significant results, and the people's awareness of safety has been generally enhanced.
Coordinate development and security to achieve high-quality development of and high-level security benign interaction
Development and security are like the two wings of a bird and the two wheels of a car.
The "Proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Term Goals for 2035" adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, for the first time, incorporated coordinated development and security into the guiding ideology of my country's economic and social development in the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and made strategic arrangements in a special chapter, highlighting the important position of national security in the overall work of the Party and the country.
This is a Jiayan Water Conservancy Hub Project taken on the banks of Liuchong River, Nayong County, Guizhou Province, located in the Wumeng Mountains (photo taken on March 17, 2022, drone photos). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Tao Liang
The epidemic must be prevented, the economy must be stabilized, and development must be safe. This is the clear requirement of the Party Central Committee.
All localities and departments focus on epidemic prevention on the one hand, insist on preventing imported cases from outside and rebound from inside, adhere to scientific and accurate, dynamic zeroing without wavering; focus on development on the other hand, adhere to the principle of stability and seeking progress while maintaining stability, do a solid job in the " six stability " work, and fully implement the "six guarantees" tasks.
In mid-July, the 2022 Chinese economic semi-annual report delivered a report card: in the first half of the year, GDP increased by 2.5% year-on-year. The economy withstood the downward pressure to achieve positive growth. In June, the economy stabilized and rebounded, and major economic indicators rebounded across the board.
As of now, China is the country with the lowest incidence of new coronary pneumonia and the lowest death toll among the major countries in the world. China has protected the lives and health of the people to the greatest extent, and has achieved the best results in the world in coordinating economic development and epidemic prevention and control.
staff checked the wild soybean germplasm status in the Heilongjiang Cold Land Crop Germplasm Resource Library (photo taken on May 19, 2022). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
"Hongfan's eight policies, food is the first to rule." Ensuring food security is a major strategic fundamental issue. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that "you should not be careless about the issue of food security."
10 years, my country has firmly grasped the initiative in food security, adhered to the strategy of storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology, strictly adhered to the red line of 11.8 billion mu of arable land, built a total of 900 million mu of high-standard farmland, and implemented the seed industry revitalization action in depth. Grain output has stabilized at more than 1.3 trillion jin for seven consecutive years, achieving basic self-sufficiency in grains and absolute safety in food.
Energy is known as the food of industry. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that as a major manufacturing country, China must develop the real economy and its energy job must be in its own hands.
In the past 10 years, my country has supported the national economic growth of 6.2% with an average annual growth of about 2.9% of energy consumption; the installed power generation capacity exceeds 2.4 billion kilowatts, and the per capita power installed capacity has increased from 1 kilowatt in 2014 to 1.7 kilowatts.In 2021, natural gas production nearly doubled compared with 2012, and crude oil production has remained about 200 million tons for 10 consecutive years; the capacity of "north coal transport in the south" and "west coal transport in the east" has been significantly enhanced, and the oil and gas infrastructure network has basically taken shape; by 2021, the proportion of coal consumption has dropped to 56%, and the proportion of clean energy consumption has increased to 25.5%...
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has continued to strengthen scientific and technological innovation, model innovation and institutional innovation, and enhance the independent and controllable level of industrial chains and supply chains: implement leading enterprises to protect and stabilize chains Project; launch a number of industrial basic reconstruction projects; cultivate "specialized, precise and new" enterprises; promote the development of digital economy , promote the large-scale application of 5G; cultivate and expand digital industries such as integrated circuits, artificial intelligence ...
has achieved important phased results in the battle to prevent and resolve major financial risks. The scale of high-risk shadow bank has dropped by about 25 trillion yuan compared with the historical peak, and has accumulated 16 trillion yuan of indigestion assets in the past 10 years.
Faced with the severe and complex international situation and the huge risks and challenges that follow, China adheres to the bottom-line thinking and fights a strategic proactive battle to turn danger into safety and turn crisis into opportunity, and achieves a benign interaction between high-quality development and high-level security.
Consolidate National Security People’s Defense Effectively safeguard national security
The people are the foundation, and the foundation is solid and the country is peaceful.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that we must uphold national security for the people and rely on the people, mobilize the whole party and society to work together, gather powerful forces to safeguard national security, consolidate the social foundation of national security, prevent and resolve various security risks, and continuously improve the people's sense of security and happiness.
At the COVID-19 vaccination site of Princess Mansion Park, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, an elderly man is getting vaccinated (photo taken on March 22, 2022). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Lei
People's security is the core of national security. National security work takes people's security as its purpose, and takes the people as its strong backing and source of strength.
Entering a community of the Hongjiaozhou Management Office, Honggutan District, Nanchang City, the first national security education demonstration site in Jiangxi Province, the children are playing a VR red missionary game.
"This mini game was developed by us to give full play to the advantages of the VR industry. Through immersive education experience, it has conveyed the great significance of 'red gene inheritance', allowing young people to more deeply understand the importance of cultural security." said , a community worker at .
Relevant person in charge of the National Security Office of Honggutan District Committee said that national security publicity and education must use down-to-earth, hot and lively "mass language" to achieve the effect of "silent and silent".
has established a National Security Education Day for the Whole People, guided by the overall national security concept, fully implement the National Security Law, carry out in-depth national security publicity and education and national defense education for the whole people, effectively enhance the national security awareness of the whole people, and promote the whole society to form a strong synergy to safeguard national security.
National security organs perform counter-espionage, safeguard political security, and overseas security protection in accordance with the law, and solve a number of major cases endangering national security; implement the Hong Kong National Security Law, punish criminal activities such as separatism, subverting the state power, organizing and carrying out terrorist activities, colluding with foreign or overseas forces to endanger national security, and resolutely crack down on all attempts to "anti-China and Hong Kong chaos" of external forces and hostile forces.
The Third Session of the 13th National People's Congress voted on the "Decision of the National People's Congress on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Implementation Mechanism for safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Draft)" (photo taken on May 28, 2020). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Haitao
National security organs have issued the " Regulations on Anti-espionage Security Prevention Work " and "Reward Measures for Citizens Reporting Behaviors Endangering National Security" to continuously improve institutional guarantees to safeguard national security.
In recent years, teachers and students from all over the country have taken a national security education class together, showing college teachers and students with vivid and real cases to demonstrate correct behaviors in safeguarding national security, educating and guiding teachers and students to establish a solid overall national security concept and transform national security awareness into conscious actions...
Through comprehensive measures and continuous efforts, the enthusiasm and initiative of the whole society to safeguard national security has been significantly enhanced, and the people's defense line for security in various fields has been further consolidated.
Hong Kong citizens lined up to participate in the National Security Education Day event (photo taken on April 15, 2021). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Binghui
10 years, national security has been comprehensively strengthened, withstanding the challenges and challenges from politics, economy, ideology, nature and other aspects, and providing a strong guarantee for the prosperity and long-term stability of the Party and the country.
Be prepared for danger in times of peace, be prepared when thinking, and be prepared when prepared.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, more than 1.4 billion people, as firm defenders of national security, are more than 1.4 billion people, tighten the string of security and tighten the " safety valve " in their minds, will surely push the giant ship of China to break through the waves and build a solid security guarantee for the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Poster design: Yin Zhelun