Making Progress While Maintaining Stability as the Guideline

On many occasions since the 18th CPC National Congress, at home and abroad, Xi Jinping has referred to making progress while maintaining stability as a guideline for the work of the government. At each session of the Central Economic Work Conference in the last few years, this has been set as the guideline for work to be carried out in the following year. At one such meeting in December 2016, this guideline was again emphasized as an important principle for the country’s governance and an effective approach to handling the economy.

As we pursue stability, we will focus on achieving steady economic performance, without sharp fluctuations in growth, employment, or prices, and without any regional or systemic risks in the financial sector. Stability is the principle that is important to our long-term goals. While maintaining stability, we need to make progress at the same time in key areas and to the extent that is possible.

When we make progress, we will focus on economic structural adjustment and further reform, to make progress in transforming our growth model and in innovation-driven development.

Stability and progress must happen at the same time in a stable economy and society, in order to create an environment for structural transformation and further reform. And substantive progress must be made in transformation and reform before we can expect positive and stable economic and social development.

穩(wěn)中求進工作總基調(diào)

中共十八大以來，習近平在國內(nèi)外多個場合談及“穩(wěn)中求進工作總基調(diào)”，近幾年的中央經(jīng)濟工作會議也都將穩(wěn)中求進作為第二年工作的總基調(diào)。2016年12月，中央經(jīng)濟工作會議強調(diào)穩(wěn)中求進工作總基調(diào)是治國理政的重要原則，也是做好經(jīng)濟工作的方法論。堅持穩(wěn)中求進工作總基調(diào)，“穩(wěn)”的重點要放在穩(wěn)住經(jīng)濟運行上，確保增長、就業(yè)、物價不出現(xiàn)大的波動，確保金融不出現(xiàn)區(qū)域性系統(tǒng)性風險。“穩(wěn)”是主基調(diào)，是大局，必須在“穩(wěn)”的前提下在關(guān)鍵領(lǐng)域有所進取，在把握好度的前提下奮發(fā)有為。“進”的重點要放在調(diào)整經(jīng)濟結(jié)構(gòu)和深化改革開放上，確保轉(zhuǎn)變經(jīng)濟發(fā)展方式和創(chuàng)新驅(qū)動發(fā)展取得新成效。“穩(wěn)”和“進”相互促進、經(jīng)濟社會平穩(wěn)，才能為調(diào)整經(jīng)濟結(jié)構(gòu)和深化改革開放創(chuàng)造穩(wěn)定宏觀環(huán)境；反之，調(diào)整經(jīng)濟結(jié)構(gòu)和深化改革開放取得實質(zhì)性進展，也會為經(jīng)濟社會平穩(wěn)運行營造良好預(yù)期。