five strategic favourable conditions 五个战略性有利条件 wǔ gě zhànlüèxìng yǒulì tiáojiàn

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Addressing the 2022 Two Sessions, General Secretary Xi identified five essential conditions for the PRC’s development, including
  • Party leadership
  • advantages due to Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
  • material base built up by extended rapid development 
  • long term social stability
  • the strength of confidence
At the height of Shanghai’s COVID outbreak, highlighting long-term social stability ‘Party thought’ vehicle Qiushi reiterated Xi’s point that development presupposes security. The base of stability, moreover, is people’s sense of gain, happiness, and security. Beijing’s triumph over COVID-19 is featured in the article as a social stability dividend, in stark contrast to ‘Western chaos’. Beijing’s zero-tolerance policy thus figures as a guarantee of long-term development and popular well-being—and is not to be relaxed.
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