The 13th Five-year Plan

"The 13th Five-year Plan", officially published in March 2016, is the short form for The 13th Five-year Plan of the People's Republic of China on National Economic and Social Development. The Plan has set the strategic goals for national development from 2016 to 2020, with specific objectives, tasks and measures outlined for implementation. It serves as a guide for market entities and as an important frame of reference by which the government performs its functions. In sum, it embodies the aspirations of the Chinese people for a better life as it sets the goal to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects by the year of 2020. 

It presented for the first time the five concepts for development: innovative, coordinated, green, open, and inclusive. In order to achieve the goal of building a moderately prosperous society, the Plan identifies targets for economic and social development in five areas: 

–steady economic growth at medium-high speed; 

–extensive improvement of living standards; 

–improvement of the cultural level of the population and a rise in ethical standards; 

–overall enhancement of the quality of the environment; and

–well-established systems and structures in different areas.

“十三五”規(guī)劃

“十三五”規(guī)劃是《中華人民共和國國民經(jīng)濟和社會發(fā)展第十三個五年規(guī)劃綱要》的簡稱，起止時間為2016年—2020年，于2016年3月正式對外發(fā)布。“十三五”規(guī)劃闡明了“十三五”期間的國家戰(zhàn)略意圖，明確了經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展宏偉目標(biāo)、主要任務(wù)和重大舉措，是市場主體的行為導(dǎo)向，是政府履行職責(zé)的重要依據(jù)，是全國各族人民的共同愿景。“十三五”規(guī)劃提出了“到2020年全面建成小康社會”的奮斗目標(biāo)，并首次提出“創(chuàng)新、協(xié)調(diào)、綠色、開放、共享”五大發(fā)展理念。按照全面建成小康社會新的目標(biāo)要求，“十三五”規(guī)劃確定了經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展五個方面的主要目標(biāo)：經(jīng)濟保持中高速增長、人民生活水平和質(zhì)量普遍提高、國民素質(zhì)和社會文明程度顯著提高、生態(tài)環(huán)境質(zhì)量總體改善、各方面制度更加成熟更加定型。