BUILDING A MODERATELY PROSPEROUS SOCIETY IN ALL RESPECTS——Revitalizing the Countryside

The problem of China’s uneven and insufficient development is the most striking in the countryside. Countryside rejuvenation is of historical significance to building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and turning China into a modernized socialist country. The reform of rural land system is vital to integrating urban and rural development. We must allow farmers to gain their due share of value-added revenues from land, and share in the dividends of urbanization. Based on household operations, we should enhance the basic rural operation system, foster new agricultural operators, and develop modern agriculture as the foundation for revitalizing countryside industries. We must deepen agricultural supply-side structural reforms to ensure sufficient supply and security of main agricultural products. We must reform the rural collective ownership system to implement property rights to farmers and protect their interests in the context of urban and rural integration. We must promote green development and revitalize countryside ecological environment. We must enhance rural governance to revitalize rural organizations.

BUILDING A MODERATELY PROSPEROUS SOCIETY IN ALL RESPECTS——Regional Coordination

In China’s modernization drive, coordinated regional development and the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects have been two mutually reinforcing dimensions. The three shifts of China’s principal social contradiction have responded to evolving needs of its regional development. Throughout various stages, the strategy of coordinated regional development has promoted the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects in its concept formation, implementation and upcoming completion, which has reinforced regional coordination in return. In striving to achieve the goal of building a moderately prosperous society, China has increased its economic base, balanced its regional development, narrowed regional disparities, and increased equal access to essential public services.

BUILDING A MODERATELY PROSPEROUS SOCIETY IN ALL RESPECTS——New-Type Industrialization

After announcing the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020, the Chinese leadership also called for a new path of industrialization, putting a premium on quality and new development concepts. Unlike traditional industrialization in the broad or narrow sense, new-type industrialization features synergy between primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, integration between traditional economy and the new economy, environmental protection, technology progress, and innovation. It represents an inclusive approach to industrial development. At the fundamental level, the success of China’s new-type industrialization can be attributed to China’s inclusive learning and innovations.

From Initiating the Target of Moderate Prosperity to Completing the Building of a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects

The past 40 years has seen the remarkable history of the building of not only socialism with Chinese characteristics but also a moderately prosperous society by the Chinese people led by the Communist Party of China.By 2020,China will have finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and realized the second strategic objective of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The Legal Guarantee of the Right to Education Perspective of Completing the Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects

As we review the historical process of completing the building a moderately prosperous society in all respects,the rule of law through the right to education,which has played a leading and guaranteeing role in this process,has not only made great achievements,but also set the direction and path for the development of the education system and unleashed education’s momentum in driving social development.The rule of law through the right to education has been established and developed during the great practice of reform and opening-up.After we achieve the goal of realizing all-round moderate prosperity,it is necessary to straighten out the internal mechanisms concerning its next-step development and codify educational laws in order to further promote human rights progress in China.

The New Development of Human Rights “Jurisprudence” in Completing the Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects

Bringing the building a moderately prosperous society in all respects to successful completion is a great achievement in China’s modernization and contributes to the development of human rights in China and the world alike.The practice of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects has added new connotations to human rights theories,developing and outgrowing the traditional jurisprudence of human rights.This is reflected in the following aspects:the injection of the overall and equal human development has expanded the traditional western values of human rights based on human freedom and dignity;the injection of interpersonal mutual development,win-win cooperation and risk management and control has expanded the traditional western presupposition of social relations based on the social contract and civil society,and has thus expanded the social foundation of interpersonal cooperation,enriching the social concept of human rights.Guided by the concept of building a community with a shared future for human beings,the building a moderately prosperous society in all respects,enriching the human rights worldviews,has changed the worldviews of racism and zero-sum game among western developed countries and generated the new connotation that mankind should share the development opportunities and achievements.This has constituted a profound jurisprudence of human rights in China and formed an important discourse system in international human rights dialogue.

Fora Moderately Prosperous Society

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s Government Work Report at the Fourth Session of the 12th National People’s Congress（NPC）,China’s top legislature,focused on building the nation into a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020.During the session and the accompanying plenary of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference（CPPCC）,the top political advisory body,members and deputies suggested ways to serve the goal.Chin Africa presents some of these views.

The Theory and Practice of Completing a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects

Moderate prosperity is a social ideal for which the Chinese people have been striving for thousands of years.After the founding of the People's Republic of China,and especially since the reform and opening-up policy was implemented in the late 1970s,the Communist Party of China deepened its understanding of the laws governing the building a moderate prosperous society in practice and wrought brilliant achievements in completing a moderate prosperous society in all respects.Completing such a society is a key step in realizing the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation,making scientific socialism radiate strong vitality in the 21st century and greatly expanding the way developing countries modernize.The great practice of completing a moderately prosperous society in all respects has accumulated precious experience for building a modern socialist country in all respects.

The Action Logic of China's Human Rights Development in Three Dimensions

Building a moderately prosperous society in all respects is a milestone in China’s human rights development.It clearly reflects the profound action logic of the CpC leading the Chinese people to fight for and realize the protection of rights.At the level of values,the logic of rights for China’s human rights development is mainly manifested in four aspects:prioritizing the right to subsistence and the right to development in the rights system;importance given to citizenship and democracy by the goal of building a moderately prosperously society in all respects;advocating the right to unity and the right to participate in the common cause of the Chinese people;implementing the responsibility of leaders and managers to safeguard human rights.At the practical level,the protection logic of China’s human rights development mainly includes four links:firstly,gradual upgrading is a reliable procedure for the coordination of the human rights system;secondly,the rule of law is a solid foundation for the steady development of human rights;thirdly,the courage to explore is the important factor for the success of human rights practice;lastly,seeking common ground while shelving differences is the key consensus for mutual learning among human rights civilizations.In terms of time and space,China’s human rights development has achieved world-recognized success,laying a solid foundation for this endeavor to proceed,and providing experience and reference for people all over the world to pursue common human rights ideals.