Scientific Connotation and Practical Significance of High-quality Population Development
On May 5th,2023,the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs(CCFEA)under the 20th CPC Central Committee pointed out at the first meeting that the current population development in China is characterized by the trend of birthrate decline,population aging,and differentiation in regional population growth.It is important to understand,adapt to and guide the new normal of population development,perfect the strategy for population development in the new era,and advance Chinese modernization with support from the high-quality development of the population.This is the first time that our government has formally used the expression of high-quality population development.However,there is no consensus on the meaning of high-quality population development.The high-quality population development emphasizes the high quality of the population development,which is different from the high quality of the population.The high-quality population development not only puts forward higher requirements for the level of population development,but also contains the new thinking on the goal,essence and path of population development.According to this new thinking,population development should not only serve and support social and economic development,but also adhere to the principle of people-oriented and all-round human development as the goal,and take the people's sense of gain and happiness as an important indicator to evaluate the level of high-quality population development.According to the requirements of high-quality population development,on the one hand,efforts should be made to improve population endowment,strive to maintain an appropriate birthrate and population size,improve the overall quality of the population,optimize the population structure,safeguard the population security,and provide good environment and conditions for social and economic development;on the other hand,social and economic development should adapt to and lead the new normal of population development.It is necessary to improve constantly the social and economic development strategies and policies matching the new normal of population development,explore the opportunities contained in population endowment,and give full play to the positive role of population in promoting social and economic development.The pursuit of high-quality population development is not simply the improvement of population endowment,but the coordination of population development and social and economic development.And this kind of coordination is not simply one side to serve the other side,but two-way interaction resulting in mutual adaptation.To achieve high-quality population development,it is necessary to understand accurately the trend of population change and the characteristics of population development,to improve the population endowment following the law of population development,and create a favorable environment and conditions for social and economic development.And then we should identify the opportunities and challenges in population endowment concerning for social and economic development,formulate and improve social and economic development strategies and policies adapted to the new normal of population development,and do our best to turn the population pressure into population opportunity.Correct development strategies and policies are the fundamental guarantee for realizing Chinese modernization and an important condition for achieving high-quality population development.High-quality population development and Chinese modernization complement each other.High-quality population development supports Chinese modernization.In turn,Chinese modernization also promotes high-quality population development.
High-quality development of the populationPeople-orientedPopulation opportunityDevelopment strategyEconomic and social development
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