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BEIJING, Aug. 24-- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday stressed adopting a long-term perspective, grasping the trend of the times and extensively pooling wisdom to study new circumstances and make new plans. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a symposium on economic and social work in Beijing. Building on the achievement of finishing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieving the first centenary goal, the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) will mark the first five years of China's new journey toward fully building a modern socialist country and march toward the second centenary goal, Xi said, noting that China's development will enter a new stage. The symposium was also attended by Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and Vice Premier Han Zheng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, which are being accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Xi said. Xi called for enhancing the awareness of opportunities and risks and striving to achieve development that is of higher-quality and more efficient, fair, sustainable and secure. | 
