On July 15-18, 2024, the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was successfully held in Beijing. The plenary session listened to and discussed the work report made by General Secretary Xi Jinping on behalf of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and reviewed and approved the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Comprehensive and Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese style Modernization (hereinafter referred to as the Decision). The current and future period is a critical period for comprehensively promoting the building of a strong country and national rejuvenation with Chinese path to modernization. This meeting has pointed out the direction of progress and provided fundamental guidance for further comprehensively deepening reform and promoting Chinese path to modernization, which is an important milestone.

After the closing of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, in order to do a good job in the research and interpretation of the spirit of the Plenary Session, the School implemented organized scientific research, promoted coordinated efforts in organized scientific research and key research directions, actively organized teachers in different disciplines of the School to combine their respective research fields, which centered on the theme of further comprehensively deepening reform, promoting Chinese path to modernization, and put launching new ideas, new conclusions, etc. as the top priority of research and interpretation, and launched a number of high-quality research results.

According to incomplete statistics, over the past three months, the faculty of the School has published 28 articles (including articles to be published) focusing on promoting Chinese path to modernization, deepening reform and opening up, achieving high-quality development, and developing new quality productivity. Among them, 6 articles were published in publications such as People's Daily, Guangming Daily, and Economic Daily, and 10 articles were published in journals such as China Party and Government Cadres Forum and People's Forum. Besides, a signed article by seven teachers from the School was published in the special edition of "In depth Study and Implementation of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China" in the 9th issue of Economic Research Reference in 2024.

The published achievements covered multiple fields such as economic system, reform and opening up, international trade, international investment, capital market, industrial development, finance, consumption, economic policies, private enterprises, innovation, human resources, urban-rural integration, and talent cultivation. The publication of these achievements marks a solid step forward for the School in theoretical learning and practical exploration. It not only demonstrates the profound understanding and grasp of the spirit of the plenary session by the teachers, but also provides a strong theoretical research foundation for further promoting the School to serve the major strategic needs of the country.

The spirit of the Plenary Session not only points out the direction for current and future work, but also provides new opportunities and challenges for the development of the School. In the future, the School will continue to deeply study the spirit of the Plenary Session, continuously promote educational and teaching reforms and scientific research innovation, implement the spirit of the Plenary Session into daily work, further promote the high-quality development of the School, and contribute more wisdom and strength to the comprehensive construction of a socialist modernized country.

Contributed by Discipline Research Office

Edited by Sun Yue

Reviewed by Wei Hao