2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of New China and a key year for the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan". On the new historical coordinates, a series of major events related to the national economy and people's livelihood will occur in this year.
These major events are very important
The 75th anniversary of the founding of New China
On October 1, 2024, the People's Republic of China will celebrate its 75th birthday.
html In 2075, China has undergone tremendous changes. From poverty and poverty to a moderately prosperous society in all respects, China has now embarked on a new journey to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.2024 is also a critical year for the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan". Standing at an important historical juncture and a new development journey, as the world's second largest economy, China's development in 2024 is related to the well-being of more than 1.4 billion people and the recovery of the world economy.
On October 1, 2023, a grand flag-raising ceremony was held in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Photo by China News Service reporter Sheng Jiapeng
On-site registration for the fifth national economic census
After more than a year of preparation, the registration work for the fifth national economic census was officially launched on January 1, 2024. The fifth national economic census is a "comprehensive physical examination" and "centralized inventory" of the national economy conducted after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
After the on-site registration for the economic census is launched, 2.1 million enumerators across the country will go deep into businesses and businesses, visit streets and alleys, and collect and register data from 1.16 million census plots in the past four months.
This census is of important and far-reaching significance for comprehensively understanding China's economic development, accurately grasping the high-quality development process in the new era, and promoting a good start in building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.
The National Day light show on the Bund in Shanghai is brilliant. Photographed by Huang Weiguo
China’s aerospace will make big moves
In 2023, China’s aerospace will deliver outstanding results; in 2024, China’s aerospace will be equally brilliant.
In 2024, China's space station project will successively implement four missions including the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft, the Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft, the Tianzhou 8 cargo spacecraft, and the Shenzhou 19 manned spacecraft.
In addition, China's lunar exploration project Chang'e-6 mission is scheduled to be launched around 2024. According to arrangements, the Chang'e-6 mission will carry out sample returns from the far side of the moon to enhance human understanding of the moon. In order to enhance international cooperation, the Chang'e-6 mission carried payloads and satellite projects from four countries.
At the same time, China is accelerating the scientific project of the International Lunar Research Station and hopes that more international partners will join in to jointly expand the boundaries of human cognition and contribute to the peaceful use of space and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Long March 2F Yao 17 carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou 17 manned spacecraft was launched. Photo by Wang Jiangbo
Chinese athletes compete in the Paris Olympics
After watching the Hangzhou Asian Games and Chengdu Universiade, 2024 is still a big year for sports. This year, Chinese athletes will compete in the Paris Olympics.
The Paris Olympic Games will be held from July 26 to August 11, 2024, and the Paris Paralympic Games will be held from August 28 to September 8, 2024. The slogan of this Olympic and Paralympic Games is "A More Open Olympics".
We are looking forward to the glorious moment of raising the national flag and playing the national anthem, and looking forward to the Chinese athletes shining the bright light of competitive sportsmanship on the field.
On the evening of February 4, 2022, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held at the Beijing National Stadium. Photo by Mao Jianjun
These nodes should pay attention to
The 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland
December 20, 2024, is the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland.
On December 20, 1999, the Chinese government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao, and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China was established. Since then, Macau, which has been wandering for a hundred years, has returned to the embrace of the motherland, and the Chinese people have taken another important step in completing the great cause of the reunification of the motherland.
integrates into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, participates in and supports the construction of the “Belt and Road”... Over the past 25 years, Macao has seized the historical opportunities brought by national development and continuously contributed successful practices and important experiences of “one country, two systems” with Macao characteristics.
Flag raising ceremony to celebrate the 24th anniversary of Macao's return to China.
Major country relations usher in important nodes
The 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, and the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France... In 2024, major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics will usher in important nodes one after another.
At present, the international situation is complex, geopolitical conflicts continue, and a century of changes are accelerating. How China's diplomacy can inject more stability and positive energy into the chaotic world is highly anticipated in 2024.
CCTV reporter Guo Hong photographed
The 90th Anniversary of the Long March
2024 is the 90th anniversary of the Red Army’s Long March.
From crossing the Jinsha River skillfully to forcibly crossing the Dadu River, from flying to seize the Luding Bridge to climbing over snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands, the story of the Long March has been widely circulated over the past 90 years. The Long March, a great feat in human history, has left us with the most precious spiritual wealth, which is the great Long March spirit forged with the lives and blood of the Chinese Communists and Red Army soldiers.
Every generation has its own Long March, and every generation must walk its own Long March. Starting again in the new era, the Long March is always on the road.
Memorial Park at the starting point of the Central Red Army’s Long March in Yudu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. Photographed by Liu Zhankun
Source: CCTV Comprehensive China News Network
Editor: Wan Tong Lin Zian
Reviewer: Zhang Bozhi Liu Hang