Four Comprehensives

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The Four Comprehensives, or the Four-pronged Comprehensive Strategy^[1] (Chinese: 四个全面战略布局) is a list of political goals for China, put forward by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. They are:

1. Comprehensively build a moderately prosperous society
2. Comprehensively deepen reform
3. Comprehensively govern the nation according to law
4. Comprehensively strictly govern the Party.^[2]

Timeline

The Four Comprehensives have been developed incrementally during the early years of Xi's tenure:^[3]

• November 2012: "Comprehensively build a moderately prosperous society" put forward at the 18th Party Congress
• November 2013: "Comprehensively deepen reform" put forward at the 3rd Central Committee Plenum
• early October 2014: "Comprehensively strictly govern the Party" put forward at the summary meeting of the Mass Line Campaign
• late October 2014: "Comprehensively govern the nation according to law" put forward during the 4th Central Committee Plenum
• November 2014: "Three Comprehensives" (absent the Party governance clause) formulated as a strategic bundle during Xi's touring of the Fujian Province
• December 2014: "Three Comprehensives" amended to "Four Comprehensives" during Xi's touring of the Jiangsu Province
• February 2015: Four Comprehensives unveiled as official Party and national strategy in advance of the Lianghui, the annual dual session of China's National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

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See also

• Four Cardinal Principles
• Three Represents

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