Looking ahead to China in 2025: These major events deserve attention
Report from China News on December 31, 2024 in Beijing: As we reach the end of 2024, the new year is beckoning. The year 2025 will be the final year of the “14th Five-Year Plan” and a series of major events concerning national economy and people’s livelihood will take place. Some special time nodes are also worth remembering.
These nodes are important:
— The 90th anniversary of the Zunyi Conference
The Zunyi Conference, held by the Party Central Committee in January 1935 during the Long March, is a turning point in the history of our Party. It will be the 90th anniversary of the Zunyi Conference in 2025.
As an important meeting with great significance of turning in the history of our Party, the Zunyi Conference has left valuable experience and important enlightenment in combining the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific reality, adhering to the path of independent development, adhering to correct political lines and policies, and building a mature and strong central leadership collective.
— The 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan and the World Anti-Fascist War
Japan announced its unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, and officially signed the surrender document on September 2nd. The War of Resistance against Japan and the World Anti-Fascist War ended with the Chinese people’s victory.
In 2025, China will hold a grand celebration to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan and the World Anti-Fascist War, promote a correct historical perspective, adhere to true multilateralism, and firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
— The 75th anniversary of the Korean War
In 2025, it will be the 75th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ participation in the Korean War.
75 years ago, the Chinese People’s Volunteers, composed of outstanding sons and daughters of China, shouldered the trust of the people and the expectations of the nation. They crossed the Yalu River under the banner of safeguarding peace and fighting against aggression with high morale. They developed great patriotism and revolutionary heroism, and worked together with the Korean people and army to undergo two years and nine months of bloody battles. They won a great victory in the War of Resistance against Korea.
The great victory of the War of Resistance against Korea is a declaration book for China to stand up and face the world in the East, as well as an important milestone for China to move towards great rejuvenation. It has significant and far-reaching implications for both China and the world.
These major events deserve attention:
— A batch of important laws will be implemented
In 2025, several important laws will be implemented: The Energy Law of the People’s Republic of China will be implemented from January 1; the Academic Degrees Law of the People’s Republic of China will be implemented from January 1; the newly revised Cultural Relics Protection Law of China will be implemented from March 1; and Rural Collective Economic Organization Law of China will be implemented from May 1. The newly revised Supervision Law of China and Childcare Education Law will be implemented from June 1. These laws are highly concerned about energy security, standardizing degree awarding work, cultural relic protection, rights and interests of rural collective economic organizations and their members, anti-corruption work, and children’s rights.
— Major developments in Chinese aerospace industry
In 2025, China’s manned space program plans to implement three flight missions: Shenzhou 20, Shenzhou 21, and Tianzhou 9. In planetary exploration, the Tianwen II mission is planned to be launched around 2025 with a main goal of asteroid exploration. It will target a near-earth asteroid for close fly-by and sample return. In addition, according to previous news, “lunar soil bricks” simulated by Chinese scientists using lunar soil composition will be sent to the space station via Tianzhou 8 for space exposure experiments to confirm their suitability for building houses on the moon. After completing space experiments, the first “lunar soil brick” is expected to return to Earth by late 2025.
— Implementing gradual delay in statutory retirement age
In order to thoroughly implement the Party Central Committee’s decision on gradually delaying the statutory retirement age and adapt to China’s new population development situation to fully develop and utilize human resources, according to the Constitution, the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee decided on November meetings that
