The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China holds a news conference on the guiding principles from the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee on Oct 24, 2025. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn]

BEIJING -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has played a decisive role in formulating the Party leadership's recommendations for China's 15th Five-Year Plan, an official said Friday.

Leading the drafting team, Xi set the overall vision and provided guidance throughout the process, said Jiang Jinquan, head of the CPC Central Committee Policy Research Office, at a news conference on the guiding principles from the just-concluded plenum.

Jiang Jinquan, director of the Policy Research Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks at a news conference held by the CPC Central Committee on the guiding principles from the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee on Oct 24, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]

Jiang hailed the Recommendations of the CPC Central Committee for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development as the most important outcome of the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee held from Monday to Thursday.

A journalist raises his hand to ask questions during a news conference held by the CPC Central Committee on the guiding principles from the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee on Oct 24, 2025. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn]

A journalist asks a question during a news conference held by the CPC Central Committee on the guiding principles from the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee on Oct 24, 2025. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn]