Xi Jinping: Uphold the principle of safeguarding security through development and pursuing development through security.
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2026-04-15
April 15 this year marks the eleventh National Security Education Day, with the theme “Coordinating Development and Security to Safeguard the New Journey of the 15th Five-Year Plan.” Security is the prerequisite for development, and development provides the foundation for security. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward a series of important statements on thoroughly implementing the Overall National Security Concept, offering crucial guidance for enhancing the public’s awareness and competence in national security and for strengthening the people’s defense line for national security.
Thoroughly implement the holistic national security concept.
To implement the holistic approach to national security, we must give equal weight to both external and internal security: domestically, we pursue development, reform, and stability, striving to build a safe and secure China; internationally, we seek peace, cooperation, and mutually beneficial outcomes, working to foster a harmonious world. We must prioritize both territorial security and the safety of our citizens, upholding a people-centered, human‑oriented approach, ensuring that all aspects of national security are designed for the people and rely on the people, thereby firmly grounding national security in the broad masses. We should address both traditional and non‑traditional security challenges, establishing a comprehensive national security framework that integrates political, territorial, military, economic, cultural, social, scientific and technological, information, ecological, resource, and nuclear security. We must balance development with security: development provides the foundation for security, while security creates the conditions for sustainable development; only a prosperous nation can maintain a strong military, and only a strong military can safeguard the country. Finally, we must uphold both our own security and shared security, forging a community with a shared future and encouraging all parties to move forward together toward the goals of mutual benefit, win‑win cooperation, and collective security.
— Speech by Xi Jinping at the First Meeting of the Central National Security Commission, April 15, 2014
The holistic approach to national security serves as a crucial guiding principle for building a China that is even safer and more secure, and must be steadfastly implemented. Party committees and governments at all levels should adopt systems thinking, further uphold the principle that development is the fundamental truth and that security is equally essential, and consciously integrate development with security in their work—planning jointly, deploying in a coordinated manner, and fostering mutual reinforcement. It is imperative to maintain a nationwide, unified strategy and ensure concerted efforts across all levels, creating conditions for overall national security by ensuring safety in every locality, region, and sector, and laying a solid foundation for the country’s enduring peace and stability by promptly and effectively addressing each specific security challenge.
— Speech by Xi Jinping at the 19th Collective Study Session of the CPC Central Politburo, February 28, 2025
Security is the prerequisite for development, and development is the guarantee of security. We must thoroughly implement the holistic approach to national security, ensuring that security is consolidated through development and that development is pursued in a secure environment. We will improve the national security system, strengthen the centralized, unified, efficient, and authoritative national security leadership mechanism, and refine the legal, strategic, policy, and risk‑prevention and control frameworks for national security.
— Speech by Xi Jinping at the Second Plenary Session of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, October 23, 2025
Place the safeguarding of political security first.
The historical course of our Party’s leadership of the people in revolution, construction, and reform has repeatedly demonstrated one fundamental truth: political initiative is the most advantageous form of initiative, while political passivity is the most perilous form of passivity. To strengthen political judgment, we must prioritize national political security, put the people first, and ground ourselves in upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, thereby enhancing our capacity to accurately assess changes in the situation, precisely discern the essence of phenomena, clearly distinguish right from wrong in our actions, and effectively guard against risks and challenges.
— December 2020, Xi Jinping’s address at the democratic life meeting of the 19th CPC Central Political Bureau.
It is essential to coordinate development and security, implement the holistic approach to national security, improve the national security system, strengthen our capacity to safeguard national security, and firmly uphold the security of the state regime, the socialist system, ideological security, and security in key areas.
— Speech by Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the seminar for newly appointed members and alternate members of the CPC Central Committee, as well as principal leading officials at the provincial and ministerial levels, on studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, February 7, 2023.
Prioritize the safeguarding of political security, strengthen national security capabilities in key areas, and give high priority to protecting major security interests that underpin the country’s long-term stability, economic health and stability, and the people’s peaceful and prosperous lives.
— Speech by Xi Jinping at the Second Plenary Session of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, October 23, 2025
Enhance the level of public safety governance.
To safeguard national security, it is essential to ensure social harmony and stability, proactively prevent and resolve social conflicts, and vigorously advance efforts to prevent and defuse such conflicts through sound institutions, mechanisms, policies, and concrete actions. We must enhance the comprehensiveness, coordination, and sustainability of development, strengthen measures to protect and improve people’s livelihoods, and address the root causes of social tensions to prevent and reduce their emergence. Guided by the goal of promoting social equity and justice and enhancing the well-being of the people, we should intensify efforts to balance diverse interests and ensure that the fruits of development benefit all members of society more extensively and equitably.
— Speech by Xi Jinping at the 14th Collective Study Session of the 18th CPC Central Politburo, April 25, 2014
It is essential to effectively advance the comprehensive governance of public security, adhering to the overarching approach of systemic, law-based, integrated, and root-cause‑oriented governance. We must simultaneously carry out targeted crackdowns and rectification efforts while strengthening foundational, source‑level work; innovate the social security prevention and control system; improve the social environment for public safety governance; and focus on addressing the deep‑seated issues that undermine social stability.
— Speech by Xi Jinping at the 23rd Collective Study Session of the 18th CPC Central Politburo, May 29, 2015
Enhance the governance of public safety, improve the social governance system, effectively prevent and resolve social conflicts, and safeguard social harmony and stability.
— Speech by Xi Jinping at the Second Plenary Session of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, October 23, 2025
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