Idiom reading ｜ Make the ＂cake＂ bigger first, and then divide it well.

On January 17, 2022, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader pointed out in his speech at the World Economic Forum video conference: "China wants to achieve common prosperity, but it is not egalitarianism, but it must first put ‘ Cake ’ Make it bigger, and then put ‘ Cake ’ Divide well, the rising tide lifts all boats, and each has its place, so that the development results will benefit all the people more fairly and fairly. "

Common prosperity is the essential requirement of socialism, one of the important characteristics of Chinese modernization, and an important mission and unswerving goal of our party.

Touching people, don’t worry about feelings first. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has worked at the grassroots level for a long time, and he has a profound understanding of the national conditions, a meticulous observation of the people’s feelings and deep feelings for the people. He makes good use of everyday things that come from life and the masses to make an analogy, so that the core essence of the policy reaches the hearts of the people and warms their hearts.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary has repeatedly used "cake" as a metaphor, stressing that "we should adhere to the people-centered development thinking and promote common prosperity in high-quality development".

Delicious and tempting "cake" is a concrete expression of common prosperity and contains rich connotations.

The first connotation reveals the relationship between production and distribution. "Making cakes" is the premise and foundation, and "dividing cakes" is the goal and vision.

On August 17, 2021, the General Secretary pointed out at the tenth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Committee that "a happy life is a struggle, and common prosperity depends on hard work and wisdom".

If the "cake" can’t be bigger, then everyone can only score less or even less; Only by making the "cake" bigger can we ensure that everyone has a chance to taste delicious food. "Making a cake" requires everyone to contribute their hard work and wisdom for a better life. Everyone Qi Xin will work together and work together. If there are more opportunistic and lazy people, there will be no "cake" in the end.

The second connotation reveals the relationship between fairness and efficiency. To achieve common prosperity, we will suffer from inequality.

On October 29, 2015, the General Secretary emphasized at the second plenary session of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee: "In sharing the fruits of reform and development, there are still some imperfections in both the actual situation and the system design. To this end, we must adhere to the principle that development is for the people, development depends on the people, and the fruits of development are shared by the people, and make more effective institutional arrangements, so that all people can make steady progress in the direction of common prosperity, and there must be no ‘ The rich are tired of millions, while the poor eat chaff ’ The phenomenon. "

Common prosperity is the prosperity of all the people, not the prosperity of a few people, nor is it uniform egalitarianism, let alone advocating "eating from the same pot" for nothing. If the "cake" is unfairly divided, it will inevitably breed contradictions and hidden dangers. Therefore, only by planning the top-level design and reasonable system of "dividing cakes" can we convince everyone.

The third connotation reveals the relationship between growth and demand.

The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly pointed out that when Socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a new era, the principal contradiction in our society had been transformed into the contradiction between the people’s growing need for a better life and the unbalanced development.

On August 17th, 2021, when the General Secretary presided over the 10th meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Committee, he emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen the guidance of socialist core values, strengthen the education of patriotism, collectivism and socialism, develop public cultural undertakings, improve the public cultural service system, and constantly meet the diverse, multi-level and multi-faceted spiritual and cultural needs of the people.

Therefore, the "cake" should not only be bigger, but also be more delicious. On the road to common prosperity, we should not only make the "pockets" rich, but also make the "heads" rich.

Enriching the people and keeping the country safe, and striving for the first place.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has placed the promotion of common prosperity for all people in a more important position, taken effective measures to safeguard and improve people’s livelihood, led hundreds of millions of people to win the battle against poverty, and United and led the whole party and people of all ethnic groups to build a well-off society in an all-round way, laying a solid foundation for solidly promoting common prosperity.

On February 7, 2023, the general secretary profoundly expounded a series of major theoretical and practical problems of Chinese modernization at the opening ceremony of studying and implementing the spirit seminar of the 20 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In this "first lesson in the first year" for newly-appointed members of the Central Committee, alternate members and leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels, the General Secretary once again stressed that Chinese modernization is the modernization of common prosperity for all people.

A branch and a leaf are always related to love. When the general secretary talked about the big issue of "common prosperity", he did not preach stiffly and used difficult and obscure language, but explained it. The metaphor of "cake" is simple, natural and grounded, which makes people realize the profound significance in easy listening.

This is not only the general secretary’s speech style and language characteristics, but also a vivid embodiment of a big country leader’s frank and pragmatic style.