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The Outline for the 14th Five-Year Plan （2021-25） for Economic and Social Development and Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 contains a section on promoting the implementation of the Peaceful China initiative to a higher level. It states that protection of people’s lives comes first and public security will be improved.
Putting people’s lives first means putting every individual’s health and safety first. The announcement of related targets in the document comes at a time of high risks and a high level of insecurity around the world caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In comparison， China has managed this crisis exceedingly well. People around the world are asking how China came out of this dangerous situation with flying colors while many other parts of the world are still in dire straits.
The Chinese Government has applied a strategy that puts the safety and wellbeing of every single individual first， and therefore the public health as a whole first. This is because if even one person is forgotten， that person may be in danger of infection， and even one person left alone with the disease would very likely spread the virus to others.
To safeguard the economy of a nation， people’s safety has to be always put first. This is what we learn from this crisis. The reason China could restart its economy so fast is because the government， health officials and tens of thousands of medical staff fought an unprecedented battle for the safety of the people.
If one safeguards the people and puts their health and wellbeing in the first place， the economy can always be rebuilt or restarted even in case of a financial catastrophe. But if one does not follow this principle， neither the economy nor the people， who are the creators of this economy， will be able to recover.
The Chinese are well aware of this. From traditional Chinese medicine we derive the understanding that it is smarter to prevent an illness than to wait until it is at one’s doorstep. Avoiding the disease is better than fighting the disease.
In this sense， many Chinese follow the principle that it is better to be over-careful than to be undercareful. Also， in China it is common sense that it is an obligation to protect one another and respect the right of others by wearing a mask in the kind of emergency situation triggered by the pandemic.
Public and personal safety must be a priority for every modern society. Without safety there will be no happiness. A high-quality state has to strive for the safety and happiness of the people.
This， of course， holds true not only for pandemic health issues， but also with regard to other matters of concern. Humanity has put itself in danger in many respects and is endangered by many threats today， most of which can be solved only collectively. With the new five-year plan， the understanding that safety must be one of the first principles has become a new focus of political and administrative action in China. It is not just with regard to the current pandemic but also in a general sense and for the future.
I hope the idea of putting people’s safety and wellbeing first can become a general principle throughout the world and that others make this general idea a reality in their civilizational contexts as well. BR
Putting people’s lives first means putting every individual’s health and safety first. The announcement of related targets in the document comes at a time of high risks and a high level of insecurity around the world caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In comparison， China has managed this crisis exceedingly well. People around the world are asking how China came out of this dangerous situation with flying colors while many other parts of the world are still in dire straits.
The Chinese Government has applied a strategy that puts the safety and wellbeing of every single individual first， and therefore the public health as a whole first. This is because if even one person is forgotten， that person may be in danger of infection， and even one person left alone with the disease would very likely spread the virus to others.
To safeguard the economy of a nation， people’s safety has to be always put first. This is what we learn from this crisis. The reason China could restart its economy so fast is because the government， health officials and tens of thousands of medical staff fought an unprecedented battle for the safety of the people.
If one safeguards the people and puts their health and wellbeing in the first place， the economy can always be rebuilt or restarted even in case of a financial catastrophe. But if one does not follow this principle， neither the economy nor the people， who are the creators of this economy， will be able to recover.
The Chinese are well aware of this. From traditional Chinese medicine we derive the understanding that it is smarter to prevent an illness than to wait until it is at one’s doorstep. Avoiding the disease is better than fighting the disease.
In this sense， many Chinese follow the principle that it is better to be over-careful than to be undercareful. Also， in China it is common sense that it is an obligation to protect one another and respect the right of others by wearing a mask in the kind of emergency situation triggered by the pandemic.
Public and personal safety must be a priority for every modern society. Without safety there will be no happiness. A high-quality state has to strive for the safety and happiness of the people.
This， of course， holds true not only for pandemic health issues， but also with regard to other matters of concern. Humanity has put itself in danger in many respects and is endangered by many threats today， most of which can be solved only collectively. With the new five-year plan， the understanding that safety must be one of the first principles has become a new focus of political and administrative action in China. It is not just with regard to the current pandemic but also in a general sense and for the future.
I hope the idea of putting people’s safety and wellbeing first can become a general principle throughout the world and that others make this general idea a reality in their civilizational contexts as well. BR