Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 18th
Speech at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up.
(December 18, 2018)
Supreme leader
Comrades and friends:
December 18th, 1978 will be an important day in the history of Chinese nation, communist party and People’s Republic of China (PRC). On this day, our party held the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, realizing a great turning point with far-reaching significance in the history of the party since the founding of New China, and starting a great journey of reform, opening up and socialist modernization.
Today, we gather here solemnly to review the glorious course of 40 years of reform and opening up, sum up the great achievements and valuable experience of reform and opening up, and mobilize the whole party and people of all nationalities to continue to push forward reform and opening up in the new era and make unremitting efforts to achieve the goal of "two hundred years" and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Comrades and friends!
The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held at a critical historical juncture when the Party and the country were facing where to go. At that time, the world economy was developing rapidly, and scientific and technological progress was changing with each passing day. The civil strife in the decade of the "Cultural Revolution" led to the brink of collapse of China’s economy, and people’s food and clothing became a problem, and national construction was in full swing. There is a strong demand inside and outside the Party to correct the mistakes of the "Cultural Revolution", so that the Party and the country can rise again from the crisis. Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "If we don’t carry out reform now, our modernization and socialist cause will be ruined."
Under the leadership of Comrade Deng Xiaoping and the support of the older generation of revolutionaries, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China broke through the serious shackles of long-term "Left" mistakes, criticized the wrong policy of "two whatevers", fully affirmed the need to master Mao Zedong Thought’s scientific system completely and accurately, spoke highly of the discussion on the standard of truth, decisively ended "taking class struggle as the key link" and re-established Marxist ideological, political and organizational lines. Since then, China’s reform and opening up has begun.
Our party’s historic decision to implement reform and opening up is based on a profound grasp of the future and destiny of the party and the country, a profound summary of the socialist revolution and construction practice, a profound insight into the trend of the times, and a profound understanding of the expectations and needs of the people. Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "Poverty is not socialism" and "We should catch up with the times, which is the goal of reform".
Historical development has its laws, but people are not completely passive in it. As long as we grasp the general trend of historical development, seize the opportunity of historical change, work hard and forge ahead, human society can advance better.
Reform and opening up is a great awakening of our party, and it is this great awakening that gave birth to our party’s great creation from theory to practice. Reform and opening up is a great revolution in the history of the development of Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and it is this great revolution that has promoted the great leap of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s cause!
Comrades and friends!
The establishment of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the establishment of People’s Republic of China (PRC), and the promotion of reform and opening up and the cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics are three historic events that have taken place in China since the May 4th Movement, and are three milestones to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in modern times.
The people of the Communist Party of China (CPC), with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative, combined the basic principles of Marxism–Leninism with the concrete practice of the China Revolution, founded Mao Zedong Thought, United and led the whole party and people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, completed the new-democratic revolution, established People’s Republic of China (PRC), established the basic socialist system, successfully realized the deepest and greatest social changes in China’s history, and laid the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for all the development and progress of contemporary China. In the process of exploration, although it has experienced serious twists and turns, the original theoretical achievements and great achievements made by the Party in the socialist revolution and construction have provided valuable experience, theoretical preparation and material foundation for creating Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new historical period.
After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the people of the Communist Party of China (CPC), with Comrade Deng Xiaoping as the main representative, United and led the whole party and the people of all nationalities in China, profoundly summed up the positive and negative experiences of China’s socialist construction, learned from the historical experience of world socialism, founded Deng Xiaoping Theory, made a historic decision to shift the work center of the party and the state to economic construction and implement reform and opening up, profoundly revealed the essence of socialism, and established the basic line for the primary stage of socialism. Clearly put forward to take our own road and build Socialism with Chinese characteristics, scientifically answered a series of basic questions about building Socialism with Chinese characteristics, formulated a three-step development strategy to basically realize socialist modernization by the middle of the 21st century, and successfully created Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
After the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th CPC Central Committee, the Communist Party of China (CPC) people, with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the main representative, United and led the whole party and people of all nationalities, adhered to the party’s basic theory and line, deepened their understanding of what socialism is, how to build socialism, what kind of party to build, and how to build the party, accumulated new valuable experience in managing the party and the country, and formed Theory of Three Represents. In the face of the severe test of the complicated situation at home and abroad and the serious twists and turns of world socialism, it defended Socialism with Chinese characteristics, established the reform goal and basic framework of the socialist market economic system, established the basic economic system and distribution system in the primary stage of socialism, created a new situation of comprehensive reform and opening up, promoted the new great project of party building, and successfully pushed Socialism with Chinese characteristics into the 21st century.
After the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the people of the Communist Party of China (CPC), with Comrade Hu Jintao as the main representative, United and led the whole party and people of all ethnic groups, adhered to the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, and profoundly understood and answered major issues such as what kind of development and how to develop under the new situation, thus forming Scientific Outlook on Development and seizing the important strategic opportunity period. In the process of building a well-off society in an all-round way, we promoted practical innovation, theoretical innovation and institutional innovation, emphasized people-oriented, comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development, formed the overall layout of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s cause, made great efforts to safeguard and improve people’s livelihood, promoted social fairness and justice, promoted the construction of a harmonious world, and promoted the construction of the party’s ruling ability and advanced nature, thus successfully upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics at a new historical starting point.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee has united and led the whole party and people of all ethnic groups to comprehensively examine the new international and domestic situations, profoundly answered what kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and how to adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era by summing up practice and looking forward to the future, formed Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, persisted in promoting the overall layout of the "five in one" and coordinated the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout. Adhere to the general tone of striving for progress while maintaining stability, put forward a series of new ideas, new ideas and new strategies for all aspects of the work of the party and the state, and promote historic changes and achievements in the cause of the party and the state. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. With great political courage and wisdom, we put forward that the overall goal of comprehensively deepening the reform is to improve and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s system, promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, focus on strengthening the systematicness, integrity and synergy of the reform, focus on major institutional innovations, and focus on improving the people’s sense of gain, happiness and security. We have launched more than 1,600 reform programs, gnawed many hard bones, and made many rapids and rapids. The reform has shown all-round efforts, made many breakthroughs, and made rapid progress.
Difficulties and hardships, jade is successful. Over the past 40 years, we have emancipated our minds, sought truth from facts, boldly tried and bravely changed, and created a new world. From the household contract system, the sudden emergence of township enterprises, the abolition of agricultural tax, animal husbandry tax and specialty tax to the separation of "three powers" in rural contracted land, winning the battle against poverty, and implementing the strategy of rural revitalization, from the establishment of Shenzhen and other special economic zones, the opening up of coastal areas and inland central cities to China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, the establishment of the "Belt and Road", the establishment of a free trade pilot zone, the planning of a free trade port with China characteristics, and the successful holding of the first China International Import Expo. From "bringing in" to "going out", from doing a good job in state-owned small and medium-sized enterprises and developing individual and private economy to deepening the reform of state-owned state-owned enterprises and developing mixed ownership economy, from single public ownership to public ownership as the main body, multiple ownership economies develop together and adhere to the "two unshakable", from the traditional planned economy system to the unprecedented socialist market economy system, to making the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and better play the role of the government, and from focusing on economic system reform to comprehensively deepening the economy.A series of major reforms, such as the reform of party and state institutions, administrative management system, rule of law system, judicial system, foreign affairs system, social governance system, ecological environment supervision system, national security system, national defense and army system, party leadership and party building system, discipline inspection and supervision system, have been solidly promoted, and various measures to facilitate the people, benefit the people and benefit the people have been continuously implemented, making reform and opening up the most remarkable feature and magnificent weather in contemporary China.
Comrades and friends!
Over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, from opening a new era to entering a new century, from standing on a new starting point to entering a new era, our party has been in the same boat for 40 years, breaking through difficulties for 40 years, and forging ahead with perseverance for 40 years. Our party has led the people to paint a magnificent and magnificent historical picture, and has written a hymn of struggle that is earth-shaking and vigorous.
— — Over the past 40 years, we have always adhered to emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth from facts and being pragmatic, unswervingly adhering to the guiding position of Marxism, unswervingly adhering to the basic principles of scientific socialism, bravely promoting theoretical innovation, practical innovation, institutional innovation, cultural innovation and other aspects of innovation, constantly giving Socialism with Chinese characteristics distinctive practical characteristics, theoretical characteristics, national characteristics and times characteristics, and forming Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s road, theory, system and culture.
— — Over the past 40 years, we have always adhered to economic construction as the center and constantly liberated and developed social productive forces. China’s GDP has increased from 367.9 billion yuan to 82.7 trillion yuan in 2017, with an average annual real growth rate of 9.5%, much higher than the average annual growth rate of the world economy of about 2.9% in the same period. China’s GDP accounted for 15.2% of the world’s GDP from 1.8% at the beginning of reform and opening up, and has contributed more than 30% to the world’s economic growth for many years. China’s total import and export of goods has increased from $20.6 billion to more than $4 trillion, with accumulated foreign direct investment exceeding $2 trillion and total foreign investment reaching $1.9 trillion. The output of major agricultural products in China has leapt to the forefront of the world, and the most complete modern industrial system in the world has been established. Scientific and technological innovations and major projects have been reported frequently. China’s infrastructure construction has made remarkable achievements, information is smooth, roads are networked, railways are densely covered, high dams stand, West-to-East gas transmission, South-to-North water transfer, high-speed rail speeding, giant ships sailing, airplanes soaring, and natural moats become thoroughfares. At present, China is the world’s second largest economy, the largest country in manufacturing, the largest country in goods trade, the second largest country in commodity consumption and the second largest country in foreign capital inflow. China’s foreign exchange reserves have ranked first in the world for many years in a row, and the people of China have taken decisive steps on the journey of getting rich and strong!
— — Over the past 40 years, we have always adhered to the road of political development in Socialism with Chinese characteristics, continuously deepened the reform of political system and developed socialist democratic politics. The leadership system of the party and the state has been improved day by day, and the rule of law has been further promoted in an all-round way. The socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics has been improved day by day, the institutional guarantee and the rule of law guarantee for the people to be masters of their own affairs have been strengthened, the cause of human rights has been comprehensively developed, and the patriotic United front has been consolidated. The people’s enjoyment and exercise of democratic rights in accordance with the law are richer in content, more convenient in channels and more diverse in forms. The people of China, who are in control of their own destiny, are full of unprecedented enthusiasm, initiative and creativity, and have shown great strength in swallowing mountains and rivers in reform, opening up and socialist modernization!
— — Over the past 40 years, we have always insisted on developing advanced socialist culture, strengthening the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, cultivating and practicing socialist core values, inheriting and carrying forward China’s excellent traditional culture, persisting in guiding the way with scientific theory, rallying our hearts with correct public opinion, shaping our souls with advanced culture, inspiring our fighting spirit with excellent works, widely promoting patriotism, collectivism and socialist spirit, constantly emerging models of the times and heroes, increasingly prospering culture and art, and rapidly developing the cause of online information. The great spirit of reform and opening-up forged by reform and opening-up has greatly enriched the connotation of the national spirit and become the most distinctive spiritual symbol of the people of contemporary China!
— — Over the past 40 years, we have always insisted on safeguarding and improving people’s livelihood in development, and comprehensively promoted education for young children, education for learning, income from labor, medical care for the sick, security for the old, housing for the weak, and continuous improvement of people’s lives and welfare. The per capita disposable income of the national residents increased from 171 yuan to 26,000 yuan, and the middle-income group continued to expand. China’s poverty-stricken population has decreased by 740 million, and the incidence of poverty has dropped by 94.4 percentage points, which has written a brilliant chapter in the history of human anti-poverty. Education has developed in an all-round way, and the consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education has reached 93.8%. China has built the world’s largest social security system, including pension, medical care, subsistence allowance and housing. The basic pension insurance covers more than 900 million people, and the medical insurance covers more than 1.3 billion people. The urbanization rate of permanent residents reached 58.52%, up by 40.6 percentage points. The life expectancy of residents increased from 67.8 years in 1981 to 76.7 years in 2017. China’s overall social situation has remained stable for a long time and has become one of the most secure countries in the world. Food stamps, cloth tickets, meat tickets, fish tickets, oil tickets, tofu tickets, non-staple food books, industrial tickets and other tickets that people once could not live without have entered the history museum, and the problems of hunger, lack of food and clothing, and poor life that have plagued our people for thousands of years are gone forever!
— — Over the past 40 years, we have always adhered to environmental protection and resource conservation, and persisted in promoting the construction of ecological civilization. The system of ecological civilization system has been accelerated, the main functional area system has been gradually improved, significant progress has been made in energy conservation and emission reduction, major ecological protection and restoration projects have progressed smoothly, and ecological environment governance has been significantly strengthened. We have actively participated in and guided international cooperation in tackling climate change, and the home where China people were born and raised is more beautiful and pleasant!
— — Over the past 40 years, we have always adhered to the party’s absolute leadership over the army, constantly promoted the modernization of national defense and the army, pushed forward the revolutionary remolding of the people’s army, made a historic breakthrough in weapons and equipment, fundamentally changed the way of running the army, significantly improved the level of revolutionary modernization and regularization, and significantly enhanced the people’s army’s ability to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, becoming an unbreakable powerful force for defending people’s happy lives, the motherland and world peace!
——40年来，我们始终坚持推进祖国和平统一大业，实施“一国两制”基本方针，相继恢复对香港、澳门行使主权，洗雪了中华民族百年屈辱。我们坚持一个中国原则和“九二共识”，加强两岸经济文化交流合作，推动两岸关系和平发展，坚决反对和遏制“台独”分裂势力，牢牢掌握两岸关系发展主导权和主动权。海内外全体中华儿女的民族认同感、文化认同感大大增强，同心共筑中国梦的意志更加坚强！
——40年来，我们始终坚持独立自主的和平外交政策，始终不渝走和平发展道路、奉行互利共赢的开放战略，坚定维护国际关系基本准则，维护国际公平正义。我们实现由封闭半封闭到全方位开放的历史转变，积极参与经济全球化进程，为推动人类共同发展作出了应有贡献。我们积极推动建设开放型世界经济、构建人类命运共同体，促进全球治理体系变革，旗帜鲜明反对霸权主义和强权政治，为世界和平与发展不断贡献中国智慧、中国方案、中国力量。我国日益走近世界舞台中央，成为国际社会公认的世界和平的建设者、全球发展的贡献者、国际秩序的维护者！
— — Over the past 40 years, we have always insisted on strengthening and improving the Party’s leadership, actively responded to various risk tests faced by the Party under the conditions of long-term governance and reform and opening up, continued to push forward the new great project of Party building, maintained the advanced nature and purity of the Party, and maintained the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the people. We actively explore the laws governing communist party, socialist construction and the development of human society, and constantly open up a new realm of Marxism in China. We insist that the party should manage the party strictly, purify the political ecology within the party, persevere in discipline, vigorously rectify formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance, severely punish corruption with zero tolerance, and win an overwhelming victory in the anti-corruption struggle. Our Party is firmly in the forefront of the times in revolutionary forging, and has always been the backbone of Chinese people and the Chinese nation!
40 years of spring rain, spring flowers and autumn fruits, reform and opening up have greatly changed the face of China, the face of the Chinese nation, the face of the people of China and the face of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up, getting rich and becoming strong! Socialism with Chinese characteristics ushered in a great leap from creation, development to perfection! The people of China have ushered in a great leap from insufficient food and clothing to a well-off society! The Chinese nation is standing in the east of the world with a brand-new attitude!
The achievements made in the past 40 years did not fall from the sky, let alone be given alms by others, but were made by the whole party and people of all nationalities with diligence, wisdom and courage! It took us decades to complete the industrialization process that developed countries have gone through for hundreds of years. In the hands of the people of China, the impossible has become possible. We are extremely proud of the people of China who have created a miracle on earth!
Here, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, I would like to pay high tribute to the broad masses of workers, peasants, intellectuals, cadres, officers and men of the People’s Liberation Army, officers and men of the Armed Police Force, and police officers who have contributed wisdom and strength to the reform, opening up and socialist modernization on all fronts, as well as to the democratic parties and personages without party affiliation, people’s organizations and patriots from all walks of life! I would like to extend my sincere greetings to our compatriots in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region, Taiwan Province and overseas Chinese who have made active efforts for the reform, opening up and modernization of the motherland! I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all foreign friends and people all over the world who care about and support China’s reform, opening up and modernization.
Comrades and friends!
The practice of 40 years has fully proved that the road, theory, system and culture of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, which our party has united and led the people of all ethnic groups in China since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, are completely correct, and the basic theory, line and general plan of our party are completely correct.
The practice of 40 years has fully proved that the development of China has provided successful experience and bright prospects for the modernization of developing countries, is a powerful force for promoting world peace and development, and is a great contribution made by the Chinese nation to the progress of human civilization.
The practice of 40 years has fully proved that reform and opening up is an important magic weapon for the Party and the people to catch up with the times, the only way to uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics, a key measure to determine the fate of contemporary China, and a key measure to achieve the goal of "two hundred years" and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Only by conforming to the historical trend, actively responding and actively seeking change can we walk with the times. "The power of doing is to know more, and the deeper you know, the more you can do." The precious experience accumulated in the 40 years of reform and opening up is precious spiritual wealth of the Party and the people, which has extremely important guiding significance for upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. It must be cherished and persisted for a long time, and continuously enriched and developed in practice.
First, we must uphold the party’s leadership over all work and constantly strengthen and improve the party’s leadership. The practice of 40 years of reform and opening-up enlightens us that the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership is the most essential feature of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and the greatest advantage of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s system. Party, government, military and civilian studies, east, west, north and south, the party is the leader of everything. It is precisely because we always adhere to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party that we can achieve a great historical turning point, start a new period of reform and opening up and a new journey of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, successfully cope with a series of major risk challenges and overcome numerous difficulties and obstacles, effectively cope with the situation, calm down the storm, fight floods, prevent SARS, resist earthquakes and turn the crisis into a crisis, and unswervingly take the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics instead of taking the old road of being closed and rigid or taking the evil road of changing its flag. To uphold the party’s leadership, we must constantly improve the party’s leadership and make it more suitable for the requirements of practice, the times and the people. On the issue of upholding the party’s leadership, a major principle that determines the future and destiny of the party and the country, the whole party and the whole country must maintain a high degree of ideological consciousness, political consciousness and action consciousness, and we must not waver at all.
On the way forward, we must strengthen the "four consciousnesses" and strengthen the "four self-confidences", resolutely safeguard the authority of the CPC Central Committee and centralize and unify leadership, and implement and embody the party’s leadership in various fields such as reform, development and stability, internal affairs, foreign affairs and national defense, and managing the party, the country and the army. Every step of reform and opening up is not easy. In the future, we will certainly face such risks and challenges, and even encounter unimaginable waves. Our party should take the overall situation into consideration, coordinate all parties, adhere to scientific, democratic and legal governance, improve the party’s leadership style and governance style, improve the party’s ability and leadership level, constantly improve the party’s ability and determination to take the direction, seek the overall situation, formulate policies and promote reform, and ensure that the ship of reform and opening up will sail on the right course.
Second, we must persist in taking the people as the center and constantly realize people’s yearning for a better life. The practice of 40 years of reform and opening-up has inspired us that it is the initial intention and mission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to seek happiness for the people of China and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, as well as the initial intention and mission of reform and opening-up. Our party comes from the people, takes root in the people, benefits the people, and serves the people wholeheartedly is the fundamental purpose of the party. We must take the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the fundamental starting point and end result of all our work, adhere to the people’s support, disapproval, happiness and unhappiness as the basis for formulating policies, conform to the people’s will, respect the people’s will, pay attention to the people’s feelings, and devote ourselves to the people’s livelihood. We will not only lead the people forward by putting forward and implementing correct theories, lines, principles and policies, It also gains momentum from the people’s practical creation and development requirements, so that the people can share the fruits of reform and opening up and inspire them to join the cause of reform, opening up and socialist modernization more consciously.
On the way forward, we must always take the people’s yearning for a better life as our goal, practice the Party’s fundamental purpose, implement the Party’s mass line, respect the people’s dominant position, respect the people’s wishes, experiences, rights and functions expressed in practical activities, and fully stimulate the creative power contained in the people. We should improve the democratic system, broaden the channels of democracy, enrich the forms of democracy, improve the guarantee of the rule of law, and ensure that the people enjoy extensive, full, true, concrete and effective democratic rights according to law. We should make great efforts to solve the people’s needs and urgent expectations, let the people share the fruits of economic, political, cultural, social and ecological development, and have more, more direct and more real sense of gain, happiness and security, and constantly promote the all-round development of people and the common prosperity of all people.
Third, we must adhere to the guiding position of Marxism and constantly promote theoretical innovation based on practice. The practice of 40 years of reform and opening-up enlightens us that innovation is the life of reform and opening-up. There is no end to the development of practice and the emancipation of the mind. Engels said: "The ultimate cause of all social changes and political changes should not be found in people’s minds, in people’s increasing understanding of eternal truth and justice, but in the change of production mode and exchange mode." We insist on integrating theory with practice, answer the questions of the times and the people in time, clear up the ideological fog that puzzles and restricts the development of practice, constantly promote the modernization and popularization of Marxism in China, and constantly open up a new realm of Marxist development.
On the way forward, we must adhere to the guidance of Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents, Scientific Outlook on Development and Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, and adhere to the organic unity of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts. It is the unshirkable historical responsibility of contemporary the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to develop Marxism in the 21st century and Marxism in contemporary China. We should strengthen our awareness of problems, times and strategies, grasp the essence and internal relations of the development of things with a profound historical vision and a broad international vision, closely follow the creative practice of hundreds of millions of people, learn from and absorb all the outstanding achievements of human civilization, and constantly answer the new and important topics put forward by the times and practice, so that contemporary China Marxism can radiate more brilliant truth.
Fourth, we must stick to the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and constantly adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics. The practice of 40 years of reform and opening up has inspired us: the direction determines the future, and the road determines the fate. If we want to take our destiny into our own hands, we must be firm and determined. Over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, the theme of all the theories and practices of our Party has been to uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics. In China, a big country with a civilization history of more than 5,000 years and a population of more than 1.3 billion, there is no textbook that can be regarded as the golden rule, and there is no teacher who can boss the people of China around. Mr. Lu Xun said: "What is the road? It was trampled from the place where there was no road, and it was opened up from the place where there were only thorns. " Socialism with Chinese characteristics Road is a broad road for contemporary China to catch up with the times and lead the development of the times, and it must be unswervingly pursued.
On the way forward, we must adhere to the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era and the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, strengthen the "four self-confidences" and firmly grasp the direction of reform and opening up. What to change and how to change it must be based on whether it conforms to the overall goal of perfecting and developing the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. We will resolutely change what should be changed and what should not be changed and what cannot be changed. We must adhere to the Party’s basic line, and unify the two basic points of centering on economic construction, adhering to the Four Cardinal Principles and persisting in reform and opening up with the great practice of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and persist in it for a long time and never waver.
Fifth, we must persist in perfecting and developing the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, and constantly give play to and enhance China’s institutional advantages. The practice of 40 years of reform and opening-up enlightens us that the system is a fundamental, overall, stable and long-term issue related to the development of the cause of the party and the state. We have grasped the key of perfecting and developing the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, which has provided a strong guarantee for liberating and developing social productive forces, liberating and enhancing social vitality, and keeping the vitality of the party and the country forever. We have also provided a strong guarantee for maintaining the overall social stability, ensuring people to live and work in peace and contentment, and ensuring national security. We have continuously established a dynamic institutional mechanism for letting the vitality of all labor, knowledge, technology, management, capital and other factors compete with generate, and allowing all sources of social wealth to fully flow in.
On the way forward, we must unswervingly consolidate and develop the public sector of the economy, unswervingly encourage, support and guide the development of the non-public sector of the economy, give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, give better play to the role of the government, and stimulate the vitality of various market players. We should adhere to the organic unity of the leadership of the Party, the people being the masters of the country and governing the country according to law, adhere to and improve the system of people’s congresses, the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), the system of regional ethnic autonomy and the system of grass-roots mass autonomy, comprehensively promote the rule of law, consolidate and develop the broadest patriotic United front, develop socialist deliberative democracy, and use the system to ensure that the people are the masters of the country. We should strengthen the system construction in the cultural field, raise the banner, gather people’s hearts, cultivate new people, promote culture and display image, actively cultivate and practice socialist core values, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture, inherit revolutionary culture and develop advanced culture, and strive to create a Chinese culture that shines in the era and shines in the world. We should strengthen the construction of social governance system, constantly promote social fairness and justice, and maintain social stability and order. We will strengthen the construction of system of ecological civilization and implement the strictest ecological environment protection system. We must resolutely get rid of all institutional and institutional obstacles that hinder development and the barriers to solidification of interests, accelerate the formation of a systematic, scientific, standardized and effective system, and promote the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system to be more mature and stereotyped.
Sixth, we must adhere to development as the top priority and constantly enhance China’s comprehensive national strength. The practice of 40 years of reform and opening-up enlightens us that liberating and developing social productive forces and enhancing the comprehensive national strength of socialist countries are the essential requirements and fundamental tasks of socialism. Only by firmly grasping the center of economic construction, unswervingly adhering to the strategic idea that development is the last word, development should be scientific development and high-quality development, and promoting sustained and healthy economic and social development, can we comprehensively enhance China’s economic strength, scientific and technological strength, national defense strength and comprehensive national strength, and lay a solid material foundation for upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
On the way forward, we must focus on solving the contradiction between the people’s growing needs for a better life and the unbalanced development, which is the main social contradiction, resolutely implement the development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing, make overall plans to promote the "five in one" overall layout, coordinate and promote the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, promote high-quality development, promote the synchronous development of new industrialization, informationization, urbanization and agricultural modernization, and accelerate the construction of a modern economic system. We must adhere to the supply-side structural reform as the main line, actively change the development mode, optimize the economic structure, change the growth momentum, actively expand domestic demand, implement the strategy of regional coordinated development, implement the strategy of rural revitalization, and resolutely fight the tough battle of preventing and resolving major risks, accurately getting rid of poverty and preventing pollution. We must adhere to the concept that innovation is the first driving force and talent is the first resource, implement the innovation-driven development strategy, improve the national innovation system, accelerate the independent innovation of key core technologies, and create a new engine for economic and social development. We should strengthen the construction of ecological civilization, firmly establish the concept of Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, form a green development mode and lifestyle, make our great motherland more beautiful, and let people live in a beautiful environment with bluer sky, greener mountains and clearer water.
Seventh, we must persist in opening wider to the outside world and constantly promote the building of a community of human destiny. The practice of 40 years of reform and opening-up enlightens us that opening-up brings progress, while closure is bound to lag behind. The development of China cannot be separated from the world, and the prosperity of the world also needs China. We have made overall plans for both domestic and international situations, adhered to the basic national policy of opening to the outside world, and implemented a proactive opening policy, forming a new pattern of all-round, multi-level and wide-ranging opening-up, which has created a good international environment and opened up broad development space for China.
On the way forward, we must hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win, abide by the foreign policy purpose of safeguarding world peace and promoting common development, and promote the construction of a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness, justice and win-win cooperation. We should respect the right of people of all countries to choose their own development path, safeguard international fairness and justice, advocate the democratization of international relations, and oppose imposing our will on others, interfering in other countries’ internal affairs, and bullying the weak by the strong. We must play the role of a responsible big country, support the development of developing countries, actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system, and work together to build a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, tolerance, cleanliness and beauty. We should support an open, transparent, inclusive and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system, promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, and push economic globalization towards a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction. We should focus on building the "Belt and Road" and work with all parties to create a new platform for international cooperation and add new impetus to the common development of the world. China will never develop itself at the expense of other countries’ interests and will never give up its legitimate rights and interests. China pursues a defensive national defense policy, and the development of China poses no threat to any country. No matter how developed China is, it will never seek hegemony.
Eighth, we must adhere to the strict administration of the party in an all-round way and constantly improve its creativity, cohesion and combat effectiveness. The practice of 40 years of reform and opening-up has inspired us: we must strike while the iron is hot. The key to China’s success lies in the Party, and the key lies in upholding the Party’s management of the Party and strictly administering the Party in an all-round way. Only when our Party leads the great social revolution of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, unswervingly pushes forward the great self-revolution of the Party, dares to remove all viruses that erode the Party’s healthy body, enables the Party to constantly purify itself, improve itself, innovate itself and improve itself, and constantly strengthens its political leadership, ideological leadership, mass organization and social appeal, can it ensure that the Party always maintains flesh-and-blood ties with the people.
On the way forward, we must follow the general requirements of party building in the new era, take political construction as the guide, constantly push forward the new great project of party building, constantly enhance the unity and creativity of the whole party, constantly enhance the ruling ability of the whole party, and make the party stronger and more powerful. We must persist in examining ourselves with the requirements of the development of the times, alert ourselves with a strong sense of urgency, strengthen and improve ourselves with the spirit of reform and innovation, exercise and improve ourselves in dealing with risks and challenges, purify and purify ourselves in solving outstanding contradictions and problems within the party, and constantly improve the level of managing the party. We should insist on having both ability and political integrity, putting morality first and appointing people on their merits, and strive to cultivate a team of high-quality cadres and grand talents who are loyal and clean. With the tenacity and persistence of anti-corruption forever on the road, we should deepen the treatment of both symptoms and root causes, resolutely eliminate all corrupt elements, ensure the integrity of cadres, clean government and clear politics, and create a political ecology of Haiyan and Heqing for continuing to promote reform and opening up.
Ninth, we must adhere to the world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism and correctly handle the relationship between reform, development and stability. The practice of 40 years of reform and opening up has inspired us: China is a big country, and we must not make subversive mistakes on fundamental issues. We insist on the combination of strengthening the party’s leadership and respecting the people’s initiative, the combination of "crossing the river by feeling the stones" and top-level design, the unity of problem-oriented and goal-oriented, and the promotion of pilot projects first and comprehensive promotion, which not only encourages bold attempts, but also insists on seeking truth from facts and doing good deeds, ensuring the stability and far-reaching reform and opening up.
On the way forward, we should strengthen strategic thinking, dialectical thinking, innovative thinking, rule of law thinking, bottom line thinking, macro thinking and top-level design, adhere to the problem orientation, focus on the outstanding contradictions and problems facing China’s development, conduct in-depth investigation and study, encourage grassroots to explore boldly, adhere to the connection between reform decision-making and legislative decision-making, and constantly improve the scientific nature of reform decision-making. We should show the tenacity of grasping the iron and leaving a mark on the stone, do a good job of implementation with the spirit of nailing, and ensure that all major reform measures are implemented. We must not only dare to be the first in the world, but also actively and steadily, unify reform, development and stability, adhere to the same direction, keep the road unbiased, and make efforts to promote reform and opening up in the new era to be more stable and further.
Comrades and friends!
It is the strategic task of China’s socialist modernization to adhere to the unity of enriching the country and strengthening the army and build a consolidated national defense and a strong army commensurate with China’s international status and national security and development interests. We should fully implement the Party’s thought of strengthening the army in the new era, uphold the Party’s absolute leadership over the army, grasp the development trend of the new military revolution in the world, adhere to the road of strengthening the army with China characteristics, comprehensively deepen the reform of national defense and the army, promote political army building, reform and strengthen the army, develop the army through science and technology, and govern the army according to law, build a people’s army that listens to the Party’s command, can win battles and has a good work style, and strive to build a world-class army, in order to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests.
The great concept of "one country, two systems" has great vitality. We should fully and accurately implement the principles of "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong" and "Macao people ruling Macao" and a high degree of autonomy, act in strict accordance with the Constitution and the Basic Law, improve the systems and mechanisms related to the implementation of the Basic Law, maintain the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao, support and promote their better integration into the overall situation of national development, and let Hong Kong and Macao compatriots share the historical responsibility of national rejuvenation and the great glory of the motherland’s prosperity and strength with the people of the motherland.
Realizing the complete reunification of the motherland is the common aspiration of all Chinese people and the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation. We should adhere to the one-China principle and the "1992 Consensus", consolidate and develop the foundation for the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, deepen cross-strait economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation, and benefit compatriots on both sides of the strait. We have firm political determination and strong ability to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and no inch of the sacred territory of the motherland can be split!
Comrades and friends!
The people of China have a great dream spirit, and the Chinese nation is full of the spirit of reform and opening up. Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Chinese nation adhered to the spirit of "Although Zhou was an old country, his life was renewed" and started the great practice of creating Chinese civilization. Since ancient times, numerous political reforms have taken place on the land of China, leaving behind heroic declarations such as "if the world is not governed together, the country will be lawless and ancient". Since ancient times, with the broad mind of "Great Harmony in the World" and "Harmony in All Nations", the Chinese nation has confidently and generously carried out ethnic exchanges and cultural exchanges outside the same region. It once wrote Long song, the vast silk road of Camel Bell Wan Li Wave in Wan Li, and once created the prosperous Tang Dynasty atmosphere of Chang ‘an, the national costume club. It is this spirit of reform and opening-up that makes Chinese civilization the only splendid civilization in human history that has lasted for more than 5,000 years. With thousands of years’ historical view, reform and opening-up are generally the historical normal of China. The Chinese nation continues to move towards the future with the attitude of reform and opening up, which has far-reaching historical origins and profound cultural roots.
A country as big as ours should be ambitious. Comrade Mao Zedong said: "Winning the national victory is only the first step after the Long March. If this step is also worthy of pride, it is relatively small, and more proud is yet to come. Looking at the victory of the people’s democratic revolution in China after several decades, people will feel that it is just a short prelude to a long play. The play must start from the prologue, but the prologue is not the climax. " "We are not only good at destroying an old world, but also good at building a new one."
At the beginning of the reform and opening up, although our country was large, with a large population and a weak foundation, we were faced with many difficulties and challenges, but we were full of confidence in the future and designed a grand blueprint for basically realizing socialist modernization in three steps in more than 70 years. Without extraordinary courage and firm self-confidence, we could not make such a grand vision and decision.
Over the past 40 years, we have insisted that Qingshan will not relax and move towards this great goal rain or shine. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward a higher goal for China’s development, formed a strategic arrangement from building a well-off society in an all-round way to basically realizing modernization and then building a socialist modernized power in an all-round way, and issued the strongest voice for realizing the Chinese dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The ancients said: "Those who do things are born with care, succeed in doing things, and lose pride." Great dreams are not to be waited for or shouted, but to be spelled out and done. We are now in a time when it is more urgent to wander in the middle of a boat and steeper when people reach the middle of a mountain road. It is a time when it is more difficult and more dangerous to advance, but if you don’t advance, you will retreat and have to enter. Reform and opening up have come a long way in Qian Shan, but we still need to cross mountains and rivers. The mission before the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups is more glorious, the task is more arduous, the challenge is more severe and the work is greater. In this era of Qian Fan’s competitive development and numerous struggles, we must not be complacent and complacent, and we must never be hesitant and hesitant. We must take charge of great struggles, great projects, great undertakings and great dreams, stand on the forefront and fight bravely.
Faith, faith and confidence are crucial at all times. As small as a person, a collective, as big as a political party, a nation and a country, as long as they have faith, belief and confidence, they will become more frustrated and more brave, otherwise they will be defeated and defeated without fighting. Regardless of the past, present and future, faith in Marxism, faith in Socialism with Chinese characteristics and confidence in realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation are all powerful spiritual forces that guide and support the people of China to stand up, get rich and become strong.
Comrades and friends!
Forty years of stormy waves lapping on the shore, nine years of Wan Li Fengpeng is a positive move. The reason why rivers can break through the precipice and seize the pass is because they have accumulated the great power of the flood and the wilderness. In the long historical process since modern times, the people of China have experienced too many hardships, sacrificed too much, and fought too much. Now, the great energy accumulated by the people of China and the Chinese nation in the historical process has fully exploded, providing an overwhelming and majestic force for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Building a modern socialist country and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is a relay race. We must run one after another, and each generation must run a good result for the next generation.
The whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups should unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee, hold high the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, Do not forget your initiative mind, keep in mind the mission, carry out reform and opening up to the end, constantly realize the people’s longing for a better life, and create new and greater miracles for the Chinese nation in the new era! Create new and greater miracles that make the world sit up and take notice!
