Keeping original aspiration, CPC creates glorious achievements
By Ren Zhongping (People's Daily)
“The original
aspiration and the mission of Chinese Communists is to seek happiness for the
Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. This original
aspiration, this mission, is what inspires Chinese Communists to advance.”
What General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Central Committee Xi Jinping remarked at the opening ceremony of the 19th
National Congress of the CPC well explained the mission of the Party.
In the new era, Xi called all members of the CPC to remain
true to their original aspiration and keep their mission firmly in mind.
Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, historic
achievements have been created by hundreds of millions of Chinese people under
the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi at the core. The
Chinese nation has achieved a tremendous transformation: it has stood up, grown
rich, and is becoming influential.
Today, as the Fuxing bullet trains are running as fast as
350 kilometers per hour and have become forerunners in the global high-speed
rail industry, the Chinese people are closer, more confident, and more capable
than ever before of truly attaining the goal of national rejuvenation.
History, which has witnessed the rise and fall of countries,
proves that a nation faces the most immense pressure in two periods. These come
both when it is weak and poor and also when it is embracing development and
revitalization.
China is now transitioning from a big country into a strong
one, so it is facing increasing pressure from both inside and outside. However,
what it has achieved in the past 70 years makes it proud rather than
self-contented, and the country will never sit idle and brag. What it still
needs to do next is to create more significant miracles with its strong
spirits.
The Chinese Dream proposed by Xi resonates in the minds of
hundreds of millions of Chinese people, and has become the most influential
notion to date in Chinese society.
Xi has repeatedly stressed that the Chinese Dream, after
all, is the dream of the people. History shows that the personal future and
destiny of each individual are closely connected with the future of the
country.
Founded in 1949, the People's Republic of China started the
great course of reform and opening-up in 1978 and entered the period of
socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era in 2012. If these years
mark important time nodes China has experienced on its voyage of revitalization,
then the three greater goals to build a moderately prosperous society in all
respects by 2020, to basically realize modernization by 2035, and to make China
a great modern socialist country in every dimension by the middle of this
century, are the essential coordinates in the country’s future trip to chase its dreams.
By reaching the targets it has set and started off toward
following targets, China is gradually approaching the final destination of its
great national rejuvenation.
Standing at a new starting point of history, China must
undergo a great struggle to realize its great dream.
The founding of the CPC and the People's Republic of China,
the implementation of reform and opening-up, and the promotion of socialism
with Chinese characteristics for a new era all emerged, developed and gained
strength in struggles.
The world is undergoing profound changes, and the great
rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is in a decisive stage. As Xi always says,
achieving national rejuvenation will be no walk in the park. In the future,
China will only face more and more complex challenges. Risks cannot defeat the
country, and what the country must keep is its struggling spirit.
If the CPC is to unite and lead the people to effectively
respond to significant challenges, withstand major risks, overcome significant
obstacles, and address major conflicts, it must have a strong determination to
struggle.
Everyone in the Party must do more to uphold Party
leadership and the Chinese socialist system, and resolutely oppose all
statements and actions that undermine, distort, or negate them. They must do
more to protect people’s interests,
and firmly oppose all moves that damage their interests or put distance between
the Party and the people. They must do more to channel their energies toward
the contemporary current of reform and innovation, and address deep-rooted
problems determined to resolve. They must do more to safeguard China’s sovereignty, security, and
development interests, and staunchly oppose all attempts to split China or
undermine its ethnic unity and social harmony and stability. They must do more
to guard against all kinds of risks and work determinedly to prevail over every
political, economic, cultural, social, and natural difficulty and challenge.
Never in history has a political party in China gathered so
many progressives nor had such a sound and broad organization like the CPC did.
The CPC is good at summarizing its experiences and treats its mistakes
seriously. It has established and adhered to correct theories and paths and
made enormous sacrifices for the Chinese nation during the protracted and
arduous struggle. The Party has made so many achievements and miracles.
The CPC’s
long-term governance of China is in line with the fundamental interests of the
people and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and a sure choice of
China both in the past and at present.
The CPC has over 90 million members and 4.6 million
primary-level Party organizations and is a party that governs China on a long-term
basis. Therefore its self-construction plays a decisive role in the fate and
future of the Party and the country.
The glorious achievements made by China during the past 70
years indicate that to conduct continuous self-revolution while promoting social
revolution is what distinguishes the CPC from other political parties, and also
the key to the Party's remarkable governance for the people.
Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the CPC Central
Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has delivered a satisfactory
anti-corruption performance through hard work. In the past, there were rumors
about China's political system in the Western world, but after the 18th CPC
National Congress, they have been gradually losing influence.
China's anti-corruption achievements are comparable with the
country’s colossal contribution to
poverty reduction, foreign media commented. Facts speak louder than words. In
today's world, no country has cracked down on corruption as ruthlessly and
effectively as China has, and no country has done a better job than China in
maintaining the overall stability of the society while fighting corruption.
Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. The
practice of the past 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of
China, especially since the reform and opening up, is indisputable proof that
socialism with Chinese characteristics is the only path leading to development
and progress in China. This is an unshakable conclusion drawn by the Party and
the people from history and reality.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics does not drop from
the sky, and it must be carried through. Some people and some forces in the
world are unwilling to see China become strong. Since the beginning of reform
and opening up, especially after the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the
drastic changes in Eastern Europe, they never stopped singing the blue over
China and constantly played up the "China collapse theory."
However, China did not fall down. Instead, its overall
national strength has increased, and the people’s living standards have continuously improved.
Some people blamed China's development problems on the
system, saying China will solve its problems by copying the Western political
systems.
However, as some developing countries and regions carried
out the "color revolution" according to the Western model, they saw
not economic development, political stability, and social progress, but
political turmoil, social division, and chaos.
These facts confirm the correctness of the Chinese road and
profoundly indicate that people must neither retrace their steps to the
rigidity and isolation of the past nor take the wrong turn by changing their
nature and abandoning their system.
Brilliant thoughts illuminate the journey of a nation toward
revival and generate the power to influence the world. In recent years, the
book "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" became a bestseller in
many countries and has been read by many foreign politicians.
Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said that
the book expounds on China's major choices and clearly shows China's ambition
and development direction. Countries with different social systems and
different stages of development can get inspiration from this book about their
own development and world progress. This is the charm of Xi Jinping Thought on
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
With decades of hard work, socialism with Chinese
characteristics has crossed the threshold into a new era. This is a new
historic juncture in China’s
development, according to the report delivered at the 19th National Congress of
the CPC.
After 70 years, China's development has entered a new
historical era, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has shown a
bright future that has never been seen before.
We must recognize that the fundamental dimension of the
Chinese context—that our
country is still and will long remain in the primary stage of socialism has not
changed. China’s
international status as the world’s
largest developing country has not changed.
China’s GDP per
capita is still in the middle of the world, and there is still a distance from
high-income countries. The problem of uneven development between urban and
rural areas still exists. Though China has made significant progress in the
realm of technology, it is still weak in many technologies.
We must be completely clear about this fundamental dimension
of our national context and start from reality. We must fully implement the
Party’s basic theory, line, and
policy.
We must also recognize that the principal contradiction
facing Chinese society is the contradiction between unbalanced and inadequate
development, and the people’s
ever-growing needs for a better life. This has put forward many new demands on
the work of the Party and the state. We must regard as our goal the people’s aspirations to live a better
life.
We must see that the Chinese nation has ushered in the best
period of development in history. The economy continues to grow and is transitioning
from a phase of rapid growth to a stage of high-quality development. The
country's economic strength has leaped to the first echelon of the world.
Besides, the policies adopted by the Party and the
government have responded to people's wishes. The development of the country
has aroused the cultural confidence of the whole nation. Chinese culture has
become more open and inclusive, making the nation more united.
Chinese society is full of vitality, and the industrious and
intelligent Chinese people have generated tremendous creative energy. The
people's livelihood continues to improve, and moderately prosperous society in
all respects will be built. China has won wide respect from the international
community, and its international influence is increasing day by day. The
confidence and morale of the Chinese people are at a historic high.
For a party which fights for the eternal wellbeing of the
Chinese nation, the centenary only ushers in the prime of life. This is the
oath of the 100-year-old Party to stay true to its original aspiration and
dedicated to its mission.
The CPC members are always advancing on the road, and the
Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is going to come
true.
Keeping original aspiration, CPC creates glorious achievements
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