PD Editorial: Saga of striving, strength of rejuvenation
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Seventy years ago on Oct. 1, the first
five-star national flag was raised on this land. Since then, the People’s
Republic of China (PRC) has overcome all kinds of difficulties and made a
series of achievements. On the 70th anniversary of the PRC’s founding,
approximately 1.4 billion Chinese people are delighted and proud to celebrate
the birthday of our great country together.
In 70 years, China and its people have
undergone unprecedented changes.
China has never stopped striving for a better
future. The Communist Party of China (CPC) has led Chinese people in the
development of the economy and infrastructure and launched the reform and
opening-up policy. China has impressed the world with miracles of rapid
economic growth and long-term social stability.
After the 18th National Congress of the CPC,
socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a new era. Chinese people have
stood up, become richer and stronger. Today, those who were unable to feed
themselves are living in a society that soon will be moderately prosperous in
all respects. The once impoverished China now firmly stands in the east of the
world. The once weak Chinese nation is now bracing for a promising future of
rejuvenation.
As President Xi Jinping noted, “History fully
testifies to the fact that the Communist Party of China and Chinese people are
not only able to break an old world, but also to build a new one. Looking
ahead, China has a promising future.”
Xi highly praised the development of the new
China in the past 70 years, saying that “this is an earth-shattering epic of
striving in both the history of the Chinese nation and the history of the
world.”
This epic of striving reflects the original
aspiration and mission of the CPC.
Once the CPC was established, it shouldered the
historic mission of “seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation
for the Chinese nation.” In the past nearly 100 years, regardless of whether it
was weak or strong, or in good or bad times, our party has not changed its
original aspiration and has been determined to lead the Chinese people through
thousands of difficulties with huge sacrifices. Our party has dared to
face the twists and turns and to correct mistakes, and has overcome many
seemingly insurmountable odds one after another, creating one miracle after
another.
The fundamental reason for the great changes of
the new China in the past 70 years lies in the leadership of the CPC. The CPC
leadership is the defining feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics,
and the greatest strength of the distinctively Chinese socialist system.
This epic of striving has demonstrated the
endeavor and pride of hundreds of millions of people.
“Our people are the country's solid foundation
and our main source of confidence to govern.” Everything the Chinese people
have today was gained through hard work. Relying on the support and trust of
the people, always being of the same mind with them, sharing the same destiny
with them, and working together with them, we have made achievements that are
worthy of history and the times and true to the expectations of the people.
With the passion to create history, the ability to realize dreams and the
confidence to continue to work miracles, hundreds of millions of people will
certainly make our country more prosperous and stronger by rolling up their
sleeves to work harder.
This epic of striving has secured the success
and glory of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
In 70 years’ time, especially the last four
decades of reform and opening-up, we have created and developed socialism with
Chinese characteristics and fundamentally changed the fate of the Chinese
people and Chinese nation.
It is not easy to govern a big country like
China, but we have provided an excellent answer. The great success of socialism
with Chinese characteristics has declared the bankruptcy of the “the end of
history” theory with facts, proclaiming the bankruptcy of the vertical thinking
on history in which countries will eventually adopt the Western political
pattern.
The socialist system with Chinese
characteristics and the national governance system formed in the past 70 years
have shown strong vitality and strength. History will surely prove that
socialism with Chinese characteristics is the only way to lead the Chinese
nation towards a great rejuvenation.
China rose to become the world’s second largest
economy from scratch, an extraordinary accomplishment achieved by following the
path of peaceful development, rather than expansionism or colonialism.
China has been serving as a main economic
powerhouse for global growth for 13 straight years, with its contribution to
world economic expansion exceeding 30 percent. China also has been reaching out
to other developing countries with the Belt and Road Initiative and the pledge
to build a community with a shared future for humanity.
China explores the options for other developing
countries for their modernization with its experience in pursuing socialism
with Chinese characteristics and relevant theories, mechanisms and culture. The
journey China has traveled demonstrates a new possibility for states and
nations which are dreaming of rapid growth without compromising their
independence. China is willing to work together with other countries to promote
the mission of building a community with a shared future for humanity.
Our world is undergoing profound changes unseen
in a century, and our pursuit of the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation has
entered a crucial stage. Looking into the future, our task to rejuvenate the
Chinese nation, secure a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous
society in all respects and embark on the new voyage as a powerful nation is
not easy to do.
The best commemoration for the past glory are
the concrete actions for a promising future. Let us closely unite around the
CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. Let us stand
together to create more miracles along the road to the Chinese dream of
national rejuvenation.
Wish our great motherland a more prosperous
future.
Wish Chinese people a proud national
rejuvenation.
(Compiled by Chen Lidan, Zhang Jian& Li
Bowen)
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