on october 1, general secretary xi jinping delivered an important speech at the conference celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china. this great event completely changed the tragic fate of china, which had been poor, weak and bullied for more than 100 years since modern times. the chinese nation embarked on a grand road of great rejuvenation. over the past 70 years, the chinese people of all ethnic groups have worked hard with one heart and one mind and made great achievements that have impressed the world." the strongest voice of this era echoed across china and the international community. together with the powerful military parade, the jubilant mass parade and the gala, it greatly inspired the sincere feelings and national pride of hundreds of millions of chinese people at home and abroad who love the motherland. the great events and achievements of the people's republic of china, from lagging behind and catching up with the times to leading the times, will inspire the party and people who have entered the new era to make new historic achievements.
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the great achievements made in the 70 years since the founding of the people's republic of china mean that the chinese nation, which has endured so much in modern times, has made a great leap forward from standing up, becoming rich and becoming strong, and has ushered in a bright future for the great renewal of the chinese nation.
stand up. after the opium war, the chinese people were faced with the dual historical tasks of striving for national independence and liberation and realizing national prosperity and people's happiness. comrade mao zedong as the main representative of the chinese communists led the people through the fighting in the new-democratic revolution and the overthrow imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism the rule of three mountain, completed the task of national independence and liberation and founded the people's republic of china, advanced social system established in accordance with the reality of our country, opened the national rich and strong, the history of people's happiness.
just when the people's republic of china was founded and left in ruins, the united states brought the flames of the korean war to the border of china and north korea, and the new people's regime faced a severe test. despite the great disparity in strength, difficulties, but the central committee of the situation, resolutely made a major decision to resist the united states and aid korea, protect the country. the chinese people's volunteers marched proudly, high and mighty, across the yalu river, after three years of life-to-death struggle, played the new china's national and military, played the unshakable great power dignity. in the arduous exploration of socialist construction, we achieved major breakthroughs, such as "two bombs, one star," by being independent and striving to be strong, and socialist china stood firm.
rich. after the establishment of the socialist system, the communist party of china faces an important task: how to quickly liberate and develop the productive forces in a socialist country, transform it from a backward agricultural country to an advanced industrial country, and realize modernization in an all-round way. in historical reflection and international comparison, the chinese communists, mainly represented by comrade deng xiaoping, have realized that poverty is not socialism and that socialism must get rid of poverty. since then, the communist party of china raised the banner of reform and opening up, taking economic construction as the center, to create and improve the socialist market economic system and withstand forged in the crucible of the soviet union upheaval in eastern europe in the early 1990 s, to resist the 1997 asian financial crisis and the impact of the international financial crisis in 2008, deal with the flood in the yangtze river in 1998 and 2003, a great danger, the wenchuan earthquake in 2008, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars). we joined the world trade organization in 2001 to strengthen our health in a globalized and open international environment. china is becoming the world's second largest economy and is getting richer.
strong up. socialism with chinese characteristics has entered a new era. this is a new historical juncture in china's development. the party central committee with comrade xi for the core unity led the people's great struggle, the great project of construction, advancing the great cause and realize the great dream, solved many want to solve problems that not for a long time, we wanted to do a lot of the past without succeeds, promote historic changes occur, the party and the state made historic achievements. china's comprehensive national strength ranks among the top in the world and china's international status has never been higher. the chinese nation is closer, more confident and capable of achieving its goal of national rejuvenation than at any time in history. it has shown the world a magnificent prospect of winning the decisive battle to finish building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and then building a great modern socialist country in an all-round way. we will push world socialism to a new stage, provide chinese wisdom and solutions for mankind to solve common problems, and contribute to building a better world. facts have proved that no force can shake the status of our great motherland, and no force can stop the chinese people and the chinese nation from advancing.
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the great achievements made in the 70 years since the founding of the people's republic of china explain in depth why the cpc is "capable", why marxism is "capable" and why socialism with chinese characteristics is "good".
why chinese communist party "can". after the opium war, china suffered from internal troubles and foreign invasions, frequent wars, broken mountains and rivers, and people's livelihood. the birth of the communist party of china gave the chinese people the backbone in their struggle for national independence, liberation, prosperity and happiness. it was under the centralized and unified leadership of the party that we established the people's republic and embarked on the socialist road. we successfully responded to a series of major risks and challenges. instead of taking the old closed and rigid path or taking the wrong path, we unswervingly took the path of socialism with chinese characteristics. we have constantly improved the leadership of the party to make it more responsive to the needs of practice, the times and the people. practice has shown that the leadership of the communist party of china is the most essential feature of socialism with chinese characteristics and the greatest advantage of the socialist system with chinese characteristics.
why does marxism "work"? the communist manifesto was published in 1848, marking the birth of marxism, which provided the impetus for the liberation of mankind. chinese advanced molecules from the scientific truth of marxism saw the way to solve the problem of china, created the communist party of china, and uses the method of marxist position, answer the question of history, era, the question of the q of the people, took the victory of the new-democratic revolution, established the law of the people's republic of china, started the innovation practice of scientific socialism, promote the popularization of marxism era is changed, to put marxism into a new historical height. practice has proved that marxism is the truth of scientific system, open innovation and keeping pace with the times. all the achievements the party has made under the leadership of the people are the result of the correct application of the scientific method of thought and the working method of marxism.
why socialism with chinese characteristics is "good"? socialism with chinese characteristics did not fall from the sky. it was the result of painstaking efforts to build socialism after the founding of new china. great achievements have been made, but also a detour. the arduous exploration before the reform and opening up provided us with valuable experience, theoretical preparation and material basis for moving forward. having crossed a detour, let us think more deeply: what is socialism and how to build socialism; what is socialism with chinese characteristics and how to build it? at the beginning of reform and opening up, our party issued a great call to follow its own path and build socialism with chinese characteristics. over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the central theme of our party's theory and practice has been to uphold and develop socialism with chinese characteristics. the success of socialism with chinese characteristics has declared the bankruptcy of the "final conclusion of history" and the bankruptcy of the linear historical view of the supremacy of the western system model.
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i am very proud of the great achievements of the people's republic of china. just as general secretary xi jinping has stressed, "china's yesterday is written in the history of mankind. china's today is being created by hundreds of millions of people. china's tomorrow will be even better." the people's republic is ready to go again.
there are political advantages. under the leadership of the communist party of china (cpc), we have established a system of people's democratic dictatorship in line with china's actual conditions, as well as a system of people's congresses, political consultation, regional ethnic autonomy and community-level democracy under the leadership of the cpc. we will develop socialist democracy, integrate the adherence to the leadership of the party, the position of the people as masters of the country, and the rule of law, and constantly modernize the party and state governance systems and capabilities. we have the political foundation supported by the people and the institutional advantage of concentrating our resources to accomplish great things.
have economic foundation. the early years of the founding of the people's republic of china were full of war devastation, "a car, a plane, a tank, a tractor can not be built". after 70 years of hard work, by the end of 2018, china's gdp had reached 90 trillion yuan, stabilizing the world's second largest economy and completing in a few decades what western developed countries had gone through for hundreds of years in industrialization. china's contribution to global and world economic growth is around 30 percent. china has become a stabilizer and driving force for global economic growth. china has become an economic power with resilience, space, endurance and great influence.
it's guided by theory. the communist party of china put the universal truth of marxism combined with china's national conditions, to create the new china and has carried on the exploration of socialist construction and reform and opening up, advancing the great cause of socialism with chinese characteristics, and formed mao zedong thought, deng xiaoping theory and "three represents" important thought, the concept of scientific development, and xi jinping, the new era of socialism with chinese characteristics, it is in under the guidance of these theories, a new breakthrough in our career. xi jinping thought on socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era is the 21st century marxism and contemporary chinese marxism that guides our progress.
have road confidence. after arduous exploration, chinese communists have found the path of socialism with chinese characteristics. all great achievements are the result of continuous efforts, and all great undertakings need to be carried forward in the process of building on past achievements. the chinese people believe in the strength of their own country and understand the reality of the world and china's position in it. the chinese people's confidence in their path and national pride are not blind.
there are memes. culture is the soul of a country and a nation. culture prospers the country and the nation. the fine traditional chinese culture, nurtured by the 5,000-year civilization of the chinese nation, and the revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture created by the people under the leadership of the party in the course of revolution, development and reform, constitute the cultural gene for moving forward. we have nurtured and practiced core socialist values, carried forward the national spirit and the spirit of the times, praised heroes, remembered predecessors and kept in mind history, and enabled the people to have faith, the country to have strength and the nation to have hope.
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at present, we are facing major changes unprecedented in the world, and china's economy and society are also facing profound structural adjustment and transformation. we should unite, stay true to our original intention and mission, and continue to work hard to realize the two centenary goals and the chinese dream of great national renewal.
uphold the leadership of the communist party of china. the leadership of the communist party of china is the historic choice made by the chinese people in the struggle between the old and new democratic revolutions in modern times. without the communist party, there would be no new china and no great rejuvenation of the chinese nation. with more than 90 million members and more than 4.5 million grassroots party organizations, the cpc is the world's largest political party and the largest party with the largest population. we must recognize and give full play to the fact that the communist party of china is the most essential feature and the greatest strength of socialism with chinese characteristics. we must enhance our skills in the process of constant revolutionary forging, improve the party's governing ability and leadership, and ensure that the socialist ship ploughs ahead in the right direction.
we will uphold the principal position of the people. the most distinctive feature of the marxist theoretical system is the adherence to the principal position of the people. the key factor for the success of the communist party of china is that it is able to uphold the principal position of the people and be people-centered so as to meet their aspirations for a better life and a better society. the people are the solid foundation of the republic and the greatest confidence of the communist party. when the party and the people stand together, they can overcome difficulties and win victory.
adhere to the path of socialism with chinese characteristics. since reform and opening up, the party has created the basic line for the primary stage of socialism and led the people down a path of socialist development with its own characteristics. on the way forward, we must fully implement the party's basic theory, line and strategy, adhere to the "two unswervingly" principle, give full play to market decisions and the government's institutional advantages, energize various market players, and accelerate efforts to make the socialist system with chinese characteristics more mature and finalized.
adhere to the principle of "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems". in the process of exploring socialism with chinese characteristics, our party put forward the major principles of "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems" and resumed the exercise of sovereignty over hong kong and macao, thus expiating the century-old humiliation of the chinese nation. we should adhere to the principle of "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems", maintain the long-term stability and prosperity of hong kong and macao, and promote the peaceful development of cross-straits relations. all the sons and daughters of the chinese nation should continue to work together for the complete reunification of the motherland. this is also the call of the times for us to realize the chinese dream of the great renewal of the chinese nation.
adhere to the path of peaceful development. we should pursue a just cause for common good. mankind lives in the same global village. peace, development and mutual benefit are the themes of our world. china's development from a poor, weak and backward country to an influential economic power did not rely on colonial expansion or foreign plunder. instead, china adhered to the path of peaceful development and pursued a win-win strategy of opening-up. we will continue to work together to build a community of shared future for mankind. the people's liberation army and the people's armed police should always maintain the nature, purpose and true character of the people's army, resolutely safeguard china's sovereignty, security and development interests, and resolutely safeguard world peace.
source: theoretical web