“Seeking Truth” magazine published an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping “The Historical Mission of the Communist Party of China in the New Era”

The Historical Mission of the Communist Party of China in the New Era ^※

Xi Jinping

One hundred years ago, the October Revolution brought Marxism-Leninism to China. Chinese advanced elements saw the way out of China’s problems from the scientific truth of Marxism-Leninism. In the violent movement of Chinese society after modern times, in the fierce struggle of the Chinese people against feudal rule and foreign aggression, in the process of combining Marxism-Leninism with the Chinese workers’ movement, the Communist Party of China came into being in 1921. Since then, the Chinese people’s struggle for national independence, people’s liberation, national prosperity, and people’s happiness has become the backbone, and the Chinese people have changed from passive to active in spirit.

The Chinese nation has a civilization history of more than 5,000 years, created a splendid Chinese civilization, made outstanding contributions to mankind, and became a great nation in the world. After the Opium War, China was plunged into a dark situation of internal and external aggression. The Chinese people experienced the severe suffering of frequent wars, broken mountains and rivers, and poor people’s livelihood. For the rejuvenation of the nation, countless people with lofty ideals have persevered and fought one after another. They have fought epic struggles and made various attempts, but in the end they have not been able to change the social nature of old China and the tragic fate of the Chinese people.

Achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation since modern times. Once the Communist Party of China was founded, it took the realization of communism as the party’s highest ideal and ultimate goal, and unhesitatingly shouldered the historical mission of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

On October 18, 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping made a report to the conference on behalf of the 18th Central Committee. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng / photo

Our party deeply realizes that to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must overthrow the three mountains of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism that are pressing down on the Chinese people, and realize national independence, people’s liberation, national unity, and social stability. Our Party united and led the people to find a correct revolutionary path of encircling cities with rural areas and seizing political power by armed force. After 28 years of bloody battles, the New Democratic Revolution was completed. China’s great leap from thousands of years of feudal autocracy to people’s democracy.

Our party deeply realizes that to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must establish an advanced social system that conforms to the reality of our country. Our party united and led the people to complete the socialist revolution, established the basic socialist system, promoted socialist construction, completed the most extensive and profound social transformation in the history of the Chinese nation, and laid the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for all development and progress in contemporary China. It has realized the great leap of the Chinese nation from the continuous decline of modern times to the fundamental reversal of fate and the continuous progress towards prosperity and strength.

Our party deeply realizes that to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must conform to the trend of the times, comply with the will of the people, and have the courage to reform and open up, so that the cause of the party and the people will always be full of powerful driving force to advance bravely. Our party unites and leads the people in the new great revolution of reform and opening up, removes all ideological and institutional obstacles that hinder the development of the country and the nation, opens up the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and enables China to catch up with the times with great strides.

From August 16 to 17, 2022, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping inspected Liaoning. This is the afternoon of the 16th, when Xi Jinping inspected the Liaoshen Campaign Memorial Hall in Jinzhou City, he cordially met with representatives of veterans, veterans and relatives of revolutionary martyrs. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng / photo

Over the past 96 years, in order to realize the historical mission of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, whether it is weak or strong, whether in good times or in adversity, our party has never changed its original aspirations, and has remained committed to uniting and leading the people through countless difficulties and great sacrifices. , Dare to face twists and turns, have the courage to correct mistakes, overcome one seemingly insurmountable difficulty after another, and create one miracle after another that shines in the annals of history.

Comrades! Today, we are closer, more confident and capable of realizing the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history.

Barry is only half of 90. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is by no means something that can be achieved easily and by beating gongs and drums. The whole party must be prepared to make harder and harder efforts.

To achieve great dreams, we must have great struggles. Society advances in the movement of contradictions, and where there are contradictions, there will be struggles. In order to unite and lead the people to effectively respond to major challenges, resist major risks, overcome major obstacles, and resolve major contradictions, our party must carry out a great struggle with many new historical characteristics. Incorrect. The entire Party must more consciously uphold the Party’s leadership and my country’s socialist system, resolutely oppose all words and deeds that weaken, distort, or deny the Party’s leadership and my country’s socialist system; more consciously safeguard the interests of the people, and resolutely oppose all actions that harm the people’s interests and break away from The behavior of the masses; more consciously join the trend of reform and innovation, and resolutely eliminate all stubborn diseases; more consciously safeguard our country’s sovereignty, security, and development interests, and resolutely oppose all acts that split the motherland, undermine national unity and social harmony and stability; more consciously We must prevent all kinds of risks and resolutely overcome all difficulties and challenges in the political, economic, cultural, social and other fields and in nature. The whole party must fully understand the protracted, complex, and arduous nature of this great struggle, carry forward the fighting spirit, improve the fighting ability, and continuously win new victories in the great struggle.

To realize great dreams, we must build great projects. This great project is a new great project of party building that our party is advancing in depth. History has and will continue to prove that without the leadership of the Communist Party of China, national rejuvenation is bound to be an illusion. Our party must always be the vanguard of the times, the backbone of the nation, and the ruling party of Marxism, and it must always be strong. The whole party must more consciously strengthen the principles of party spirit, have the courage to face problems head-on, dare to scrape the bones to cure poison, eliminate all factors that damage the party’s advanced nature and purity, eliminate all viruses that erode the party’s healthy body, and continuously strengthen the party’s political leadership. , ideological leadership, mass organization, and social appeal to ensure that our party will always maintain strong vitality and strong combat effectiveness.

To realize great dreams, we must advance great causes. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the theme of all the theory and practice of the party since the reform and opening up, and it is the fundamental achievement that the party and the people have made through untold hardships and at a huge price. The road of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the only way to realize socialist modernization and create a better life for the people. The theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the correct theory to guide the party and the people to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The socialist system with Chinese characteristics is the foundation of contemporary China’s development and progress. Institutional guarantee, socialist culture with Chinese characteristics is a powerful spiritual force that inspires the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups to forge ahead bravely. The whole party must more consciously increase self-confidence in the road, theory, system, and culture, neither take the old road of closure and rigidity, nor take the evil road of changing the flag, maintain political determination, insist on hard work and rejuvenate the country, and always adhere to harmony Develop socialism with Chinese characteristics.

From July 12 to 15, 2022, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping inspected Xinjiang. This is the morning of the 13th. Xi Jinping was sitting with the family of Uyghur resident Abulaiti Turxun in the Guyuan Lane community in Tianshan District, Urumqi City. Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi / photo

The great struggle, the great project, the great cause, and the great dream are closely linked, interconnected, and interact with each other, among which the new great project of party building plays a decisive role. To advance the great project, we must combine the practice of the great struggle, the great cause, and the great dream to ensure that the party is always at the forefront of the times in the historical process of profound changes in the world situation, and in the historical process of coping with various risks and tests at home and abroad. It has become the backbone of the people of the whole country, and has always been a strong leadership core in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Comrades! The mission calls for responsibility, and the mission leads the future. We must live up to the people’s great trust and worthy of the historical choice. In the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, with the party’s strong leadership and tenacious struggle, we will inspire all Chinese sons and daughters to keep forging ahead and gather the majestic force to build the Chinese dream together. !

※This is part of the report of General Secretary Xi Jinping at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 18, 2017, “A decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and winning the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era”.