Comrades,
On behalf of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China (CPC), I will now deliver a report to the 20th National Congress.
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is a meeting
of great importance. It takes place at a critical time as the entire Party and the
Chinese people of all ethnic groups embark on a new journey to build China
into a modern socialist country in all respects and advance toward the Second
Centenary Goal.
The theme of this Congress is holding high the great banner of socialism
with Chinese characteristics, fully implementing the Thought on Socialism
with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, carrying forward the great
founding spirit of the Party, staying confident and building strength,
upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, forging
ahead with enterprise and fortitude, and striving in unity to build a modern
socialist country in all respects and advance the great rejuvenation of the
Chinese nation on all fronts.
Since its founding a century ago, the Communist Party of China has taken
a remarkable journey. Our Party has dedicated itself to achieving lasting
greatness for the Chinese nation and committed itself to the noble cause of
peace and development for humanity. Our responsibility is unmatchedin
importance, and our mission is glorious beyond compare. It is imperative that
all of us in the Party never forget our original aspiration and founding
mission, that we always stay modest, prudent, and hard-working, and that
we have the courage and ability to carry on our fight. We must remain
confident in our history, exhibit greater historical initiative, and write an even
more magnificent chapter for socialism with Chinese characteristics in the
new era.
I. The Work of the Past Five Years and
the Great Changes in the First Decade of the New Era
The five years since the 19th National Congress have been truly
momentous and extraordinary. The Party Central Committee has pursued a
strategy of national rejuvenation amid global changes of a magnitude not
seen in a century. It has convened seven plenary sessions, at which it adopted
decisions and resolutions on major issues such as revising China’s
Constitution, deepening reform of Party and state institutions, upholding and
improving the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and
modernizing China’s system and capacity for governance, formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives through the Year 2035, and conducting a thorough
review of the Party’s major achievements and historical experience over the
past century. At these sessions, major strategic plans were also made for
advancing the cause of the Party and the country. The Central Committee has
brought together the entire Party, the military, and the Chinese people and
led them in effectively responding to grave, intricate international
developments and a series of immense risks and challenges. With great effort
and determination, we have steadily advanced socialism with Chinese
characteristics in the new era.
Over the past five years, we have continued to strengthen the overall
leadership of the Party and the centralized, unified leadership of the Central
Committee. We have devoted great energy to finishing building a moderately
prosperous society in all respects. We have fully and faithfully applied the
new development philosophy on all fronts, focused on promoting
high-quality development, and worked to create a new pattern of
development. We have pursued reform at a swift and steady pace, made solid
progress in developing whole-process people’s democracy, and advanced
law-based governance across all fields of endeavor. We have actively
developed advanced socialist culture. We have ensured and improved public
wellbeing as a matter of priority and pooled resources to wage a critical battle
against poverty. We have made a big push to enhance ecological conservation.
We have worked with firm resolve to safeguard national security, fended off
and defused major risks, and ensured social stability. We have devoted great
energy to modernizing our national defense and the armed forces. We have
conducted major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics on all fronts.
And we have made sweeping efforts to advance the great new project of Party
building.
We celebrated the centenary of the Communist Party of China…
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