Celebrating the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, Xi Jinping delivered an important speech

On December 18, the General Assembly to celebrate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech at the conference.

Amid warm applause, Xi Jinping delivered an important speech. He emphasized that our party's historic decision to implement reform and opening up is based on a profound grasp of the future and destiny of the party and the country, a profound summary of the socialist revolution and construction practice, a profound insight into the trend of the times, and a profound understanding of the expectations and needs of the people. Reform and opening up is a great awakening of our party, and it is this great awakening that gave birth to our party's great creation from theory to practice. Reform and opening up is a great revolution in the history of the development of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. It is this great revolution that has promoted the great leap of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Xi Jinping pointed out that the establishment of the Communist Party of China, the establishment of the the People's Republic of China Party, the promotion of reform and opening up, and the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics are the three major historical events in my country since the May Fourth Movement and the three major milestones in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in modern times. The Chinese Communists, with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative, completed the new democratic revolution and established the the People's Republic of China, laying the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for all development and progress in contemporary China. The Chinese Communists, with Comrade Deng Xiaoping as the main representative, made the historic decision to shift the work center of the party and the state to economic construction and carry out reform and opening up, and successfully created socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Chinese Communists, with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the main representative, established the reform goal and basic framework of the socialist market economic system, created a new situation of comprehensive reform and opening up, and successfully pushed socialism with Chinese characteristics into the 21st century. The Chinese Communists, with Comrade Hu Jintao as the main representative, emphasized adhering to people-oriented, comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development, advancing the party's ability to govern and building its advanced nature, and successfully upheld and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics at a new historical starting point.

Xi Jinping emphasized that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has united and led the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to comprehensively examine the new international and domestic situation. By summarizing practice and looking forward to the future, it has profoundly answered what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics to uphold and develop in the new era. How to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics is a major issue of the times, forming the thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, adhere to the overall planning and promotion of the "five in one" overall layout, coordinate the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, adhere to the general tone of the work of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and put forward a series of new ideas, new ideas and strategies for all aspects of the work of the party and the state. We will promote historic changes and achievements in the cause of the party and the state, and socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era.

Xi Jinping pointed out that hardships and hardships, Yuru Yu Cheng. Over the past 40 years, we have emancipated our minds, sought truth from facts, boldly tried and bravely changed, and created a new world. Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, from opening a new era to entering a new century, from standing on a new starting point to entering a new era, our party has led the people to paint a magnificent and magnificent historical picture, composing a moving and magnificent song of struggle.

Xi Jinping summed up the great achievements of reform and opening up in terms of theoretical innovation, economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, ecological civilization construction, national defense and army construction, reunification of the motherland, diplomatic work, and party building. He emphasized that the achievements made in the past 40 years have not fallen from the sky, let alone gifts from others, but have been done by the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups with diligence, wisdom, and courage. In decades, we have completed the industrialization process of developed countries for hundreds of years. In the hands of the Chinese people, it cannot be possible. We are extremely proud and proud of the Chinese people who have created miracles on earth.

Xi Jinping pointed out that the valuable experience accumulated over the past 40 years of reform and opening up is the precious spiritual wealth of the party and the people. It has extremely important guiding significance for the adherence and development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. It must be cherished, persisted for a long time, and continued in practice. Enrich and develop. First, we must adhere to the party's leadership over all work, constantly strengthen and improve the party's leadership, enhance the "four consciousness", strengthen the "four self-confidence", resolutely safeguard the authority of the party Central Committee and centralized and unified leadership, and ensure that the ship of reform and opening up breaks the waves along the correct course. Second, we must persist in taking the people as the center, constantly realize the people's yearning for a better life, conform to the will of the people, respect public opinion, pay attention to the feelings of the people, and devote ourselves to the people's livelihood, so that the people can share the fruits of reform and opening up, and encourage the people to devote themselves more consciously to the cause of reform and opening up and socialist modernization. Third, we must adhere to the guiding position of Marxism, constantly promote theoretical innovation on the basis of practice, answer the questions of the times and the people in a timely manner, and constantly open up a new realm for the development of Marxism. Fourth, we must adhere to the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, constantly adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, and firmly grasp the direction of reform and opening up. Fifth, we must persist in improving and developing the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, constantly give full play to and enhance the advantages of China's system, and promote the socialist system with Chinese characteristics to become more mature and stereotyped. Sixth, we must persist in taking development as the top priority, constantly enhance China's comprehensive national strength, promote sustained and healthy economic and social development, and lay a solid material foundation for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Seventh, we must persist in opening wider to the outside world, constantly promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, safeguard international fairness and justice, advocate the democratization of international relations, actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system, and promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment. Eighth, we must persist in administering the party strictly in an all-round way, constantly improve the party's creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness, constantly enhance the party's political leadership, ideological leadership, mass organization, and social appeal, and resolutely eliminate all corrupt elements. to ensure that the party always maintains flesh-and-blood ties with the masses of the people. Ninth, we must adhere to the world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, adhere to the problem orientation, and correctly handle the relationship between reform, development and stability. We should not only encourage bold attempts and bold breakthroughs, but also adhere to seeking truth from facts and good achievements, so as to ensure the stability and long-term development of reform and opening up.

Xi Jinping stressed that we should fully implement the party's thought of strengthening the army in the new era, adhere to the party's absolute leadership over the army, adhere to the road of strengthening the army with Chinese characteristics, comprehensively deepen the reform of national defense and the army, build a people's army that obeys the party's command, can win battles and has a good style of work, and strive to build a world-class army in order to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, To maintain world peace and stability, to provide a strong backing for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Xi Jinping pointed out that we must fully and accurately implement the principles of "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong", "Macao people ruling Macao", and a high degree of autonomy, strictly follow the Constitution and the Basic Law, and support and promote Hong Kong and Macao to better integrate into the overall development of the country. Let the compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao share the historical responsibility of national rejuvenation and the great glory of the motherland's prosperity. Realizing the complete reunification of the motherland is the common aspiration of all Chinese people and is where the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation lie. We must adhere to the one-China principle and the "92 Consensus", consolidate and develop the foundation for the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, deepen cross-strait economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation, and benefit compatriots on both sides of the strait.

Xi Jinping stressed that great dreams are not something that can be waited for or shouted for, but something that can be spelled out and done. What we are in now is a time when it is more urgent for a boat to wander in the middle, and when people get to the middle of the mountain road steeper, it is a time when it is more difficult to enter, the more dangerous it is, and if we do not advance, we will retreat. Reform and opening up have gone through thousands of mountains and rivers, but it still needs to travel through mountains and rivers. The mission before the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups is more glorious, the task is more arduous, the challenge is more severe, and the work is greater. In this era of thousands of sails competing for development and hundreds of boats competing for the best, we must not have the slightest arrogance and complacency, nor must we have the slightest hesitation or hesitation. We must take charge of great struggles, great projects, great undertakings, and great dreams. Stand up to the forefront and fight bravely.

Xi Jinping pointed out that in the long historical process since modern times, the Chinese people have experienced too many hardships, made too many sacrifices, and made too many struggles. Now, the powerful energy accumulated by the Chinese people and the Chinese nation in the historical process has fully exploded, providing an unstoppable and majestic force for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups should unite more closely around the Party Central Committee, hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, never forget the original intention, bear in mind the mission, carry out the reform and opening up to the end, constantly realize the people's yearning for a better life, create new and greater miracles of the Chinese nation in the new era, and create new and greater miracles that impress the world.

When presiding over the conference, Li Keqiang said that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech profoundly summarized the great achievements and valuable experience of the party and the country in the past 40 years of reform and opening up, highly praised the outstanding contributions made by the Chinese people to the cause of reform and opening up, and solemnly declared The reform and opening up is only carried out when it is not completed, the reform and opening up are always on the way, and the confidence and determination to carry out the reform to the end, it clearly puts forward the goal requirements of unswervingly deepening reform in an all-round way, expanding opening up to the outside world, and constantly pushing forward reform and opening up in the new era. Let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, never forget our original aspirations, keep our mission in mind, and continue to deepen reform and opening up, in order to achieve the "two centenary" goals, Build a prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful modern socialist country, and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we will make unremitting efforts to safeguard world peace, promote common development and build a community of human destiny.

Source: Communist Party of China News Network