Excerpts from the Symposium on Learning, Propagating and Implementing Xi Jinping's Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era and the High-end Forum on Party History Learning and Education

On May 13, a seminar on studying, publicizing and implementing Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and a high-end forum on party history learning and education was held in Shanghai. The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to persist in absorbing nutrients from the depths of the party's history, draw strength from the party's theoretical creation, and continuously deepen the understanding of Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and enhance the theoretical consciousness and consciousness of striving for a new era and forging ahead in a new journey. Road self-confidence. The content of the conference speech is now compiled and published. -- Editor

The Historical Background and Realistic Conditions of the Communist Party of China

-Zhen Zhanmin, Vice President of the Central Party School (National School of Administration)

The founding of the Communist Party of China was an epoch-making event. The occurrence of this major incident is the inevitable product of the general trend of history and the tide of the times, and the inevitable result of the development of social contradictions and the unremitting struggle of the people in China.

The Chinese nation has a history of more than 5000 years of civilization, has created a splendid Chinese civilization, made outstanding contributions to mankind, and has become a great nation in the world. After the Opium War, China was gradually reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and the Chinese people were in deep suffering. In order to achieve national independence, the liberation of the people, the prosperity of the country, and the happiness of the people, countless people with lofty ideals have indomitable and indomitable struggles and made various attempts, but in the end they failed to change the social nature of the old China and the Chinese people. The tragic destiny. The twists and turns and tribulations of the Chinese revolutionary process urgently call for the emergence of advanced classes and political parties that master advanced theories, and urgently call for the birth of leaders and leaders of national rejuvenation.

The historical evolution of Chinese society since modern times has not only put forward objective requirements for the birth of the advanced force of the Communist Party of China, but also created a favorable social foundation and realistic conditions for it. The development and growth of the Chinese working class laid the class foundation for the birth of the Communist Party of China. The October Revolution brought Marxism-Leninism to China and showed a new way out to the advanced Chinese elements who were groping for a hard struggle in the dark.

The outbreak of the May Fourth Movement provided direct realistic conditions and realistic impetus for the establishment of the Communist Party of China. Before and after the May 4th Movement, with the ideological awakening of the Chinese people, Marxism spread widely in China and increasingly became the mainstream of progressive thought, and the combination of Marxism and the Chinese workers' movement gradually deepened. In the profound ideological and political revolution, Marxism has increasingly become the belief of China's advanced elements. It was against this background that the early organizations of the Communist Party appeared in Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan, Changsha and other places. As the first Communist Party organization in China, Shanghai has become the contact center of party building activities, the birthplace of the Communist Party of China, and the witness of epoch-making events.

The reason why the Communist Party of China can stand out from many political forces and be "favored" in historical panning is that it conforms to the historical trend of replacing the backward with the advanced, has a solid class foundation, grasps advanced theories, and undertakes the glorious mission of the vanguard of the Chinese working class, the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. Once the Communist Party of China was founded, it took root on the land of China and among the Chinese people, shouldering the historical mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. The founding of the Communist Party of China is the necessity of history, the call of the times and the expectation of the people.
 

The Early Spread and Significance of Marxism in China

-- Jiang Hui, member of the Party Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Director of the Institute of Contemporary China
 

The spread of Marxism in China at the beginning of the 20th century has adapted to the needs of China's ideological enlightenment and cultural innovation, to the needs of the struggle to save the nation from subjugation in modern times, and to the needs of China's advanced elements to observe the fate of the country with the proletarian cosmology, which is of great and far-reaching theoretical, practical and historical significance.

It opened up a new road of Chinese ideological enlightenment and new cultural movement. The New Culture Movement advocated democracy and science and formed a new trend of ideological emancipation. The spread of Marxism after the May Fourth Movement provided a new direction and content for the New Culture Movement, and promoted the development of Chinese ideological circles along the direction of thorough anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism. In the process of widely absorbing foreign ideology and culture, Chinese advanced elements gradually realized the scientific nature of Marxism and began to publicize Marxism, which brought a wave of ideological revolution to China at that time. After fierce confrontation, Marxism emerged from various social thoughts and began to become the mainstream thought spread by advanced elements.

Promote a group of advanced elements from democrats to Marxists. Before the October Revolution, some advanced elements in China pursued the establishment of Western-style democratic politics. However, the rule of the Beiyang warlords after the Revolution of 1911 and the outbreak of the First World War broke the dream of some Chinese people to learn from the West. After repeated comparisons, some advanced elements realized that capitalism could not save China and that only socialism was the way out. Taking the path of the October Revolution was a proposition put forward by many advanced elements at that time. A group of intellectuals with preliminary communist ideas chose Marxism as their belief and completed the transformation from democrats to Marxists. The spread of Marxism was initially limited to a small number of intellectuals. Later, the early organizations of the Communist Party of China were established in various places, and they began to study and publicize Marxism in a planned and organized manner, further promoting the integration of Marxism with the Chinese labor movement, and contributing to the establishment of the Communist Party of China. Ideologically and organizationally prepared.

and promote the integration of marxism with the mass movement of workers and peasants. The early communists took the initiative to learn about their sufferings among the masses of workers, told the workers about Marxism in plain and easy-to-understand language, inspired the consciousness of the working class, and organized the workers to fight. They recognized the important role of farmers in the Chinese revolution, organized farmers' associations, led the peasant movement, and promoted the spread of Marxism among farmers. Under the guidance of Marxism, the early advanced elements actively participated in and organized the mass struggle of workers and peasants, which can be said to be the beginning and precursor of the combination of Marxism with China's reality, and opened the process of exploring the Sinicization of Marxism.
 

The founding of the Communist Party of China is an epoch-making event in the history of the development of the Chinese nation.

-- Wu Degang, former vice president of the Central Party History and Literature Research Institute
 

The founding of the Communist Party of China is an epoch-making event in the history of the development of the Chinese nation, which profoundly changed the direction and process of the development of the Chinese nation after modern times, and profoundly changed the future and destiny of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation.

The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has a strong leadership core. After modern times, the most important reason why the Chinese people's struggle for national rejuvenation has suffered repeated setbacks and failures is that there is no strong core of leadership. Once the Communist Party of China was founded, it was duty-bound to shoulder the historical mission of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Since then, the Chinese people's struggle for national independence, people's liberation, national prosperity and people's happiness has a backbone, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has a strong core of leadership.

The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has a correct direction and development path. The road determines fate. The founding of the Communist Party of China marked the birth of an advanced political party guided by Marxism in China. Since then, Marxism and socialism have become lighthouses guiding the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Under the guidance of Marxism and its Sinicization achievements, our party creatively opened up the road of new democratic revolution, socialist revolution and socialist construction, creatively created, adhered to and developed the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and profoundly changed the face of China, the face of the Chinese nation, the face of the Chinese people and the face of the Communist Party of China.

The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has an indestructible strength to rely on. The Communist Party of China adheres to the historical materialism that the people are the driving force of historical development, and insists on seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation as its original intention and mission. Over the past 100 years, our party has not changed its original intention, always insisted on standing with the people, always insisting on doing everything for the people, relying on the people in everything, working hard and working together with the people, winning the heartfelt support of the overwhelming majority of the people, gathering the majestic force of common struggle for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and creating one human miracle after another shining through the annals of history.

The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has gathered inexhaustible spiritual power. The Communist Party of China has closely integrated the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and activated the Chinese civilization with a history of more than 5,000 years. In the historical practice of leading the Chinese people to carry out revolution, construction, and reform, the Chinese Communists inherited and carried forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, forged revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture, and built the spiritual pedigree of the Chinese Communists, in order to inspire the entire party and all ethnic groups throughout the country. The people have provided a strong spiritual force to advance courageously to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, to make the ancient Chinese civilization glow with new vitality in the process of the Chinese nation's comprehensive modernization.

On the Party's Goal of Struggle from the Party's Centennial History

-- Chen Yangyong, Editor-in-Chief of Qiushi Magazine

The realization of communism is not only the highest political program of our party, but also the ultimate goal of our party. Since its establishment, our party has clearly defined communism and socialism as its goals. No matter how the situation and tasks change, no matter what kind of stormy waves we encounter, our party has always anchored this goal and never wavered.

In order to realize communism, our party has put forward clear and inspiring phased goals according to the characteristics of different historical stages, which is an important art of leadership and valuable experience of our party. During the period of the new democratic revolution, our party put forward the strategic concept of dividing the historical process of the Chinese revolution into two steps; after the founding of new China, our party put forward the strategic goal of "four modernizations"; after the reform and opening up, we put forward the development strategy of basically realizing modernization in three steps; the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed that we should concentrate our efforts in the first two decades of this century, comprehensively build a higher-level well-off society that benefits more than one billion people; at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping made strategic plans for the second centenary goal and proposed a "two-step" strategic arrangement for the new era. These constitute the timetable and road map for our party's continuous struggle to build a modern socialist country and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The realization of communism is a very long historical process. We must base ourselves on the party's goals at this stage and advance our cause in a down-to-earth manner. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Our current efforts and the continuous efforts of generations in the future are all towards the ultimate goal of achieving communism." We should not only correctly understand and grasp the relationship between the party's maximum program and basic program, the ultimate goal and the phased goal, strengthen our belief in communism and socialism with Chinese characteristics, but also make unremitting efforts to achieve the basic program and goals at the present stage, and do a solid job in every work at the present stage.

Firm ideals and beliefs must be based on a profound understanding of Marxism and a profound grasp of the laws of history. An important purpose of carrying out party history study and education in the whole party is to strengthen ideals and beliefs, continuously deepen the understanding of the laws of the Communist Party's governance, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of the development of human society, and deeply understand the achievements of Marxism in China, especially Xi Jinping's characteristics in the new era. The scientific truth of socialist thought, uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. In the new era and new journey, we must maintain firm ideals and beliefs, consciously be firm believers and faithful practitioners of the lofty ideals of communism and the common ideals of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and always fight for the truth and ideals.

Seeking happiness for the Chinese people is the unswerving original intention of the Chinese Communists.

-- Fang Jiangshan, deputy editor-in-chief of People's Daily

"This is the root of our party." "The entire history of our party was opened from the Central Committee. No matter how far we go, we can't forget the way we came." "Every cultural relic at the time of the founding of the party is very precious, and every scene It is intriguing. We must often recall, think deeply, and interpret the original intention of our party". More than three years ago, the sonorous declaration issued by General Secretary Xi Jinping in Shanghai was full of rich implications that stirred time and space, stirred people's hearts, and the heroic spirit of sticking to the original heart.

From here, Marxism has become the vanguard of the Chinese working class, as well as the guiding ideology that the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation has always followed, and the Communist Party of China has become the backbone of the Chinese people. As a result, the Chinese people turned from passive to active in spirit, and the face of China and the Chinese nation began to take on a new look. Starting from here, our party has embarked on a magnificent and great journey, and generation after generation of Chinese Communists have slowly laid out a magnificent historical picture of firmly practicing their original intention with indomitable will and resolute action. From here, a hundred years of eventful years thick, smooth bumpy road. Over the past 100 years, the Chinese Communists have persistently adhered to their original aspirations and wholeheartedly integrated into the struggle for the happiness of the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. they have achieved extraordinary achievements in the history of the development of the Chinese nation, the history of the world socialist movement, and the history of the progress of human society.

Facts speak louder than words, stories speak louder than logic. Nothing can test the truth better than the facts of development, and nothing can explain the original intention better than the well-being of the people.

A hundred years ago, although Shanghai enjoyed the reputation of being the so-called "the largest city in the Far East", the miserable situation of the people's livelihood could be seen everywhere. As the "most important dock leading to the world" in old China, she is like a beautifully decorated but dilapidated window, telling the world the humiliation of an ancient civilization "crumbling. As a Western journalist who came to China at the beginning of the year said: "China as a country no longer exists, leaving only thousands of Chinese people living in misery." Martyr Fang Zhimin angrily described the "tragic fate of the semi-colonial people" in Shanghai in "Lovely China".

Today, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the old Shanghai, which used to be full of concessions, rampant powers, and poor people's livelihood, has become a "magic capital" in the eyes of the world, releasing infinite vitality and charm. Today's Shanghai no longer needs to decorate our own city with a European city name. This is no longer the "Paris of the East", this is the "Shanghai of the world"! There is no such thing as a "ten-mile ocean farm" here, there is only a "people's city"! People's cities make people's lives better.
 

Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the sacred mission of the Chinese Communists

-- Xu Jiangang, Executive Vice President of Shanghai Municipal Party School
 

Seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation is the original intention and mission of the Chinese Communists. The century-old development history of the Communist Party of China is rooted in the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and is closely linked to the destiny of the Chinese nation. It is a century of unremitting struggle for national independence, people's liberation, national prosperity and people's happiness.

Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has taken the realization of national rejuvenation as its own responsibility, closely relied on and united the people, fought a bloody battle for 28 years, overthrew the rule of imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism, won the victory of the new democratic revolution, fulfilled the dream of national independence and people's liberation of the Chinese nation since modern times, and opened up broad prospects for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

After the founding of New China, our party united and led the people to establish a socialist system in line with my country's reality, laying the fundamental political prerequisite and institutional foundation for all development and progress in contemporary China. The Communist Party of China has explored the road of socialist construction suitable for China's reality, worked hard and independently, changed the backwardness of "one poor and two white" in old China, and made a series of great construction achievements. it has provided valuable experience, theoretical preparation and material basis for creating socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new period.

The Communist Party of China led the people to carry out the new great revolution of reform and opening up, and opened up the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In the course of deepening reform and opening wider to the outside world, we have organically combined the socialist system with the market economy, linked China's development with the development of the world, and greatly liberated and developed the social productive forces. With irrefutable facts, reform and opening up have demonstrated the vitality of scientific socialism in contemporary China and enabled the Chinese nation to make great strides to catch up with the times.

Through the unremitting struggle of generations of Chinese Communists, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has profoundly answered the major issues of the era of what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics to uphold and develop in the new era, and how to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics. Dream, coordinate the promotion of the "five in one" overall layout, coordinate the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, and unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country, we will promote historic achievements and changes in the cause of the Party and the State. China's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, national defense strength and international influence have been further enhanced, and China is moving towards the grand goal of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Today, we are closer, more confident and capable of achieving the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any other time in history. No matter how many difficulties and obstacles there are on the way forward, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will surely be realized.

The establishment of the Communist Party of China is the concentrated embodiment of the great pioneering spirit, the spirit of struggle and the spirit of dedication.

-- Shen Zhuanghai, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Wuhan University

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The entire history of our party was opened from the Communist Party of China. No matter how far we go, we cannot forget the way we came." The establishment of the Communist Party of China has demonstrated the most precious spirit of initiative, struggle and dedication, sowed precious fire for the Chinese revolution to become a prairie fire, and also provided a beacon for the establishment of the party, the party, the party, and the country.

The great pioneering spirit of pioneering and daring to be the first. The Communist Party of China persisted in combining Marxism-Leninism with the Chinese workers' movement and put forward a brand-new revolutionary plan, demonstrating its great pioneering spirit. In terms of the goal of struggle, the party has clearly established communism as a lofty ideal from the very beginning of its establishment. The "Manifesto of the Communist Party of China" issued by the early organization of the party declared that "the purpose of communists is to create a new society in accordance with the ideals of communists". The words of a major party program are even more filled with the spirit of changing the world and rebuilding China. The Second National Congress of the Party put forward the Party's maximum and minimum programs. In terms of relying on strength, the Party has been resolutely mobilized and closely linked with the masses from the very beginning of its establishment. The first party program proposed to "organize workers, peasants, and soldiers," and the second CPC National Congress further made it clear that "China's 30 million peasants are the biggest element in the revolutionary movement". In terms of organizational discipline, the party has emphasized strict organizational discipline since its establishment.

Firm ideals, indomitable spirit of great struggle. After the May Fourth Movement, China's advanced intellectuals judged the hour and size up the situation, repeatedly compared, accepted and widely spread Marxism. However, the reactionary forces slandered Marxism as "excesses" and vilified communists as "scourges" and severely suppressed them. In the white terror, the early communists were indomitable and firm. When the first major party of the party was forced to be interrupted due to the enemy's undercover attack, the Communists did not flinch and completed the task of founding the party on the South Lake Red Boat after several twists and turns. Communist organizations in Beijing and Guangzhou encountered many difficulties in their work, such as the publication they founded was unsustainable due to financial constraints and was repeatedly blocked by the Beiyang government, but these failed to prevent them from persisting in their work. The birth of the Communist Party of China gave the Chinese revolution a firm ideal and belief and a strong spiritual pillar.

The great dedication spirit of building the party for the public and loyal to the people. Since its birth, the Communist Party of China has put the interests of the people in the highest position. The "Manifesto of the Communist Party of China" issued by the early organization of the party proposed that the political power should be "placed in the hands of workers and peasants". The Party's major programme declares the "abolition of private ownership by capitalists" and the confiscation of all means of production for social ownership. The second National Congress of the Communist Party of China stressed that the Communist Party of China "should form a big 'mass party'" and set seven goals for the Communist Party of China to strive for the current interests of workers and poor peasants. All these show that the Communist Party of China has the distinct characteristics of building the party for the public and the firm character of being loyal to the people since its founding.

Shanghai has always been a pioneer in carrying out the Party's original intention and mission.

-- Dong Yunhu, Party Secretary and Chairman of Shanghai CPPCC

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "From Shikumen to Tiananmen, from Xingye Road to Fuxing Road, all the efforts, struggles, and sacrifices our party has made in the past 100 years are for the happiness of the people and the rejuvenation of the nation." As the birthplace of our party, Shanghai has always actively fulfilled the original mission of the party in the journey of Chinese revolution, construction, and reform.

One hundred years ago, Shanghai was at the forefront of the Chinese people's anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle. As a product of the combination of Marxism and the Chinese labor movement, the Communist Party of China was born. It played a particularly important role in the struggle of the Chinese nation. after the founding of our party, shanghai has long been the command center of china's revolutionary movement. After the main force of the Chinese revolution was transferred from the city to the countryside, Shanghai was still one of the main bastions of the workers' movement, the revolutionary cultural movement and the patriotic and democratic movement of all democratic strata led by our party.

After the founding of New China, under the leadership of the party, Shanghai has made outstanding contributions to stabilizing and restoring the national economy, promoting socialist revolution and construction, and establishing an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system in our country.

After the reform and opening up, Shanghai creatively implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, seized the opportunity of the development and opening up of Pudong, dared to try, bravely stood at the forefront, and basically built an international economic, financial, trade and shipping center. it has formed the basic framework of a scientific and technological innovation center with global influence, achieved a historic leap in economic strength, urban energy levels and people's lives, and created a miracle of China's modernization and world urban development.

When inspecting Shanghai, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Let the original aspirations be passed on from generation to generation, shoulder the mission forever, and earnestly strive to be the first in the process of realizing the" two centenary "goals and realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. At the forefront." We must continue the red blood, build the roots of the city, adhere to the nature and responsibility of the people's city, strive to build a happy home for the people, strive to build a leading area for socialist modernization, and strive to become the vanguard of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.

The CPPCC is a political organization and democratic form under the leadership of the party. We must consciously adhere to the leadership of the party, adhere to the CPPCC for the people, and earnestly shoulder the mission of promoting the CPPCC system to be more mature and stereotyped, and give full play to the role of specialized consultation institutions. The Shanghai CPPCC should put upholding the party's overall leadership in the first place, take strengthening ideological and political guidance and broad consensus building as the central link in performing its duties, firmly grasp the correct political direction, and build a common ideological and political foundation. Persisting in performing duties for the country and fulfilling their responsibilities for the people throughout, focusing on continuously meeting the people's needs for a better life, in-depth consultation and centralized discussion of politics, strengthening supervision and promoting implementation, and fully demonstrating the institutional advantages and governance efficiency of specialized consultation institutions.

Source: People's Daily Online