Grasping the New Era from the Long History of National Rejuvenation

Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the theme of our party's century-old struggle, and the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is our historical position today. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the celebration of the 100 anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China summarized and reviewed the glorious course and great achievements of the party leading the people in the unremitting struggle for national rejuvenation, and solemnly declared that "the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible history. process". "Irreversibility" profoundly reveals the unstoppable historical inevitability of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and also clearly shows the historical coordinates, characteristics and historical status of the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Historical coordinates: We are closer, more confident and capable of achieving the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history.
Seventy-two years ago, on the eve of the victory of the New Democratic Revolution, Mao Zedong encouraged the whole Party: "To win the national victory is only the first step in the long march. If this step is also worthy of pride, it is relatively small, and more proud to be behind." 72 years later, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his important speech at the celebration of the 100 anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China: "The realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process". From "the first step" to "irreversible", an overview of the historical timeline of the road to rejuvenation, the expectations and pursuits, exploration and accumulation since modern times, converge in the new era and achieve in the new era.
Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation since modern times. In order to save the nation from peril and realize national rejuvenation, countless people with lofty ideals sought and fought tirelessly. In the political arena of modern China, there were not only changes at the level of artifacts, such as the Westernization Movement trying to "learn from the barbarians to control the barbarians", but also imitated at the system level, such as the Reform Movement of 1898 and the Revolution of 1911, which advocated the implementation of the Western capitalist system, but they were not able to Really find the way to realize national rejuvenation. In 1921, the founding of the Communist Party of China was an epoch-making event. Since then, the Chinese people have the backbone to seek national rejuvenation, and they have changed from passive to active in spirit. From revolution, construction, and reform to the entry of socialism with Chinese characteristics into a new era, the party's century-old history is a historical process of continuous, step-by-step progress, and continuous progress towards the victory of national rejuvenation. The new democratic revolution has created the fundamental social conditions for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the socialist revolution and construction have laid the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the reform and opening up have provided the institutional guarantee full of new vitality and the material conditions for rapid development for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the great achievements of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era have provided a more complete system guarantee, a more solid material foundation, and a more active spiritual force for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The great practice of revolution, construction, and reform led by our party is a historical process of continuous struggle. It is a complete cause of saving, rejuvenating, and strengthening the country, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The wheel of history rolls forward and is unstoppable. Our party has always had a strong sense of historical mission and historical orientation. In its journey forward, it always insists on combining the maximum program with the minimum program, combining strategic goals with phased goals, and soberly examining its historical position. Grasp the historical frame of reference. 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. On the new journey, we must deeply understand and grasp why the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process. We must not only see clearly why we were able to succeed in the past, but also understand how we can continue to succeed in the future, with a more vigorous mental state. Embark on the new road to the exam and create new and greater glory with confidence.
The characteristics of the times: the new era is not only the same as the previous development process, but also has many new historical characteristics.
Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the theme of the party's century-old struggle. Under this theme, an era has the task of an era, and a generation has the mission of a generation. Revolution, construction, reform, different historical periods show different historical characteristics, with unique characteristics of the times. The new era also has distinctive historical characteristics, spiritual temperament and attributes of the times.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the celebration of the 100 anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China summarized the great achievements and characteristics of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. In the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping used the "five yes" to scientifically reveal the historical connotation of the new era. An in-depth study of these important expositions shows that the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is not only in line with the previous development process, but also has many new historical characteristics. First, the changes in the main social contradictions in the new era have put forward the call of the times for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the new era, the main social contradiction in our country has been transformed into the contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. This major historical change has had a broad and profound impact on the overall development situation, highlighting the new era. The pursuit of the country, the yearning of the nation, and the expectations of the people have played the historical theme of realizing national rejuvenation. Second, the new era has more sufficient historical conditions for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the party has led the people to take over the great struggle, great project, great cause and great dream, and promoted the historic achievements and changes in the cause of the party and the state, providing a more perfect system guarantee, a more solid material foundation and a more active spiritual force for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Third, the new era has the unique historical tasks and requirements of the times to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which are different from other historical periods. On the basis of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and achieving the first centenary goal, we will basically achieve the goal of socialist modernization by 2035, build a socialist modern power by the middle of this century, and achieve the second centenary goal. This is the strategic arrangement for the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and it is also the way to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Fourth, the scientific theories that came into being in the new era provide a guide to action for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping made a series of important expositions on the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, profoundly revealing the rich connotation, internal logic and value pursuit of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and profoundly reflecting the requirements of the times for national rejuvenation. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has pointed out the way forward. Fifth, China in the new era is increasingly approaching the center of the world stage and constantly making new and greater contributions to mankind. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will not only greatly change China, but also profoundly affect the world. This is an important feature of the new era and an important symbol of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Historical status: The new era is the era of decisive victory in building a well-off society in an all-round way, and then building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way
General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the celebration of the 100 anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China summarized the great achievements of the new democratic revolution created by the party under the leadership of the people, the great achievements of the socialist revolution and construction, and the great achievements of reform and opening up and socialist modernization., The great achievements of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. These "four great achievements" correspond to the four major historical periods of the party's 100-year history, especially based on the party's 100-year history, from the perspective of the process of national rejuvenation, the new era is examined as an important historical period. This is a major theoretical innovation in the study of party history, which further highlights the historical status of the new era.
In the field of historical research and party history research, the division of historical periods is very important, because it is not only a basic issue in discipline construction, but also directly related to the understanding and evaluation of each historical period. When General Secretary Xi Jinping discussed historical issues, he touched on this issue more than once. In January 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping divided the 500-year history of socialism into six time periods in his speech at the seminar on the study and implementation of the spirit of the 18th CPC National Congress by the new members and alternate members of the Central Committee, and conducted a systematic review and combing, showing the historical origin and development process of socialism with Chinese characteristics. When discussing the history of our party leading the people in socialist construction, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that, marked by the third Plenary session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, our party led the people in socialist construction. it is mainly divided into two historical periods before and after reform and opening up. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made a major conclusion that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping used the "three meanings" to profoundly clarify that the new era is of great significance in the history of the People's Republic of China development and the development of the Chinese nation, as well as in the history of world socialist development and the history of human society.
The significance of the new era is extraordinary. From the perspective of the study of party history and national history, this important conclusion provides a scientific guide for us to examine and grasp the historical process of the party from a higher level and a broader perspective. From the historical process of the party, the new era is an era with clear historical boundaries, scientific basis and rich connotation. In terms of time, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. The new era is still moving forward. Although the historical picture has not yet been fully unfolded, the strategic arrangement and development path are very clear. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly pointed out that the new era "is an era of decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and then building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way" and "an era in which all Chinese people work together to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation". The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made it clear that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. This is a major strategic judgment made by our party on the basis of scientifically grasping the profound changes in the world, national conditions and party conditions. It reflects the historical laws and historical trends. Profound grasp.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the celebration of the 100 anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China is in line with the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It regards the new era as an important historical period and observes it in the broad history of national rejuvenation, and summarizes the great achievements of the new era. It highlights the historical characteristics of the new era and highlights the historical status of the new era, the successful realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is of great significance.

Source: China Discipline Inspection and Supervision News