History is the best textbook.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has published a series of important expositions on the history of the Communist Party of China, systematically reviewing the glorious course of our party uniting and leading the Chinese people in unremitting struggle, and in-depth summarizing the theoretical achievements and accumulated precious achievements of the party in various historical periods. The experience and the great spirit that have been forged have profoundly clarified the party’s great contribution to the Chinese nation, the Chinese wisdom China solution provided to solve human problems, and looked forward to the bright prospects for the development of the party and the people’s cause.
These important expositions have lofty intentions, rich connotations, and profound thoughts. They are an important part of Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's "On the History of the Chinese Communist Party" is a special collection of articles containing 40 important manuscripts on the history of the Chinese Communist Party from November 29, 2012 to November 24, 2020.
Combined with the party history study and education that is being carried out by the whole party, we have combed some of the statements on establishing a correct view of party history in General Secretary Xi Jinping's "On the History of the Communist Party of China".
Accurately grasp the main theme and mainstream essence of the historical development of the party
The birth of the Communist Party of China, the establishment of socialist China, and the implementation of reform and opening up are all results of conforming to the general trend of world development.
——Speech when presided over the Seventh Collective Study of the Political Bureau of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on June 25, 2013
The implementation of the People’s Congress system in China is a great creation of the Chinese people in the history of the human political system. It is a basic conclusion drawn from a profound summary of the painful lessons of Chinese political life after modern times. It is a history of radical changes and turbulent development in Chinese society over a century As a result, it is the inevitable choice of the Chinese people to stand up and take control of their own destiny.
—— Speech at the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the National People’s Congress on September 5, 2014
History also tells us that history and the people’s choice of the Communist Party of China to lead the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is correct and must be persistent and unwavering; the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics pioneered by the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China is correct and must be adhered to for a long time. Unshakable; the strategy of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people to take root in the land of China, absorb the outstanding achievements of human civilization, and achieve national development independently is correct and must be persistent and unwavering for a long time.
—— Speech at the celebration of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, 2016
Socialism with Chinese characteristics carries the ideals and explorations of several generations of Chinese Communists, entrusts the long-cherished wishes and expectations of countless people with lofty ideals, and embodies the struggle and sacrifices of hundreds of millions of people. It is an inevitable choice for the development of Chinese society in modern times.
—— Speech at the meeting to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army’s Long March on October 21, 2016
Everyone should follow the party’s basic line as the fundamental principle, earnestly understand and correctly grasp the party’s theory, line, principles and policies, and understand and grasp the party’s basic line more deeply from the major trends of human development, the major changes in the world, and the major history of China’s development. Understand why the basic line must be adhered to for a long time.
——Speech at the 18th CPC Central Political Bureau Democratic Life Meeting on December 26 and 27, 2016
Socialism with Chinese characteristics has been the theme of all the party's theories and practices since the reform and opening up. It is the fundamental achievement the party and the people have achieved through untold hardships and great costs.
——Report at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 18, 2017
History and the people’s choice of Marxism is completely correct. It is completely correct for the Communist Party of China to write Marxism on its own banner. It is completely correct to insist on combining the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific reality and to continuously promote the modernization of Marxism in China. of!
—— Speech at the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of Marx’s Birth on May 4, 2018
The establishment of the Communist Party of China, the founding of the People's Republic of China, the promotion of reform and opening up, and the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics are the three historic events that have occurred in my country since the May Fourth Movement, and the three major milestones in achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in modern times.
—— Speech at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up on December 18, 2018
The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the common choice of all the Chinese people, including all democratic parties, organizations, nationalities, classes, and people from all walks of life. It is the original intention of the establishment of the CPPCC and the fundamental guarantee for the development and progress of the CPPCC.
—— Speech at the Working Conference of the Central Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference on September 20, 2019
Victory in the Battle of Huaihai was achieved by the people using small carts, and the victory of the Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River was achieved by the people using small boats.
At any time, we must not forget our original intention, keep our mission in mind, never forget the root of the people, and always be loyal people's servants.
It is necessary to carry out extensive patriotism education so that people can deeply understand why history and the people chose the Communist Party of China, why it is necessary to adhere to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
——Speech during an investigation in Anhui from August 18 to 21, 2020
Seek truth from facts to treat some major issues in the party's history
Our party leads the people to carry out socialist construction. There are two historical periods before reform and opening up and after reform and opening up. These are two interrelated periods with significant differences, but they are essentially the practice of our party leading the people to carry out socialist construction. explore.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics was created in the new historical period of reform and opening up, but it was also created on the basis of the establishment of a basic socialist system in New China and more than 20 years of construction.
To correctly understand this problem, we must grasp three aspects.
First, if our party did not decisively decide to implement reform and opening up in 1978, and unswervingly promote reform and opening up, and unswervingly grasp the correct direction of reform and opening up, socialist China would not be able to have such a good situation as it is today. It may face a serious crisis, or it may encounter a crisis of party and country collapse like the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries.
At the same time, without the establishment of a new China in 1949 and the socialist revolution and construction, the accumulation of important ideological, material, and institutional conditions, and the accumulation of positive and negative experience, it would be difficult for reform and opening up to proceed smoothly.
The second is that although the ideological guidance, principles and policies, and practical work of socialist construction in these two historical periods are quite different, the two are by no means separate from each other, let alone fundamentally opposed.
Our party put forward many correct propositions in the practice of socialist construction. They were not really implemented at that time. They were truly implemented after the reform and opening up, and they will still be upheld and developed in the future.
Marx said long ago: "People create their own history, but they do not create it as they please, not under the conditions they choose, but in the directly encountered, established, and inherited from the past. Create under the conditions.” Third, we must correctly evaluate the historical period before reform and opening up. The historical period after reform and opening up cannot be used to deny the historical period before reform and opening up, and the historical period before reform and opening up cannot be used to deny the history after reform and opening up. period.
The socialist practice exploration before the reform and opening up has accumulated conditions for the socialist practice exploration after the reform and opening up, and the socialist practice exploration after the reform and opening up is the persistence, reform and development of the previous period.
For the exploration of socialist practice before reform and opening up, we must adhere to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, distinguish between mainstream and tributary, adhere to the truth, correct mistakes, carry forward experience, and learn lessons. On this basis, we must continue to advance the cause of the party and the people.
——Speech at the seminar on the study and implementation of the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China for the members and alternate members of the new Central Committee on January 5, 2013
Regardless of whether we are engaged in revolution, construction, or reform, the road issue is the most fundamental issue.
Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "Combine the universal truth of Marxism with the specific reality of our country, follow our own path, and build socialism with Chinese characteristics. This is the basic conclusion we have drawn from our long-term historical experience." The basic conclusion is Generations after generations of Chinese Communists emancipated their minds, sought truth from facts, and advanced with the times. They have gone through hardships and setbacks and made great sacrifices. They have come from the great practice of making history by the people.
This is how the period of the new-democratic revolution went, the period of the socialist revolution and construction, and the new era of reform and opening up.
——Speech when presided over the Seventh Collective Study of the Political Bureau of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on June 25, 2013
The evaluation of historical figures should be analyzed based on the historical conditions of the time and society they live in. The comprehensive understanding of historical conditions and historical process and the scientific grasp of historical laws must not be departed from, and the relationship between historical inevitability and historical contingency must not be ignored.
We cannot simply attribute success in historical good times to individuals, and we cannot simply attribute setbacks in historical adversity to individuals.
We cannot use today's conditions, level of development, and level of understanding to measure and demand predecessors, and we cannot demand predecessors to achieve achievements that only future generations can achieve.
—— Speech at the Symposium to Commemorate the 120th Anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong’s Birth on December 26, 2013
Emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts condense the world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism.
In the revolutionary war years, in the face of various complicated situations, our party was able to formulate and implement correct major policies and strategic strategies, relying on emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts.
Comrade Mao Zedong used seeking truth from facts as the motto of the Central Party School, which has a profound meaning.
Today, in the face of the ever-changing domestic and international situation and the arduous tasks we shoulder, all formalism, dogmatism, and empiricism are not feasible.
—— Speech at the end of the inspection work in Shaanxi on February 15, 2015
During the Jinggang Mountains period, Comrade Mao Zedong based on the reality of the Chinese revolution, closely integrated the universal truth of Marxism with the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution, put forward the revolutionary road thought of "centering on the countryside", and proposed and developed the "ideological building of the party" and "party commanding guns". The ideas of party building and army building, such as “branch building in the company”, “equity of officers and soldiers”, have carried out a series of successful practices in the areas of armed struggle, agrarian revolution, and base area construction.
For these explorations and innovations, the classic Marxist writers have no relevant expositions, the international communist movement has no ready-made experience, and the “Left” line and dogmatism within the party continue to interfere and suppress, which is not easy.
This is true for the revolution, and the same is true for construction and reform. We must proceed from reality and dare to open a path that no one has ever walked.
The deeper the reform and opening up, the more new situations and new problems will emerge in an endless stream.
—— Speech at the end of the inspection work in Jiangxi on February 3, 2016
We must fully grasp the world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, deeply understand that the realization of communism is a historical process that is gradually achieved from stage by stage goals, and unite the lofty ideals of communism with the common ideals of socialism with Chinese characteristics. What we are doing is unified, strengthen the self-confidence in the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the self-confidence in theory, the self-confidence in the system, and the self-confidence in culture, adhere to the ideals and beliefs of the Communists, and fight for communism for life like Marx did.
—— Speech at the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of Marx’s Birth on May 4, 2018
For 40 years, we have always adhered to emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic, unshakable in the guiding position of Marxism, unswervingly adhere to the basic principles of scientific socialism, and bravely promote theoretical innovation, practical innovation, system innovation, and culture Innovations and innovations in all aspects continue to give socialism with Chinese characteristics distinctive practical, theoretical, national, and contemporary characteristics, forming the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and highlighting the scientific society with incontrovertible facts The vitality of socialism, the great banner of socialism has always been flying high on the land of China!
—— Speech at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up on December 18, 2018
Take a clear stand against historical nihilism
The ancients said: "A country that destroys people must first go to its history." Hostile forces at home and abroad often use the history of the Chinese revolution and the history of the New China to make an issue of attacking, vilifying, and slandering things. The fundamental purpose is to mess up. The popular support incites the overthrow of the leadership of the Communist Party of China and my country's socialist system.
Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate?
Why did the CPSU collapse?
An important reason is that the struggle in the ideological field is very fierce. It completely denies Soviet history, the history of the Soviet Communist Party, denies Lenin, deny Stalin, engages in historical nihilism, and messes up ideology. Party organizations at all levels have almost no effect, and the army is not there. Under the leadership of the party.
In the end, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union fell apart as a big party, and the Soviet Union fell apart as a socialist country.
This is a lesson from the past!
——Speech at the seminar on the study and implementation of the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China for the members and alternate members of the new Central Committee on January 5, 2013
Just imagine, if Comrade Mao Zedong was totally rejected at that time, could our party still stand?
Can our country's socialist system still stand?
Then you can't stand, and if you can't stand, the world will be messed up.
Therefore, the correct handling of the relationship between socialist practice exploration before and after reform and opening up is not just a historical issue, but more importantly a political issue.
I suggest you find out the "Resolution on Certain Historical Issues of the Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic".
——Speech at the seminar on the study and implementation of the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China for the members and alternate members of the new Central Committee on January 5, 2013
The leader of the revolution is a man, not a god.
Although they have a high theoretical level, rich struggle experience, and outstanding leadership skills, this does not mean that their knowledge and actions can be free from the constraints of the times.
They cannot be worshipped like gods just because they are great, and their mistakes and mistakes are not allowed to be raised and corrected; nor can they be totally denied because they have made mistakes and mistakes, obliterate their historical achievements, and fall into the quagmire of nihilism.
—— Speech at the Symposium to Commemorate the 120th Anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong’s Birth on December 26, 2013
The victorious achievements of the new democratic revolution must not be lost, the achievements of the socialist revolution and construction must not be denied, and the direction of reform and opening up and socialist modernization must not be shaken.
This is the qualification for the party and the people to settle down and move forward in today's world.
—— Speech at the Symposium to Commemorate the 110th Anniversary of Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s Birth on August 20, 2014
Respect the heroes of the Chinese nation, record and shape heroes with great color, so that heroes can be promoted in literary works, and guide the people to establish a correct view of history, nation, country, and culture, and never blaspheme ancestors or blaspheme Classic, sacrilegious thing.
—— Speech at the opening ceremony of the Tenth Congress of the Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Ninth Congress of the Chinese Writers Association on November 30, 2016
When teaching Chinese history, we should pay attention to guiding students to inherit national integrity and advocating heroism, guide students to learn heroes, remember heroes, consciously oppose historical nihilism and cultural nihilism that forget their ancestors and vainly slander their ancestors, and consciously enhance their state, cultivate their spirit, and inspire responsibility. .
——A speech at the school's ideological and political theory teacher's symposium on March 18, 2019
In the new era, Chinese youth should consciously establish and practice socialist core values, be good at absorbing moral nourishment from the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, feel moral demeanor from heroes and models of the times, and improve moral cultivation from their own introspection. Virtue, social ethics, strict personal ethics, consciously resist the wrong ideas of money worship, hedonism, extreme individualism, historical nihilism, and pursue a higher-level, more state-of-the-art, and more tasteful life, so that a clear and upright and vigorous life whole society!
—— Speech at the General Assembly Commemorating the Centenary of the May 4th Movement on April 30, 2019
Upholding the party's overall leadership is the foundation for the prosperity of the country and the nation, and the foundation for the happiness and well-being of the people of all ethnic groups in the country.
We must concentrate our attention on party building so that our party will become more mature, purer, stronger, and more effective.
All parties, organizations, nationalities, strata, and people from all walks of life across the country must unite closely around the Party Central Committee and move forward with one heart.
The Chinese people will never agree to any attempt by anyone or any force to distort the history of the Communist Party of China and vilify the nature and purpose of the Communist Party of China!
—— Speech at a symposium commemorating the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War on September 3, 2020
As the great practice of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics continues to move forward in the new era, our road will become broader and broader, and our system will become more mature.
Anyone or any force who attempts to distort and change the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, deny or vilify the great achievements of the Chinese people in building socialism, the Chinese people will never agree!
—— Speech at a symposium commemorating the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War on September 3, 2020
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