(Authorized to issue) Xi Jinping: Speech at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 1st, by wire
Speech at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China
(July 1, 2021)
Xi Jinping
Comrades and friends:
Today, in the history of the Communist Party of China and in the history of the Chinese nation, it is a very important and solemn day.
We are here to gather here to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China together with the entire party and people of all ethnic groups in the country, review the glorious course of the Communist Party of China's centuries of struggle, and look forward to the bright prospects of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
First of all, on behalf of the Party Central Committee, I extend warm congratulations to all the members of the Chinese Communist Party!
Here, on behalf of the party and the people, I solemnly declare that through the continuous struggle of the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups, we have achieved the first hundred-year goal, built a moderately prosperous society on the land of China, and historically solved the problem of absolute poverty. We are moving towards the second centenary goal of building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way.
This is the great glory of the Chinese nation!
This is the great glory of the Chinese people!
This is the great glory of the Chinese Communist Party!
Comrades, friends!
The Chinese nation is a great nation in the world. It has a long history of civilization for more than 5,000 years and has made indelible contributions to the progress of human civilization.
After the Opium War in 1840, China gradually became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The country was humiliated, the people suffered, and civilization was dusted. The Chinese nation suffered unprecedented calamities.
Since then, realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has become the greatest dream of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation.
In order to save the nation from peril, the Chinese people resisted, people of lofty ideals rushed and shouted, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the Reform Movement of 1898, the Boxer Movement, and the Revolution of 1911 all began one after another. Various plans to save the country were launched one after another, but they all ended in failure.
China urgently needs new ideas to lead the national salvation movement, and urgently needs new organizations to gather revolutionary forces.
The blast of the October Revolution brought Marxism-Leninism to China.
In the great awakening of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, in the close integration of Marxism-Leninism with the Chinese labor movement, the Communist Party of China came into being.
The birth of the Communist Party in China was a great event that broke ground and profoundly changed the direction and process of the development of the Chinese nation after modern times, profoundly changed the future and destiny of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and profoundly changed the trend and pattern of world development.
Once the Communist Party of China was born, it established its original mission to seek happiness for the Chinese people and for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
For one hundred years, the Chinese Communist Party has united and led all struggles, sacrifices, and creations of the Chinese people, and it boils down to one theme: realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
——In order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Chinese Communist Party has united and led the Chinese people, fought bloody and indomitable, and created the great achievements of the new democratic revolution.
After the Northern Expedition, the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the War of Resistance against Japan, and the War of Liberation, we used armed revolution to oppose the armed counter-revolution, overthrew the three mountains of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism, and established the People’s Republic of China in which the people are the masters. National independence and the liberation of the people.
The victory of the new democratic revolution has completely ended the history of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society of the old China, completely ended the situation of scattered sand in the old China, and completely abolished the unequal treaties imposed on China by the great powers and all the privileges of imperialism in China. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has created fundamental social conditions.
The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people solemnly declare to the world with brave and tenacious struggle that the Chinese people have stood up and that the era of the Chinese nation being slaughtered and bullied is gone forever!
-In order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people, relied on its own efforts and worked hard to achieve great achievements in the socialist revolution and construction.
We carried out the socialist revolution, eliminated the feudal system of exploitation and oppression that had lasted for thousands of years in China, established the basic system of socialism, advanced socialist construction, and defeated the subversion, destruction and armed provocations of imperialism and hegemonism, and achieved the greatest achievement in the history of the Chinese nation. Extensive and profound social changes have achieved the great leap of a poor, white and populous eastern country into a socialist society, laying the fundamental political prerequisite and institutional foundation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people solemnly declare to the world with brave and tenacious struggle that the Chinese people are not only good at destroying an old world, but also good at building a new world. Only socialism can save China, and only socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop China!
——In order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Chinese Communist Party has united and led the Chinese people, emancipated the mind and forge ahead with determination, and created great achievements in reform, opening up, and socialist modernization.
We have achieved a great and far-reaching turn in the party’s history since the founding of New China, established the party’s basic line in the primary stage of socialism, unswervingly promoted reform and opening up, and overcame risks and challenges from all quarters, and created, persisted, defended, and developed. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has achieved a historic transformation from a highly centralized planned economic system to a vibrant socialist market economic system, from closed and semi-closed to all-round openness, and from a relatively backward state of productivity to a leap in total economic output. The second historical breakthrough in the world, it has realized the historical leap from insufficient food and clothing to a well-off life in general and towards a well-off life in an all-round way. It has provided new vitality institutional guarantees and material conditions for rapid development for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. .
The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people solemnly declare to the world with brave and tenacious struggle that reform and opening up are the key to determining the future and destiny of contemporary China. China has made great strides to catch up with the times!
——In order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Chinese Communist Party has united and led the Chinese people, self-confident, self-reliant, upright and innovative, and commanded great struggles, great projects, great undertakings, and great dreams, and created great achievements in socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. We have adhered to and strengthened the party’s overall leadership, coordinated the promotion of the “five in one” overall layout, coordinated the promotion of the “four comprehensive” strategic layout, and adhered to and improved the society with Chinese characteristics. Promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, adhere to the rule of the party, form a relatively complete internal party legal system, overcome a series of major risks and challenges, achieve the first centenary goal, and clearly realize the second centenary goal The strategic arrangements for the party and the country have made historic achievements and historic changes, providing a more complete institutional guarantee, a more solid material foundation, and a more active spiritual force for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people solemnly declare to the world with brave and tenacious struggle that the Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process!
For one hundred years, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people, writing the most magnificent epic in the history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years with the fearless spirit of "for the sake of sacrifice and ambition, dare to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky."
The great roads, great undertakings and great achievements made in the past 100 years will surely be recorded in the annals of the development of the Chinese nation and the history of the development of human civilization!
Comrades, friends!
One hundred years ago, the pioneers of the Communist Party of China founded the Communist Party of China, which formed the great party-building spirit of adhering to the truth, adhering to ideals, fulfilling the original aspiration, taking up the mission, not afraid of sacrifice, fighting heroically, loyal to the party, and living up to the people. The spiritual source of the Chinese Communist Party.
For one hundred years, the Communist Party of China has carried forward the great party-building spirit, built the spiritual pedigree of the Chinese Communists in the long-term struggle, and tempered a distinct political character.
History is constantly flowing, and the spirit is passed on from generation to generation.
We must continue to carry forward the glorious tradition, maintain the red blood, and always carry on and carry forward the great party-building spirit!
Comrades, friends!
In the past 100 years, all the achievements we have made are the result of the united struggle of the Chinese Communists, the Chinese people, and the Chinese nation.
The Chinese Communists, with Comrade Mao Zedong, Comrade Deng Xiaoping, Comrade Jiang Zemin, and Comrade Hu Jintao as the main representatives, have made great contributions to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
We pay high tribute to them!
At this moment, we deeply miss Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping, and Comrade Chen Yun who made major contributions to the Chinese revolution, construction and reform, and the establishment, consolidation and development of the Communist Party of China. The revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed bravely to defend and build New China deeply miss the revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed their lives for reform and opening up and the socialist modernization drive, and deeply miss all the people with lofty ideals who stubbornly fought for national independence and people's liberation in modern times.
Their great achievements for the motherland and nation will be recorded in the annals of history forever!
Their lofty spirit will always be remembered in the hearts of the people!
The people are the creators of history and true heroes.
On behalf of the Central Committee of the Party, I will direct all workers, peasants, and intellectuals across the country, to all democratic parties and people without party affiliation, all people’s organizations, and patriots from all walks of life, to officers and soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army, officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Force, public security officers, and fire rescue teams. All socialist workers, to the vast number of members of the united front, pay lofty respect!
I extend my sincere greetings to compatriots in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region, Taiwan and the vast number of overseas Chinese!
I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the people and friends of all countries who live in friendship with the Chinese people and care about and support the cause of China's revolution, construction and reform!
Comrades, friends!
The original intention is easy to get, but it is always difficult to keep.
Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall.
We must use history to reflect reality and see the future from a long-term perspective. From the centuries of struggle of the Communist Party of China, we must see why we can succeed in the past, and understand how we can continue to succeed in the future, so as to be more determined and consciously remember the original mission on the new journey. , Create a better future.
-To learn from history and create the future, we must uphold the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China.
It's up to The communist party to do thing well in China.
The history of more than 180 years of the Chinese nation in modern times, the history of 100 years since the founding of the Communist Party of China, and the history of more than 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China have fully proved that without the Communist Party of China, there would be no New China and no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
History and the people chose the Communist Party of China.
The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the fundamental and lifeblood of the party and the country, and the interests and destiny of the people of all ethnic groups across the country.
On the new journey, we must adhere to the overall leadership of the party, continuously improve the party’s leadership, strengthen the “four consciousnesses”, strengthen the “four self-confidence”, achieve “two safeguards”, keep in mind the “bigger of the country”, and continue to improve The party’s scientific governance, democratic governance, and law-based governance will give full play to the party’s role as the core leadership of the party in taking over the overall situation and coordinating all parties!
——Taking history as a mirror to create the future, we must unite and lead the Chinese people to constantly strive for a better life.
The country is the people, and the people are the country. Fighting the country and guarding the country is the heart of the people.
The foundation of the Chinese Communist Party lies in the people, the blood lies in the people, and the strength lies in the people.
The Communist Party of China has always represented the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people. It has no special interests of its own, and has never represented the interests of any interest group, any powerful group, or any privileged class.
Any attempt to separate and antagonize the Chinese Communist Party from the Chinese people will never succeed!
More than 95 million Chinese Communists did not agree!
More than 1.4 billion Chinese people do not agree!
On the new journey, we must firmly rely on the people to create history, adhere to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, stand firm on the people’s stand, implement the party’s mass line, respect the people’s initiative, practice the people-centered development thinking, and develop People's democracy in the whole process, safeguard social fairness and justice, focus on solving the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development and the problems of the people's desperation, and promote the all-round development of people and the common prosperity of all people to make more obvious and substantive progress!
-Taking history as a mirror to create the future, we must continue to promote the Sinicization of Marxism.
Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for our party and the country, and it is the soul and banner of our party.
The Communist Party of China adheres to the basic principles of Marxism, seeks truth from facts, starts from China’s reality, gains insight into the general trend of the times, grasps the historical initiative, carries out arduous explorations, continuously promotes the modernization of Marxism in China, and guides the Chinese people to continuously advance the great social revolution.
Why can the Chinese Communist Party and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good? In the final analysis, it is because of Marxism!
On the new journey, we must adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thinking of the "Three Represents", and the scientific outlook on development, fully implement the thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and insist on combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality. Combining with Chinese excellent traditional culture, using Marxism to observe the era, grasp the era, lead the era, and continue to develop contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st century Marxism!
-Taking history as a mirror to create the future, we must uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Taking one's own path is the foothold of all the party's theory and practice, and it is the historical conclusion drawn by the party's centuries of struggle.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a fundamental achievement made by the party and the people after untold hardships and a huge price. It is the correct path to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
We adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, promote the coordinated development of material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization, and ecological civilization, create a new path to Chinese-style modernization, and create a new form of human civilization.
On the new journey, we must adhere to the party’s basic theory, basic line, and basic strategy, coordinate the promotion of the “five in one” overall layout, coordinate the promotion of the “four comprehensive” strategic layout, comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, and base itself on the new development stage. , Accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, promote high-quality development, promote scientific and technological self-reliance, ensure that the people are the masters of the country, adhere to the rule of law, adhere to the socialist core value system, and insist on ensuring and improving people's livelihood in development, Persist in the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and coordinate to promote the prosperity of the people, the prosperity of the country, and the beauty of China.
The Chinese nation has a splendid civilization formed in more than 5,000 years of historical evolution. The Communist Party of China has a century of hard work and more than 70 years of experience in governing and rejuvenating the country. We actively learn from all the useful achievements of human civilization and welcome all useful suggestions and well-intentioned criticisms. But we Never accept the preaching preaching like "Teacher Master"!
The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people will march forward with their heads high on the path they have chosen, and firmly hold the destiny of China's development and progress in their own hands!
-Taking history as a mirror to create the future, we must accelerate the modernization of national defense and the military.
A strong country must have a strong army, and a strong army can ensure national security.
Persevering in the party's command of guns and building its own people's army is an unbreakable truth that the party has drawn in the struggle between blood and fire.
The People's Army has established immortal feats for the party and the people. It is a strong pillar to defend the red world and safeguard the dignity of the nation, and it is also a powerful force for safeguarding regional and world peace.
On the new journey, we must fully implement the party’s thinking on strengthening the army in the new era, implement the military strategy of the new era, adhere to the party’s absolute leadership over the people’s army, adhere to the path of strengthening the army with Chinese characteristics, and comprehensively promote the political building of the army and the reform and strengthening of the army. Strengthen the army with science and technology, strengthen the army with talents, govern the army according to law, build the people's army into a world-class army, and defend national sovereignty, security, and development interests with stronger capabilities and more reliable means!
-Taking history as a mirror to create the future, we must continue to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Peace, harmony, and harmony are the concepts that the Chinese nation has been pursuing and inheriting for more than 5,000 years. There is no gene in the blood of the Chinese nation to invade others and dominate.
The Communist Party of China pays attention to the future and destiny of mankind, and advances hand in hand with all progressive forces in the world. China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of international order!
On the new journey, we must hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win, pursue an independent foreign policy of peace, adhere to the path of peaceful development, promote the building of a new type of international relations, promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, and promote the joint construction of the "Belt and Road." High-quality development provides new opportunities for the world with China's new development.
The Communist Party of China will continue to work with all peace-loving countries and people to promote the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind, and insist on cooperation, no confrontation, openness, no closure, and mutual benefit and win-win results. , Do not engage in zero-sum games, oppose hegemonism and power politics, and push the wheel of history toward a bright goal!
The Chinese people are people who uphold justice and are not afraid of violence. The Chinese nation is a nation with a strong sense of national pride and self-confidence.
The Chinese people have never bullied, oppressed, or enslaved the people of other countries. They did not have them in the past, they do not have them now, and they will never be there.
At the same time, the Chinese people will never allow any foreign forces to bully, oppress, or enslave us. Whoever wants to do so will surely face a bloodshed in front of the great steel wall built by more than 1.4 billion Chinese people!
-Taking history as a mirror to create the future requires a great struggle with many new historical characteristics.
Dare to fight and dare to win is the invincible and powerful spiritual force of the Chinese Communist Party.
To realize the great dream requires tenacious hard work and unremitting struggle.
Today, 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. At the same time, we must be prepared to make more arduous and arduous efforts.
On the new journey, we must increase our awareness of danger, always be prepared for danger in times of peace, implement the overall national security concept, coordinate development and security, coordinate the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation and the great changes unseen in the world in a century, and have a deep understanding of the main contradictions and changes in our society The new characteristics and requirements of the company, a deep understanding of the new contradictions and challenges brought about by the complex international environment, the courage to fight, to be good at fighting, to clear the way in the mountains, to bridge the water, and to overcome all risks and challenges!
-Taking history as a mirror to create the future, we must strengthen the unity of the Chinese people.
In the course of a hundred years of struggle, the Communist Party of China has always placed the united front in an important position, continuously consolidating and developing the most extensive united front, uniting all forces that can be united, mobilizing all positive factors that can be mobilized, and maximizing the strength for common struggle. .
The patriotic united front is an important magic weapon for the Chinese Communist Party to unite all Chinese people at home and abroad to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
On the new journey, we must persist in great unity and unity, persist in consistency and diversity, strengthen ideological and political leadership, broadly build consensus, gather talents from all over the world, strive to find the greatest common divisor, draw the largest concentric circle, and form the largest concentric circle at home and abroad. The lively situation of all Chinese people thinking one place and moving one another, gathers the majestic power to realize national rejuvenation!
-Taking history as a mirror to create the future, we must continue to advance the great new project of party building.
The courage to self-revolution is the distinguishing mark that distinguishes the Chinese Communist Party from other political parties.
Our party has gone through thousands of trials and is full of vigor and vitality. A very important reason is that we have always insisted that the party should manage the party and administer the party strictly, and constantly deal with the risks and tests that we face in various historical periods to ensure that our party's profound changes in the world situation We have always been at the forefront of the times in the course of history, and have always been the backbone of the people of the whole country in the course of dealing with various risks and challenges at home and abroad!
In the new journey, we must keep in mind the principle that iron must be hardened by ourselves, strengthen the political consciousness of comprehensively and strictly governing the party and always on the road, and continue to promote the new great project of party building in the new era with the party’s political construction as the leader. The party’s organizational system focuses on building a team of high-quality cadres with both ability and political integrity, unswervingly promote the construction of party style and clean government and the fight against corruption, resolutely eliminate all factors that damage the party’s advanced nature and purity, and eliminate all damage to the party’s healthy body. The virus will ensure that the party does not degenerate, color, and taste, and that the party will always become the core of strong leadership in the historical process of adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era!
Comrades, friends!
We must fully and accurately implement the principles of "One Country, Two Systems", "Hong Kong People Administering Hong Kong", "Macao People Administering Macao", and a high degree of autonomy, implement the central government's comprehensive governance over Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, and implement the legal system and implementation of the Special Administrative Regions to safeguard national security. Mechanism to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests, maintain the overall social stability of the Special Administrative Region, and maintain the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao.
Solving the Taiwan issue and realizing the complete reunification of the motherland are the unswerving historical tasks of the Chinese Communist Party and the common aspiration of all Chinese people.
We must adhere to the one-China principle and the "92 Consensus" to advance the process of peaceful reunification of the motherland.
All sons and daughters of China, including compatriots on both sides of the strait, must work together and move forward in solidarity, resolutely crush any "Taiwan independence" schemes, and create a bright future for national rejuvenation.
No one should underestimate the Chinese people's determination, determination, and strong ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity!
Comrades, friends!
The future belongs to the youth, and hope is placed on the youth.
A hundred years ago, a group of new youths held high the torch of Marxist thinking, struggling to explore the future of national rejuvenation in the stormy China.
For one hundred years, under the banner of the Communist Party of China, generations of Chinese youth have integrated their youth struggle into the cause of the party and the people, and have become the vanguard force in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The Chinese youth in the new era should take the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as their own responsibility, strengthen the ambition, backbone, and confidence of being Chinese, live up to the times, live up to their youth, live up to the ardent expectations of the party and the people!
Comrades, friends!
A hundred years ago, the Communist Party of China had only more than 50 members when it was founded. Today, it has become the world's largest ruling party with more than 95 million members, leading a country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, and with significant global influence.
A hundred years ago, what the Chinese nation presented to the world was a scene of decline and decay.
Today, the Chinese nation is showing a prosperous atmosphere to the world, and it is marching towards a great rejuvenation at an unstoppable pace.
In the past 100 years, the Communist Party of China has given an excellent answer to the people and history.
Now, the Chinese Communist Party has united and led the Chinese people to embark on a new road to achieve the goal of the second century of struggle.
All Chinese Communists!
The Party Central Committee calls on you to keep your original mission in mind, strengthen your ideals and beliefs, practice the party’s purpose, always maintain a flesh-and-blood connection with the people, always want to be with the people, work together, we are in the same boat through storms, we share weal and woe, and continue to achieve a better life for the people. Yearning for unremitting efforts to strive for greater glory for the party and the people!
Comrades, friends!
The Communist Party of China is determined to make great achievements for the Chinese nation in the coming years.
Looking back on the past and looking forward to the future, with the strong leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and the close unity of the people of all ethnic groups across the country, the goal of building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way will surely be realized, and the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will surely be realized!
Long live the great, glorious and correct Communist Party of China!
Long live the great, glorious and heroic Chinese people!