Xi Jinping: To learn from history and 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 through untold hardships and a huge price. It is the correct path to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
This passage comes from a speech delivered by Xi Jinping at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, 2021.
After a hundred years of hard work and hardship, the Communist Party of China has emerged from the flames, has gone through hardships and nirvana several times, and has led the Chinese people to create their own directions and roads for revolution, construction, and development, and has achieved extraordinary historical achievements.
Why can the Chinese Communist Party succeed?
The spirit of independent exploration and the firm determination to stick to its own path are the essence of our party's continuous awakening from setbacks and the continuous transition from victory to victory.
Since its birth, the Communist Party of China has upheld the original intention and mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, and emphasized the integration of the basic principles of Marxism with the specific reality of China, and has continuously promoted the sinicization, modernization, and modernization of Marxism. Popularization.
Resolutely walk one's own path, persist in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, adhering to the path of advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic, confident and cultural consciousness, this is the "success code" of the Chinese Communist Party.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the product of the Communist Party of China rooted in the land of China, based on national conditions and people’s conditions, independent thinking, and innovation; socialism with Chinese characteristics is also the product of the Communist Party of China establishing a global vision, absorbing the wisdom of Chinese civilization, and absorbing the fruits of world civilization; a society with Chinese characteristics Doctrine not only created a Chinese-style path to modernization, but also contributed new forms of governance and development experience to the world.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics is not only a great cause that we must continue to advance, but also the fundamental guarantee for us to create the future.
We must follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and continue to write Chinese legends in the history of human development.
(Special expert for this issue: Xun Lili, associate researcher of the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)