Speech at the Central Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
(September 20, 2019)
Xi Jinping
Comrades and friends:
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the purpose of convening this meeting is to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, review achievements, sum up experience, strengthen confidence, and deploy the new era to strengthen and improve the work of the CPPCC.
In September 70 years ago, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held amid the triumph of the Chinese people's historic victory for national independence and liberation.
Comrade Mao Zedong said boldly in his opening speech that our work will be written in the history of mankind, and it will show that the Chinese, who account for a quarter of the total human population, have stood up since then.
Here, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference!
I would like to extend my sincere greetings to all parties, organizations, people of all nationalities and all walks of life participating in the CPPCC, to the compatriots in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region, Taiwan compatriots and overseas Chinese!
At this moment, we deeply miss the revolutionary ancestors and people with lofty ideals who fought heroically for national independence, people’s liberation, national prosperity and people’s happiness, and we deeply miss Comrade Mao Zedong, Comrade Zhou Enlai, Comrade Deng Xiaoping, Comrade Deng Yingchao, Comrade Li Xiannian and other older generation CPPCC Outstanding leaders in business.
We must always remember all those who contributed to the cause of the CPPCC and the cause of multi-party cooperation!
Comrades and friends!
The CPPCC is the great achievement of the Communist Party of China in combining the Marxist-Leninist united front theory, the theory of political parties, and the theory of democratic politics with China's reality. great creations.
Over the past 70 years, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the CPPCC has adhered to the two major themes of unity and democracy, served the central tasks of the party and the country, and played a very important role in the establishment of New China and in various historical periods of socialist revolution, construction and reform.
On September 20, 2019, the work 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 were held in the auditorium of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping attended the conference and delivered an important speech.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng / photo
The first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, acting on behalf of the National People's Congress, made comprehensive preparations for the birth of New China.
The meeting adopted the common program of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference with a provisional constitutional nature, the Organic Law of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the Organic Law of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, made resolutions on the capital, national flag, national anthem, and chronology, and elected the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. and the Central People's Government Committee.
This also marks the official establishment of the CPPCC system.
After the founding of New China, the CPPCC has made positive contributions to the restoration and development of the national economy, the consolidation of the new people's political power, the completion of the socialist revolution, the establishment of the basic socialist system, and the promotion of socialist construction.
After the National People's Congress was held in 1954, the CPPCC continued to carry out fruitful work in the country's political and social life.
In 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held, and the development of the CPPCC entered a new era.
The CPC Central Committee further clarified the nature, tasks, themes and functions of the CPPCC, promoted the nature and role of the CPPCC to be enshrined in the Constitution, and established the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system under the leadership of the Communist Party of my country as a basic political system in China.
The CPPCC conscientiously implements the party's theory, line, principles and policies, strives to mobilize all positive factors, unites all forces that can be united, and has made important contributions to promoting reform and opening up and socialist modernization.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the CPC Central Committee has made a series of major arrangements for the work of the CPPCC.
The CPPCC conscientiously implements the idea of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, adheres to the nature of the CPPCC, closely follows the overall layout of the "five-in-one" and the strategic layout of the "four comprehensives", and actively participates in the realization of the "two centenaries" The goal of striving and the great practice of realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has brought together the development of the party and the country, and opened up a new situation for the work of the CPPCC.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have summed up our experience and put forward a series of new requirements for the work of the CPPCC, mainly in the following aspects.
One is to strengthen the party's leadership over the work of the CPPCC.
The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the common choice of all the Chinese people, including all democratic parties, organizations, ethnic groups, strata, and people from all walks of life.
It is necessary to adhere to the leadership of the party throughout all the work of the CPPCC, and earnestly implement the requirements of the CPC Central Committee for the work of the CPPCC.
The second is to accurately grasp the nature and positioning of the CPPCC.
The People's Political Consultative Conference is an organization of the united front, an institution for multi-party cooperation and political consultation, an important realization form of people's democracy, an important channel and specialized consultative institution for socialist consultative democracy, an important part of the national governance system, and a Chinese characteristic. institutional arrangements.
The CPPCC must adhere to its qualitative orientation and unswervingly follow the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics.
The third is to give full play to the role of the special consultative body of the CPPCC.
Consultative democracy is an important way to realize the party's leadership, and it is the unique form and unique advantage of my country's socialist democratic politics.
It is necessary to give full play to the role of the CPPCC's special consultative body, to implement consultative democracy throughout the entire process of performing its functions, to persist in promoting democracy and enhancing unity, and to make two-way efforts to provide advice and build consensus. Supervision.
The fourth is to uphold and improve my country's new political party system.
The multi-party cooperation and political consultation system under the leadership of the Communist Party of my country is a basic political system in China and a new type of political party system that grew out of Chinese soil. The CPPCC should create conditions for democratic parties and people without party affiliation to play a better role in the CPPCC .
The fifth is to widely gather people's hearts and strength.
The CPPCC should give full play to the organizational function of the united front, adhere to great unity and unity, adhere to the unity of consistency and diversity, continuously consolidate the common ideological and political foundation, strengthen ideological and political leadership, broadly build consensus, and strive to seek the greatest common divisor and draw the greatest concentric circles. , bringing together the majestic force to achieve national rejuvenation.
Sixth, focus on fulfilling the tasks of the Party and the state center.
The CPPCC should take the realization of the first centenary goal and move towards the second centenary goal as the direction of its performance, focus on promoting the resolution of the problems of unbalanced and insufficient development, closely focus on the overall situation, and aim to grasp the key points and make up for it. On the important issues of weak links, strengths and weaknesses, in-depth consultations will be conducted to focus on government affairs, and supervision will be strengthened to promote implementation.
On March 4, 2022, the fifth meeting of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
This is Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng, and Wang Qishan taking their seats on the rostrum. Wang Yang, on behalf of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, reports to the conference.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen / photo
Seventh, adhere to the CPPCC for the people.
The CPPCC should continue to meet the people's needs for a better life and improve people's livelihood as an important focus, listen to the voices of the people, reflect the people's aspirations, grasp the actual problems in the field of people's livelihood and do a good job, and assist the party and the government to improve the people's well-being.
Eighth, promote the construction of duty performance capacity with the spirit of reform and innovation.
The CPPCC should adhere to reform and innovation, and strive to enhance its political grasping ability, investigation and research ability, ability to connect with the masses, and ability to cooperate and work together.
It is necessary to strengthen the construction of the team of members, educate and guide members to understand the CPPCC, negotiate, negotiate well, abide by discipline, obey the rules, and pay attention to conduct.
70 years of practice has proved that the CPPCC system has many unique advantages.
Marx and Engels said: "What is democracy? It must have a certain meaning, otherwise it cannot exist. Therefore, the whole problem is to determine the true meaning of democracy." Stereotyped pattern.
Practice has fully proved that Chinese-style democracy is feasible and effective in China.
Under the new situation, we must uphold the CPPCC system, develop the cause of the CPPCC, strengthen the responsibility for carrying out the united front work, and unite more people around the party.
On March 6, 2022, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited the members of the agricultural sector, social welfare and social security sectors who participated in the fifth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and participated in the joint group meeting to listen to opinions and suggestion.
Wang Yang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attended the visit and discussion.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Ye / photo
Comrades and friends!
The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is at a critical period.
The closer we get to the goal, the more complicated the situation and the more arduous the task, the more we must give full play to the political advantages of the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the institutional advantages of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and gather the wisdom and strength of all aspects to form the heart of the Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad. Thinking everywhere, working hard to make a powerful synergy.
In the new era, the overall requirements for strengthening and improving the work of the CPPCC are: guided by the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", achieve the "two maintenances", and adhere to the and the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics as the main axis to consolidate the common ideological and political foundation, take serving the realization of the "two centenary goals" as the main line of work, take strengthening ideological and political guidance and broad consensus as the central link, and adhere to the two major aspects of unity and democracy. The theme is to improve the level of political consultation, democratic supervision, participation in and deliberation, better build consensus, and take the political responsibility of implementing the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the work requirements of the CPPCC, and uniting the wisdom and strength of Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad. Contribute to building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and then building a great modern socialist country in an all-round way.
At present and for a period to come, the CPPCC should in particular do a good job in the following tasks.
First, give full play to the role of the special consultative body of the CPPCC.
As I said, under China's socialist system, it is the true meaning of the people's democracy that there is a good deal to discuss, and everyone's affairs to be discussed by everyone, so as to find the greatest common divisor of the wishes and demands of the whole society.
Consultative democracy is an important institutional design for the Party to lead the people to effectively govern the country and ensure that the people are the masters of the country. It complements and complements electoral democracy.
The CPPCC promotes broad unity, promotes multi-party cooperation, and practices people's democracy during consultations. It not only upholds historical traditions, but also reflects the characteristics of the times. It fully embodies the characteristics of socialist democracy in our country that there are more consultations when things go wrong, more consultations when things happen, and more consultations when doing things. Advantage.
Being able to listen to opinions and daring to listen to opinions, especially the courage to accept criticism and improve work, is a manifestation of confidence and strength.
To develop socialist consultative democracy, we must make good use of the advantages of democratic centralism, carry forward the fine tradition of "unity-criticism-unity", open up opinions, brainstorm ideas, and promote the full expression and in-depth exchanges of different ideas and viewpoints, so as to achieve mutual respect, Negotiate on an equal footing without imposing others, follow the rules, negotiate in an orderly manner without speaking to each other, be considerate and inclusive, negotiate sincerely without being paranoid, and form a good negotiation atmosphere that not only speaks freely, expresses opinions, but is rational and lawful.
Regarding various opinions and criticisms, as long as we adhere to the Party's basic theory, basic line, and basic strategy, we must let everyone talk about it. Nothing is added.
To give full play to the role of the CPPCC's special consultative body, it is necessary to improve the system and mechanism.
It is necessary to insist that the party committee work with the government and the CPPCC to formulate an annual consultation plan system, improve the implementation mechanism of consultation before decision-making and during the implementation of decision-making. Principles, basic procedures, communication methods, etc.
Second, strengthen ideological and political guidance and broadly build consensus.
Comrade Mao Zedong said that the so-called politics is to attract more people who support us and less people who oppose us.
This is what makes our Party's leadership in revolution, construction, and reform successful.
Under the conditions of the new era, if we want to move forward, we must strengthen the great unity of the people of all ethnic groups in the country and mobilize all positive factors that can be mobilized.
To unite everyone, thought leadership and consensus building are essential.
The CPPCC should, through effective work, strive to become an important position for upholding and strengthening the Party's leadership in various tasks, an important platform for uniting and educating representatives of all ethnic groups and all walks of life with the Party's innovative theories, resolving conflicts and building consensus on a common ideological and political basis important channel.
It is necessary to guide all parties, organizations and people of all nationalities and all walks of life participating in the CPPCC to deeply study the party's innovative theories, current affairs policies, the history of the Communist Party of China, the history of New China, the history of the United Front, the history of the CPPCC, and establish a correct view of history and the overall situation .
To strengthen ideological and political leadership, we must correctly handle the relationship between consistency and diversity.
Consistency is the unity of a common ideological and political foundation, and diversity is a reflection of diverse interests and ideas. It is necessary to seek consistency in respecting diversity, and not to be "uniform".
It is necessary to keep abreast of the internal ideological dynamics of the united front, combine the strengthening of ideological and political leadership on some sensitive points, risk points, and concerns with regular ideological and political work, seek common ground while reserving differences, gather common ground to resolve differences, and promote the realization of all parties, groups and people from all ethnic groups and all walks of life. Common progress in thinking.
The CPPCC should extensively contact and mobilize people from all walks of life to assist the Party and the government in coordinating relations, rationalizing emotions, and resolving conflicts.
It is necessary to encourage and support members to go deep into the grassroots and the masses in different sectors, timely reflect the opinions and suggestions of the masses, and in-depth publicize the party and state principles and policies.
On December 31, 2021, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held a New Year's tea party in Beijing.
Party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan attended the tea party and watched the performance.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Yan / photo
Achieving the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation requires a broad pool of positive energy of unity and struggle.
It is necessary to give full play to the role of the People's Political Consultative Conference as an important political form and organizational form for implementing the new party system, and make institutional arrangements for the democratic parties to express opinions and make suggestions in the CPPCC in the name of their own party.
It is necessary to improve the communication mechanism with non-party intellectuals, non-public economic people, and people from new social strata.
It is necessary to fully implement the party's ethnic policies and religious policies, promote exchanges and integration of various ethnic groups, and guide religions to adapt to socialist society.
It is necessary to 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, guide Hong Kong and Macao members to support the government of the Special Administrative Region and the Chief Executive in governing according to law, and develop and strengthen the forces of patriotism and love for Hong Kong and Macao.
We must adhere to the one-China principle and the "1992 Consensus", expand exchanges with relevant parties, groups, social organizations, and people from all walks of life on the island of Taiwan, promote the deepening of cross-strait integration and development, and resolutely oppose any form of "Taiwan independence" separatist activities.
It is necessary to widely unite overseas Chinese and attract representatives of overseas Chinese to participate in the activities of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
It is necessary to actively carry out foreign exchanges and provide positive energy for promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Third, strengthen the responsibility of members.
CPPCC members, as representatives of all parties and groups and all ethnic groups and all walks of life, are selected through solemn consultations from all walks of life, and represent the people of all walks of life to participate in national affairs and perform their duties.
This is an honor and a responsibility.
The majority of CPPCC members must adhere to the feelings of performing their duties for the country and the people, take their careers in their hearts, shoulder responsibilities on their shoulders, and earnestly perform their duties as members.
Members of the CPPCC come from all walks of life, and their views and understandings on some issues may not be the same, but their political positions cannot be ambiguous and their political principles cannot be shaken.
It is necessary to study and implement the Party's basic theory, basic line, and basic strategy, and continuously enhance political, ideological, theoretical, and emotional identification with the Communist Party of China and socialism with Chinese characteristics.
It is necessary to continuously improve the ideological level and cognitive ability, extensively study all aspects of knowledge, accurately grasp the methods and methods of the CPPCC's performance of duties, conduct in-depth investigations and research, actively offer suggestions and suggestions, and comprehensively enhance the ability to perform duties.
We must give full play to the role of bridge and link, and do more work among the people in different sectors to provide assistance in the snow, help the poor, do more work to change the wind and rain, solve doubts and doubts, and do more work to straighten emotions and resolve conflicts.
It is necessary to consciously abide by the Constitution, laws and the constitution of the CPPCC, actively practice the core socialist values, temper morality, be strict with integrity and self-discipline, and demonstrate the demeanor of the CPPCC members in the new era with exemplary actions.
Comrades and friends!
Party committees at all levels should include the work of the CPPCC in their important agendas, adhere to the system of regularly listening to the work of the CPPCC party group and the work of the CPPCC Standing Committee at meetings of the CPPCC Standing Committee, and supervise and inspect the implementation of the party's line, principles and policies by the CPPCC party organization.
It is necessary to create favorable conditions for the CPPCC organization to carry out its work, select the best and strengthen the CPPCC leadership team, and focus on solving the problems of weak basic work and weak personnel strength of the CPPCC in cities and counties.
The main responsible comrades of the party committee should take the lead in participating in important activities of the CPPCC, and take the lead in making friends outside the party.
Disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels and departments of organization, publicity, united front, etc., as well as the government and its relevant departments, must strengthen contact and cooperation with CPPCC organizations to form a joint force to strengthen and improve the work of the CPPCC.
Regarding strengthening and improving the work of the CPPCC in the new era, the CPC Central Committee will issue a special document, and everyone must implement it conscientiously.
The CPPCC Party Group must ensure that the Party Central Committee's major policies and decisions are implemented in the CPPCC.
It is necessary to strengthen the party building of the CPPCC system, comprehensively promote the construction of the CPPCC party under the leadership of the party's political construction, and promote the construction of the CPPCC organization under the leadership of the party's construction.
Comrades and friends!
70 years ago, when the dawn of New China was emerging, the Communist Party of China followed the general trend, united all parties, and opened a new era of negotiating to build a country and create great achievements together.
Today, 70 years later, on the road of the new Long March to build the Chinese dream together and forge ahead hand in hand in the new era, the Communist Party of China will not forget its original aspiration and keep its mission firmly in mind, continue to unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups in the country, strengthen great unity and unity, and work with one heart and one mind. Join in the grand event.
In this historical process, the CPPCC has a glorious mission and great responsibility.
It is hoped that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee, the CPPCC will unswervingly move forward along the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, in order to realize the "two centenary goals", realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and realize the people's yearning for a better life And keep fighting!