"Today is a very important and solemn day in the history of the Chinese Communist Party and in the history of the Chinese nation."

　　July 1, 2021, the centennial of the Communist Party of China.

General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Tiananmen Gate.

　　The exciting scene under the camera freeze, the leader of the new era raised his right fist and made a strong sound of history——

　　"Long live the great, glorious and correct Chinese Communist Party!"

　　"Long live the great, glorious and heroic Chinese people!"

　　"When General Secretary Xi Jinping walked up to the Tiananmen Gate, when the bright five-star red flag was slowly raised, and when the 100-gun salute resounded in every corner of the square, my eyes were already moist," recalled Luo Haozhe, a member of the Thousand People Speech Group.

　　Being in the same time and situation, a strong sense of time and history is impacted.

Just as in 1949, Comrade Mao Zedong announced the founding of New China at the Tiananmen Gate Tower, and a poet wrote the magnificent long poem "Time Begins".

　　At this moment, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared:

　　"We have achieved the goal of the first century of struggle, built a moderately prosperous society in all respects on the land of China, and solved the problem of absolute poverty historically. We are striving towards the goal of the second century of struggle to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way."

　　A thousand-year dream, a century of struggle, a dream come true.

　　A hundred years ago, the Chinese nation presented to the world a scene of decay and withering.

Today, the Chinese nation is showing a thriving atmosphere to the world.

　　All this is due to the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China——

　　"Without the Communist Party of China, there would be no New China, and there would be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." General Secretary Xi Jinping spoke loudly.

　　Mountains have their ridges high, and trees have their roots.

　　Over the past 100 years, the Communist Party of China has fulfilled its original mission, united and led the people of all ethnic groups in the country to strive unremittingly for national independence, people's liberation, the realization of national prosperity and people's happiness, and wrote the most magnificent epic in the history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. It has fundamentally changed the future and destiny of the Chinese people.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has led the development of the Party and the country to achieve historic achievements and undergo historic changes, and socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era.

"The Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up, becoming rich to becoming strong, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process!"

　　"The motherland has undergone earth-shaking changes. I firmly believe that with the Communist Party, life will become more and more prosperous!" During the Battle of Crossing the River in 1949, Ma Mao, who was only 14 years old, rowed desperately in the hail of bullets and sent the People's Liberation Army to the south bank.

Now 86 years old, she came to Tiananmen Square to watch the ceremony, recalling the past and recalling the past, and was filled with emotion.

　　All this is due to the united struggle of hundreds of millions of Chinese people——

　　"The country is the people, and the people are the country. Fighting the country and guarding the country is the heart of the people." General Secretary Xi Jinping said with affection.

In the important speech of more than 7,000 words, the word "people" appeared 86 times.

　　From its inception to its growth, the Communist Party of China has always adhered to the people-centered approach, and has always maintained close ties with the people.

　　Standing on the top of Tiananmen Square, Zhang Dingyu, a "people's hero" who was busy running around with a "frozen" body, recalled the days and nights of Wuhan's fight against the epidemic.

"When we are desperate to save the sick, the whole of China is supporting us. This is the strength of our party and the strength of the people!"

　　All the past is immortalized by the present, and the infinite future begins with the present.

　　Invited to climb the Tiananmen Gate, Li Hongta, the grandson of Li Dazhao, was full of emotion: "Grandpa's dream a hundred years ago has come true today!" The prophecy of "a world with red flags" was still in his ears.

　　The journey of the century is magnificent; the great achievements of the future are vast poems.

　　"The Communist Party of China is committed to the great cause of the Chinese nation in the long run, and a hundred years is exactly the time of its glory!" General Secretary Xi Jinping's sonorous words stirred people's hearts -

　　"The goal of building a powerful modern 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!"

　　Chief planner: Fu Hua, Lv Yansong

　　Director system: Zhang Sutang

　　Planning: Sun Chengbin and Chen Erhou

　　Producer: Zhao Cheng Liu Jie Sun Zhiping Chen Kaixing Huo Xiaoguang Lai Xiangdong Fan Hua Qi Huijie

　　Coordination: Li Zhongfa Wu Dan Huang Yue

　　Text: Zhu Jichai Zhang Yan

　　Photography: Ju Peng

　　Audio: Ng Weiling and Lau Jae

　　Visual: Bi Xiaoyang Li Jing

　　Design: Jiao Xufeng Yin Zhe Lunma Development

　　Coordinator: Hu Ruohan and Wang Xiaojiao

　　Promotion: Li Ming Zhao Peng

　　Produced by the first studio of Xinhua News Agency