On March 3, the day after the conclusion of this year's National People's Congress and the National People's Political Consultative Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping attended a high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and political parties around the world. This is the third time in recent years that the general secretary has attended a global political party gathering hosted by the Communist Party of China.

What will be special about this dialogue? What message did the keynote speech delivered by the general secretary convey? "Current Political News Eye" interprets it for you.

Video: Xi Jinping attended the high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties and delivered a keynote speech Source: CCTV

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Consistent "responsibility"

In recent years, the three high-level dialogues between the Communist Party of China and political parties around the world have many similarities.

First, the time nodes are relatively special.

From November 2017 to December 11, 30, the High-level Dialogue between the Communist Party of China and World Political Parties was held in Beijing. At that time, the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China had just concluded for more than a month. Nearly 3 leaders of political parties and organizations in more than 120 countries came with great interest. In his speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed institutionalizing this high-level dialogue.

△On the evening of March 2023, 3, Beijing time, the high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties was held by video link. (Photographed by CCTV reporter Zhao Hua)

On July 2021, 7, five days after the celebration of the 6th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the summit between the Communist Party of China and world political party leaders was held via video link. Leaders of more than 100 political parties and organizations from more than 5 countries attended the meeting.

This year's high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and political parties around the world coincided with the conclusion of the National Two Sessions, and was also the first major multilateral diplomatic event attended by the general secretary in China after the 150th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. With the successful convening of the 500th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, "Chinese-style modernization" has increasingly become an important keyword for decoding China's development. Leaders of more than <> political parties and organizations from more than <> countries attended the event.

△On the evening of March 2023, 3, Beijing time, the venue before the start of the high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties. (Photo by CCTV reporter Cheng Cheng)

Second, the theme of the conference is in the same vein.

The theme of the 2017 High-level Dialogue was "Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind and Building a Better World Together: The Responsibility of Political Parties". The theme of the 2021 summit focused on "Happiness for the People: The Responsibility of Political Parties". The theme of this year's high-level dialogue was "The Road to Modernization: The Responsibility of Political Parties".

All three sessions featured "responsibility of political parties" as a theme. In his keynote speech, the general secretary also spoke many times about the "responsibility of political parties."

△The theme of this high-level dialogue is "The Road to Modernization: The Responsibility of Political Parties". (Photo by CCTV reporter Shi Cheng)

At the 2021 summit, the general secretary pointed out that political parties, as an important force for promoting human progress, should anchor the correct direction of progress and shoulder the historical responsibility of seeking happiness for the people and progress for mankind. He elaborated on the responsibility to lead the way, the responsibility to build consensus, the responsibility to promote development, the responsibility to strengthen cooperation, and the responsibility to improve governance.

In this year's keynote speech, the general secretary once again stressed that in the face of a series of modernization questions, "political parties, as an important force leading and promoting the modernization process, have the responsibility to answer."

Video: Xi Jinping: Blowing out other people's lights will not make yourself brighter, block the way of others, nor will you let yourself go furtherSource: CCTV news client

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Answering the "Modernization Question"

Why is there a "modernization question"? General Secretary Xi Jinping said in his keynote speech that "the process of modernization of human society has once again come to the crossroads of history."

What is the "Question of Modernization"? The general secretary made a list: polarization or common prosperity? Material supremacy or material and spiritual coordination? Fishing or living in harmony with nature? Zero-sum game or win-win cooperation? Copy the model of other countries or develop independently based on their own national conditions? What kind of modernization do we really need? How can it be modernized?

△The scene of this high-level dialogue. (Photo by CCTV reporter Cheng Cheng)

How to answer the "question of modernization"? The general secretary put forward five proposals: First, we must adhere to the concept of putting the people first and highlight the people's nature in the direction of modernization; Second, we should uphold the principle of independence and self-determination and explore the diversity of modernization paths; The third is to establish a sense of integrity and innovation and maintain the continuity of the modernization process; Fourth, it is necessary to carry forward the spirit of self-reliance and enhance the universality of the results of modernization; Fifth, it is necessary to maintain a vigorous and active attitude and ensure the firmness of the modernized leadership.

Point 5 is about "the responsibility of political parties." The general secretary said, "As the leading and driving force of the modernization cause, the values, leadership level, governance ability, spiritual outlook, and will quality of the political party are directly related to the future and fate of the country's modernization." ”

Video: Xi Jinping: Modernization is not a "patent" of a few countries Nor is it an either/or "single-choice question" source: CCTV news client

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Chinese-style modernization

General Secretary Xi Jinping first mentioned "Chinese-style modernization" in his public speech, reportedly at the Fifth Plenum of the 2015th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in <>. He said at that time that at the beginning of reform and opening up, Comrade Deng Xiaoping first used Xiaokang to interpret Chinese-style modernization.

Five years later, in October 2020, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the general secretary first elaborated on the five characteristics of Chinese-style modernization. A major theoretical innovation at the 2th National Congress of the Communist Party of China last year was to summarize and deeply expound the theory of Chinese-style modernization. In February this year, the general secretary profoundly expounded a series of major theoretical and practical issues in Chinese-style modernization in the "First Lesson of the New Year," which is a great enrichment and development of the theory of Chinese-style modernization.

△Leaders of more than 150 political parties and organizations from more than 500 countries attended the high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties.

On March 3, at a high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties, the general secretary pointed out, "After several generations of unremitting efforts, we have embarked on the path of Chinese-style modernization. He used the words "good road", "the only way", and "the right way on earth" to describe Chinese-style modernization.

The general secretary also used three "new" to expound the significance, value and impact of Chinese-style modernization on the world: strive to provide new opportunities for world development with new achievements of Chinese-style modernization, provide new impetus for mankind's exploration of the road of modernization, and make new contributions to the theoretical and practical innovation of human social modernization.

Video: Xi Jinping on Chinese-style modernization: is a good road, is the only way to the worldSource: CCTV news client

Chinese-style modernization is socialist modernization under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The party's leadership has a direct bearing on the fundamental direction, future and destiny of Chinese-style modernization, and ultimately success or failure.

In this keynote speech, the general secretary declared to the world that in the process of promoting Chinese-style modernization, the Communist Party of China will achieve "three commitments": committed to promoting high-quality development and promoting global development and prosperity; Committed to upholding international fairness and justice and promoting world peace and stability; It is committed to promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and promoting the progress of human civilization.

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First launch of the Global Civilization Initiative

In May 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping said at the opening ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, "There is no conflict between civilizations, but we must have eyes to appreciate the beauty of all civilizations." We must not only make our own civilization full of vitality, but also create conditions for the development of other countries' civilizations, so that the hundred gardens of world civilization can compete with each other. ”

In the keynote speech of this high-level dialogue, the general secretary mentioned the "100 Gardens of World Civilization": "As a new form of human civilization, Chinese-style modernization will learn from other civilizations around the world, and will certainly greatly enrich the 100 gardens of world civilization." ”

△The scene of this high-level dialogue. (Photographed by CCTV reporter Zhao Hua)

In his speech, the General Secretary proposed the "Global Civilization Initiative" for the first time. This is another international public good that he has proposed, following the Global Development Initiative in September last year and the Global Security Initiative in April last year.

The content of the "Global Civilization Initiative" mainly includes: jointly advocating respect for the diversity of world civilizations, jointly advocating the promotion of the common values of all mankind, jointly advocating attaching importance to civilization inheritance and innovation, and jointly advocating strengthening international people-to-people exchanges and cooperation.

△This is the speech of President Ramaphosa of the African National Congress and President of South Africa.

△This is the speech of President Vučić of Serbian Kadima Party at the dialogue.

In July 2021, at the summit between the Communist Party of China and world political party leaders, General Secretary Xi Jinping said, "The Communist Party of China will adhere to the people-centered development thinking and think about the profound propositions of national rejuvenation and human progress in a broad spatial and temporal dimension." ”

The heart is in the people, and the benefit is to the world. This is the bosom and responsibility of the century-old party. At the end of this year's keynote speech, the general secretary solemnly declared, "The Communist Party of China is willing to work with all parties to make the modernization cause with different characteristics converge into the torrent of the times to promote world prosperity and progress, and roll forward and develop sustainably in the long river of history!" ”

Video: Xi Jinping: The ultimate goal of modernization is to achieve free and comprehensive development for peopleSource: CCTV News Client

Executive producer丨Shen Yong

Main writer丨Gong Xuehui

Responsible editor丨Liu Ruilin

Reporter丨Yu Zhenyi, Zhao Hua, Shi Cheng, Cheng Cheng

Vision丨Chen Kuo Zhang Jing