We must insist on putting people first※
Xi Jinping
one
Our people are a great people. During the long historical process, the Chinese people have relied on diligence, bravery and wisdom to create a beautiful homeland where all ethnic groups live in harmony and develop a great and dynamic culture. Our people love life and look forward to better education, more stable jobs, more satisfactory income, more reliable social security, higher-level medical and health services, more comfortable living conditions, and a more beautiful environment. I hope that children can grow better, work better, and live better. The people's yearning for a better life is our goal. All happiness in the world needs to be created through hard work. Our responsibility is to unite and lead the entire Party and people of all ethnic groups in the country to continue to emancipate their minds, adhere to reform and opening up, continuously liberate and develop social productive forces, strive to solve the people's production and living difficulties, and unswervingly follow the path of common prosperity.
(Speech delivered by members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee when meeting with Chinese and foreign journalists on November 15, 2012)
two
The people are the creators of history, and the masses are the real heroes. The people are the source of our strength. We deeply know that everyone's strength is limited, but as long as we are united and united, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome; everyone's working time is limited, but serving the people wholeheartedly is unlimited. Responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai, and career has a long way to go. We must always be in tune with the people, share weal and woe with the people, work in unity with the people, work day and night, work diligently, and strive to deliver a qualified answer to history and the people.
(Speech delivered by members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee when meeting with Chinese and foreign journalists on November 15, 2012)
From March 18 to 21, 2024, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected Hunan. On the afternoon of the 19th, Xi Jinping had a cordial exchange with villagers during an inspection in Gangzhongping Village, Xiejiapu Town, Dingcheng District, Changde City. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng/
three
We talk about our purpose and talk a lot, but in the final analysis we still serve the people. Our party serves the people. The central government’s consideration is to do things for the people. Cadres at all levels cannot always keep their eyes upward. Everything must be looked up and down. We must always ask ourselves, are we busy with things that have nothing to do with the fundamental purpose of the party? Are you wholeheartedly doing things for the people? Are you working around the central tasks of the party and the country? In ancient times, it was said that eating the emperor's salary means being loyal to the emperor. Now it’s about serving the people.
(Speech delivered while inspecting poverty alleviation and development work in Fuping County, Hebei Province on December 29 and 30, 2012)
Four
Our party comes from the people, is rooted in the people, and serves the people. The party has its foundation, blood and strength in the people. Without the people's support and support, the party's cause and work will be out of the question. If the party wants to continue to withstand the test of governance, reform and opening up, market economy, and external environment, it must always maintain close contact with the people. At any time and under any circumstances, we must not change our stance of breathing and sharing fate with the people, we must not forget the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, we must not lose sight of the historical materialism that the masses are the real heroes, and we must always insist on building the party for the public good and governing for the people.
(Speech at the Party’s Mass Line Education and Practice Work Conference on June 18, 2013)
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The mass line essentially embodies the basic Marxist principle that the masses of the people are the creators of history. Only by adhering to this basic principle can we grasp the basic laws of historical progress. Only by acting in accordance with historical laws can we be invincible. History has repeatedly proven that the people are the main force for historical development and social progress. As Comrade Mao Zedong said: "Once China's destiny is in the hands of the people themselves, China will shine on the earth with its own glorious flames just like the sun rising in the east."
(Speech at the symposium commemorating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong on December 26, 2013)
From February 1 to 2, 2024, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, came to Tianjin to visit and express condolences to grassroots cadres and the masses. This is the morning of the 1st. When Xi Jinping inspected Liubu Village, Xinkou Town, Xiqing District, he had a cordial chat with villager Du Honggang and his family. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng/
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All governance activities of the Communist Party of China and all governance activities of the People's Republic of China must respect the people's dominant position, respect the people's pioneering spirit, worship the people as their teachers, and deeply root the growth of political wisdom and the enhancement of state governance skills in the people. Through creative practice, insights from all aspects can be applied to the governance of the country.
(Speech at a meeting to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference on September 21, 2014)
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Development for the people is the fundamental stance of Marxist political economics. Marx and Engels pointed out: "The movement of the proletariat is an independent movement for the overwhelming majority of people and for the benefit of the overwhelming majority of the people." In the future society, "production will aim at the prosperity of all people." Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out that the essence of socialism is to liberate productive forces, develop productive forces, eliminate exploitation, eliminate polarization, and ultimately achieve common prosperity. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that we must adhere to the people-centered development idea and take improving people's well-being, promoting people's all-round development, and making steady progress toward common prosperity as the starting point and goal of economic development. We must never forget this at any time. We must firmly adhere to this fundamental position when deploying economic work, formulating economic policies, and promoting economic development.
(Speech delivered at the 28th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee on November 23, 2015)
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The people's position is the fundamental political stance of the Communist Party of China and a distinctive sign that distinguishes a Marxist political party from other political parties. The party and the people share weal and woe through thick and thin, and have always maintained flesh-and-blood ties. This is the fundamental guarantee for the party to overcome all difficulties and risks. As the saying goes, "If you win the crowd, you will gain the country; if you lose the crowd, you will lose the country."
(Speech at a conference celebrating the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, 2016)
Nine
Only by not forgetting your original intention can you achieve success. The original intention and mission of the Chinese Communists is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. This original intention and mission are the fundamental driving force that inspires Chinese Communists to keep moving forward. All comrades in the Party must always breathe the same breath, share the same destiny and be heart-to-heart with the people, always regard the people's yearning for a better life as the goal of struggle, and continue to realize the greatness of the Chinese nation with an unswerving mental state and an indomitable attitude of struggle. The grand goal of rejuvenation is marching forward bravely.
(Report at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 18, 2017)
ten
The times are the test takers, we are the test takers, and the people are the test takers.
(On January 5, 2018, new members and alternate members of the Central Committee and main leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels
Speech at the seminar class on studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the Spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China)
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The people are the creators of history, and the people are the real heroes. The magnificent history of the development of the Chinese nation was written by the Chinese people! The extensive and profound Chinese civilization was created by the Chinese people! The timeless Chinese national spirit is cultivated by the Chinese people! The Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up, getting rich, and becoming strong. This is the result of the hard work of the Chinese people!
(Speech at the First Session of the 13th National People’s Congress on March 20, 2018)
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To study Marx, we must study and practice Marxist thought on adhering to the people’s position. People's nature is the most distinctive character of Marxism. Marx said, "Historical activities are the activities of the masses." Liberating the people was Marx's lifelong pursuit. We must always take the people's position as our fundamental position and seek happiness for the people as our fundamental mission, adhere to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, implement the mass line, respect the people's dominant position and pioneering spirit, and always maintain flesh-and-blood ties with the people and unite Utilize the majestic power of unity to unite and lead the people to jointly create historical achievements. This is an inevitable choice that respects the laws of history, and it is the conscious responsibility of Communists to not forget their original aspirations and keep their mission in mind.
(Speech at a conference commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Marx on May 4, 2018)
Thirteen
The people are the greatest source of confidence for our party to govern, the solid foundation of our republic, and the foundation for strengthening the party and rejuvenating the country. Our party comes from the people, lives for the people and prospers because of the people. We must always be in tune with the people, share weal and woe with the people, and unite with the people in struggle. Every Communist Party member must understand that the party has no special interests of its own other than the interests of the people. All the work of the party is to realize, safeguard and develop the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people; the people are the creators of history, the people To be a true hero, we must believe in and rely on the people; we will always be ordinary members of the working people and must maintain flesh-and-blood ties with the people.
(Speech at the education work conference on the theme of “Don’t forget your original intention, keep your mission in mind” on May 31, 2019)
From December 14 to 15, 2023, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected Guangxi. This is the morning of the 14th. When Xi Jinping inspected Panlong Community in Liangqing District, Nanning City, he had cordial exchanges with people of all ethnic groups in the community. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Yan/
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The Communist Party of China has its foundation and bloodline in the people. Adhering to the people-centered development idea reflects the party's ideals, beliefs, nature, purpose, and original mission. It is also a profound summary of the party's struggle and practical experience. Since its establishment, our party has united and led the people to carry out revolution, construction, and reform. The fundamental purpose is to let the people live a good life. No matter how many challenges and pressures we face, no matter how much sacrifices and costs we pay, this has always been unswerving and unswerving. shake. Adhering to the people-centered development idea is not an empty slogan, but must be implemented in various decision-making arrangements and practical work.
(Speech delivered when participating in the deliberation of the Inner Mongolia delegation at the third session of the 13th National People’s Congress on May 22, 2020)
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We must regard benefiting the people as the most important political achievement. The Communist Party of China regards serving the people and benefiting the people as the most important political achievements, and regards how many good things it has done for the people as an important criterion for testing political achievements. Party members and cadres, especially leading cadres, must be clearly aware that the power and positions they hold are given by the party and the people, are used to do things for the party and the people, and can only be used to benefit the people. Leading cadres at all levels must establish a correct view of power, political performance, and career. They must not seek vanity, vain efforts, or false fame, and must truly serve as an official for one term and benefit one party.
(Speech delivered when participating in the deliberation of the Inner Mongolia delegation at the third session of the 13th National People’s Congress on May 22, 2020)
sixteen
The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the Chinese working class and the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. The Party Constitution also clearly stipulates that the party adheres to serving the people wholeheartedly, puts the interests of the masses first at all times, shares weal and woe with the masses, and maintains the closest ties. This requires us to adhere to the consistency of respecting the laws of social development and respecting the people's dominant position in history, the consistency of striving for lofty ideals and seeking the interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, the consistency of completing all the work of the party and realizing the interests of the people, and always Don't be separated from the masses, share the blessings and hardships with the masses, be salty with the salt, and bland without salt.
(Speech at the Party History Study and Education Mobilization Conference on February 20, 2021)
seventeen
The country is the people, and the people are the country. To conquer and defend the country is to protect the hearts of the people. The Communist Party of China has its foundation, blood and strength in the people. The Communist Party of China has always represented the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people. It shares weal and woe with the people and depends on them for life and death. 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.
(Speech at a conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, 2021)
eighteen
We must insist on putting people first. The people's nature is the essential attribute of Marxism. The party's theory is a theory that comes from the people, for the people, and benefits the people. The people's creative practice is an inexhaustible source of theoretical innovation. All theories that are divorced from the people are pale and powerless, and all theories that do not benefit the people are lifeless. We must stand firm on the people's stand, grasp the people's wishes, respect the people's creations, and concentrate the people's wisdom to form a theory that is loved, recognized and owned by the people, so that it can become a powerful ideological weapon to guide the people to understand the world and transform the world.
(Report at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 16, 2022)
nineteen
On the new journey, we must always insist on doing everything for the people and relying on the people in everything. Along the way, we have relied closely on the people and delivered answers one after another that have gone down in history. Facing the future, we still need to rely on the people to create new historical achievements.
The road is blocked and long, but the road is coming. On the road ahead, no matter whether it is rough or stormy, the people will always be our most solid support and our most powerful confidence. We must always stay with the people through thick and thin, be in tune with the people, think about what the people think, do what the people ask, and constantly turn the people's yearning for a better life into reality.
(Speech delivered by members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee when meeting with Chinese and foreign journalists on October 23, 2022)
twenty
Our party deeply realizes that Chinese-style modernization is the cause of hundreds of millions of people. The people are the main body of Chinese-style modernization. Only by relying closely on the people, respecting the people’s creative spirit, and pooling the wisdom and strength of all people can we continuously promote Chinese-style modernization. forward development. We adhere to the party's mass line, focus on keeping track of the people's pulse when thinking about problems, making decisions, and doing things, respond to the people's concerns, reflect the people's wishes, and enhance the people's well-being, and strive to win the heartfelt support of the people for the party's theory, line, principles, and policies. We insist on taking the people's yearning for a better life as the goal of our struggle, adhere to the people-centered development concept, strive to protect and improve people's livelihood, and strive to solve the people's urgent, difficult and anxious problems, so that the results of Chinese-style modernization can benefit all people more and more equitably . Our party develops whole-process people's democracy, expands democratic channels, enriches democratic forms, expands the people's orderly political participation, and ensures that the people manage state affairs, manage economic and cultural undertakings, and manage social affairs through various channels and forms in accordance with the law, with a spirit of ownership Enthusiastically devote themselves to modernization construction. Our party inspires, inspires, and inspires people with the beautiful vision of Chinese-style modernization, effectively promotes harmony in party relations, ethnic relations, religious relations, class relations, and relations between compatriots at home and abroad, promotes the unity and struggle of Chinese people at home and abroad, and condenses the comprehensive construction of The majestic power of a modern socialist country.
(On February 7, 2023, new members and alternate members of the Central Committee and main leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels
Speech at the seminar on studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the Spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China)
twenty one
We must always put the people first. To build a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way, the people are the decisive force. We must actively develop people's democracy throughout the process, adhere to the organic unity of the party's leadership, the people's ownership of the country, and the rule of law, improve the people's ownership system, realize the people's will, protect the people's rights and interests, and fully stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of all people. It is necessary to implement the people-centered development concept, improve the distribution system, improve the social security system, strengthen basic public services, secure the bottom line of people's livelihood, solve the urgent, difficult and anxious problems of the people, and allow the results of modernization to benefit all people more and more equitably, We will continue to make more obvious substantive progress in promoting the common prosperity of all people. It is necessary to continuously consolidate and develop the great unity of the people of all ethnic groups in the country and the great unity of the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation at home and abroad, fully mobilize all positive factors, and gather the majestic power of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation.
(Speech at the First Session of the 14th National People’s Congress on March 13, 2023)
From November 28 to December 2, 2023, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected Shanghai. This is the afternoon of November 29, when Xi Jinping inspected the New Era City Builders and Managers' House in Minhang District, where he learned about the living conditions of the city's frontline workers who live in community dormitory-type rental housing tenants. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng/
twenty two
We must adhere to the concept of people first and highlight the people's character in the direction of modernization. The people are the creators of history and the most solid foundation and deepest force in promoting modernization. The ultimate goal of modernization is to realize the free and comprehensive development of people. Whether the road to modernization can ultimately be successful and stable depends on whether we adhere to the people-centered approach. Modernization depends not only on the indicators on paper, but also on the happiness and well-being of the people. The political party should anchor the people's yearning for a better life, comply with the people's desire for civilization and progress, and strive to achieve material prosperity, political clarity, spiritual prosperity, social stability, and a pleasant ecology, so that modernization can better respond to the people's various demands and multi-level needs. It not only improves the well-being of the current generation, but also protects the rights and interests of future generations and promotes the sustainable development of human society.
(Keynote speech at the high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties on March 15, 2023)
twenty-three
The contemporary achievements of Marxism in China are the crystallization of the practical experience and collective wisdom of the Party and the people. Whether it is Mao Zedong Thought, the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, or the thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, they all originate from the people’s wisdom, people’s exploration, and people’s creation. The people are at the forefront of practice, are the most sensitive to changes in practice, feel the deepest, and are the smartest. As long as we go among the people, many puzzling questions will suddenly become clear and answers can be found. We must follow the mass line well in all our work practices, and we must also follow the mass line well in promoting the party's theoretical innovation. We must not act behind closed doors, sit back and talk, or act in fantasy. When planning this theme education, I proposed Daxing survey research, which is to encourage leading cadres at all levels to establish a firm historical materialism, strengthen the masses' perspective and awareness of purpose, adhere to goal orientation and problem orientation, go out of the agency and sink to the grassroots level, and listen extensively The voice of the people, consciously asking the people for their plans and needs, using the party's innovative theory to study and solve outstanding issues that are needed for development, urgent for reform, what the grassroots hope for, and what the people want, and at the same time learn from the people's true knowledge and insights Get inspiration for theoretical innovation and practical innovation. We must respect the people's pioneering spirit, focus on summarizing fresh experiences from the people's creative practices, elevate them to rational understanding, refine new theoretical results, and strive to let the party's innovative theories penetrate into the hearts of hundreds of millions of people and become grounded, gather people's wisdom, and follow the will of the people. , a theory that wins the hearts of the people.
(Speech delivered at the sixth collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee on June 30, 2023)
twenty four
Unity and struggle is the only way for the party to lead the people to create great historical achievements. Unity and struggle rely on goals to unite our efforts, and on the new journey we must rely on Chinese-style modernization to further unite our efforts and unite our efforts. Chinese-style modernization is a common cause for all people. It is also a grand cause full of risks and challenges and requires hard work. We must adhere to the joint participation, joint construction and joint enjoyment of all people, and rely closely on the unity of all people to work together for the great cause.
(Study and implement at the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on December 21 and 22, 2023
Speech at the democratic life meeting on Xi Jinping’s special theme education on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era)
twenty five
It is necessary to fully stimulate the historical initiative spirit of all people. The people, and only the people, are the driving force behind creating world history. Chinese-style modernization is a cause for all the Chinese people. Only by relying closely on the people and gathering the infinite wisdom and strength contained in the people can we continue to create new historical achievements. We must adhere to the basic viewpoint of historical materialism that the people are the fundamental driving force in creating history, adhere to the people's dominant position, fully respect the will expressed by the people, the experience created, the rights they have, and the role they play, and safeguard and realize the , Developing the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people should be the starting point and goal of all work, so that the results of modernization can benefit all people more and more equitably.
(Speech at a symposium to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong, December 26, 2023)
※This is an excerpt from General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important exposition on the need to uphold people’s supremacy from November 2012 to December 2023.