Xi Jinping: Speech at the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China

Xi Jinping: Speech at the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China
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Speech at the Celebration of the Centennial of the Founding of the Communist Party of China

(July 1, 2021)

Xi Jinping

Comrades and friends:

Today is a very important and solemn day in the history of the Communist Party of China and the history of the Chinese nation. We are gathered here to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, review the glorious course of the struggle of the Communist Party of China, and look forward to the bright prospect of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

First of all, on behalf of the Party Central Committee, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to all Chinese Communist Party members!

Here, on behalf of the party and the people, I solemnly declare that through the continuous struggle of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups, we have achieved the first centenary goal, built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way on the land of China, and historically solved the problem of absolute poverty. We are moving towards the second centenary goal of building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way. This is the great glory of the Chinese nation! This is the great glory of the Chinese people! This is the great glory of the Communist Party of China!

Comrades, friends!

The Chinese nation is a great nation in the world, with a long history of civilization of more than 5000 years, and has made indelible contributions to the progress of human civilization. After the Opium War in 1840, China gradually became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The country was humiliated, the people were suffering, and the civilization was dusty. The Chinese nation suffered unprecedented disasters. Since then, realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has become the greatest dream of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation.

In order to save the nation from peril, the Chinese people rose up to resist, people with lofty ideals ran and shouted, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the Reform Movement of 1898, the Boxer Movement, and the Revolution of 1911 rose one after another, and various national salvation plans were introduced in turn, but they all ended in failure. China urgently needs new ideas to lead the national salvation movement and new organizations to rally revolutionary forces.

The October Revolution brought Marxism-Leninism to China. In the great awakening of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and in the close integration of Marxism-Leninism with the Chinese workers' movement, the Communist Party of China came into being. The emergence of the Communist Party in China is an epoch-making event, which has profoundly changed the direction and process of the development of the Chinese nation after modern times, the future and destiny of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and the trend and pattern of world development.

Once the Communist Party of China was born, it established its original mission to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. Over the past 100 years, all the struggles, sacrifices, and creations that the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people to boil down to one theme: realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

-In order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Communist Party of China united and led the Chinese people, fought bloody battles and persevered, and created the great achievements of the new democratic revolution. After the Northern Expedition, the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the War of Resistance against Japan, and the War of Liberation, we opposed the armed counter-revolution with an armed revolution, overthrew the three mountains of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism, established a People's Republic of China in which the people are the masters of the country, and realized National independence and people's liberation. The victory of the new democratic revolution completely ended the history of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society of old China, completely ended the situation of scattered sand in old China, and completely abolished the unequal treaties imposed on China by the great powers and all the privileges of imperialism in China. it has created fundamental social conditions for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people solemnly declare to the world with heroic and tenacious struggle that the Chinese people have stood up, and the era when the Chinese nation was slaughtered and bullied by others is gone forever!

-- In order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Communist Party of China has United and led the Chinese people, self-reliant and indignant, and created great achievements in socialist revolution and construction. We carried out the socialist revolution, eliminated the feudal system of exploitation and oppression that had lasted for thousands of years in China, established the basic socialist system, promoted socialist construction, defeated the subversion, destruction and armed provocation of imperialism and hegemonism, realized the most extensive and profound social change in the history of the Chinese nation, and realized the great leap forward of the poor and populous oriental country into a socialist society, it has laid the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people solemnly declare to the world with heroic and tenacious struggle that the Chinese people are not only good at destroying an old world, but also good at building a new world. Only socialism can save China, and only socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop China!

-- In order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people, emancipated their minds, forged ahead, and created great achievements in reform, opening up, and socialist modernization. We have achieved a great turning point of far-reaching significance in the history of the party since the founding of New China, established the party's basic line in the primary stage of socialism, unswervingly promoted reform and opening up, overcome risks and challenges from all sides, and created, persisted, defended and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics. It has realized the historic transformation from a highly centralized planned economic system to a dynamic socialist market economic system, from closed and semi-closed to all-round opening, it has achieved a historic breakthrough from the relatively backward situation of productive forces to the second largest economic output in the world, and realized the historic leap of people's life from insufficient food and clothing to a well-off society in general and to a well-off society in an all-round way. it has provided an institutional guarantee full of new vitality and material conditions for rapid development for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people have solemnly declared to the world with heroic and tenacious struggle that reform and opening up is the key to determining the future and destiny of contemporary China, and China has made great strides to catch up with the times!

-In order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people, self-confidence, self-improvement, integrity and innovation, and has overseen great struggles, great projects, great undertakings, and great dreams, creating great achievements in socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. We have adhered to and strengthened the overall leadership of the party, coordinated the promotion of the "five in one" overall layout, coordinated the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, adhered to and improved the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, promoted the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, adhered to the rule of law, formed a relatively perfect inner-party legal system, Overcome a series of major risks and challenges, to achieve the goal of the first century of struggle and clearly define the strategic arrangements for the realization of the goal of the second century, the cause of the party and the state has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes. it has provided a more perfect institutional guarantee, a more solid material foundation and a more active spiritual force for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people solemnly declare to the world with heroic and tenacious struggle that the Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process!

Over the past 100 years, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people to write the most magnificent epic in the history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years with the fearless spirit of "making sacrifices and daring to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky. The great road opened up, the great cause created, and the great achievements made in the past 100 years will surely be recorded in the history of the development of the Chinese nation and the history of the development of human civilization!

Comrades, friends!

A hundred years ago, the pioneers of the Communist Party of China founded the Communist Party of China, and formed the great party building spirit of adhering to the truth, adhering to the ideal, practicing the original intention, undertaking the mission, not afraid of sacrifice, heroic struggle, loyalty to the party and living up to the people. This is the spiritual source of the Communist Party of China.

Over the past 100 years, the Communist Party of China has carried forward the great party-building spirit, constructed the spiritual pedigree of the Chinese Communists in the long-term struggle, and tempered a distinct political character. History is endless and the spirit is passed down from generation to generation. We must continue to carry forward the glorious tradition, continue the red blood, and always inherit and carry forward the great party-building spirit!

Comrades, friends!

Over the past 100 years, all the achievements we have made are the result of the unity and struggle of the Chinese Communists, the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. The Chinese Communists, mainly represented by Comrade Mao Zedong, Comrade Deng Xiaoping, Comrade Jiang Zemin and Comrade Hu Jintao, have made great contributions to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation! We pay high tribute to them!

At this moment, we deeply miss Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu de, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yun and other revolutionaries of the older generation who made great contributions to the Chinese revolution, construction and reform, and to the establishment, consolidation and development of the Communist Party of China. We deeply miss the revolutionary martyrs who died bravely for the establishment, defense and construction of new China, and the revolutionary martyrs who died bravely for reform, opening up and socialist modernization, deeply cherish the memory of all the people with lofty ideals who fought tenaciously for national independence and the liberation of the people in modern times. Their great achievements for the motherland and the nation will be recorded in the annals of history! their lofty spirit will always be remembered in the hearts of the people!

The people are the creators of history and the true heroes. On behalf of the Party Central Committee, I would like to express my high respect to the broad masses of workers, peasants, and intellectuals throughout the country, to all democratic parties and personages without party affiliation, people's organizations, and patriots from all walks of life, to the officers and men of the people's Liberation Army, the officers and men of the armed police force, public security cadres and police, and fire rescue teams, to all socialist workers, and to the broad members of the United front! I would like to extend my sincere greetings to the compatriots in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan, as well as the vast number of overseas Chinese! I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the people and friends of all countries who live in friendship with the Chinese people and care about and support the cause of China's revolution, construction and reform!

Comrades, friends!

The first heart is easy to get, always difficult to keep. Taking history as a mirror, we can know how to rise and rise. We should use history to reflect the reality and look at the future from a distance. From the century-old struggle of the Communist Party of China, we should see clearly why we were able to succeed in the past and how we can continue to succeed in the future, so as to firmly and consciously remember our original mission and create a better future in the new journey.

-- To learn from history and create the future, we must adhere to the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China. The key to running China's affairs well lies in the Party. The history of the Chinese nation for more than 180 years since modern times, the history of 100 years since the founding of the Communist Party of China, and the history of more than 70 years since the founding of the the People's Republic of China Party have fully proved that without the Communist Party of China, there would be no new China and no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. History and the people have chosen the Communist Party of China. The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the fundamental and lifeline of the party and the country, and the interests and destiny of the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country.

On the new journey, we must adhere to the party's overall leadership, continuously improve the party's leadership, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidence", achieve the "two safeguards", keep in mind the "big country", and continue Improve the party's level of scientific governance, democratic governance, and governance according to law, and give full play to the party's leadership core role in overseeing the overall situation and coordinating all parties!

-- To learn from history and create the future, we must unite and lead the Chinese people to strive for a better life. Jiangshan is the people, the people are the Jiangshan, fighting Jiangshan, guarding Jiangshan, guarding the heart of the people. The Communist Party of China has its roots in the people, its blood in the people, and its strength in the people. The Communist Party of China always represents the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, shares weal and woe with the people, depends on life and death, does not have any special interests of its own, and never represents the interests of any interest group, any powerful group, or any privileged class. Any attempt to separate and oppose the Communist Party of China from the Chinese people will never succeed! More than 9500 million Chinese Communists refused! More than 1.4 billion Chinese people will not agree!

On the new journey, we must closely rely on the people to create history, adhere to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, stand firm on the people's position, implement the party's mass line, respect the people's initiative, practice the people-centered development thought, develop people's democracy in the whole process, safeguard social fairness and justice, and strive to solve the problems of unbalanced and inadequate development and the people's urgent and anxious problems, promote the all-round development of people and the common prosperity of all people to make more obvious and substantial progress!

-- To learn from history and create the future, we must continue to promote the Sinicization of Marxism. Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for building the Party and the country, as well as the soul and banner of our Party. The Communist Party of China adheres to the basic principles of Marxism, insists on seeking truth from facts, proceeds from China's reality, has insight into the general trend of the times, grasps the historical initiative, carries out arduous exploration, continuously promotes the modernization of Marxism in China, and guides the Chinese people to continuously promote the great social revolution. Why can the Communist Party of China and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good? In the final analysis, it is because of Marxism!

On the new journey, we must adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thinking of the "Three Represents", and the scientific development concept, fully implement the thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and insist on integrating the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality. Combining with Chinese excellent traditional culture, using Marxism to observe the times, grasp the times, and lead the times, continue to develop contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st century Marxism!

-Taking history as a mirror and creating the future, we must adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics. Taking one's own path is not only the foothold of the party's theory and practice, but also the historical conclusion drawn by the party's hundred years of struggle. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a fundamental achievement made by the party and the people through untold hardships and at a huge cost, and is the correct path to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, promote the coordinated development of material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization, and ecological civilization, and create a new path of Chinese-style modernization and a new form of human civilization.

On the new journey, we must adhere to the party's basic theory, basic line, and basic strategy, coordinate the promotion of the "five-in-one" overall layout, coordinate the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, and be based on the new development stage., Accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, promote high-quality development, promote scientific and technological self-reliance, ensure that the people are the masters, and adhere to rule of the rule of law, adhere to the socialist core value system, insist on ensuring and improving people's livelihood in development, insist on the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and work together to promote the prosperity of the people, the prosperity of the country, and the beauty of China.

The Chinese nation has a splendid civilization formed in the historical evolution of more than 5000 years. The Communist Party of China has a century of struggle and practice and more than 70 years of experience in governing and rejuvenating the country. We actively learn from all the beneficial achievements of human civilization, and welcome all useful suggestions and well-intentioned criticisms. We will never accept the preaching of the "teacher! The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people will stride forward on the road they have chosen and firmly hold the destiny of China's development and progress in their own hands!

-- To learn from history and create a future, we must accelerate the modernization of national defense and the armed forces. A strong country must have a strong army, and a strong army can ensure national security. Adhering to the party's command of the gun and building its own people's army is an unbreakable truth drawn by the party in the struggle between blood and fire. The People's Army has established immortal feats for the party and the people. It is a strong pillar for defending the red country and safeguarding national dignity, and it is also a powerful force for maintaining regional and world peace.

On the new journey, we must fully implement the party's idea of strengthening the army in the new era, implement the military strategic policy in the new era, adhere to the party's absolute leadership over the people's army, adhere to the road of strengthening the army with Chinese characteristics, comprehensively promote political army building, reform and strengthening the army, science and technology, talents, and rule the army according to law, so as to build the people's army into a world-class army, defend national sovereignty, security and development interests with stronger capabilities and more reliable means!

-Taking history as a mirror and creating the future, we must continuously promote the construction of a community of human destiny. Peace, harmony and harmony are the concepts that the Chinese nation has been pursuing and inheriting for more than 5000 years. There is no gene in the blood of the Chinese nation to invade others and dominate. The Communist Party of China is concerned about the future and destiny of mankind and advances hand in hand with all progressive forces in the world. China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of the international order!

On the new journey, we must hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win, pursue an independent foreign policy of peace, adhere to the path of peaceful development, promote the building of a new type of international relations, promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, and promote the joint construction of the "Belt and Road". "High-quality development, with China's new development to provide new opportunities for the world. The Communist Party of China will continue to work with all peace-loving countries and people to promote the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind, adhere to cooperation, not confrontation, adhere to openness, not closed, and adhere to mutual benefit and win-win results., Do not engage in zero-sum games, oppose hegemonism and power politics, and push the wheel of history towards a bright goal!

The Chinese people are people who advocate justice and are not afraid of violence, and the Chinese nation is a nation with a strong sense of national pride and self-confidence. The Chinese people have never bullied, oppressed or enslaved the people of other countries. At the same time, the Chinese people will never allow any foreign forces to bully, oppress, or enslave us. Anyone who wants to do this will surely run into blood in front of the Great Wall of Steel built by more than 1.4 billion Chinese people with flesh and blood!

-- Taking history as a mirror and opening up the future, we must wage a great struggle with many new historical characteristics. Dare to struggle, dare to win, is the Chinese Communist Party invincible powerful spiritual force. To realize the great dream, we must strive tenaciously and unremittingly. Today, we are closer, more confident and capable of achieving the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history. At the same time, we must be prepared to make more arduous and arduous efforts.

On the new journey, we must enhance our awareness of danger, always be prepared for danger in times of peace, implement the overall concept of national security, coordinate development and security, coordinate the overall situation of the strategy of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great changes unseen in the world in a century, deeply understand the new characteristics and requirements brought about by the changes in the principal contradictions in our society, deeply understand the new contradictions and challenges brought about by the complex international environment, dare to fight, be good at struggle, the courage to overcome all risks and challenges!

-- To learn from history and create the future, we must strengthen the great unity of the Chinese people. In the course of a hundred years of struggle, the Communist Party of China has always placed the united front in an important position, continuously consolidated and developed the broadest united front, united all forces that can be united, mobilized all positive factors that can be mobilized, and maximized the strength of common struggle. The patriotic united front is an important magic weapon for the Communist Party of China to unite all Chinese people at home and abroad to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

On the new journey, we must adhere to great unity and unity, adhere to the unity of consistency and diversity, strengthen ideological and political guidance, broadly build consensus, gather talents from all over the world, and strive to seek the greatest common divisor and draw the greatest concentric circle, so as to form a vivid situation in which all the sons and daughters of China at home and abroad think and work hard together, and gather the majestic forces to realize national rejuvenation!

-- To learn from history and create the future, we must constantly promote the new great project of party building. The courage to self-revolution is a distinctive sign that distinguishes the Communist Party of China from other political parties. A very important reason for our party's vigor and vitality is that we have always insisted that the party should manage the party, administer the party strictly in an all-round way, and constantly deal with the risks and tests we face in various historical periods. to ensure that our party has always been at the forefront of the times in the historical process of profound changes in the world situation, and has always been the backbone of the people of the whole country in the historical process of dealing with various risks and challenges at home and abroad!

On the new journey, we must keep in mind the principle that we must be hard on our own, strengthen the political consciousness of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, and continue to promote the new great project of party building in the new era under the leadership of the party's political construction. The party's organizational system, focus on building a team of high-quality cadres with both ability and political integrity, and unswervingly promote the construction of party style and clean government and the fight against corruption, resolutely eliminate all factors that damage the party's advanced nature and purity, eliminate all viruses that erode the party's healthy body, ensure that the party does not deteriorate, change color, and remain unchanged, and ensure that the party adheres to and develops socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Always become a strong core of leadership in the historical process!

Comrades, friends!

We must fully and accurately implement the principles of "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong", "Macao people ruling Macao", and a high degree of autonomy, implement the central government's comprehensive governance of Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, and implement the legal system and implementation of the Special Administrative Region to maintain national security. Mechanism to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests, maintain the overall social stability of the Special Administrative Region, and maintain the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao.

Resolving the Taiwan question and realizing the complete reunification of the motherland is the unswerving historical task of the Chinese Communist Party and the common aspiration of all Chinese people. We must adhere to the one-China principle and the "92 Consensus" to advance the process of peaceful reunification of the motherland. All the sons and daughters of China, including compatriots on both sides of the strait, should work together and unite to move forward, resolutely smash any "Taiwan independence" plot, and jointly create a bright future for national rejuvenation. No one should underestimate the strong determination, firm will and strong ability of the Chinese people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity!

Comrades, friends!

The future belongs to the youth, hope to the youth. A hundred years ago, a group of new young people held high the torch of Marxist thought and struggled to explore the future of national rejuvenation in China. Over the past 100 years, under the banner of the Communist Party of China, generations of Chinese youth have integrated their youth struggle into the cause of the party and the people, and become the vanguard force to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Chinese youth in the new era should take the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as their own responsibility, strengthen their ambition, backbone and confidence to be Chinese, live up to the times, live up to their youth, and live up to the ardent expectations of the party and the people!

Comrades, friends!

A hundred years ago, when the Communist Party of China was founded, it had only more than 50 party members. Today, it has become the world's largest ruling party with more than 9500 million party members, leading a country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, and has significant global influence.

A hundred years ago, the Chinese nation presented a scene of decline and decay in front of the world. Today, what the Chinese nation shows to the world is a thriving atmosphere, and it is marching towards a great rejuvenation at an unstoppable pace.

In the past 100 years, the Communist Party of China has delivered an excellent answer to the people and history. Now, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people on a new road to achieve the second centenary goal.

All Chinese Communists! The Party Central Committee calls on you to keep in mind your original mission, strengthen your ideals and beliefs, practice the party's purpose, always maintain flesh-and-blood ties with the people, always want to be with the people, work together, share weal and woe, and continue to realize the people's vision for a better life. Make unremitting efforts to strive for greater glory for the party and the people!

Comrades, friends!

The Communist Party of China aspires to the great cause of the Chinese nation for thousands of years! Looking back on the past and looking forward to the future, with the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China and the close unity of the people of all ethnic groups across the country, the goal of building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way will surely be achieved, and the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will surely be realized!

Long live the great, glorious and correct Communist Party of China!

Long live the great, glorious and heroic Chinese people!