BEIJING: An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on the missions and tasks of the CPC on the new journey of the new era will be published on Monday, which marks the CPC’s 103rd founding anniversary.
The article will be published in this year’s 13th issue of the Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee. It is part of a report delivered by Xi to the 20th National Congress of the CPC on October 16, 2022.
From this day forward, the central task of the CPC will be to lead the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in a concerted effort to realize the Second Centenary Goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects and to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization, said Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, in the article.
Based on decades of exploration and practice since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, especially since the launch of reform and opening up in 1978, as well as the new breakthroughs made in theory and practice since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party has succeeded in advancing and expanding Chinese modernization, noted the article.
Chinese modernization is socialist modernization pursued under the leadership of the CPC, said the article. It contains elements that are common to the modernization processes of all countries, but it is more characterized by features that are unique to the Chinese context, according to the article.
It is the modernization of a huge population, of common prosperity for all, of material and cultural-ethical advancement, of harmony between humanity and nature, and of peaceful development, said the article.
The essential requirements of Chinese modernization are as follows: upholding the leadership of the CPC and socialism with Chinese characteristics, pursuing high-quality development, developing whole-process people’s democracy, enriching the people’s cultural lives, achieving common prosperity for all, promoting harmony between humanity and nature, building a human community with a shared future, and creating a new form of human advancement, it added.
To build China into a great modern socialist country in all respects, China has adopted a two-step strategic plan – basically realizing socialist modernization from 2020 through 2035, and building China into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful from 2035 through the middle of this century, according to the article.
Building a modern socialist country in all respects is a great and arduous endeavor, said the article. “Our future is bright, but we still have a long way to go.”
On the journey ahead, the major principles of upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership, following the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, applying a people-centered development philosophy, remaining committed to deepening reform and opening up, and carrying forward the fighting spirit must be firmly adhered to, it said.
“Today, we are closer, more confident, and more capable than ever of reaching the goal of rejuvenating the Chinese nation. At the same time, we must be prepared to work even harder to get there,” Xi said in the article.
“All of us in the Party must forge ahead with confidence and determination; proactively identify, respond to, and steer changes and prevent and defuse risks; and keep on striving to secure new successes in building a modern socialist China in all respects,” reads the article.
