The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) issued a notice on July 3, requesting Party members to earnestly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at a celebration marking the centenary of the CPC.
According to the notice, General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the celebration marking the centenary of the CPC reviewed the glorious history and drew up a blueprint for the future based on the important moment of the centenary of the CPC and the intersection of the two centenary goals. It is a Marxist guideline document and a political declaration by the Chinese Communists in the new era that we do not forget our original aspirations and keep our mission in mind. It is a guide for our Party to unite and lead the people to learn from history to create a bright future. We must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. We must bear in mind the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core and keep in alignment; develop greater confidence in the path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics; and firmly uphold General Secretary Xi Jinping’s core position in both the Party Central Committee and the Party as a whole, and firmly uphold the Party Central Committee’s authority and its centralized, unified leadership. We must take studying and implementing the spirit of the important speech at the celebration marking the centenary of the CPC as a major political task for a period of time, guide the party members, cadres, and the people to deeply understand and grasp the great significance, rich content, core essence, and practical requirements of the speech with thoughtful arrangements and implementation, so as to effectively align our thinking and action with the spirit of the speech.
The notice pointed out that it is necessary to deeply understand the significance of Xi Jinping's important speech at the celebration marking the centenary of the CPC. The speech systematically reviewed the great path the Chinese people have blazed, and great cause and great achievements the Chinese people have achieved under the leadership of the CPC in the past 100 years. With great confidence and ambitions, the CPC declared that we had realized the first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, showed the world our firm determination to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and march in confident strides toward the second centenary goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects. The speech has profoundly expounded the fundamental requirements of learning from history to create a bright future, and has called on all Party members to bring even greater glory to the Party and the people. The important speech has a good command of the history, the reality, the future, and pursues a great struggle, a great project, a great cause, and a great dream. With a strategic perspective, far-reaching thoughts and abundant connotation, the speech has elevated our Party’s understanding of the laws of the governance by a Communist party, the development of socialism, and the evolution of human society to a new high. It has also charted the course and provided fundamental guidance for us to advance in a new era and embark on a new journey.
The notice noted that we must comprehend the historic achievements of building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects, have a deep understanding of the great achievements and historic significance of building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects from the perspective of history, practice, theory, practice and the domestic and international context. Party members must have an in-depth understanding that the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects is a milestone in the history of the CPC, the development history of the People’s Republic of China and the history of national rejuvenation. Party members must have an in-depth understanding that the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects is the great glory of the Chinese nation, the Chinese people, and the CPC, and we must continue to strive for the second centenary goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects with full confidence.
The notice pointed out that we must have a deep understanding of the glorious journey and great achievements of the people under the leadership of the CPC, and comprehend that all the struggles, sacrifices and achievements of the people made under the leadership of the CPC point to China's national rejuvenation. To realize national rejuvenation, the Party united and led the Chinese people in fighting bloody battles with unyielding determination, achieving great success in the new-democratic revolution. To realize national rejuvenation, the Party united and led the Chinese people in endeavoring to build a stronger China with a spirit of self-reliance, achieving great success in socialist revolution and construction. To realize national rejuvenation, the Party united and led the Chinese people in freeing the mind and forging ahead, achieving great success in reform, opening-up, and socialist modernization. To realize national rejuvenation, the Party has united and led the Chinese people in pursuing a great struggle, a great project, a great cause, and a great dream through a spirit of self-confidence, self-reliance, and innovation, achieving great success for socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The Chinese nation has achieved the tremendous transformation from standing up and growing prosperous to becoming strong, and that China’s national rejuvenation has become a historical inevitability. We must better stimulate Party members with the Party’s struggle and great achievements.
The notice noted that we must have a deep understanding of the profound connotations and value of the great founding spirit of the Party. In his speech at a ceremony marking the centenary of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping noted that the great founding spirit of the Party is comprised of the following principles: upholding truth and ideals, staying true to our original aspiration and founding mission, fighting bravely without fear of sacrifice, and remaining loyal to the Party and faithful to the people. We must study the profound significance and rich connotations of the great founding spirit of the Party. We must carry forward this great founding spirit. Through its protracted struggles, the Party has developed a long line of inspiring principles for Chinese Communists and tempered a distinct political character. We will continue to promote our glorious traditions and sustain our revolutionary legacy, so that the great founding spirit of the Party will always be kept alive and carried forward.
The notice noted that we must have a deep understanding of the fundamental demands of learning from history to create a bright future. In his speech at a ceremony marking the centenary of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping made several requirements on learning from history to create a bright future, which revealed why we succeeded in the past, and how we can continue our success in the future. The requirements will surely encourage all Party members to stay more resolute, stay true to our original aspiration and keep our mission firmly in mind, and open up a bright future. We must have a profound understanding of learning from history to create a bright future. We must uphold the leadership of the CPC, stay united and lead the Chinese people to strive for a better life, continue to adapt Marxism to the Chinese context, uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, modernize national defense and the armed forces at a faster pace, build a community with a shared future for mankind, continue struggles with new historical features, strengthen solidarity among the Chinese people, and advance the great new project of Party building.
The notice stressed that all Party members must have a deep understanding of the great call made by General Secretary Xi Jinping on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, stay true to the Party’s founding mission and stand firm in our ideas and convictions. And all Party members should always act on the purpose of the Party, maintain close ties with the people, empathize and work with the people, stand with the people through thick and thin, and continue working tirelessly to realize our aspirations for a better life and to bring even greater glory to the Party and the people.
The notice required that studying the spirit of the important speech at the ceremony marking the centenary of the CPC should be regarded as the priority of the current theory study and the core of the learning and education of the Party history. And studies activities and discussions should be conducted to develop a good grasp of the core essence of the speech. The central publicity group for Party history learning and education should hold a series of special lectures and seminars. All local departments should carry out targeted, customized and interactive lectures for the people in an in-depth way, guide cadres and people to deepen their understanding of the speech spirit, strengthen the overall guidance, organization and coordination of media at all levels, deeply analyze the new thoughts, new ideas and new theories in the speech to fully reflect the understanding of all Party members and cadres and show the concrete measures and fruits in all aspects delivered by all local authorities and all government departments. We need to deepen theory research and interpretation, study the important innovations and key points in the speech to determine a number of key topics, and launch a number of in-depth and influential research results. All members should actively carry out external promotion, making innovations in discourse system and ways of expression, and better tell the CPC’s stories and China’s stories in the new era, to enhance the recognition from the international community.
According to the notice, Party committees at various levels must, in line with the requests and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, put forward specific requirements and focus on implementation in accordance with their actual situations, so as to reach the climax of studying and implementing the spirit of the speech among all Party members and society. Taking the opportunity of studying and implementing the spirit of the important speech, all Party members must enrich and expand the connotation of Party history learning and education, and promote Party history learning and education at a deeper and more practical level. It is necessary to closely combine with the actual work conditions to guide the cadres and people to turn the fruits of studying the spirit the speech into practical actions to forge ahead on the new journey and make achievements in the new era.