Continue to push forward the great cause of reform and opening up﹡

（2007Year12month17日）

Hu Jintao

The 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China all made important expositions on reform and opening up, and played a major role in guiding reform and opening up. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China29A long-span review and summary of the historical process and valuable experience of my country’s reform and opening up in the past few years. People inside and outside the party generally believe that this review and summary has great practical significance and far-reaching historical significance. We must connect with the overall situation of the work of the party and the country and our respective work realities and ideological realities, focus on understanding and grasping the reasons and background of the historical process and valuable experience of reform and opening up at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, focus on understanding and grasping the purpose and nature of this new great revolution of reform and opening up, and further strengthen the determination and confidence to continue to promote reform and opening up and follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics under new historical conditions.

During the preparation and preparation stage for the report to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee proposed that next year will be the year for my country’s reform and opening up30anniversary, at such an important historical moment, it is necessary for the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to conduct a systematic review and summary of reform and opening up. Summarizing the historical process and valuable experience of reform and opening up is very important for deepening the education of the party's basic theory, basic line, basic program, and basic experience, so that the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups can improve their consciousness and firmness in adhering to the theory, line, principles and policies since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Party, and work together as one to win new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and create a new situation in the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Our Party in the last century70The major decision to implement reform and opening up was made at the end of the 1990s, mainly due to two aspects. On the one hand, looking at our country’s own situation,“Cultural Revolution”Ten years of civil strife have caused serious setbacks and losses to the party, country and people. Comrade Deng Xiaoping once said,“Cultural Revolution”At the end,“As far as the entire political situation is concerned, it is a state of chaos; as far as the entire economic situation is concerned, it is actually in a state of slow development and stagnation.”We must enhance the vitality of our country’s socialism through reform and opening up, liberate and develop social productive forces, and improve people’s lives. On the other hand, from the external environment,20century70The new scientific and technological revolution that is booming around the world in the 1990s has pushed the world economy to develop at a faster speed. The gap between my country's economic strength, scientific and technological strength and the international advanced level has obviously widened, and it is facing huge international competition pressure. We must lead the people to catch up with the progress of the times through reform and opening up. As Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out:“We must catch up with the times, this is the goal of reform”. This explains the purpose of the reform very thoroughly and profoundly. The Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of my country summarized the purpose of reform and opening up in three sentences: to liberate and develop social productive forces, realize national modernization, enrich the Chinese people, and revitalize the great Chinese nation; to promote the self-improvement and development of our country's socialist system, give socialism new vitality, and build and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics; to strengthen and improve party building in leading the development and progress of contemporary China, maintain and develop the party's advanced nature, and ensure that the party is always at the forefront of the times. The practice of reform and opening up has fully demonstrated that through the baptism of this great revolution, the Chinese nation has made great strides to catch up with the trend of the times. Socialist China stands firmly in the east of the world, and our party struts forward in the forefront of the times. Regarding the nature of reform and opening up, the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China also made it very clear that it is not only a new great revolution led by our party, but also the self-improvement and development of the socialist system. In other words, the reform and opening up led by our party is by no means intended to change the socialist system. The reason why the reform and opening up led by our party has achieved a high degree of unity in purpose and effect is that we not only unswervingly carry out reform and opening up, but also unswervingly adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China and socialism, resolutely eliminate the interference of various wrong ideological trends and wrong tendencies, and always move forward in the right direction.

The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly emphasized: Reform and opening up is the key decision to determine the destiny of contemporary China, and it is the only way to develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; only socialism can save China, and only reform and opening up can develop China, develop socialism, and develop Marxism; reform and opening up conforms to the hearts and minds of the party and the people, and conforms to the trend of the times. The direction and path are completely correct, and the results and achievements cannot be denied. There is no way out from pause and retrogression; etc. We must study carefully and deeply understand these important conclusions.

Here, I would like to focus on my country’s reform and opening up summarized at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China“Ten combinations”'s valuable experience. The Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China“Ten combinations”It is characterized as valuable experience for a large developing country with a population of more than one billion to get rid of poverty, accelerate the realization of modernization, and consolidate and develop socialism. This has great political weight and theoretical connotation.“Ten combinations”Vividly clarified how our party adheres to and develops Marxism, how to uphold and develop socialism, how to comprehensively advance the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, how to coordinate the domestic and international overall situations, and how to strengthen and improve the party's leadership in the practice of reform and opening up. Among them, the first three are general, revealing the key and foundation for the success of my country's reform and opening up; Articles 4 to 7 respectively reveal the true meaning of economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, and social construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics; the last three emphasize the role of creating a good international environment, maintaining domestic social and political stability, and adhering to the core position of the Party's leadership in ensuring reform and development.

The first combination combines adhering to the basic principles of Marxism with promoting the sinicization of Marxism, emphasizing that the reason why my country's reform and opening up is successful is that we have not lost our ancestors, but also developed our ancestors. We not only adhere to the basic principles of Marxism, but also continuously promote the sinicization of Marxism based on contemporary Chinese practice and the development of the times, so that Marxism can better play a guiding role in developing the practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics and give contemporary Chinese Marxism vitality.

The second combination combines adhering to the Four Cardinal Principles with adhering to reform and opening up, emphasizing that the reason why my country's reform and opening up is successful is that we not only ensure the correct direction of reform and opening up with the Four Basic Principles, but also give the Four Cardinal Principles a new era connotation through reform and opening up, educate and guide the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to have a deep understanding of adhering to the Four Basic Principles. principles, adhere to the dialectical relationship and significance of reform and opening up, and insist on unifying the two basic points of economic construction as the center with the four basic principles and reform and opening up in the great practice of developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, so that socialism with Chinese characteristics can firmly stand and stand firm in the profound changes in today's world and contemporary China, and become a socialism full of vitality.

The third combination combines respecting the people's initiative with strengthening and improving the party's leadership, emphasizing that the reason why my country's reform and opening up is successful is that we adhere to the scientific principle of Marxism that the people create history, and sincerely represent China's most important The fundamental interests of the people closely rely on the people, mobilize the people's enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity to the broadest extent, gather strength and absorb wisdom from the people, constantly strengthen and improve the party's leadership, so that the party can gain the full trust and support of the people, and always play the core role of leadership.

The fourth combination combines adhering to the basic socialist system with the development of the market economy, emphasizing that we always adhere to the basic socialist system during profound and extensive changes, and at the same time develop the market economy under socialist conditions, so that economic activities follow the requirements of the law of value, continuously liberate and develop social productive forces, enhance overall national strength, improve people's living standards, and better realize the central task of economic construction.

The fifth combination combines the promotion of changes in the economic base with the reform of the superstructure, emphasizing that we not only actively promote the reform of the economic system, but also actively promote the reform of the political system, develop socialist democratic politics, build a socialist country under the rule of law, ensure that the people are the masters of the country, continuously promote the adaptation of my country's socialist superstructure and the economic base, and provide institutional and legal guarantees for reform and opening up.

The sixth combination combines the development of social productivity with the improvement of the civilized quality of the entire nation, emphasizing that we attach importance to both the development of things, that is, the development of social productivity, and the development of people, that is, the improvement of the entire nation's civilized quality, vigorously develop socialist culture, build socialist spiritual civilization, and strive to cultivate citizens with ideals, ethics, culture, and discipline, and provide strong spiritual motivation and intellectual support for economic and social development.

The seventh combination combines improving efficiency with promoting social equity, emphasizing that we not only attach great importance to promoting development by improving efficiency, but also attach great importance to promoting social harmony by achieving social equity on the basis of economic development, and adhere to the principle of people-oriented We should focus on solving the most direct and practical interests of the people, focus on developing social undertakings, improve the income distribution system, ensure and improve people's livelihood, follow the path of common prosperity, and strive to create a situation in which all people can do their best, get what they deserve, and live in harmony.

The eighth combination combines adhering to independence with participation in economic globalization, emphasizing that we not only highly cherish and unswervingly safeguard the independence and autonomy rights of the Chinese people gained through long-term struggle, but also adhere to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world and always stand on the side of the country. We should examine the development issues of China and the world from the perspective of the interconnection between the overall international situation and the domestic situation, think about and formulate China's development strategy, adhere to an independent foreign policy of peace, adhere to the path of peaceful development, adhere to the mutually beneficial and win-win opening strategy, and promote the construction of a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity.

The ninth combination combines promoting reform and development with maintaining social stability, emphasizing that we not only vigorously promote reform and development, but also correctly handle the relationship between reform, development and stability. We insist that reform is the driving force, development is the goal, and stability is the prerequisite. We insist on unifying the intensity of reform, the speed of development and the degree of social affordability. We regard the continuous improvement of people's lives as an important combination of handling the relationship between reform, development and stability, promote reform and development amidst social stability, and promote social stability through reform and development.

The tenth combination combines promoting the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics with advancing the new great project of party building, emphasizing that we should not only promote party building closely around advancing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, but also strengthen and improve party building. To advance the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, we must continuously improve the Party’s ability to govern, maintain and develop the Party’s advanced nature, continuously strengthen the Party’s class foundation and expand the Party’s mass base, and continuously improve its ability to resist corruption, degeneration and risks, so that the Party remains the strong leadership core for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

In short, this“Ten combinations”18466_18591

﹡This is part of Comrade Hu Jintao’s speech at the opening of a seminar for new members and alternate members of the Central Committee to study and implement the spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.