"Excerpts of Important Discussions on the Scientific Outlook on Development"

(Serial 4)

7. To thoroughly implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, we must always adhere to the Party’s basic line

Since the reform and opening up, our party has gradually formed the party's basic theory, basic line, basic program and basic experience on the basis of summarizing historical experience and new practice, and formed a set of principles and policies. These are the magic weapons for us to do a good job.
Hu Jintao "Studying with New Members and Alternate Members of the Central Committee"“Three Represents”Speech at the conclusion of the seminar on important ideas and implementation of the spirit of the 16th National Congress》(2003Year 2Month 18日)

Our country is and will be in the primary stage of socialism for a long time. Under the increasingly fierce competition in international comprehensive national strength, we must adhere to economic construction as the center, firmly seize and make good use of important strategic opportunities, and vigorously liberate and develop social productive forces. This is of great strategic significance for a large developing country like us to accelerate the realization of modernization. Only by adhering to economic construction as the center and continuously enhancing comprehensive national strength can we lay a solid material foundation for development, the party's top priority in governing and rejuvenating the country, and lay a solid material foundation for comprehensive and coordinated development. Only by adhering to economic construction as the center and continuously enhancing comprehensive national strength can we better solve the contradictions and problems on the way forward and successfully achieve the grand goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and socialist modernization. Therefore, the entire Party and the country must enhance the sense of urgency to promote development, firmly focus on economic construction at any time and under any circumstances, fully mobilize and effectively protect the enthusiasm of the broad masses of cadres and the masses to accelerate development, and unswervingly promote sustained, rapid, coordinated and healthy economic development.
Hu Jintao's "Speech at the Central Symposium on Population, Resources and Environment" (2004Year3month10日), "Selected Important Documents Since the 16th National Congress" (Part 1)851page

We must persist in promoting the self-improvement of socialism and enhance the vitality and vitality of socialism. Only socialism can save China, and only socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop China. We must adhere to the socialist system, and through reform and opening up, we must continue to promote the adaptation of production relations and productivity, the superstructure and the economic base, promote the coordination of all fields, aspects and links of the economy and society, promote the combination of promoting Chinese civilization and learning from foreign civilization, so that the advantages of the socialist system can be more fully brought into play.
"Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Strengthening the Party's Governing Capacity Building" (2004Year9month19日), "Selected Important Documents Since the 16th National Congress" (Part 2)274page

The guiding ideology of Marxism, the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the national spirit with patriotism as the core, the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, and the socialist concept of honor and disgrace constitute the basic content of the socialist core value system. We must persist in integrating the socialist core value system into the entire process of national education and spiritual civilization construction and throughout all aspects of modernization. We must persist in arming the whole party and educating the people with the latest achievements of the Sinicization of Marxism, use the national spirit and the spirit of the times to gather strength and stimulate vitality, advocate patriotism, collectivism, and socialist ideas, strengthen education on ideals and beliefs, strengthen education on national conditions and situation policies, and continuously enhance belief and confidence in the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the socialist system, the cause of reform and opening up, and the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.
"Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues in Building a Socialist Harmonious Society" (2006Year10month11日), "Selected Documents Since the 16th National Congress"(下注)No.661page

Reform and opening up is a key choice that determines the destiny of contemporary China. It is the only way to develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and realize 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.
Hu Jintao "Hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive for new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way" (2007Year10month15日), "Compilation of Documents of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" No.10page

As a new great revolution, reform and opening up cannot be smooth sailing, nor can it be accomplished overnight. The most fundamental thing is that reform and opening up conforms to the will of the Party and the people and conforms to the trend of the times. The direction and path are completely correct. The results and achievements cannot be denied. There is no way out for pause and retrogression.
Hu Jintao "Hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive for new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way" (2007Year10month15日), "Compilation of Documents of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" No.10page

In the historical process of reform and opening up, our party has combined adhering to the basic principles of Marxism with promoting the sinicization of Marxism, combined adhering to the four basic principles with adhering to reform and opening up, combined respecting the people's initiative with strengthening and improving the party's leadership, combined adhering to the basic socialist system with the development of the market economy, combined promoting the reform of the economic base with promoting the reform of the superstructure, and combined the development of society Combining productivity with improving the civilized quality of the entire nation, combining improving efficiency with promoting social equity, combining adhering to independence with participating in economic globalization, combining promoting reform and development with maintaining social stability, combining promoting the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics with advancing the new great project of party building, we have gained valuable experience for a large developing country with a population of more than one billion to get rid of poverty, accelerate modernization, consolidate and develop socialism.
Hu Jintao "Hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive for new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way" (2007Year10month15日), "Compilation of Documents of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" No.10page

The fundamental reason why we have made all the achievements and progress since the reform and opening up can be summed up as follows: we opened up the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and formed the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics. To hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the most fundamental thing is to adhere to this path and this theoretical system.
Hu Jintao "Hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive for new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way" (2007Year10month15日), "Compilation of Documents of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" No.10-11page

The path of socialism with Chinese characteristics means, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, based on the basic national conditions, focusing on economic construction, adhering to the four basic principles, adhering to reform and opening up, liberating and developing social productive forces, consolidating and improving the socialist system, building a socialist market economy, socialist democratic politics, socialist advanced culture, and a socialist harmonious society, and building a prosperous, democratic, civilized, and harmonious modern socialist country. The key to why the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics is completely correct and can lead China's development and progress is that we not only adhere to the basic principles of scientific socialism, but also give it distinctive Chinese characteristics based on our country's reality and the characteristics of the times. In contemporary China, adhering to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics means truly adhering to socialism.
Hu Jintao "Hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive for new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way" (2007Year10month15日), "Compilation of Documents of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" No.11page

In-depth implementation of the Scientific Outlook on Development requires us to always adhere to it“One center, two basic points”'s basic route. The party's basic line is the lifeline of the party and the country and the political guarantee for achieving scientific development. Taking economic construction as the center is the key to rejuvenating the country and is the fundamental requirement for the prosperity and long-term stability of our party and our country; the Four Basic Principles are the foundation of the country and the political cornerstone for the survival and development of our party and our country; reform and opening up is the road to strengthening the country and the source of vitality for the development and progress of our party and our country. We must persist in unifying the two basic points of economic construction as the center and the Four Cardinal Principles and reform and opening up in the great practice of developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, and we must never waver at any time.
Hu Jintao "Hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive for new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way" (2007Year10month15日), "Compilation of Documents of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" No.16page

The basic line of the Communist Party of China in the primary stage of socialism is to lead and unite the people of all ethnic groups in the country, focus on economic construction, adhere to the four basic principles, adhere to reform and opening up, be self-reliant, and work hard to build our country into a prosperous, democratic, civilized, and harmonious modern socialist country.
In leading the cause of socialism, the Communist Party of China must adhere to economic construction as the center, and all other tasks must obey and serve this center. We must seize the opportunity, accelerate development, implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent and the strategy of sustainable development, give full play to the role of science and technology as the primary productive force, rely on scientific and technological progress, improve the quality of workers, and promote the sound and rapid development of the national economy.
The four basic principles of adhering to the socialist road, upholding the people's democratic dictatorship, upholding the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and upholding Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought are the foundation of our country. Throughout the entire process of socialist modernization, we must adhere to the four basic principles and oppose bourgeois liberalization.
Adhering to reform and opening up is the way to strengthen our country. It is necessary to fundamentally reform the economic system that restricts the development of productive forces, and uphold and improve the socialist market economic system; correspondingly, it is necessary to carry out political system reform and reforms in other fields. We must adhere to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world and absorb and learn from all the civilizational achievements created by human society. Reform and opening up should boldly explore and pioneer, improve the scientific nature of reform decision-making, enhance the coordination of reform measures, and open up new paths in practice.
"Constitution of the Communist Party of China" (partially revised by the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,2007Year10month21日Adopted), "Compilation of Documents of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" No.61-62page

Combine the adherence to the Four Cardinal Principles with the persistence of reform and opening up, emphasizing that the success of my country's reform and opening up lies in the fact that we not only ensure the correct direction of reform and opening up with the Four Cardinal 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 deeply understand and adhere to the Four Cardinal 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.
Hu Jintao "Continue to Push the Great Cause of Reform and Opening Up" (2007Year12month17日), "Qiushi" magazine2008Year1Issue4page

8. Deeply implement the Scientific Outlook on Development and actively build a socialist harmonious society

Forming a society in which all people do their best, have their place and live in harmony is an inevitable requirement for consolidating the social foundation of the party's governance and realizing the historical mission of the party's governance. We must adapt to the profound changes in our society, place the construction of a harmonious society in an important position, focus on stimulating social vitality, promote social fairness and justice, enhance the legal awareness and integrity awareness of the whole society, and maintain social stability and unity.
"Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Strengthening the Party's Governing Capacity Building" (2004Year9month19日）,"Selected Important Documents Since the 16th National Congress" (Part 2)286page

Our party’s proposal to build a socialist harmonious society is not only a scientific summary of my country’s reform, opening up, and modernization experience, but also a strategic measure to improve the party’s governance capabilities under the new domestic and international situations, implement the scientific outlook on development, and better promote my country’s economic and social development. The clear proposal to build a harmonious socialist society reflects our party’s new understanding of the development laws of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It also reflects our party’s new understanding of the rules of governance, governance capabilities, governance strategies, and governance methods. It provides important ideological guidance for us to firmly seize and make good use of important strategic opportunities and achieve the grand goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. Building a harmonious socialist society is related to the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, to consolidating the social foundation of the Party's governance and realizing the historical tasks of the Party's governance, to the overall situation of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, to the prosperity of the Party's cause and the long-term stability of the country.
Hu Jintao's "Speech at the Seminar on Improving the Ability of Provincial and Ministerial Level Leading Cadres to Build a Socialist Harmonious Society" (2005Year2month19日), "Selected Important Documents Since the 16th National Congress" (Part 2)699-700page

Based on the basic principles of Marxism and the practical experience of my country’s socialist construction, according to the new requirements of my country’s economic and social development in the new century and new stage and the new trends and new characteristics of my country’s society, the socialist harmonious society we want to build should be a society of democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, integrity and friendliness, full of vitality, stability and order, and a harmonious coexistence of man and nature. Democracy and rule of law means that socialist democracy is fully developed, the basic strategy of governing the country according to law is effectively implemented, and positive factors in all aspects are widely mobilized; fairness and justice means that the interests of all aspects of society are properly coordinated, internal contradictions among the people and other social contradictions are correctly handled, social fairness and justice are effectively maintained and realized; integrity and friendship means that the whole society helps each other, is honest and trustworthy, and all people are equal and friendly Love and harmonious coexistence; full of vitality means that all creative wishes that are beneficial to social progress can be respected, creative activities can be supported, creative talents can be exerted, and creative achievements can be affirmed; stable and orderly means that the social organization mechanism is sound, social management is perfect, social order is good, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the society maintains stability and unity; harmonious coexistence between man and nature means production development, affluent life, and good ecology. These basic characteristics of a harmonious socialist society are interrelated and interactive, and need to be fully grasped and reflected in the process of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.
Hu Jintao's "Speech at the Seminar on Improving the Capabilities of Provincial and Ministerial Level Leading Cadres in Building a Socialist Harmonious Society" (2005Year2month19日), "Selected Important Documents Since the 16th National Congress" (Part 2)706page
　　

Building a harmonious socialist society is organically unified with building socialist material civilization, political civilization, and spiritual civilization. They are inseparably closely linked and have their own special fields and laws. Building socialist material civilization, political civilization, and spiritual civilization can provide a solid foundation for building a socialist harmonious society; building a socialist harmonious society can also provide important conditions for building socialist material civilization, political civilization, and spiritual civilization. We must continuously strengthen the material foundation for the construction of a harmonious society by developing the productive forces of socialist society, continuously strengthen the political guarantee for the construction of a harmonious society by developing socialist democratic politics, and continuously consolidate the spiritual support for the construction of a harmonious society by developing advanced socialist culture. At the same time, we must create favorable social conditions for the construction of socialist material civilization, political civilization, and spiritual civilization through the construction of a harmonious society.
Hu Jintao's "Speech at the Seminar on Improving the Ability of Provincial and Ministerial Level Leading Cadres to Build a Socialist Harmonious Society" (2005Year2month19日), "Selected Important Documents Since the 16th National Congress" (Part 2)707page
　　

To build a harmonious socialist society, we must adhere to Deng Xiaoping Theory and“Three Represents”As the guidance of important thoughts, adhere to the basic system of socialism and adhere to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics; we must establish and implement the scientific outlook on development, adhere to economic construction as the center, and adhere to“Five coordinators”, to promote the comprehensive development of socialist material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization construction and harmonious society construction; we must adhere to the people-oriented approach, always regard the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the fundamental starting point and goal of the work of the party and the state, and continue to meet the people's growing material and cultural needs on the basis of economic development and promote the all-round development of people; we must respect the creative spirit of the people, and mobilize all positive efforts through deepening reforms and innovating systems. factors to stimulate the creative vitality of the whole society; we must pay attention to social fairness, correctly reflect and take into account the interests of people from different aspects, correctly handle contradictions among the people and other social contradictions, and properly coordinate the interests of all aspects; we must correctly handle the relationship between reform, development and stability, insist on unifying the intensity of reform, the speed of development and the degree of social affordability, so that reform, development and stability coordinate and promote each other, ensure that the people live and work in peace and contentment, and ensure social and political stability and the long-term peace and order of the country.
Hu Jintao's "Speech at the Seminar on Improving the Ability of Provincial and Ministerial Level Leading Cadres to Build a Socialist Harmonious Society" (2005Year2month19日), "Selected Important Documents Since the 16th National Congress" (Part 2)707page

Maintaining and realizing social fairness and justice involves the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people. It is an inevitable requirement for our party to persist in building a party for the public and governing for the people. It is also an essential requirement of our country’s socialist system. Only by effectively safeguarding and realizing social fairness and justice can people feel comfortable, all aspects of social relations can be coordinated, and people's enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity can be fully unleashed.

Hu Jintao's "Speech at the Seminar on Improving the Ability of Provincial and Ministerial Level Leading Cadres to Build a Socialist Harmonious Society" (2005Year2month19日), "Selected Important Documents Since the 16th National Congress" (Part 2)711-712page

The interests of the masses are no small matter. The construction of a harmonious society must start from solving the most direct and practical interests of the people, and do more good and practical things for the people. This is an inevitable requirement for adhering to a people-oriented approach, and an inevitable requirement for adhering to development for the people, development relying on the people, and development results shared by the people.

Hu Jintao "Comprehensively Implement the Scientific Outlook on Development and Promote Fast and Good Economic and Social Development" (2005Year12month15日）,"Qiushi" Magazine2006Year1Issue6page

It is necessary to adapt to the objective requirements of changes in my country's interest pattern and the diversification of interest subjects. On the basis of economic development, we must pay more attention to social fairness and justice, correctly reflect and take into account the interests of different aspects of the people, and improve the interest coordination mechanism as soon as possible. Focusing on expanding employment, improving the social security system, straightening out distribution relations, developing social undertakings, and maintaining social stability, we strive to let all people share the fruits of reform and development.

Hu Jintao's "Speech at the Conference to Celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China and Summarize the Educational Activities for Maintaining the Advanced Nature of Communist Party Members" (2006Year6month30日), "Selected Documents Since the 16th National Congress"(下)No.532-533page

Building a harmonious socialist society is a continuous process of constantly resolving social contradictions. We must always keep a clear mind, be prepared for danger in times of peace, have a deep understanding of the stage characteristics of our country's development, scientifically analyze the contradictions and problems that affect social harmony and their causes, be more proactive in facing up to and resolving contradictions, maximize harmonious factors, minimize disharmonious factors, and continuously promote social harmony. All comrades in the party must persist in emancipating their minds, seeking truth from facts, and advancing with the times. They must proceed from reality in everything, consciously act in accordance with laws, and base themselves on the current situation.BFForward, focus on the long-term, act within our capabilities, do our best, continue to advance step by step with focus, and earnestly regard building a socialist harmonious society as a long-term historical task throughout the entire process of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and a major practical issue in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.
"Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues in Building a Socialist Harmonious Society" (2006Year10month11日), "Selected Documents Since the 16th National Congress"(Down)No.650page

The socialist harmonious society we want to build is a society in which economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, and social construction develop in a coordinated manner. It is a society in which people and people, people and society, and people and nature are harmonious as a whole. It must run through the entire historical process of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. In actual work, we must start from“Big Society”Focus on implementing the construction of a harmonious society into all the work of the party and the country, including economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction and party building; and we must also start from“Small society”Start by focusing on solving the most direct and realistic interest issues that the people are most concerned about, focus on developing social undertakings, promoting social fairness and justice, building a harmonious culture, improving social management, enhancing social creative vitality, taking the road of common prosperity, and promoting the coordinated development of social construction, economic construction, political construction, and cultural construction.
Hu Jintao's "Speech at the Second Plenary Session of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China" (2006Year10month11日), "Selected Documents Since the 16th National Congress"(下注)No.675-676page

To achieve social harmony, we must adhere to economic construction as the center, vigorously develop social productivity, and create a strong material foundation for social harmony. However, economic development and an increase in the total amount of social wealth cannot automatically achieve social harmony. If we only focus on economic growth and ignore social development, it will not only aggravate the contradiction of unbalanced economic and social development, but ultimately make economic development unsustainable. To accelerate social development and promote social harmony, we must pay more attention to social fairness, properly handle the relationship between economic growth and income distribution, continuously improve social security, income distribution, public education and fiscal transfer payment systems, adhere to active employment policies, focus on providing better basic public services to low-income people in rural and urban areas, and strive to let the broad masses of the people share the fruits of reform and development. It is necessary to properly handle the relationship between meeting the needs of the people and the financial resources of the government. We must do our best to correctly exert the public service functions of governments at all levels, promote the allocation of public resources to be more tilted towards areas that directly benefit the people, and actively solve the vital interests of the people; we must also act within our capabilities to prevent expectations from being too high and deviating from actual possibilities.
Hu Jintao "Continuously deepen our understanding of the scientific outlook on development and strive to create a new situation in scientific development" (2006Year12month5日), "Selected Documents Since the 16th National Congress"(下注)No.808-809page

Deeply implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development requires us to actively build a socialist harmonious society. Social harmony is the essential attribute of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Scientific development and social harmony are intrinsically unified. Without scientific development, there will be no social harmony, and without social harmony, it will be difficult to achieve scientific development. Building a harmonious socialist society is a long-term historical task that runs through the entire process of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is the historical process and social result of correctly handling various social contradictions on the basis of development. It is necessary to increase social material wealth and continuously improve people's lives through development. It is also necessary to ensure social fairness and justice and continuously promote social harmony through development. Achieving social fairness and justice is the consistent position of the Chinese Communists and a major task in developing socialism with Chinese characteristics. In accordance with the general requirements of democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, integrity and friendliness, full of vitality, stability and order, and harmonious coexistence between man and nature, as well as the principles of joint construction and joint enjoyment, efforts should be made to solve the most direct and practical interests of the people, and strive to form a situation in which all people can do their best, get what they deserve, and live in harmony, so as to provide a good social environment for development.
Hu Jintao "Hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive for new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way" (2007Year10month15日), "Compilation of Documents of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" No.16-17page

A reasonable income distribution system is an important manifestation of social fairness. It is necessary to uphold and improve the distribution system in which distribution according to work is the mainstay and multiple distribution methods coexist, and to improve the system in which production factors such as labor, capital, technology, and management participate in distribution according to their contribution. The relationship between efficiency and fairness must be properly handled in both primary distribution and redistribution, and redistribution pays more attention to fairness. Gradually increase the proportion of residents' income in national income distribution and increase the proportion of labor remuneration in primary distribution. Efforts should be made to increase the income of low-income people, gradually increase poverty alleviation standards and minimum wage standards, and establish a normal wage growth mechanism and payment guarantee mechanism for enterprise employees. Create conditions for more people to have property income. Protect legitimate income, regulate excessive income, and ban illegal income. Expand transfer payments, strengthen tax regulation, break business monopolies, create fair opportunities, rectify distribution order, and gradually reverse the trend of widening income distribution gaps.
Hu Jintao "Hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive for new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way" (2007Year10month15日), "Compilation of Documents of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" No.37-38page

Combining 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 insist on people-oriented , focusing on solving the most direct and practical interests of the people, focusing on developing social undertakings, improving the income distribution system, ensuring and improving people's livelihood, taking the road of common prosperity, and striving to create a situation in which all people do their best, get what they deserve, and live in harmony.
Hu Jintao "Continue to Push the Great Cause of Reform and Opening Up" (2007Year12month17日), "Qiushi" magazine2008Year1Issue5page

Protecting and improving people's livelihood is the starting point and goal of our revolution, construction, and reform. It is also the fundamental requirement for adhering to the party's purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly. At present, the basic national conditions of our country are still and will remain in the primary stage of socialism for a long time. The main social contradiction between the people's growing material and cultural needs and backward social production has not changed. Some people still have some difficulties in life due to various reasons. Therefore, striving to ensure and improve people's livelihood on the basis of economic development is a fundamental strategy to resolve various social conflicts and maintain social harmony and stability.
Hu Jintao's "Speech at the Second Plenary Session of the Second Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China" (2008Year2month27日）

Maintaining social harmony and stability is an important prerequisite for smoothly advancing reform and development. We must always keep in mind that stability is a hard task and the first responsibility; development is political achievement, and stability is also political achievement. Without the prerequisite of stability, nothing can be accomplished, and the results that have been achieved will be lost, let alone the realization of the goals and tasks set by the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Hu Jintao's "Speech at the Second Plenary Session of the Second Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee of the Party" (2008Year2month27日）