Resolution of the eighteenth national congress of the communist party of china on the statute (amendment) of the communist party of china
(18th national congress of the communist party of china, 14 november 2012)
The 18th national congress of the communist party of china considered and unanimously adopted the statute of the communist party of china (amendment) as proposed by the 17th central committee and decided that this amendment would enter into force on the date of its adoption。
In the view of the general assembly, the communist party of china, represented mainly by comrade hu jintao, has been guided by deng xiaoping's theory and the important idea of “three representatives” for the 16th century, and has developed a people-centred, holistic and coherent vision of scientific development based on new development requirements, with a deep understanding of and answers to the major issues of development in the new context. The concept of scientific development is a scientific theory that is consistent with max leninism, mao's idea, deng xiaoping's theory, and the “three representatives”' important idea that is consistent with the times, a central expression of marxist worldviews and methodological theories on development, the latest result of marxist chineseization, the culmination of the collective wisdom of the chinese communist party, and the guiding idea that the party must adhere to over time. It was agreed that the concept of scientific development should be established in the party's chapter as a guide to the party's actions, along with the key ideas of marx leninism, mao zedong, deng xiaoping's theory and “three representatives”. The congress called on the comrades of the entire party to learn more about scientific development, to further strengthen their self-consciousness and commitment to the implementation of scientific development, to continuously improve the institutional mechanisms for the implementation of scientific development, and to integrate scientific development into the entire process of modernization of the country and into the construction of the party。
The congress considered china's specialist socialist path, the chinese specialist socialist theoretical system and the chinese specialist socialist system as fundamental achievements of the party and the people in their long struggle, creation and accumulation. Full realization of a small and prosperous society, accelerated modernization of socialism and a great revival of the chinese nation must be firmly established on the path of chinese socialism. The inclusion of the chinese-specific socialist system in the party's charter, along with the chinese-specific socialist path and the chinese-specific socialist theory system, will help the entire party to deepen its understanding of china-specific socialism and fully grasp the chinese-specific socialism. The congress stressed that the party's comrades must value, maintain and continue to develop this path, the theoretical system, the system, the firm path of self-confidence, the theory of self-confidence, the system of self-confidence and the struggle for a new victory in chinese-style socialism。
The assembly considered that building ecological civilization is a long-term strategy that is relevant to the well-being of people and to the future of nations. The construction of ecological civilization must be given prominence and integrated into all aspects and processes of economic, political, cultural and social construction, and must adhere to the path of productive, prosperous and ecologically sound development of civilization, working to build a beautiful china and achieve the sustainable development of the chinese nation. The congress agreed to include and elaborate on the construction of ecological civilization in its charter, so as to improve the overall layout of china's socialism as a specialty, so as to make the strategic position for the construction of ecological civilization clearer and conducive to the full promotion of china's specialty socialism. The promotion of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and the simultaneous development of agricultural modernization are major issues facing the country's economic and social development. They represent a major strategic initiative for the full realization of small and well-being societies; the development of a broader, fuller and more robust people's democracy and the improvement of china's specialist socialist legal system. They are the objective need to pursue china's specialist path of socialist political development, actively and steadily pursue political and institutional reform and strengthen socialist state-building based on the rule of law; the building of a strong socialist culture and the strengthening of socialist core value systems are essential requirements for the promotion of a socialist culture that flourishes and enhances the country's cultural soft power; and the construction of a socialist harmonious society must guarantee and improves the lives of its people, make the development more equitable for the benefit of all, and strengthen and innovate social management. The inclusion of these elements in the party's statute enriches the building of the socialist economy, the political, cultural and social construction. It is of great importance for the entire party's comrades to be more conscious and determined in the implementation of the fundamental theories, basic lines, basic programmes, basic experience and basic requirements of the party, to promote the full scope of the socialist market economy, socialist democracy, advanced socialist culture, socialist harmonious society and socialist ecological civilization, and to unite and lead the nation's peoples to the new triumph of chinese socialism。
In the view of the general assembly, reform and openness are the path of the powerful and the most visible features of the new era. The rapid development of my country over the past 30 years has been based on reform and openness, and future development must be firmly anchored in reform. Only by reforming and opening up could china be developed, socialism developed and marxism developed. The inclusion of this aspect in the party's statute has contributed to a deeper awareness of the importance of upholding reform and openness, and to a more conscious and determined approach to reform and openness。
In the view of the congress, since the seventeenth anniversary of the development of party-building practices, our party's awareness of the marxist ruling party's construction patterns has deepened, confronting the challenges and risks faced by the party, focusing on strengthening the party's capacity-building for governance, advanced and pureness, promoting the party's intellectual, organizational, ethos-building, anti-corruption and integrity-building and institution-building as a whole, and improving the scientific level of party-building. On the basis of practical developments, the 18th congress of the party has introduced new demands for a learning, service and innovative marxist ruling party. In order to adapt to the new situation, the entire party must unite its thinking and action on the fundamental lines of deng xiaoping's theory, the “three representatives”, scientific development and the fundamental lines of the party's work, ensure realism and respect for its membership, and strengthen its oversight of key leaders. The congress agreed to add these new achievements, new perceptions and new demands to the overall building requirements of the party chapter, so as to improve the main lines, overall layout and overall objectives of the building of the party, and to contribute to the full advancement of the new and great building of the party。
The congress considered it necessary to take stock of the successful experience of building a party in recent years and to align it with the changes made to the general section and to make appropriate changes to the text of the articles of the party. Carefully studying marxist leninism, mao zedong thought, deng xiaoping's theory, “three representatives” of thought and scientific development is an obligation of the general membership; actively seeking first-hand advantage and organizing party members to learn carefully about marx leninism, mao zedong thought, deng xiaoping's theory, “three representatives” of thought and scientific development is the basic task of the party's grass-roots organizations; selecting cadres is based on the principle of merit and merit, and is based on the principle of merit and merit; the party has to place greater emphasis on oversight of cadres; and the party's leadership at all levels is to be guided by the principle of partyism, integrity and leadership. The inclusion of these elements in the party's statute will help the party's comrades to adhere to the party's guiding principles and to enhance their self-awareness and commitment to scientific development. It will contribute to better adherence to humanism, proper orientation, greater credibility among the candidates and the healthy development of their cadres. It will help to encourage the cadres, especially the leading leaders, to improve their quality and lead by example。
The congress demanded that party organizations at all levels and all-party comrades raise the great banner of chinese identity socialism, guided by marxist leninism, mao zedong thought, deng xiaoping's theory, “three representatives” of important ideas and scientific development, to learn better about party charters, adhere to them, implement them, maintain them, insist on party control and rule them from the top, further strengthen party governance capacity-building, advanced and pure construction, fully advance the party's new and great construction with a view to reforming innovation, comprehensively raise the scientific level of party construction, and resolutely pursue the path of chinese identity socialism and fight for the full realization of a small and prosperous society。
