In his important speech “7/26”, the secretary-general of xi stated that china's special socialism is the subject of all of the party's theories and practices since the reform and opening up of the party, and that the party must raise the great banner of china's special socialism and firmly establish chinese special socialism by self-confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence, and ensure that the party and the state continue to prevail in the right direction. How does this “theme” be understood? How important is it
The corollary of the development of chinese socialist practice
China’s special socialism did not fall from the sky, but was a logical consequence of china’s history, particularly its near-modern history. China's special socialism is the great historical conclusion of the chinese communist party, which has led the chinese people in their relentless efforts to explore and to create a new chapter in history。
After the establishment of the new china, the communist party of china, represented mainly by comrade mao, combined the universal principles of marxism with china, successfully completed the transformation of socialism, established the basic system of socialism, completed the most extensive and profound social transformation of the chinese nation in history, and laid the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for all progress in the development of contemporary china. When the basic system of socialism was established, our party began to explore the path of independent and autonomous socialist construction that was appropriate to the situation in china in the face of the new issue of how to build socialism in china. In the course of this exploration, we have made great achievements, made many turns, suffered a lot and learned many lessons. In sum, these decades of hard work have laid a solid foundation for china's development and its people's prosperity and brought about a great leap for the chinese nation from decline to fundamental reversal of its destiny and sustained progress towards prosperity and prosperity。
Chinese-specific socialism is a theory and practice that is appropriate to china's national circumstances, that is consistent with its characteristics and that responds to the demands of modern development. Thirty-nine years ago, the party's 11th general plenary, held as a new historical starting point, under the leadership of comrade deng xiaoping, promoted emancipation, re-established marxist ideology, politics and organization, took a historic decision to shift the focus of the party and the state to the modernization of socialism, centred on economic construction, adhered to four fundamental principles, implemented reform and opened up a major turning point in the history of our party since its inception, opened a new path of building with one purpose and the right direction for the development of china's distinctive socialist cause and the great revival of the chinese nation。
Chinese socialism is both a great undertaking that we must continue to pursue and a fundamental guarantee for our future. China's special socialism, the success or failure of the chinese nation's revival in relations, the future development of world socialism and the fundamental resolution of human social problems and historical destiny. Looking ahead, under the strong leadership of the party's centre, with comrade xi at its heart, we must firmly grasp the progressive character of our country's development, firmly grasp the aspirations of our people for a better life, propose new theories, new ideas, new strategies, new initiatives, continue to promote the overall “five ones” layout in a coherent manner, coordinate the advancement of the “four all-round” strategic layout, win the full realization of a small and prosperous society, capture the great victory of chinese identity in socialism and work tirelessly for the great revival of the chinese nation。
Scientific socialism is the inevitable choice for developing innovation in china
General secretary xi stated that china's special socialism is the dialectical unity of the scientific socialist theory and the historical logic of chinese social development. It is scientific socialism rooted in china's land, reflecting the will of the chinese people and adapting to the requirements of development progress in china and times。
The fundamental principles of scientific socialism must be upheld. Socialism as a whole is the unity of socialist movements, roads, theories, institutions and cultures. Marx engles created the theory of scientific socialism, to which leninism has contributed greatly. The mao zedong idea and the chinese identity socialist theory system are important developments in scientific socialist theory. Among the fundamental principles of scientific socialism are: the inevitable transition of human society to socialism, communism; the need for proper leadership of mature political parties in the revolutionary struggle of the proletarians; the desire of the proletarians to seize state power, establish proletarian dictatorship and achieve popular ownership; and the elimination of private ownership, public ownership and common prosperity. Scientific socialist theory provides direction for the liberation of the proletariat and the future development of human society. The fundamental principles of scientific socialism must not be lost。
In keeping with the theme of chinese identity socialism, the fundamental rationale of scientific socialism must be based on the fundamental rationale, not only for the development of the chinese identity socialist system itself, but also for the exploration of chinese identity socialism paths, theories, institutions and cultural practices. Since the reform and opening up, especially since the 18th congress of the party, the centerpiece of the party, comrade xi jinping, has undertaken a series of practical explorations and theoretical innovations focused on maintaining and developing chinese identity socialism, and has provided profound answers to a number of major theoretical and practical questions, such as “what is chinese identity socialism” and “how to maintain and develop chinese identity socialism”. This reflects the chinese communist party's understanding of the communist rule, the socialist construction rule, and the human social development rule, in particular the scientific understanding and deep understanding of chinese identity socialist law. Since the 18th anniversary of the party, we have produced the latest intellectual results of the development of chinese-style socialist construction, based on adherence to the principles of marxism。
Insisting on the subject of chinese identity socialism must be guided by marxism, and must be guided in the right direction, neither by a closed and rigid path nor by a dangerous path. The historical development of world socialism is amply proof that the ruling party and people of the socialist state lose their souls, lose their way and eventually lead to the demise of the dead party. The collapse of the soviet union was a painful lesson of history. When gorbachev came to power, the so-called political pluralism of the west was introduced into the soviet party and the political system of the state, and the so-called “democratic and humane socialism” was promoted, effectively abandoning marxist theory, the basic principles of scientific socialism and the communist faith. The communist party of the soviet union eventually lost its position of power and the union of soviet socialist republics finally reached its end。
In keeping with the theme of chinese identity socialism, it was important to recognize that chinese identity socialism was socialism and not some other kind of doctrine. In recent years, as china's special socialism has continued to develop, significant achievements have continued to be made, and there have been persistent domestic and foreign figures who have questioned whether “china is doing socialism or not”, some who have called it “capital socialism” and others “state capitalism” and “new bureaucratic capitalism”. These are completely wrong。
The imperative of maintaining and exercising the great superiority of the socialist system
The superiority of china's special socialist system is reflected in its scientific theory. Guided by marxism, mao zedong's idea, deng xiaoping's theory, “three representatives” of important ideas, scientific development, particularly xi's series of important speeches by the general secretary and the new strategy of new ideas for governance, since the beginning of the reform and opening up of the party, we have firmly grasped the greatest possible state of affairs in the early stages of socialism, remained firm in the greatest practical terms in the early stages of socialism, took a more precise grip on the changing characteristics of the early stages of socialism in the country, adhered to the basic lines of the party, while continuing to promote economic development, and developed a strategy for the development of china's socialism in a scientific manner, constantly resolving the problems, difficulties and challenges that have arisen in our society, striving for the comprehensive development of causes, the promotion of comprehensive human development and social progress, and the widening of china's socialism。
The superiority of china's special socialist system is reflected in the fact that it is the best way to achieve the fundamental interests of the vast majority of its people. Socialism is itself the cause of the people and the cause of creation and development of the people. The maintenance and development of chinese-specific socialism must enable our institutions and paths to ensure the fundamental interests of the vast majority of the chinese people and to ensure that the general public has the greatest sense of access. Since the beginning of the reform and opening-up, especially since the 18th anniversary of the party, our party science has grasped the dynamics of today's world and contemporary china's development, responding to the requirements of practice and the aspirations of the people. It has been engaged in a series of major strategic initiatives with the people. It has launched a series of major strategic initiatives, launched a series of major policy initiatives, advanced a series of major tasks, resolved a number of long-sought and unsolved challenges. It has been the culmination of a number of long-sought and unsuccessful developments。
The superiority of china's socialist system is reflected in its successful practice of “focusing on the big picture”. One of the obvious advantages of china's sui generis socialist system is that it “concentrates its efforts”. During the period of socialist transformation and socialist construction, we used the advantage of “focusing on big things”, and the new china achieved a series of major achievements in a relatively short period of time. Since the beginning of the reform and opening-up, our series of major decisions and great achievements in economic, political, cultural, social and ecological civilization-building have fully demonstrated the unique advantages of the socialist system of “focusing its efforts”. Since its eighteenth anniversary, the party and the state have made historic changes based on the significant achievements in the development of the country since the establishment of the new china, particularly since the reform and opening up of the country. Our economy has been growing at a moderate and high rate. Between 2013 and 2016, gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 7. 2 per cent annually, above the world average of 2. 5 per cent and developing economies of 4 per cent over the same period. Our main innovation indicators are at the forefront of the world, and major scientific and technological innovations are emerging, becoming the second largest r&d investment and the second largest intellectual output globally, and becoming an increasingly important pole in the global multipolar innovation landscape。
The superiority of china's socialist system is also reflected in its great path towards common prosperity. The greatest advantage of socialism is mutual enrichment. It is the essence of socialism and the fundamental principle that adheres to the path of shared prosperity. Since the establishment of the new china, and particularly since the reform and opening up of the country, we have made some important progress towards common prosperity. For the 18th century, the party centre, with comrade xi at its core, has maintained a common path of prosperity, putting the fight against poverty at the top of the governance of the country, with its precise pro-poor results. According to the rural poverty criterion of 2,300 yuan per person per year (in constant prices in 2010), in 2016 there were 43. 35 million people living in poverty in rural areas, 5. 56 million fewer than in 2012, reducing poverty by an average of nearly 14 million per year; the incidence of poverty fell to 4. 5 per cent, 5. 7 percentage points lower than in 2012. In 2016, rural dwellers in poor areas had an disposable income of $8452, which was 2. 7 percentage points faster than the national average, reflecting the great advantages and vitality of socialism in china。
The inevitable conclusion of a firm “four confidence”
The secretary-general of xi stated that the chinese communist party, the people's republic of china and the chinese nation are the most deserving of self-confidence in today's world if it is to say which political party, which country and which ethnic group can be confident. With the courage of “two hundred years of self-confidence, three thousand miles of water”, we can face all the difficulties and challenges without fear, and we can resolutely open up new horizons and create new miracles。
In keeping with the theme of china's socialism, china's socialism path is a necessary path to the modernization of socialism and to the creation of a better life for its people. The path of china's socialism is vital to the life of the party, to the future of the country, to the destiny of the nation, to the well-being of its people and to the success or failure of world socialism. The great superiority of china's unique socialist path is a fundamental guarantee of our ambitious future development goals。
In keeping with the theme of chinese identity socialism, china should firmly believe that the chinese identity socialist system is the right theory to guide the party and people along the chinese identity socialist path towards the great revival of the chinese nation, and that it is a scientific theory that is at the forefront of the times and that evolves over time. China's sui generis socialist system, which includes deng xiaoping's theory, the “three representatives” of important ideas and the concept of scientific development, upholds and develops the marx leninism and mao zedong ideas. A comprehensive, systematic and profound understanding and grasp of the socialist system of china's specialty will have to take place at the beginning of a new history, with a broader vision and a longer-term vision of the major strategic issues facing the country's future, and in theory, with new perspectives and generalizations。
In keeping with the theme of china's specialty socialism, china's specialty socialist system is a fundamental institutional guarantee for the advancement of modern-day chinese development. It is an advanced system with a distinct chinese identity, a clear institutional advantage and a strong self-improvement capability. Since its eighteenth anniversary, the party's centre, with comrade xi at its core, has adhered to such scientific thinking as system thinking, rule of law thinking, historical thinking, bottom-line thinking, strengthening the top-level design of reform, actively promoting institutional reform in all fields, promoting a comprehensive approach to the party's rule of law, and focusing on overcoming all institutional weaknesses. The aim is to provide a more complete, stable and well-functioning institutional system for the development of china's socialism, its long-term long-term stability and security, and to give a strong impetus to the deep, sustained and healthy development of chinese socialism's causes。
In keeping with the theme of china's socialism, china's socialist culture is guided by marxism. It is oriented towards a modern, world-oriented and future-oriented culture of the general public of national science. General secretary xi stated that cultural confidence is more basic, broader and deeper. The best traditional culture of china, which has been bred by more than 5,000 years of civilization, and the advanced culture of revolution and socialism that has been bred by the great struggles of the parties and peoples, are the most profound spiritual pursuits of the chinese nation and represent its unique spiritual identity. We want to promote the core values of socialism, the national spirit at the heart of patriotism and the spirit of the era at the heart of reform and innovation, and to constantly strengthen the spiritual strength of the entire national population。
In keeping with the theme of china's identity socialism, china's identity socialism “four self-confidences”, and the fundamental experience that china's identity socialism has accumulated for nearly 40 years. Since the beginning of the reform and opening-up, especially since the 18th anniversary of the party, the basic theories, basic routes, basic programmes, basic experience and the basic requirements for a new victory in china's socialism under new historical conditions constitute the basic structure and fundamental orientation of china's socialism, which is the central expression of the communist rule, the socialist construction rule and the human social development rule, and the deepening of the party's understanding of the chinese socialism rule. Today, our country has reached a new historical point of departure, and china's special socialism has entered a new stage of development. We want to adhere to the marxist theory, adhere to and develop the socialist system, and insist on promoting socialist reform and opening up. We want both firmness to advance reform and development and to prevent deviation from the direction of socialism, to ensure the great revival of the chinese nation and to ensure the triumph of the chinese socialist historical ship to the other side of the ideal of communism。
(author of the party secretary, director, researcher of the maxist institute of social sciences, china)
