Reform and Opening Up Is the Trump for the Course of the Party and the People

Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the Central Committee under the leadership of Xi Jinping, with tremendous political courage and a strong sense of mission, has taken timely action and led the entire Party, the military, and the Chinese people in unshackling their thinking and breaking down the barriers erected by vested interests. It has braved uncharted waters, tackled tough problems, and navigated potential dangers, removing institutional obstacles in all areas. As a result, reform has evolved from a variety of trials and breakthroughs limited to certain areas into an integrated drive being advanced across the board. Foundational institutional frameworks have been basically put in place in all sectors, and historic, systemic, and holistic transformations have been achieved across many fields. Overall, our Party has accomplished the reform tasks set at the third plenary session of the 18th Central Committee in 2013 and attained the objective of achieving marked results in making all institutions more mature and better defined by the time of CPC’s centennial in 2021. All this has provided strong institutional support for completing the First Centenary Goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects in 2021 and set China on a new journey toward building a modern socialist country.

When we look around the world, it is hard to find any other nation or political party with the kind of political bravery and historical responsibility demonstrated by the CPC. Taking bold and decisive action, it has had the courage to turn the blade inward and carry out self-reform. No other country or party has been able to complete such extensive and in-depth reforms in such a short space of time. In the new era since 2012, the CPC’s all-encompassing, in-depth, and fundamental reforms have brought about historic, transformative, and groundbreaking achievements.

It is vital that we continue to advance reform if we are to deal with complex developments both at home and abroad, adapt to the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and live up to the new expectations of the people. Advancing reform is essential for upholding and improving the system of Chinese socialism and modernizing China’s system and capacity for governance, for putting the new development philosophy into practice and better adapting to the evolution in the principal challenges in Chinese society, and for adhering to a people-centered approach to see that the gains of modernization benefit all our people fairly. It is also crucial for responding to risks and challenges and ensuring steady and sustained progress in the cause of the Party and the country, for promoting the development of a global community of shared future and winning the strategic initiative amid accelerating global changes unseen in a century, and for further advancing the great new project of Party development and making our Marxist party stronger.

Editor: Li Xiaoqiong