[One Hundred Years of Party History·Tiantian Studies] October 7

Important discussion

October 7, 1949

Liu Shaoqi delivered a speech at the party members meeting held by the CCP group of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, expounding the significance of continuing united front work after the founding of New China. The speech pointed out that there are very few proletariat in China today, and more than 90% are non-proletariat. The population of the country is more than 45 million, but the Communist Party members are only 3 million. The industry is underdeveloped and the production volume is not large. These conditions determine that the party must implement a united front policy.

October 7, 1975

When Deng Xiaoping met with the leader of the British Conservative Party's House of Lords, Carrington, he pointed out the domestic situation in China: China has China’s problems and China has its own conditions. Because we have a large population, even if our production capacity and total output value have reached the level of the United States, the standard of living of the people is still far from your Western level. To catch up with the West is to be relatively close, and it will take at least fifty years. These are not polite words, this is a sober estimate. When talking about nuclear war and conventional warfare, he pointed out: People now have a concept of what a strategic weapon is, as if only nuclear weapons are a strategic weapon. We see that this concept is not necessarily accurate. If that were the case, there would be no strategic weapons in World War I and World War II. I am afraid that conventional weapons also belong to the scope of strategic weapons. Therefore, we must not only focus on nuclear war, but also see the possibility of war with conventional weapons. We take a positive attitude towards the unity and strength of Europe. The unity of Europe itself and the strength of Europe itself are not only a restraining force for the Soviet Union, but the establishment of an equal partnership with the United States also requires the unity of Europe itself. Therefore, we positively evaluate that you have remained in the common market through a referendum. Western Europe still needs to advance on the road of union, which is of course difficult and complicated, but it seems that this road must be taken.

October 7, 1977

Deng Xiaoping pointed out when meeting with the Japanese Mioka delegation headed by the retired Japanese army general Kenjiro Mioka: Our attitude towards war,The first is against it. We hope that the war will come later. The second is not to be afraid. Don't be afraid of early fights, or big fights, even if you use existing equipment. We have realized the four modernizations and equipped with better equipment, so we are not afraid. The most important thing is to make the people aware that to strengthen combat readiness, the people must be mentally prepared. With preparations for war, it is possible to delay the war. It also pointed out that whether the modernization of national defense can be realized depends on the modernization of industry and science and technology. If industry is not promoted, science and technology are not promoted, the modernization of national defense will not be realized. Now we are working hard to focus on industry, science and technology, and education. We believe that results can be seen relatively quickly. We must introduce advanced technologies from all countries in the world and learn from all the advanced achievements in the world. Now that science and technology are developing rapidly, what we are talking about catching up with and surpassing the world level means reaching the world's advanced level at that time at the end of this century. Twenty-two years to the end of this century, who knows what it was like at that time. Science has progressed rapidly and developed rapidly. Now the enthusiasm of the people, scientific and technological workers, and educators has been mobilized. As long as the direction is correct and there are concrete effective measures, there is hope. Science itself is honest, and there is no room for falsification at all. No way is no way, no more blowing. Knowing that you can't do it, there is hope. When talking about the relationship between China and neighboring countries, we pointed out that we have adopted a policy of non-interference in the affairs of other countries in our neighboring countries, even socialist countries. We have aid to North Korea and Vietnam, but we will never rely on aid to exert influence. This is the fundamental policy of our country. The Chinese people are opposed to Japanese militarism. When we look at Sino-Japanese relations, we should look forward and look at problems from a long-term historical perspective.

October 7, 2013

Xi Jinping attended the 21st APEC Leaders’ Informal Meeting and delivered a speech, expounding his views on the current world economy. He emphasized that APEC is entering a new period of development. It should strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination, maintain Asia-Pacific economic and financial stability, promote members to deepen economic restructuring, advance the process of Asia-Pacific economic integration, maintain and develop an open world economy, and promote the Asia-Pacific region. The region continues to play an engine role in the recovery of the world economy.

He said that at present, the world economic situation is generally developing in a good direction, but unstable and uncertain factors are still prominent, and the realization of the full recovery and healthy growth of the world economy is still facing severe challenges.APEC should show courage and determination, play a leading and coordinating role, maintain and develop an open world economy, and promote the Asia-Pacific region to continue to play an engine role in the recovery of the world economy.

He made 3 suggestions on this. First, strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination and join hands to promote the common development of the Asia-Pacific. We must uphold the spirit of openness, tolerance, and win-win cooperation, and promote the formation of an open development pattern featuring policy coordination, growth linkage, and interest integration in the Asia-Pacific region. Second, judge the situation objectively, deal with challenges calmly, and spare no effort to maintain economic and financial stability in the Asia-Pacific region. We must prevent the superposition of risks from causing major economic and financial turbulence in the Asia-Pacific region, and use social policies to underpin economic policies to prevent economic and financial risks from evolving into political and social issues. At the same time, we must see that the Asia-Pacific region’s common aspirations for peace, stability, and development have not changed, the rising trend of its status and role in the world’s political and economic landscape has not changed, and the driving force and potential for sustained and rapid economic growth have not changed. We have reason to remain confident in the development prospects of the Asia-Pacific. Third, focus on the long-term and promote the deepening of economic restructuring of all members, so as to inject greater impetus into the sustainable development of the Asia-Pacific region. We must transform the mode of economic development, promote reform and innovation, release the potential of domestic demand, innovation power, and market vitality, deepen the integration of industrial chains and value chains, and promote the Asia-Pacific region to take the lead in forming a new growth industry cluster in the world.

Review of Party History

1954

October 7 The Xinjiang Military Region announced the establishment of the Xinjiang Military Region Production and Construction Corps in compliance with the August 6 approval of the General Staff Headquarters of the Military Commission. In March 1975, the XPCC was abolished and the General Bureau of Agricultural Reclamation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was established. On December 3, 1981, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission made the "Decision on Resuming Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps."

1996

October 7-10 The Sixth Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held. The plenum passed the "Resolution on Several Important Issues Concerning Strengthening the Construction of Socialist Spiritual Civilization." It is pointed out that a socialist society is a society of all-round development and progress, and the cause of socialist modernization is a cause of the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization.

2008

October 7 The Politburo Standing Committee meeting of the CPC Central Committee listened to reports on the international financial crisis and the measures to be taken. On November 5, the State Council held an executive meeting to study and deploy measures to further expand domestic demand and promote steady and rapid economic growth. Prior to this, in mid-September, the international financial crisis triggered by the 2007 US subprime mortgage crisis broke out in an all-round way.

Historical moments

On October 7, 1984, Deng Xiaoping attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Beijing National Laboratory of Positron Collider and cultivated soil for the cornerstone.

Source: The website of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China