Party History Education丨September 15

Important discussion

September 15-28, 1954

The First National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China was held in Beijing. On the 15th, Mao Zedong delivered an opening speech and pointed out: This meeting is a milestone marking the new victory and new development of our people since the founding of the People’s Republic of my country in 1949. The constitution formulated at this meeting will greatly promote our society. Confucianism. Our general task is to unite the people of the whole country, strive for the support of all international friends, strive to build a great socialist country, to defend international peace and to develop the cause of human progress. He emphasized: The core force leading our cause is the Chinese Communist Party. The theoretical basis that guides our thinking is Marxism-Leninism. We have full confidence to overcome all difficulties and hardships and build our country into a great socialist republic.

Liu Shaoqi’s "Report on the Draft Constitution of the People’s Republic of China" explains the nature of our country, the steps to transition to socialism, the people’s democratic political system and the rights and obligations of the people, and ethnic regional autonomy. Fundamental contents. The report pointed out: The Constitution is the fundamental law of the country, and all people and all state agencies must abide by it. Communist Party members must play an exemplary role in observing the Constitution and all other laws. my country is striving to build a great socialist country.

Zhou Enlai delivered a "Government Work Report" at the meeting on the 23rd. The report pointed out: The only purpose of the socialist economy is to meet the material and cultural needs of the people, and in order to fully meet the material and cultural needs of the people, the socialist economy must be continuously developed. Therefore, all of us must be concerned about improving the productivity of our country. The report also puts forward the guidelines of the first five-year plan: concentrate the main forces on the development of heavy industry, establish the foundation for national industrialization and national defense modernization; develop transportation, light industry, agriculture and commerce accordingly; cultivate construction talents accordingly; Promote the co-operation of agriculture and handicraft industry; continue to transform capitalist industry and commerce; ensure that the proportion of socialist elements in the national economy increases steadily, and at the same time correctly play the role of individual agriculture, handicrafts, and capitalist industry and commerce; ensure that it is on the basis of developing production Gradually improve the people’s material and cultural life.

September 15, 1956

The Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened. Mao Zedong made the opening speech. He summed up the experience of Chinese revolution and construction, and pointed out: The victory of our country's revolution and construction is the victory of Marxism-Leninism. The theory of Marxism-Leninism is closely linked with the practice of the Chinese revolution. This is our party’s consistent practice. Principle of thought. In order to meet the upcoming climax of comprehensive economic construction, he proposed to the whole party a task that must be good at learning. He pointed out: To change a backward agricultural China into an advanced industrialized China, the work before us is very difficult. , Our experience is not enough. Therefore, one must be good at learning. We must not have an arrogant attitude of great-nationism, and must not be arrogant because of the victory of the revolution and the achievements in construction. Countries, big or small, have their own strengths and weaknesses. Even if we have achieved great results in our work, there is no reason to be arrogant. Modesty makes people progress, arrogance makes people lag behind, we should always remember this truth. This opening speech is included in the seventh volume of Collected Works of Mao Zedong.

On the same day, Liu Shaoqi made a political report to the Eighth National Congress on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The report is guided by the basic spirit of "On the Ten Major Relations", and on the basis of correctly assessing the changes in domestic class relations after the completion of the socialist transformation and the resulting political situation, the focus of the party’s work has been shifted to the development of social productive forces. Upcoming strategic decisions. The report pointed out: The stormy period of the revolution has now passed, new production relations have been established, and the task of struggle has become to protect the smooth development of social productive forces. The realistic task of our party is to rely on the hundreds of millions of working people who have been liberated and organized, to unite with all possible unity forces at home and abroad, to make full use of all favorable conditions for us, and to build our country into a great country as quickly as possible. Socialist country.

The report, on the basis of summing up past experiences and lessons, affirmed the general economic construction policy of “proactive and reliable”. Safe and reliable. The speed of development must be positive so as not to lose time and fall into conservatism; it must also be safe and reliable so as not to deviate from the correct proportion of economic development.To overburden the people, or to make different departments out of touch with each other, make the plan impossible to complete, and cause waste, that is the mistake of adventurism. The report also adapts to the upcoming large-scale economic construction and proposes tasks for improving the work of the country, including: (1) Further expanding democratic life and launching a struggle against bureaucracy; (2) Appropriate adjustment of the central and local administrative powers to give full play to The enthusiasm of both the central and local governments; (3) Correctly handle the issue of ethnic minorities; (4) Start to formulate relatively complete laws systematically and improve the country’s legal system. This report is an important achievement made by the first generation of leadership of the CPC Central Committee in exploring the road to socialist construction in China. It is included in the second volume of "Selected Works of Liu Shaoqi".

September 15, 2005

In his speech at the summit meeting for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Hu Jintao proposed to build a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity. He pointed out: In an important historical period where opportunities and challenges coexist, only when all countries in the world unite closely to seize opportunities and respond to challenges together can we create a bright future for the development of human society and truly build a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity. . We must adhere to multilateralism and achieve common security; adhere to mutually beneficial cooperation and achieve common prosperity; adhere to the spirit of tolerance and build a harmonious world; adhere to a positive and stable policy to promote the reform of the United Nations. This speech is titled "Efforts to Build a Harmonious World of Lasting Peace and Common Prosperity", and is included in "Selected Documents Since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China" (middle).

Looking back on the party history

1944

September 15 The representative of the Chinese Communist Party, Lin Boqu, proposed at the National Political Council to immediately end the one-party rule of the Kuomintang and establish a democratic coalition government of anti-Japanese parties.

1954

September 15-28 The first session of the National People's Congress was held. The meeting passed the "Constitution of the People's Republic of China"; elected Mao Zedong as the chairman of the country, Liu Shaoqi as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; decided Zhou Enlai as the Premier of the State Council;The convening of the National People's Congress marks the establishment of the people's congress system nationwide.

1956

September 15-27 The Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. Mao Zedong made the opening speech, Liu Shaoqi made a political report, Zhou Enlai made a report on the recommendations of the second five-year plan for the development of the national economy, and Deng Xiaoping made a report on the revision of the party constitution. The conference pointed out that the socialist transformation has achieved a decisive victory and the socialist system has basically been established. The main domestic contradiction is already the contradiction between the people's requirements for the establishment of an advanced industrial country and the reality of a backward agricultural country, between the people's needs for the rapid economic and cultural development and the current economic and cultural conditions that cannot meet the needs of the people. contradiction. The main task of the party and the people at present is to concentrate their efforts to resolve this contradiction and transform our country from a backward agricultural country to an advanced industrial country as soon as possible. The conference focused on the issue of strengthening the building of the ruling party and passed the newly revised "Articles of the Communist Party of China."

1986

September 15 The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Regulations on the Work of Primary Organizations of Industrial Enterprises Owned by the Chinese Communist Party."

2009

September 15-18 The Fourth Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held. The plenum passed the "Decision on Several Major Issues Concerning Strengthening and Improving Party Building under the New Situation", and put forward major tasks such as continuously improving the scientific level of party building and building a Marxist learning party.

2010

The "Opinions on the Implementation of Open Party Affairs in the Party’s Primary Organizations" issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on September 15 pointed out: The implementation of open party affairs in the party’s grassroots organizations is to thoroughly implement the scientific development concept and improve The inevitable requirement for the party’s ability to govern and maintain and develop the party’s advanced nature is the objective need to expand grassroots democracy within the party, protect the democratic rights of party members, and enhance the vitality of the party’s grassroots organizations.It is an effective way to practice the party's purpose, strengthen the relationship between the party and the masses, and promote harmony and stability at the grassroots level. It is an important measure to strengthen inner-party supervision, standardize the operation of power, and promote the construction of grassroots party style and clean government.

Historical Moments

From September 15 to 28, 1954, the first meeting of the First National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China was held in Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai, Beijing. The picture shows the delegates entering the venue.

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