The content of this issue is the 32nd question in "Hundred Questions on Study and Guidance of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China" : How to understand after the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, 5 people from the Communist Party of China united and led the whole party and people of all ethnic groups in the country to successfully uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics under the new situation?
The Resolution pointed out that after the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Hu Jintao as the main representative, united and led the whole party and people of all ethnic groups in the country, and successfully upheld and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics under the new situation.
First, we have achieved a series of new historic achievements and promoted socialism with Chinese characteristics to a new stage of development. has entered a new century and a new stage, with the international situation changing and the competition for comprehensive national strength is unprecedentedly fierce. Faced with profound changes in the world, national conditions and party conditions, the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made a major judgment for our country that the first 20 years of the 21st century is an important strategic opportunity period that must be grasped and can achieve great success. After the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary united and led the whole Party and people of all ethnic groups in the country to hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, seize the important strategic opportunity period, concentrate on construction, and seek development wholeheartedly, adhere to people-oriented, comprehensively coordinated and sustainable development, comprehensively promote socialist economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, and social construction, strive to ensure and improve people's livelihood, promote social fairness and justice, promote the construction of a harmonious world, promote the construction of the Party's governing capacity and advanced nature, create brilliant achievements in scientific development, and lay a solid foundation for the comprehensive building of a moderately prosperous society. From 2002 to 2012, my country's GDP increased from 12.03 trillion yuan to 51.95 trillion yuan, and the total economic output jumped from 6th in the world to 2nd place. my country's economy continued to develop, democracy continued to improve, culture became increasingly prosperous, society remained stable, people's living standards continued to improve, and the country's appearance underwent new historic changes.
Second, defeated a series of major challenges on the road ahead, consolidated and developed the overall situation of reform and opening up and socialist modernization construction . The Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary united and led the whole party and people of all ethnic groups in the country to defeat the sudden SARS epidemic, won major victories in fighting severe natural disasters such as the Wenchuan earthquake and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, and properly handled a series of major emergencies. Faced with the fierce international financial crisis, we made scientific judgments and decisive decisions, issued and continuously improved a package of response plans, and took the lead in achieving economic stabilization and recovery in the world. The successful hosting of the Beijing Olympics, Paralympics and Shanghai World Expo fulfilled its solemn commitment to the international community. During this period, the extraordinary process and vivid practice of dealing with urgent and difficult things, overcoming major disasters, and holding happy events demonstrated the great superiority and strong vitality of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and enhanced the pride and cohesion of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation.
Third, the courage to promote theoretical innovation based on practice has opened up a new realm of Marxism's development. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary united and led the whole Party and people of all ethnic groups in the country, and in accordance with the new development requirements, concentrated the wisdom of the whole Party, promoted practical innovation, theoretical innovation and institutional innovation in the process of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. A series of closely connected and interconnected new ideas, new views, and new conclusions are put forward around upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, forming a scientific outlook on development. The Scientific Outlook on Development is the product of the combination of Marxism with the reality of contemporary China and the characteristics of the times. It deeply understands and answers major questions such as what kind of development to achieve and how to achieve under the new situation. It has enabled our party to understand the laws of the Communist Party’s governance, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of human social development to reach a new level. It is an important innovative achievement of the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics.The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China established the Scientific Outlook on Development, together with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, and the important thought of "Three Represents", as the guiding ideology that the Party must adhere to for a long time, and achieved another step forward in the Party's guiding ideology.
Source: Party History Learning and Education
Editor: Ma Yingzhu