On November 8, Jiang Zemin, on behalf of the 15th
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC),
delivered a report to the 16th CPC National Congress which
opened in Beijing.
The report is titled
"Build a well-off society in an all-round way and
create a new situation in building socialism with Chinese
characteristics".
Jiang said that the
16th CPC National Congress is the first ofits kind held by
the Party in the new century and it is a very important
congress convened by the Party in the new situation in which
China has begun to take the third step of the strategic
planfor socialist modernization.
The theme of
the congress is to hold high the great banner of Deng
Xiaoping Theory, fully act on the important thought of Three
Represents, carry forward the Party's cause into the future,
keep pace with the times, build a well-off society in an
all-round way,speed up socialist modernization and work hard
to create a new situation in building socialism with Chinese
characteristics, Jiang said.
Jiang's report
consists of 10 parts: work of the past five years and basic
experience of 13 years; implementing important thought of
Three Represents in an all-round way; objectives of building
a well-off society in an all-round way; economic development
and restructuring; political development and restructuring;
cultural development and restructuring; national defence and
army building; "one country, two systems" and
completing national reunification; international situation
and external work; strengthening and improving party
building.
Jiang summarized the achievements
that China had made since the 15th CPC National Congress. In
the past five years, the national economy has maintained a
sustained, rapid and sound development. Reform and opening
up have yielded substantial results. Notable progress has
been registered in improving socialist democracy and
spiritual civilization. New strides have been taken in
strengthening national defense and army building. Onthe
whole, the people have reached a well-off standard of
living. Fresh progress has been made in the great cause of
national reunification. New prospects have been opened up in
our external work. Party building has been strengthened in
an all-round way.
The achievements over the
past five years have been scored through reform and opening
up, especially through our practice since the Fourth Plenary
Session of the Thirteenth CPC Central Committee, Jiang said.
"As is universally recognized, the 13
years have been a periodin which China's overall national
strength has risen by a big margin, the people have received
more tangible benefits than ever before, and China has
enjoyed long-term social stability and solidarity and had a
good government and a united people. China's influence in
the world has grown notably, and the cohesion of the nation
has increased remarkably."
"The
practice of the 13 years has helped us acquire a deeper
understanding of what socialism is, how to build it, and
what kind of Party to build and how to build it, and we have
gained most valuable experience in this regard," Jiang
said.
He defined the experience over the past
13 years as follows:
-- Uphold Deng Xiaoping
Theory as the guide and constantly bring forth theoretical
innovation;
-- Keep economic development as
the central task and solve problems cropping up on the way
forward through development;
-- Persevere in
reform and opening up and keep improving the socialist
market economy;
-- Adhere to the Four Cardinal
Principles and develop socialist democracy;
--
Attach equal importance to both material and spiritual
civilization and run the country by combining the rule of
law withthe rule of virtue;
-- Ensure
stability as a principle of overriding importance and
balance reform, development and stability;
--
Persevere in the Party's absolute leadership over the army
and take the road of fewer but better troops with Chinese
characteristics;
-- Continue to unite with all
forces that can be united with and increase the cohesion of
the Chinese nation;
-- Pursue the independent
foreign policy of peace, safeguard world peace and promote
common development;
-- Strengthen and improve
the Party's leadership and propel the new great project of
Party building.
Jiang said that the
above-mentioned experience and the historical experience
gained by the Party since its founding can be summarized as
follows: the Party must always represent the development
trend of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation
of China's advanced culture and the fundamental interests of
the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people.
"They are the inexorable requirements for
maintaining and developing socialism and the logical
conclusion our Party has reached through hard exploration
and great practice," he said.
Jiang said
that the important thought of Three Represents, as a
continuation and development of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong
Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, reflects new requirements
for the work of the Party and state arising from the changes
in China and other parts of the world today. It is a
powerful theoretical weapon for strengthening and improving
Party building and promoting self-improvement and
development of socialism in China.
"It is
the crystallization of the Party's collective wisdom and a
guiding ideology the Party must follow for a long time to
come," he said, stressing that persistent
implementation of the "Three Represents" is the
foundation for building the Party, the cornerstone for its
governance and the source of its strength.
He
noted that the implementation of the important thought of
Three Represents is, in essence, to keep pace with the
times, maintain the Party's progressiveness and exercise the
state power in the interest of the people.
Jiang said that an overview of the situation
shows that for China, the first two decades of the 21st
century are a period of important strategic opportunities,
which China must seize tightly and which offer bright
prospects.
"We need to concentrate on
building a well-off society of a higher standard in an
all-round way to the benefit of well over one billion people
in this period," he said, "We will further develop
the economy, improve democracy, advance science and
education, enrich culture, foster social harmony and upgrade
the texture of life for the people."
He
said that in building a well-off society in an all-round
way, it is of vital importance to take economic development
as thecentral task and keep liberating and developing the
productive forces.
In the first two decades of
this century, China should undertake the following main
tasks for economic development and reform: to improve the
socialist market economy, promote strategic adjustment of
the economic structure, basically accomplish
industrialization, energetically apply IT, accelerate
modernization, maintain a sustained, rapid and sound
development of the national economy and steadily uplift the
people's living standards.
He put forward
eight tasks which have a bearing on the overall situation:
-- Take a new road to industrialization and
implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through
science and educationand that of sustainable development;
-- Make the rural economy flourish and speed
up urbanization;
-- Advance the development of
the western region and bring about a coordinated development
of regional economies;
-- Stick to and improve
the basic economic system and deepen the reform of the state
property management system;
-- Improve the
modern market system and tighten and improve macroeconomic
control;
-- Deepen the reform of the income
distribution system and improve the social security system;
-- Do a better job in opening up by
"bringing in" and "going out";
-- Do everything possible to create more jobs
and improve the people's lives.
Jiang also
said that developing socialist democracy and establishing a
socialist political civilization are an important goal for
building a well-off society in an all-round way, and that
adhering to the Four Cardinal Principles, China must go on
steadily and surely with political restructuring, extend
socialist democracy and improve the socialist legal system.
On reunification of the motherland, Jiang said
that "we firmly oppose all words and deeds aimed at
creating 'Taiwan independence,' 'two Chinas' or 'one China,
one Taiwan'."
"We will never allow
anyone to separate Taiwan from China in any way," he
said.
"On the basis of the one-China
principle, let us shelve for now certain political disputes
and resume the cross-straits dialogue and negotiations as
soon as possible," he said, stressing that "one
country, two systems" is the best way for the
reunification between the two sides.
Jiang
made an in-depth analysis over the current international
situation, pointing out that peace and development remain
the themes of this era, but the old international political
and economic order, which is unfair and irrational, has yet
to be changed fundamentally.
"No matter
how the international situation changes, we will, as always,
pursue the independent foreign policy of peace," Jiang
said, noting that the CPC stands for establishing a new
international political and economic order that is fair and
rational, stands for maintaining the diversity of the world,
promotes democracy in international relations and
diversifying development models, and stands for fighting
against terrorism of all forms.
Jiang
underlined the importance of Party building in the report.
"In a large multi-ethnic developing country like ours,
we must spare no efforts to strengthen and improve the
Party's leadership and fully advance the great new
undertaking of Party building if we are to rally the entire
people to work heart and soul in building a well-off society
in an all-round way and speed up the socialist modernization
drive," he said.
It is necessary to study
and implement the important thought of Three Represents
intensively and raise all Party members' levelof the Marxist
theory, build up the Party's governing capacity andimprove
its art of leadership and governance, adhere to and improve
democratic centralism and enhance the Party's vitality,
solidarity and unity, build a contingent of high-caliber
leading cadres and form an energetic and promising
leadership, build the Party well at the primary level,
reinforce its class foundation and expand its mass base, and
strengthen and improve the Party's style of work and
intensify the struggle against corruption, Jiang said.
He said that it is a historical mission the
Party must take on with courage to build a well-off society
in an all-round way, step up the socialist modernization
drive and make socialist China a stronger and more
prosperous country, thus contributing still moreto the cause
of human progress,.
"The fulfillment of
this mission inevitably depends on the solidarity of the
Party and that of the Chinese people of all ethnic
groups," Jiang said.
"All Party
comrades and the people of all ethnic groups of the country,
let us rally closely around the Party Central Committee and
work with one heart and one mind in a joint and unyielding
effort to advance the cause of building socialism with
Chinese characteristics and create a happier life and a
better future for us all! " he said.
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