1. The greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times
(42) Only a nation that has created glory can understand the meaning of revival; only a nation that has experienced suffering can have such a deep desire for revival.
The Chinese nation has created a splendid Chinese civilization, made outstanding contributions to mankind, and has become a great nation in the world. After the Opium War, due to the invasion of Western powers and the corruption of feudal rule, China gradually fell into the dark abyss of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The Chinese people experienced frequent wars, broken mountains and rivers, and the deep suffering of the people. The Chinese nation, which is constantly striving for self-improvement, has never given up its yearning and pursuit of beautiful dreams.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times." In order to realize this great dream, the Chinese people and countless people with lofty ideals have carried out arduous exploration and indomitable struggle. However, from the Taiping Rebellion, the Reform Movement of 1898 to the Boxer Rebellion, every struggle failed. Although the Revolution of 1911 led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen ended the autocratic monarchy that had ruled China for thousands of years and was of great significance in promoting the progress of Chinese society, it failed to change the semi-colonial and semi-feudal social nature of old China and the tragic fate of the Chinese people. Modern Chinese history shows that neither the old-style peasant war nor the weak bourgeois revolution can complete the historical mission of saving the Chinese nation and fighting imperialism and feudalism, let alone the historical mission of realizing national rejuvenation.
The Chinese nation's path to pursuing its dreams is difficult and tortuous. In order to realize national rejuvenation, hundreds of millions of people have been dreaming of it, generations of people have been searching for it, and the brave and unyielding Chinese people have been arduously moving forward in the darkness. It was not until the Communist Party of China, a proletarian party guided by Marxism and bravely shouldering the task of national rejuvenation, that it stepped onto the stage of history, that the Chinese nation finally ushered in the dawn of rebirth and rebirth.
2. The Communist Party of China has no hesitation in shouldering the historical mission of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
(43) The long river of history is full of waves, and it also highlights the style of those responsible for history. Whoever can shoulder the historical mission of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will win the heartfelt support of the Chinese people.
The October Revolution brought Marxism-Leninism to China. Chinese advanced elements saw the way to solve China's problems from the scientific truth of Marxism-Leninism. In the violent movements of Chinese society since modern times, in the fierce struggle of the Chinese people against feudal rule and foreign aggression, and in the process of combining Marxism-Leninism with the Chinese workers' movement, the Communist Party of China came into being. From then on, the Chinese people's struggle for national independence, people's liberation, national prosperity, and people's happiness had a backbone, and the Chinese people changed from passive to active in spirit.
Once the Communist Party of China was founded, it regarded the realization of communism as the party's highest ideal and ultimate goal, and shouldered the historical mission of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation without hesitation. In the magnificent historical process of more than ninety years, whether we are weak or strong, whether in good times or in adversity, our party has remained true to its original aspirations and determination. It has united and led the people through thousands of difficulties and dangers, made huge sacrifices, had the courage to face twists and turns, and had the courage to correct mistakes.
(44) To achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must overthrow the three mountains of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism that are weighing on the Chinese people, and achieve national independence, people's liberation, national unity, and social stability. Our party united and led the people to find a correct revolutionary path of surrounding the cities with rural areas and seizing power with armed force. After twenty-eight years of bloody struggle, we defeated Japanese imperialism, overthrew the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, completed the new democratic revolution, established the People's Republic of China, and realized China's great leap from thousands of years of feudal autocracy to people's democracy.
To realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must establish an advanced social system that conforms to our country's reality. Our party united and led the people to complete the socialist revolution, establish the basic socialist system, promote socialist construction, and complete the most extensive and profound social changes in the history of the Chinese nation. It laid the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for all development and progress in contemporary China, and achieved a great leap from the continuous decline of the Chinese nation in modern times to a fundamental reversal of destiny and continued prosperity.
To achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must conform to the trend of the times, comply with the will of the people, and have the courage to reform and open up, so that the cause of the party and the people will always be full of powerful motivation to move forward. Our party united and led the people to carry out the new great revolution of reform and opening up, broke down all ideological and institutional obstacles that hindered the development of the country and the nation, greatly stimulated the creativity of the broad masses of the people, greatly liberated and developed social productive forces, greatly enhanced the vitality of social development, and formed the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics, enabling China to make great strides to catch up with the times.
(45) The great victory achieved by the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China has enabled the Chinese nation with a civilization history of more than 5,000 years to move towards modernization in an all-round way, allowing Chinese civilization to glow with new vitality in the modernization process; enabling the 500-year-old socialist proposition to successfully open up a highly realistic and feasible correct path in the world’s most populous country, allowing scientific socialism to The eleventh century has radiated new vitality; the seventy-year-old construction of New China has achieved world-renowned achievements. In just over thirty years, China, the largest developing country in the world, has escaped poverty and become the world's second largest economy. It has completely escaped the danger of being expelled from the world. It has created an earth-shattering miracle of development in the history of human society and has given the Chinese nation new vitality. The realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation shows extremely bright prospects.
3. The essence of the Chinese Dream is national prosperity, national rejuvenation, and people’s happiness.
(46) To realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is to realize the prosperity of the country, the rejuvenation of the nation, and the happiness of the people. This deeply reflects the ideals of today's Chinese people, and also deeply reflects the glorious tradition of the Chinese people's unremitting pursuit of progress since ancient times.
The Chinese Dream has a broad vision, rich connotations and far-reaching implications. The prosperity of the country means building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and on this basis, building a prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful modern socialist country; the rejuvenation of the nation means making the Chinese nation more powerful and independent in the world of nations and making new and greater contributions to mankind; the happiness of the people means adhering to the people-centered approach, improving people's well-being, promoting the all-round development of people, and moving steadily towards common prosperity. The Chinese Dream integrates the pursuit of the country, the yearning of the nation, and the expectations of the people, embodies the overall interests of the Chinese nation and the Chinese people, and expresses the common vision of every son and daughter of China. It has become a high-pitched melody that stirs in the hearts of nearly 1.4 billion people, and has become the greatest common denominator and the largest concentric circle for the united struggle of the Chinese nation.
(47) In the final analysis, the Chinese Dream is the dream of the people. It must be realized by relying closely on the people and must continue to benefit the people. The people are the main body of the Chinese Dream, the creators and owners of the Chinese Dream. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The Chinese Dream is not a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water, or an empty slogan. Its deepest foundation lies in the hearts of the Chinese people."
The Chinese people are a great people. They have always had profound spiritual pursuits and a great dream spirit. Even though they have suffered humiliation and suffering in modern times, they have never surrendered. Instead, they have always cherished the dream of national rejuvenation and pursued a bright and beautiful future. The profound source of the Chinese Dream lies in the people, and the fundamental destination also lies with the people. Only by combining it with the people's yearning for a better life can success be achieved.
The Chinese Dream is the dream of the country, the dream of the nation, and the dream of every son and daughter of the Chinese nation. "He who gets the big can take the small." Only when the country and the nation are good will everyone be good. The Chinese Dream is to give everyone the opportunity to develop themselves and contribute to society, to share the opportunity to excel in life, to share the opportunity to realize their dreams, and to share the opportunity to grow and progress with the motherland and the times. As long as everyone integrates their life ideals into the great dream of the country and nation, integrates their personal self into the greater self, dares to dream, pursues their dreams, and diligently realizes their dreams, powerful forces will be gathered to realize the Chinese Dream. Achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the common dream of all Chinese people at home and abroad. We must unite all forces that can be united to share the responsibility and glory of national rejuvenation.
The Chinese Dream is the dream of the Chinese people pursuing happiness and is closely connected with the dreams of people around the world. "If you are poor, you can benefit yourself; if you are wealthy, you can benefit the world." This is the moral character and mind that the Chinese nation has always advocated. China is dedicated to running its own affairs well and achieving national development and stability. This is not only responsible for itself but also a contribution to the world. The Chinese people are well aware that China's development has benefited from the international community, and are willing to support and help each other with people of other countries in the process of realizing their respective dreams. China will work with the international community to promote the world dream of lasting peace and common prosperity and make new and greater contributions to the noble cause of peace and development of mankind!
4. To realize the great dream, we must carry out great struggle, build great projects and promote great undertakings.
(48) Today, we are closer, more confident and capable of achieving the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "A journey of a hundred miles is half a mile. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation cannot be achieved easily and with the beating of gongs and drums. The whole party must be prepared to make more arduous and arduous efforts."
To realize the great dream, we must carry out a great struggle. Society advances in the movement of contradictions, and if there are contradictions, there will be struggles. To unite and lead the people to effectively respond to major challenges, withstand major risks, overcome major resistance, resolve major contradictions, and solve major problems, our party must carry out a great struggle with many new historical characteristics. We must firmly grasp the initiative in struggle, carry forward the spirit of struggle, enhance the ability to fight, dare to fight, be good at fighting, be firm on major issues of right and wrong that affect the future and destiny of socialism with Chinese characteristics, dare to confront tough issues in reform, development and stability work, dare to use tough force in comprehensive and strict governance of the party, dare to be tit-for-tat in safeguarding the core interests of the country, never bow in the face of difficulties, never shrink from challenges, never trade principles, and never swallow bitter fruits that damage the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation under any pressure. Fully understand the long-term, complex and arduous nature of this great struggle, go to the front lines of major struggles to sharpen real guns and sharpen swords, and continue to win new victories in the great struggle with the indomitable will of "flattening the bumps into a high road, overcoming difficulties and dangers and starting again".
To realize the great dream, we must build a great project. This great project is a new great project of party building that our party is advancing in depth. History has and will continue to prove that without the leadership of the Communist Party of China, national rejuvenation will inevitably be a utopia. To remain the vanguard of the times, the backbone of the nation, and a Marxist governing party, our party must always hold itself to the highest standards. The whole Party must more consciously uphold the principles of Party spirit, be brave enough to face problems head-on, dare to cure the poison, eliminate all factors that damage the Party's advanced nature and purity, eliminate all viruses that corrode the healthy body of the Party, and ensure that our Party will always maintain its strong vitality and strong combat effectiveness, and ensure that the Party will always maintain its strong vitality and strong combat effectiveness. In the historical process of profound changes in the world situation, we have always been at the forefront of the times, in the historical process of coping with various risks and tests at home and abroad, we have always been the backbone of the people of the country, and in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, we have always been the strong leadership core.
To realize the great dream, we must promote the great cause. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has been the theme of all the Party's theory and practice since the reform and opening up. Our party relies closely on the people and has fundamentally changed the future and destiny of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. It has irreversibly ended China's tragic fate of domestic and foreign troubles, poverty and weakness since modern times. It has irreversibly started the historical march of the Chinese nation towards continuous development and growth and toward great rejuvenation. The entire party must always hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, more consciously enhance its confidence in socialism with Chinese characteristics, unremittingly explore and grasp the laws of socialism with Chinese characteristics, maintain political determination, persist in rejuvenating the country through hard work, and always uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics.
(49) In the long historical process since modern times, the Chinese people have experienced too many hardships, made too many sacrifices, and made too many struggles. Now, the powerful energy accumulated by the Chinese people and the Chinese nation in the historical process has fully exploded, providing an irresistible and powerful force for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Great dreams cannot be waited for or shouted out, but can be fought out and worked out. In this era of thousands of sails competing and hundreds of armies vying for success, we must not be a little proud, complacent, complacent, or hesitant. We must lead the great struggle, the great project, the great cause, and the great dream, and stand at the forefront and fight bravely. The Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation must be realized and can be realized.
(According to the "Study Outline of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era")
