whether we can continue to solve problems and achieve development is crucial to the rise or fall of our country and the success or failure of our cause. over the past 70 years since the founding of the people's republic of china, we have faced different problems at different stages of development. we have made brilliant progress in solving these problems and ushered in bright prospects for the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation. standing at a new historical starting point, china faces many new issues and challenges in its development. however, we have the conditions, capabilities and confidence to meet risks and challenges, overcome difficulties and obstacles, and forge ahead toward the goal of the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation.
over the past 70 years, the cpc has led the chinese people to make brilliant achievements in solving problems and usher in a bright future for the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation. looking ahead, we will overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, forge ahead on the journey of strength, and finally realize the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation.
by addressing the problem of underdevelopment, the chinese nation has made a great leap forward from standing up to becoming rich
the founding of new china in 1949 realized china's great leap from feudal autocracy to people's democracy for thousands of years. at the beginning of the founding of new china, the most important problem to be solved was to establish an advanced social system in line with china's reality. to this end, our party has united and led the people in completing the socialist revolution, establishing the basic socialist system, and advancing the socialist construction, thus accomplishing the most extensive and profound social transformation in the history of the chinese nation. since then, china has embarked on the independent construction of socialism development process. in the course of our exploration, despite serious twists and turns, we have made great achievements in the socialist revolution and construction. we have not only quickly restored the national economy, but also quickly established a complete industrial system, and achieved such major scientific and technological achievements as "two bombs and one star".
the third plenary session of the 11th cpc central committee was held at a crucial historical juncture when the party and the country were facing a new direction. at that time, the world economy was developing rapidly, science and technology were advancing rapidly, and china's economy was on the verge of collapse due to the ten years of civil unrest during the "cultural revolution". the third plenary session of the eleventh central committee of the communist party of china (cpc) broke through the serious bondage imposed by the long-standing "left" mistake, resolutely ended the "class struggle as the main line", re-established the marxist ideological line, political line and organizational line, and made the historic decision to shift the focus of the work of the party and the state to economic construction and to carry out reform and opening up. since then, the reform and opening up has become the most prominent feature and magnificent atmosphere of contemporary china.
after the third plenary session of the eleventh, our party to sum up the experiences of pros and cons of chinese socialist construction and using the experience of socialism in the world, established the deng xiaoping theory, the scientific answer a series of basic problems of the construction of socialism with chinese characteristics, set to the middle of the 21st century separated into three steps, the basic realization of socialist modernization development strategy, successfully created the socialism with chinese characteristics. from 1984 to 1988, china's economy experienced a period of rapid development, showing a vivid situation where agriculture and industry, rural areas and cities, reform and development promote each other.
after the fourth plenary session of the 13th cpc central committee, in the course of building socialism with chinese characteristics, our party deepened its understanding of what socialism is, how to build it, what kind of party to build and how to build it, accumulated valuable new experience in running the party and the country, and formed the important thought of three represents. in the face of the extremely complex situation at home and abroad and the severe test of the serious twists and turns of world socialism, we defended socialism with chinese characteristics and successfully pushed it into the 21st century. by the end of the 20th century, china had successfully achieved the goals of the first and second steps of the "three-step" strategy of modernization, and the chinese people had, on the whole, achieved a well-off standard of living.
in the 21st century, china has maintained a good momentum of economic and social development after 20 years of reform and opening up. after the party's 16 big, our party according to the new requirements of development, deep understanding and answered to realize what kind of development under the new situation, major issues such as how to development, formed the scientific concept of development, adhere to the people-oriented, comprehensive, balanced and sustainable development, the formation of the overall arrangements for the cause of socialism with chinese characteristics, success in the new historical starting point stick to and develop socialism with chinese characteristics.
reform and opening up have solved the problem of underdevelopment and enabled china to quickly catch up with the world's development trend. in the beginning of the reform and opening up, china's economy has grown from the 11th place to the second place in the world. in just a few decades, we have completed the industrialization that developed countries have gone through for hundreds of years, and created a miracle of world development. on the whole, the problems that have plagued our people for thousands of years, such as hunger, lack of food and clothing, and living in poverty, have gone forever.
by addressing the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development, the chinese nation has made a great leap forward from prosperity to strength
since the eighteenth congress, the party central committee with comrade xi for the core comprehensively review the international and domestic new situation, summarize experience, looking to the future development, profound answer new age what kind of upholding and developing socialism with chinese characteristics, how to adhere to and develop socialism with chinese characteristics the important era subject, form the new age of xi jinping, the chinese characteristic socialism, promote the party and national historic changes and made historic achievements in career, socialism with chinese characteristics into the new era.
in the new era, china's social productive forces have on the whole improved significantly, and its social productive capacity has entered the forefront of the world in many aspects. unbalanced and inadequate development is mainly manifested in the following aspects: the quality and efficiency of development is not high; the innovation capacity is not strong enough; the level of the real economy needs to be improved; there are still many weaknesses in improving people's lives. poverty alleviation remains a daunting task. and so on. at the same time, after 40 years of reform and opening up, the chinese people's lives have improved markedly and their aspirations for a better life have grown stronger. therefore, starting from the objective reality of china's social development, the 19th national congress of the cpc made a major political judgment that the principal contradiction in china's society has been transformed into the contradiction between the people's ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development, providing an important basis for formulating the major policies and long-term strategies of the party and the country.
our party adheres to the people-centered development philosophy, focuses on the most immediate and immediate issues of interest to the people, ensures and improves people's wellbeing, and promotes social equity and justice. we will implement the new concept of development, promote high-quality development, build a modern economic system, and resolutely fight to prevent and defuse major risks, take targeted steps to alleviate poverty, and prevent and control pollution. we will focus on improving and developing the system of socialism with chinese characteristics, and modernize china's governance system and capacity. we will work to make reform more systematic, holistic and coordinated, and make new achievements and breakthroughs in comprehensively deepening reform. we will comprehensively advance the rule of law to ensure that china's society is both vibrant and orderly amid profound changes. put forward the general requirements for party building in the new era and make the party stronger and more powerful... since the eighteenth congress, the party central committee with comrade xi as the core is suggested, great, great cause great struggle, a great dream, proposed and implemented a series of major policy decisions, to deal with the problem of inadequate unbalanced development, better to meet the people in the economic, political, cultural, social and ecological aspects of a substantial step forward on the growing needs. china has made new progress in high-quality economic development, and the people's sense of gain, happiness and security has increased markedly. the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation has shown an unprecedented prospect, and the chinese nation has made a great leap forward from becoming rich to becoming strong.
we will continue to solve problems arising from development and promote the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation
whether we can continue to solve problems and achieve development is crucial to the rise or fall of our country and the success or failure of our cause. looking ahead, china is fully equipped, capable and confident to meet various risks and challenges and realize the chinese dream of great national rejuvenation.
leadership by the cpc is the greatest strength of the socialist system with chinese characteristics. the tremendous development achievements since the founding of the people's republic of china, especially since the reform and opening up, fully prove that only socialism with chinese characteristics can develop china and realize the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation. this fully demonstrates that the leadership of the cpc is the most essential feature of socialism with chinese characteristics, the greatest strength of the system of socialism with chinese characteristics, and the fundamental guarantee for securing a decisive victory in completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and winning the great victory of socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era. as comrade xi jinping has pointed out, "in today's world, the cpc, the people's republic of china and the chinese nation have the most reason to be confident if any political party, country or nation can be confident." if we unswervingly uphold the party's leadership, we will continue to open up new horizons for development.
the long-term and steady growth of the chinese economy is a solid foundation for continued progress. china has a workforce of 900 million, 170 million people who have received higher education and skilled human resources, and has great potential for development. with a population of nearly 1.4 billion and the world's largest middle-income group, china has a huge market. r&d investment ranks second in the world, showing strong development vitality. we have rich experience in macroeconomic regulation and sufficient policy tools. as long as we implement the new development concept and strive for high-quality development, we will be able to take development to a new level.
all the chinese people, united under the great banner of socialism with chinese characteristics, are the fundamental force driving development. socialism with chinese characteristics is the choice of history and the choice of the people. the chinese people, united under the great banner of socialism with chinese characteristics, have provided inexhaustible strength for development. there is no such thing as sitting idly by and enjoying the benefits. under the leadership of the cpc, the people of all ethnic groups in china will work with one heart and one mind to achieve the two centenary goals, realize the chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation, and continue to create new miracles of development.
source: theory web