Party enshrines Xi Jinping Thought into constitution
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THE Communist Party of China enshrined President Xi Jinping’s political thought into its constitution yesterday.
The amendment, approved at the 19th CPC National Congress, added Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development.
The resolution on the amendment to the constitution states that with the integration of theory and practice, Chinese communists, with Xi as their chief representative, have given shape to the new thought since the Party’s 18th National Congress.
The resolution says the amendment has “systematically addressed the major question of our times — what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era requires us to uphold and develop and how we should uphold and develop it.”
The resolution stresses that Xi’s thought must be upheld on a long-term basis and constantly developed.
Under the guidance of Xi’s thought, “the CPC has led the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in a concerted effort to carry out a great struggle, develop a great project, advance a great cause, and realize a great dream, ushering in a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics,” it says.
A wide range of new ideas, thinking and strategies put forward by the Party’s Central Committee with Xi at the core have been added to the constitution, including giving play to the decisive role of market forces in resource allocation, advancing supply-side structural reform and enhancing the country’s cultural soft power.
The amendment also includes an assessment of the change in the “principal contradiction” facing Chinese society.
The Party says this contradiction has evolved from “the ever-growing material and cultural needs of the people and backward social production” to “unbalanced and inadequate development and the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life.”
Xi’s thought makes eight fundamental issues clear, including the overarching objectives for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, as well as the direction, model and driving force of development, and the strategic steps, external conditions and political guarantees.
Clarifying the two centenary goals, Xi’s thought rolls out a two-step approach to making China into “a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful by the middle of the century.”
It also underpins 14 fundamental principles, ranging from ensuring Party leadership over all work to building a community with a shared future for mankind.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital,” while 2018 marks the 170th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto as well as the 40th anniversary of socialist China’s launch of the reform and opening-up drive.
Xi believes the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics means “scientific socialism is full of vitality in 21st-century China, and that the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics is now flying high and proud for all to see.”
Addressing the opening of the congress on October 18, Xi said: “The path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics have kept developing, blazing a trail for other developing countries.
“It offers a new option for other countries and nations who want to speed up their development while preserving their independence; and it offers Chinese wisdom and a Chinese approach to solving the problems facing mankind.”
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