Eight figures, take you to read General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech to celebrate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up!

On December 18, at 10 a.m., the General Assembly to celebrate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up was held in the Great Hall of the People. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended and delivered important speeches. Looking back on the 40 years of reform and opening up, Xi Jinping made a high summary. Eight figures help you learn quickly!

A Great Spirit: the Spirit of Reform and Opening-up

The great spirit of reform and opening-up forged by reform and opening-up has greatly enriched the connotation of national spirit and become the most distinctive spiritual symbol of the contemporary Chinese people.

Three Great Leaps

Over the past 40 years, the reform and opening-up has greatly changed the face of China, the Chinese nation, the Chinese people and the Communist Party of China.

• The Chinese nation ushered in a great leap from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong!
• Socialism with Chinese characteristics ushered in a great leap from creation, development to perfection.
• The Chinese people ushered in a great leap from insufficient food and clothing to well-off and affluent!

Three "Milestones"

The establishment of the Communist Party of China, the founding of the People's Republic of China, the promotion of reform and opening up and the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics are the three major historical events in China since the May 4th Movement and the three major milestones for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in modern times.

10 "Always" Review of 40 Years'Reform CalendarCheng

For 40 years, we

• Always adhere to emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and pragmatism
• Always adhere to the economic construction as the center
• Always adhere to the road of political development of socialism with Chinese characteristics
• Persist in Developing Advanced Socialist Culture
• Always insist on safeguarding and improving people's livelihood in development
• Always persist in protecting the environment and saving resources
• Always uphold the Party's absolute leadership over the army
• Always insist on promoting the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland
• Always adhere to an independent foreign policy of peace
• Always insist on strengthening and improving the leadership of the Party

Three "Full Proof"

Forty years of practice have fully proved that,

• Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the road, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics that our Party has united and led the people of all nationalities throughout the country are completely correct, and the basic theory, line and strategy of the Party formed are completely correct.
• China's development has provided successful experience and bright prospects for the modernization of developing countries. It is a powerful force to promote world peace and development and a major contribution of the Chinese nation to the progress of human civilization.
• Reform and opening-up is an important magic weapon for the Party and the people to catch up with the times. It is the only way to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is also a key way to determine the destiny of contemporary China and to realize the goal of "two hundred years" and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Two Key Strategies

Forty years of practice have fully proved that,Reform and opening-up is an important magic weapon for the Party and the people to catch up with the times. It is the only way to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is also a key way to determine the destiny of contemporary China and to realize the goal of "two hundred years" and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Nine Great Enlightenments

The 40-year practice of reform and opening-up enlightens us:

• The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics.
• To seek happiness for the Chinese people and revival of the Chinese nation is the initial intention and mission of the Communist Party of China, as well as the initiative and mission of reform and opening up.Innovation is the life of reform and opening up. Practice and development will never end, and emancipation of the mind will never end.
• Direction decides the future, and road decides fate. If we want to control our destiny in our own hands, we must have the determination to remain unchanged and the Tao to remain unchanged.
• Institution is a fundamental, overall, stable and long-term issue concerning the development of the cause of the Party and the state.
• Liberating and developing social productive forces and enhancing the comprehensive national strength of socialist countries are the essential requirements and fundamental tasks of socialism.
• Openness brings progress, while closure inevitably lags behind. China's development is inseparable from the world, and the prosperity of the world also needs China.
• It takes a good blacksmith to make good steel. The key to China's success lies in the Party, which insists that the Party should govern the Party in an all-round and strict manner.
• As a big country, China must not make subversive mistakes on fundamental issues.

9 Precious "Experiences"

In view of the nine Enlightenments of the 40 years of reform and opening up, Xi Jinping proposed that the following nine perseverances should be made:

• We must adhere to the Party's leadership over all work and constantly strengthen and improve the Party's leadership.
• We must persist in taking the people as the center and constantly realize the people's yearning for a better life.
• We must adhere to the guiding position of Marxism and constantly promote theoretical innovation based on practice.
• We must adhere to the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics and constantly adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics.
• We must persist in perfecting and developing the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and constantly bring into play and enhance our institutional advantages.
• We must persist in taking development as the first priority and constantly strengthen our comprehensive national strength.
• We must persist in expanding openness and constantly promote the co-construction of a community of human destiny.
• We must adhere to the strict management of the Party in an all-round way and constantly improve its creativity, cohesion and combat effectiveness.
• We must adhere to dialectical materialism and historical materialism worldview and methodology and properly handle the relationship between reform, development and stability.

(Source: People's Daily Client Reporter: Wang Kanshan, Danyue, Xiaoqiao)