The Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the Basic Policy

Sinceour 18th National Congress, changes both in and outside China, and the progress made in all areas of China's endeavors, have presented us with a profound questionthe question of an era. Our answer must be a systematic combination of theory and practice and must address what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics the new era requires us to uphold and develop, and how we should go about doing it. This involves fundamental issues like the overarching objectives, tasks, plan, and strategy for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era; like the direction, model, anddriving force of development, and the strategic steps, external conditions, and political guarantees. As well as this, to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, we should, based on new practice, undertake theoretical analysis and produce policy guidance on the economy, political affairs, rule of law, science and technology, culture, education, the well beingof our people, ethnic and religious affairs, social development, ecological conservation, national security, defense and the armed forces, the principle of one country, two systems and national reunification, the united front, foreign affairs, and Party building.

Inanswering this question, our Party has been guided by Marxism-Leninism, MaoZedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development. It has continued to free our minds, seek truth from facts, move with the times, and apply a realistic and pragmatic approach. In answering this question, our Party has continued to uphold dialectical and historical materialism; has considered carefully the new conditions of the era and the new requirements of practice; and has adopted an entirely new perspective to deepen its understanding of the laws that underlie governance by a Communist party, the development of socialism, and the evolution of human society. It has worked hard to undertake theoretical explorations, and has achieved major theoretical innovations, ultimately giving shape to the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

TheThought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era makes the following things clear:

It makesclear that the overarching goal of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics is to realize socialist modernization and national rejuvenation, and, that on the basis of finishing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects, a two-step approach should be taken to build China into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful by the middle of the century.

It makes clear that the principal contradiction facing Chinese society in the new era is that between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people's ever-growing needs for a better life. We must therefore continue commitment to our people-centered philosophy of development, and work to promote well-rounded human development and common prosperity for everyone.

It makes clear that the overall plan for building socialism with Chinese characteristicsis the five-sphere integrated plan, and the overall strategy is the four-pronged comprehensive strategy. It highlights the importance of fostering stronger confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

It makesclear that the overall goal of deepening reform in every field is to improveand develop the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and modernize China's system and capacity for governance.

It makesclear that the overall goal of comprehensively advancing law-based governanceis to establish a system of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristicsand build a country of socialist rule of law.

It makesclear that the Party's goal of building a strong military in the new era is tobuild the people's forces into world-class forces that obey the Party'scommand, can fight and win, and maintain excellent conduct.

It makesclear that major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics aims to fostera new type of international relations and build a community with a sharedfuture for mankind.

It makesclear that the defining feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics isthe leadership of the Communist Party of China; the greatest strength of thesystem of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of theCommunist Party of China; the Party is the highest force for politicalleadership. It sets forth the general requirements for Party building in the new era and underlines the importance of political work in Party building.

The Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era builds on and further enriches Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development. It represents the latest achievement in adapting Marxism to the Chinese contextand encapsulates the practical experience and collective wisdom of our Partyand the people. It is an important component of the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and a guide to action for all our members and all the Chinese people as we strive to achieve national rejuvenation. This Thought mustbe adhered to and steadily developed on a long-term basis.

Everyonein the Party should develop a good grasp of the essence and rich implications of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and fully and faithfully apply it in all our work.

1.Ensuring Party leadership over all work

The Party exercises overall leadership over all areas of endeavor in every part of the country. We must strengthen our consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core,and keep in alignment. We must work harder to uphold the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Central Committee, and closely follow the Central Committee in terms of our thinking, political orientation, and actions. We must improve the institutions and mechanisms for upholding Party leadership, remain committed to the underlying principle of pursuing progress while ensuring stability, and ensure coordinated implementation of the five-sphere integrated plan and the four-pronged comprehensive strategy. We must strengthen the Party's ability and resolve to chart our course, craft overall plans, design policy, and promote reform; and we must ensure the Party always provides overall leadership and coordinates the efforts of all involved.

2.Committing to a people-centered approach

The people are the creators of history; they are the fundamental force that determines our Party and country's future. We must ensure the principal status of the people, and adhere to the Party's commitment to serving the public good and exercising power in the interests of the people. We must observe the Party's fundamental purpose of wholeheartedly serving the people, and put into practice the Party's mass line in all aspects of governance. We must regard as our goal the people's aspirations to live a better life, and rely on the people to move history forward.

3.Continuing to comprehensively deepen reform

Only with socialism can we save China; only with reform and opening can we develop China, develop socialism, and develop Marxism. We must uphold and improve thesystem of socialism with Chinese characteristics and continue to modernizeChina's system and capacity for governance. We must have the determination to get rid of all outdated thinking and ideas and all institutional ailments, and to break through the blockades of vested interests. We should draw on the achievements of other civilizations, develop a set of institutions that are well conceived, fully built, procedure based, and efficiently functioning, and do full justice to the strengths of China's socialist system.

4.Adopting a new vision for development

Development is the underpinning and the key for solving all our country's problems; our development must be sound development. We must pursue with firmness of purposethe vision of innovative, coordinated, green, and open development that is for everyone. We must uphold and improve China's basic socialist economic systemand socialist distribution system. There must be no irresolution about working to consolidate and develop the public sector; and there must be no irresolution about working to encourage, support, and guide the development of the non-public sector. We must see that the market plays the decisive role in resource allocation, the government plays its role better, and new industrialization, IT application, urbanization, and agricultural modernization go hand in hand. We must actively participate in and promote economic globalization, develop an open economy of higher standards, and continue to increase China's economic power and composite strength.

5.Seeing that the people run the country

Commitment to the organic unity of Party leadership, the running of the country by thepeople, and law-based governance is a natural element of socialist political advancement. We must keep to the path of socialist political advancement with Chinese characteristics; uphold and improve the system of people's congresses, the system of Party-led multiparty cooperation and political consultation, the system of regional ethnic autonomy, and the system of community-level self-governance; and consolidate and develop the broadest possible patriotic united front. We should develop socialist consultative democracy, improve our democratic institutions, diversify our forms of democracy, and establish more democratic channels. We must see to it that the principle of the people running the country is put into practice in China's political and social activities.

6.Ensuring every dimension of governance is law-based

Law-based governance is an essential requirement and important guarantee for socialismwith Chinese characteristics. We must exercise Party leadership at every point in the process and over every dimension of law-based governance, and be fully committed to promoting socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. We must improve the Chinese socialist system of laws, at the heart of which is the Constitution; establish a Chinese system of socialist rule of law; build asocialist country based on the rule of law; and develop Chinese socialist ruleof law theory.

We must pursue coordinated progress in law-based governance, law-based exercise of state power, and law-based government administration, and promote the integrated development of rule of law for the country, the government, and society. We must continue to promote a combination of rule of law and rule ofvirtue, and combine law-based governance of the country and rule-based governance over the Party. We must further the reform of the judicial system,and strengthen rule of law awareness among all our people while also enhancing their moral integrity.

7.Upholding core socialist values

Culturalconfidence represents a fundamental and profound force that sustains thedevelopment of a country and a nation. We must uphold Marxism, firm up and further build the ideal of Communism and a shared ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and nurture and practice core socialist values, while making continued and greater efforts to maintain the initiative and ensure we have our say in the realm of ideology. We must promote the creative evolutionand development of fine traditional Chinese culture, see our revolutionary culture remains alive and strong, and develop an advanced socialist culture. We should cherish our cultural roots, draw on other cultures, and be forward-thinking. We should do more to foster a Chinese spirit, Chinese values,and Chinese strength to provide a source of cultural and moral guidance for ourpeople.

8.Ensuring and improving living standards through development

The wellbeing of the people is the fundamental goal of development. We must do more to improve the lives and address the concerns of the people, and use development to strengthen areas of weakness and promote social fairness and justice. We should make steady progress in ensuring people's access to childcare, education, employment, medical services, elderly care, housing, and social assistance. We will intensify poverty alleviation, see that all ourpeople have a greater sense of fulfillment as they contribute to and gain from development, and continue to promote well-rounded human development and common prosperity for everyone. We will continue the Peaceful China initiative, strengthen and develop new forms of social governance, and ensure social harmony and stability. We must work hard to see that our country enjoys enduring peace and stability and our people live and work in contentment.

9.Ensuring harmony between human and nature

Building an ecological civilization is vital to sustain the Chinese nation's development. We must realize that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets and act on this understanding, implement our fundamental national policy of conserving resources and protecting the environment, and cherish the environment as we cherish our own lives. We will adopt a holistic approach to conserving our mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, andgrasslands, implement the strictest possible systems for environmental protection, and develop eco-friendly growth models and ways of life.

We must pursue a model of sustainable development featuring increased production, higher living standards, and healthy ecosystems. We must continue the Beautiful China initiative to create good working and living environments for our people and play our part in ensuring global ecological security.

10.Pursuing a holistic approach to national security

We should ensure both development and security and be ever ready to protect against potential dangers in time of peace. This is a major principle underlying the Party's governance. We must put national interests first, take protecting our people's security as our mission and safeguarding political security as a fundamental task, and ensure both internal and external security, homeland and public security, traditional and non-traditional security, and China's own and common security. We will improve our systems and institutions and enhance capacity-building for national security, and resolutely safeguard China's sovereignty, security, and development interests.

11.Upholding absolute Party leadership over the people's armed forces

Building people's forces that obey the Party's command, can fight and win, and maintain excellent conduct is strategically important to achieving the two centenary goals and national rejuvenation. To realize the Party's goal of building a powerful military in the new era, we must fully implement the fundamental principles and systems of Party leadership over the military, and see that Party strategy on strengthening military capabilities for the new era guides work to build national defense and the armed forces. We must continue to enhance the political loyalty of the armed forces, strengthen them through reform and technology, and run them in accordance with law. We must place greater focus on combat, encourage innovation, build systems, increase efficacy and efficiency, and further military-civilian integration.

12.Upholding the principle of one country, two systems and promoting national reunification

Maintaining lasting prosperity and stability in Hong Kong and Macao and achieving China's full reunification are essential to realizing national rejuvenation. We must ensure both the central government's overall jurisdiction over the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and a high degree of autonomy in the two regions. We should ensure that the principle of one country, two systems remains unchanged, is unwaveringly upheld, and in practice is not bent or distorted. We must uphold the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, promote the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations, deepen economic cooperation and cultural exchange between the two sides of the Straits, and encourage fellow Chinese on both sides to oppose all separatist activities and work together to realize Chinese national rejuvenation.

13.Promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind

The dream of the Chinese people is closely connected with the dreams of the peoples of other countries; the Chinese Dream can be realized only in a peaceful international environment and under a stable international order. We must keep in mind both our internal and international imperatives, stay on the path of peaceful development, and continue to pursue a mutually beneficial strategy of opening up. We will uphold justice while pursuing shared interests, and willfoster new thinking on common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security. We will pursue open, innovative, and inclusive development that benefits everyone; boost cross-cultural exchanges characterized by harmony within diversity, inclusiveness, and mutual learning; and cultivate ecosystems based on respect for nature and green development. China will continue itsefforts to safeguard world peace, contribute to global development, and uphold international order.

14.Exercising full and rigorous governance over the Party

To have the courage to carry out self-reform and conduct strict self-governance: this is the most distinctive part of our Party's character. We must uphold the Party Constitution as our fundamental rules, give top priority to the political work of the Party, combine efforts on ideological work and institution building, and strengthen Party competence in all respects. We must focus on oversight over the key few, by which we mean leading officials, and see that the principle of Three Stricts and Three Earnests are observed.

We must uphold democratic centralism, ensure that intraparty political activities are carried out in earnest, impose strict Party discipline, and strengthen internal oversight. We must develop a positive and healthy political culture in theParty and improve the Party's political ecosystem, resolutely correct misconduct in all its forms, and show zero tolerance for corruption. We will continue to strengthen the Party's ability to purify, improve, and reform itself, and forever maintain its close ties with the people.

The above 14 points form the basic policy that underpins our endeavors to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. All ourmembers must fully implement the Party's basic theory, line, and policy so as to better steer the development of the Party and people's cause.

Just as there are no bounds to practice, there is no end to theoretical exploration.The world is changing with every second, every moment; and China, too, is changing with every second, every moment. We must ensure our theory evolves with the times, deepen our appreciation of objective laws, and advance our theoretical, practical, institutional, cultural, and other explorations.

Comrades,

The era is the mother of thought; practice is the fount of theory. If we respond to the call of our times and have the courage to uphold truth and correct errors, the Marxism of 21st century China will, without a doubt, emanate more mighty, more compelling power of truth.

The Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and theBasic Policy

        十八大以来，国内外形势变化和我国各项事业发展都给我们提出了一个重大时代课题，这就是必须从理论和实践结合上系统回答新时代坚持和发展什么样的中国特色社会主义、怎样坚持和发展中国特色社会主义，包括新时代坚持和发展中国特色社会主义的总目标、总任务、总体布局、战略布局和发展方向、发展方式、发展动力、战略步骤、外部条件、政治保证等基本问题，并且要根据新的实践对经济、政治、法治、科技、文化、教育、民生、民族、宗教、社会、生态文明、国家安全、国防和军队、“一国两制”和祖国统一、统一战线、外交、党的建设等各方面作出理论分析和政策指导，以利于更好坚持和发展中国特色社会主义。

        Since our 18th NationalCongress, changes both in and outside China, and the progress made in all areasof China's endeavors, have presented us with a profound question—the questionof an era. Our answer must be a systematic combination of theory and practiceand must address what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics the newera requires us to uphold and develop, and how we should go about doing it.This involves fundamental issues like the overarching objectives, tasks, plan,and strategy for upholding and developing socialism with Chinesecharacteristics in the new era; like the direction, model, and driving force ofdevelopment, and the strategic steps, external conditions, and politicalguarantees. As well as this, to uphold and develop socialism with Chinesecharacteristics, we should, based on new practice, undertake theoreticalanalysis and produce policy guidance on the economy, political affairs, rule oflaw, science and technology, culture, education, the wellbeing of our people, ethnicand religious affairs, social development, ecological conservation, nationalsecurity, defense and the armed forces, the principle of “one country, twosystems” and national reunification, the united front, foreign affairs, andParty building.

        围绕这个重大时代课题，我们党坚持以马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论、“三个代表”重要思想、科学发展观为指导，坚持解放思想、实事求是、与时俱进、求真务实，坚持辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义，紧密结合新的时代条件和实践要求，以全新的视野深化对共产党执政规律、社会主义建设规律、人类社会发展规律的认识，进行艰辛理论探索，取得重大理论创新成果，形成了新时代中国特色社会主义思想。

        In answering this question, ourParty has been guided by Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng XiaopingTheory, the Theory of Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook onDevelopment. It has continued to free our minds, seek truth from facts, movewith the times, and apply a realistic and pragmatic approach. In answering thisquestion, our Party has continued to uphold dialectical and historicalmaterialism; has considered carefully the new conditions of the era and the newrequirements of practice; and has adopted an entirely new perspective to deepenits understanding of the laws that underlie governance by a Communist party,the development of socialism, and the evolution of human society. It has workedhard to undertake theoretical explorations, and has achieved major theoreticalinnovations, ultimately giving shape to the Thought on Socialism with ChineseCharacteristics for a New Era.

        新时代中国特色社会主义思想，明确坚持和发展中国特色社会主义，总任务是实现社会主义现代化和中华民族伟大复兴，在全面建成小康社会的基础上，分两步走在本世纪中叶建成富强民主文明和谐美丽的社会主义现代化强国；明确新时代我国社会主要矛盾是人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾，必须坚持以人民为中心的发展思想，不断促进人的全面发展、全体人民共同富裕；明确中国特色社会主义事业总体布局是“五位一体”、战略布局是“四个全面”，强调坚定道路自信、理论自信、制度自信、文化自信；明确全面深化改革总目标是完善和发展中国特色社会主义制度、推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化；明确全面推进依法治国总目标是建设中国特色社会主义法治体系、建设社会主义法治国家；明确党在新时代的强军目标是建设一支听党指挥、能打胜仗、作风优良的人民军队，把人民军队建设成为世界一流军队；明确中国特色大国外交要推动构建新型国际关系，推动构建人类命运共同体；明确中国特色社会主义最本质的特征是中国共产党领导，中国特色社会主义制度的最大优势是中国共产党领导，党是最高政治领导力量，提出新时代党的建设总要求，突出政治建设在党的建设中的重要地位。

        The Thought on Socialism withChinese Characteristics for a New Era makes the following things clear:

        ·It makes clear that theoverarching goal of upholding and developing socialism with Chinesecharacteristics is to realize socialist modernization and nationalrejuvenation, and, that on the basis of finishing the building of a moderatelyprosperous society in all respects, a two-step approach should be taken tobuild China into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong,democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful by the middle of thecentury.

        ·It makes clear that theprincipal contradiction facing Chinese society in the new era is that betweenunbalanced and inadequate development and the people's ever-growing needs for abetter life. We must therefore continue commitment to our people-centeredphilosophy of development, and work to promote well-rounded human developmentand common prosperity for everyone.

        ·It makes clear that the overallplan for building socialism with Chinese characteristics is the five-sphereintegrated plan, and the overall strategy is the four-pronged comprehensivestrategy. It highlights the importance of fostering stronger confidence in thepath, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

        ·It makes clear that the overallgoal of deepening reform in every field is to improve and develop the system ofsocialism with Chinese characteristics and modernize China's system andcapacity for governance.

        ·It makes clear that the overallgoal of comprehensively advancing law-based governance is to establish a systemof socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics and build a country ofsocialist rule of law.

        ·It makes clear that the Party'sgoal of building a strong military in the new era is to build the people'sforces into world-class forces that obey the Party's command, can fight andwin, and maintain excellent conduct.

        ·It makes clear that majorcountry diplomacy with Chinese characteristics aims to foster a new type ofinternational relations and build a community with a shared future for mankind.

        ·It makes clear that thedefining feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership ofthe Communist Party of China; the greatest strength of the system of socialismwith Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China;the Party is the highest force for political leadership. It sets forth thegeneral requirements for Party building in the new era and underlines theimportance of political work in Party building.

        新时代中国特色社会主义思想，是对马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论、“三个代表”重要思想、科学发展观的继承和发展，是马克思主义中国化最新成果，是党和人民实践经验和集体智慧的结晶，是中国特色社会主义理论体系的重要组成部分，是全党全国人民为实现中华民族伟大复兴而奋斗的行动指南，必须长期坚持并不断发展。

        The Thought on Socialism withChinese Characteristics for a New Era builds on and further enrichesMarxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of ThreeRepresents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development. It represents the latestachievement in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and encapsulates thepractical experience and collective wisdom of our Party and the people. It isan important component of the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics,and a guide to action for all our members and all the Chinese people as westrive to achieve national rejuvenation. This Thought must be adhered to andsteadily developed on a long-term basis.

        全党要深刻领会新时代中国特色社会主义思想的精神实质和丰富内涵，在各项工作中全面准确贯彻落实。

        Everyone in the Party shoulddevelop a good grasp of the essence and rich implications of the Thought onSocialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and fully and faithfullyapply it in all our work.

        （一）坚持党对一切工作的领导。党政军民学，东西南北中，党是领导一切的。必须增强政治意识、大局意识、核心意识、看齐意识，自觉维护党中央权威和集中统一领导，自觉在思想上政治上行动上同党中央保持高度一致，完善坚持党的领导的体制机制，坚持稳中求进工作总基调，统筹推进“五位一体”总体布局，协调推进“四个全面”战略布局，提高党把方向、谋大局、定政策、促改革的能力和定力，确保党始终总揽全局、协调各方。

        1. Ensuring Party leadershipover all work

        The Party exercises overallleadership over all areas of endeavor in every part of the country. We muststrengthen our consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, thinkin big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment. Wemust work harder to uphold the authority and centralized, unified leadership ofthe Central Committee, and closely follow the Central Committee in terms of ourthinking, political orientation, and actions. We must improve the institutionsand mechanisms for upholding Party leadership, remain committed to theunderlying principle of pursuing progress while ensuring stability, and ensurecoordinated implementation of the five-sphere integrated plan and thefour-pronged comprehensive strategy. We must strengthen the Party's ability andresolve to chart our course, craft overall plans, design policy, and promotereform; and we must ensure the Party always provides overall leadership andcoordinates the efforts of all involved.

        （二）坚持以人民为中心。人民是历史的创造者，是决定党和国家前途命运的根本力量。必须坚持人民主体地位，坚持立党为公、执政为民，践行全心全意为人民服务的根本宗旨，把党的群众路线贯彻到治国理政全部活动之中，把人民对美好生活的向往作为奋斗目标，依靠人民创造历史伟业。

        2. Committing to apeople-centered approach

        The people are the creators ofhistory; they are the fundamental force that determines our Party and country'sfuture. We must ensure the principal status of the people, and adhere to theParty's commitment to serving the public good and exercising power in theinterests of the people. We must observe the Party's fundamental purpose ofwholeheartedly serving the people, and put into practice the Party's mass linein all aspects of governance. We must regard as our goal the people'saspirations to live a better life, and rely on the people to move historyforward.

        （三）坚持全面深化改革。只有社会主义才能救中国，只有改革开放才能发展中国、发展社会主义、发展马克思主义。必须坚持和完善中国特色社会主义制度，不断推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化，坚决破除一切不合时宜的思想观念和体制机制弊端，突破利益固化的藩篱，吸收人类文明有益成果，构建系统完备、科学规范、运行有效的制度体系，充分发挥我国社会主义制度优越性。

        3. Continuing tocomprehensively deepen reform

        Only with socialism can we saveChina; only with reform and opening can we develop China, develop socialism,and develop Marxism. We must uphold and improve the system of socialism withChinese characteristics and continue to modernize China's system and capacityfor governance. We must have the determination to get rid of all outdatedthinking and ideas and all institutional ailments, and to break through theblockades of vested interests. We should draw on the achievements of othercivilizations, develop a set of institutions that are well conceived, fullybuilt, procedure based, and efficiently functioning, and do full justice to thestrengths of China's socialist system.

        （四）坚持新发展理念。发展是解决我国一切问题的基础和关键，发展必须是科学发展，必须坚定不移贯彻创新、协调、绿色、开放、共享的发展理念。必须坚持和完善我国社会主义基本经济制度和分配制度，毫不动摇巩固和发展公有制经济，毫不动摇鼓励、支持、引导非公有制经济发展，使市场在资源配置中起决定性作用，更好发挥政府作用，推动新型工业化、信息化、城镇化、农业现代化同步发展，主动参与和推动经济全球化进程，发展更高层次的开放型经济，不断壮大我国经济实力和综合国力。

        4. Adopting a new visionfor development

        Development is the underpinningand the key for solving all our country's problems; our development must besound development. We must pursue with firmness of purpose the vision ofinnovative, coordinated, green, and open development that is for everyone. Wemust uphold and improve China's basic socialist economic system and socialistdistribution system. There must be no irresolution about working to consolidateand develop the public sector; and there must be no irresolution about workingto encourage, support, and guide the development of the non-public sector. Wemust see that the market plays the decisive role in resource allocation, thegovernment plays its role better, and new industrialization, IT application,urbanization, and agricultural modernization go hand in hand. We must activelyparticipate in and promote economic globalization, develop an open economy ofhigher standards, and continue to increase China's economic power and compositestrength.

        （五）坚持人民当家作主。坚持党的领导、人民当家作主、依法治国有机统一是社会主义政治发展的必然要求。必须坚持中国特色社会主义政治发展道路，坚持和完善人民代表大会制度、中国共产党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度、民族区域自治制度、基层群众自治制度，巩固和发展最广泛的爱国统一战线，发展社会主义协商民主，健全民主制度，丰富民主形式，拓宽民主渠道，保证人民当家作主落实到国家政治生活和社会生活之中。

        5. Seeing that thepeople run the country

        Commitment to the organic unityof Party leadership, the running of the country by the people, and law-basedgovernance is a natural element of socialist political advancement. We mustkeep to the path of socialist political advancement with Chinesecharacteristics; uphold and improve the system of people's congresses, thesystem of Party-led multiparty cooperation and political consultation, thesystem of regional ethnic autonomy, and the system of community-levelself-governance; and consolidate and develop the broadest possible patrioticunited front. We should develop socialist consultative democracy, improve ourdemocratic institutions, diversify our forms of democracy, and establish moredemocratic channels. We must see to it that the principle of the people runningthe country is put into practice in China's political and social activities.

        （六）坚持全面依法治国。全面依法治国是中国特色社会主义的本质要求和重要保障。必须把党的领导贯彻落实到依法治国全过程和各方面，坚定不移走中国特色社会主义法治道路，完善以宪法为核心的中国特色社会主义法律体系，建设中国特色社会主义法治体系，建设社会主义法治国家，发展中国特色社会主义法治理论，坚持依法治国、依法执政、依法行政共同推进，坚持法治国家、法治政府、法治社会一体建设，坚持依法治国和以德治国相结合，依法治国和依规治党有机统一，深化司法体制改革，提高全民族法治素养和道德素质。

        6. Ensuring everydimension of governance is law-based

Law-based governance is an essential requirement and important guaranteefor socialism with Chinese characteristics. We must exercise Party leadershipat every point in the process and over every dimension of law-based governance,and be fully committed to promoting socialist rule of law with Chinesecharacteristics. We must improve the Chinese socialist system of laws, at theheart of which is the Constitution; establish a Chinese system of socialistrule of law; build a socialist country based on the rule of law; and developChinese socialist rule of law theory.

We must pursue coordinated progress in law-based governance, law-basedexercise of state power, and law-based government administration, and promotethe integrated development of rule of law for the country, the government, andsociety. We must continue to promote a combination of rule of law and rule ofvirtue, and combine law-based governance of the country and rule-basedgovernance over the Party. We must further the reform of the judicial system,and strengthen rule of law awareness among all our people while also enhancingtheir moral integrity.

        （七）坚持社会主义核心价值体系。文化自信是一个国家、一个民族发展中更基本、更深沉、更持久的力量。必须坚持马克思主义，牢固树立共产主义远大理想和中国特色社会主义共同理想，培育和践行社会主义核心价值观，不断增强意识形态领域主导权和话语权，推动中华优秀传统文化创造性转化、创新性发展，继承革命文化，发展社会主义先进文化，不忘本来、吸收外来、面向未来，更好构筑中国精神、中国价值、中国力量，为人民提供精神指引。

        7. Upholding coresocialist values

        Cultural confidence represents afundamental and profound force that sustains the development of a country and anation. We must uphold Marxism, firm up and further build the ideal ofCommunism and a shared ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics, andnurture and practice core socialist values, while making continued and greaterefforts to maintain the initiative and ensure we have our say in the realm ofideology. We must promote the creative evolution and development of finetraditional Chinese culture, see our revolutionary culture remains alive andstrong, and develop an advanced socialist culture. We should cherish ourcultural roots, draw on other cultures, and be forward-thinking. We should domore to foster a Chinese spirit, Chinese values, and Chinese strength toprovide a source of cultural and moral guidance for our people.

        （八）坚持在发展中保障和改善民生。增进民生福祉是发展的根本目的。必须多谋民生之利、多解民生之忧，在发展中补齐民生短板、促进社会公平正义，在幼有所育、学有所教、劳有所得、病有所医、老有所养、住有所居、弱有所扶上不断取得新进展，深入开展脱贫攻坚，保证全体人民在共建共享发展中有更多获得感，不断促进人的全面发展、全体人民共同富裕。建设平安中国，加强和创新社会治理，维护社会和谐稳定，确保国家长治久安、人民安居乐业。

        8. Ensuring andimproving living standards through development

        The wellbeing of the people isthe fundamental goal of development. We must do more to improve the lives andaddress the concerns of the people, and use development to strengthen areas ofweakness and promote social fairness and justice. We should make steadyprogress in ensuring people's access to childcare, education, employment,medical services, elderly care, housing, and social assistance. We willintensify poverty alleviation, see that all our people have a greater sense offulfillment as they contribute to and gain from development, and continue topromote well-rounded human development and common prosperity for everyone. Wewill continue the Peaceful China initiative, strengthen and develop new formsof social governance, and ensure social harmony and stability. We must workhard to see that our country enjoys enduring peace and stability and our peoplelive and work in contentment.

        （九）坚持人与自然和谐共生。建设生态文明是中华民族永续发展的千年大计。必须树立和践行绿水青山就是金山银山的理念，坚持节约资源和保护环境的基本国策，像对待生命一样对待生态环境，统筹山水林田湖草系统治理，实行最严格的生态环境保护制度，形成绿色发展方式和生活方式，坚定走生产发展、生活富裕、生态良好的文明发展道路，建设美丽中国，为人民创造良好生产生活环境，为全球生态安全作出贡献。

        9. Ensuring harmony betweenhuman and nature

        Building an ecologicalcivilization is vital to sustain the Chinese nation's development. We mustrealize that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets and act onthis understanding, implement our fundamental national policy of conservingresources and protecting the environment, and cherish the environment as wecherish our own lives. We will adopt a holistic approach to conserving ourmountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, and grasslands, implement thestrictest possible systems for environmental protection, and developeco-friendly growth models and ways of life.

We must pursue a model of sustainable development featuring increasedproduction, higher living standards, and healthy ecosystems. We must continuethe Beautiful China initiative to create good working and living environmentsfor our people and play our part in ensuring global ecological security.

        （十）坚持总体国家安全观。统筹发展和安全，增强忧患意识，做到居安思危，是我们党治国理政的一个重大原则。必须坚持国家利益至上，以人民安全为宗旨，以政治安全为根本，统筹外部安全和内部安全、国土安全和国民安全、传统安全和非传统安全、自身安全和共同安全，完善国家安全制度体系，加强国家安全能力建设，坚决维护国家主权、安全、发展利益。

        10. Pursuing a holistic approachto national security

        We should ensure bothdevelopment and security and be ever ready to protect against potential dangersin time of peace. This is a major principle underlying the Party's governance.We must put national interests first, take protecting our people's security asour mission and safeguarding political security as a fundamental task, andensure both internal and external security, homeland and public security,traditional and non-traditional security, and China's own and common security.We will improve our systems and institutions and enhance capacity-building fornational security, and resolutely safeguard China's sovereignty, security, anddevelopment interests.

        （十一）坚持党对人民军队的绝对领导。建设一支听党指挥、能打胜仗、作风优良的人民军队，是实现“两个一百年”奋斗目标、实现中华民族伟大复兴的战略支撑。必须全面贯彻党领导人民军队的一系列根本原则和制度，确立新时代党的强军思想在国防和军队建设中的指导地位，坚持政治建军、改革强军、科技兴军、依法治军，更加注重聚焦实战，更加注重创新驱动，更加注重体系建设，更加注重集约高效，更加注重军民融合，实现党在新时代的强军目标。

        11. Upholding absoluteParty leadership over the people's armed forces

        Building people's forces thatobey the Party's command, can fight and win, and maintain excellent conduct isstrategically important to achieving the two centenary goals and nationalrejuvenation. To realize the Party's goal of building a powerful military inthe new era, we must fully implement the fundamental principles and systems ofParty leadership over the military, and see that Party strategy onstrengthening military capabilities for the new era guides work to buildnational defense and the armed forces. We must continue to enhance thepolitical loyalty of the armed forces, strengthen them through reform andtechnology, and run them in accordance with law. We must place greater focus oncombat, encourage innovation, build systems, increase efficacy and efficiency,and further military-civilian integration.

        （十二）坚持“一国两制”和推进祖国统一。保持香港、澳门长期繁荣稳定，实现祖国完全统一，是实现中华民族伟大复兴的必然要求。必须把维护中央对香港、澳门特别行政区全面管治权和保障特别行政区高度自治权有机结合起来，确保“一国两制”方针不会变、不动摇，确保“一国两制”实践不变形、不走样。必须坚持一个中国原则，坚持“九二共识”，推动两岸关系和平发展，深化两岸经济合作和文化往来，推动两岸同胞共同反对一切分裂国家的活动，共同为实现中华民族伟大复兴而奋斗。

        12. Upholding the principle of“one country, two systems” and promoting national reunification

        Maintaining lasting prosperityand stability in Hong Kong and Macao and achieving China's full reunificationare essential to realizing national rejuvenation. We must ensure both thecentral government's overall jurisdiction over the Hong Kong and Macao specialadministrative regions and a high degree of autonomy in the two regions. Weshould ensure that the principle of “one country, two systems” remainsunchanged, is unwaveringly upheld, and in practice is not bent or distorted. Wemust uphold the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, promote thepeaceful development of cross-Straits relations, deepen economic cooperationand cultural exchange between the two sides of the Straits, and encouragefellow Chinese on both sides to oppose all separatist activities and worktogether to realize Chinese national rejuvenation.

        （十三）坚持推动构建人类命运共同体。中国人民的梦想同各国人民的梦想息息相通，实现中国梦离不开和平的国际环境和稳定的国际秩序。必须统筹国内国际两个大局，始终不渝走和平发展道路、奉行互利共赢的开放战略，坚持正确义利观，树立共同、综合、合作、可持续的新安全观，谋求开放创新、包容互惠的发展前景，促进和而不同、兼收并蓄的文明交流，构筑尊崇自然、绿色发展的生态体系，始终做世界和平的建设者、全球发展的贡献者、国际秩序的维护者。

        13. Promoting thebuilding of a community with a shared future for mankind

        The dream of the Chinese peopleis closely connected with the dreams of the peoples of other countries; theChinese Dream can be realized only in a peaceful international environment andunder a stable international order. We must keep in mind both our internal andinternational imperatives, stay on the path of peaceful development, andcontinue to pursue a mutually beneficial strategy of opening up. We will upholdjustice while pursuing shared interests, and will foster new thinking oncommon, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security. We will pursueopen, innovative, and inclusive development that benefits everyone; boostcross-cultural exchanges characterized by harmony within diversity,inclusiveness, and mutual learning; and cultivate ecosystems based on respectfor nature and green development. China will continue its efforts to safeguardworld peace, contribute to global development, and uphold international order.

        （十四）坚持全面从严治党。勇于自我革命，从严管党治党，是我们党最鲜明的品格。必须以党章为根本遵循，把党的政治建设摆在首位，思想建党和制度治党同向发力，统筹推进党的各项建设，抓住“关键少数”，坚持“三严三实”，坚持民主集中制，严肃党内政治生活，严明党的纪律，强化党内监督，发展积极健康的党内政治文化，全面净化党内政治生态，坚决纠正各种不正之风，以零容忍态度惩治腐败，不断增强党自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高的能力，始终保持党同人民群众的血肉联系。

        14. Exercising full andrigorous governance over the Party

        To have the courage to carry outself-reform and conduct strict self-governance: this is the most distinctivepart of our Party's character. We must uphold the Party Constitution as ourfundamental rules, give top priority to the political work of the Party,combine efforts on ideological work and institution building, and strengthenParty competence in all respects. We must focus on oversight over the “keyfew,” by which we mean leading officials, and see that the principle of ThreeStricts and Three Earnests are observed.

        We must uphold democraticcentralism, ensure that intraparty political activities are carried out inearnest, impose strict Party discipline, and strengthen internal oversight. Wemust develop a positive and healthy political culture in the Party and improvethe Party's political ecosystem, resolutely correct misconduct in all itsforms, and show zero tolerance for corruption. We will continue to strengthenthe Party's ability to purify, improve, and reform itself, and forever maintainits close ties with the people.

        以上十四条，构成新时代坚持和发展中国特色社会主义的基本方略。全党同志必须全面贯彻党的基本理论、基本路线、基本方略，更好引领党和人民事业发展。

        The above 14 points form thebasic policy that underpins our endeavors to uphold and develop socialism withChinese characteristics in the new era. All our members must fully implementthe Party's basic theory, line, and policy so as to better steer thedevelopment of the Party and people's cause.

        实践没有止境，理论创新也没有止境。世界每时每刻都在发生变化，中国也每时每刻都在发生变化，我们必须在理论上跟上时代，不断认识规律，不断推进理论创新、实践创新、制度创新、文化创新以及其他各方面创新。

        Just as there are no bounds topractice, there is no end to theoretical exploration. The world is changingwith every second, every moment; and China, too, is changing with every second,every moment. We must ensure our theory evolves with the times, deepen ourappreciation of objective laws, and advance our theoretical, practical,institutional, cultural, and other explorations.

        同志们！时代是思想之母，实践是理论之源。只要我们善于聆听时代声音，勇于坚持真理、修正错误，二十一世纪中国的马克思主义一定能够展现出更强大、更有说服力的真理力量！

        Comrades,

        The era is the mother ofthought; practice is the fount of theory. If we respond to the call of ourtimes and have the courage to uphold truth and correct errors, the Marxism of21st century China will, without a doubt, emanate more mighty, more compellingpower of truth.