Beijing, China (October 18, 2022) China has set goals, tasks, and policies for the cause of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the country for the next five years and beyond.
The CPC has secured historic achievements and seen historic changes in the cause of the Party and the country over the past decade said Xi Jinping, who delivered a report to the congress on behalf of the 19th CPC Central Committee.
“The next five years will be crucial for getting the efforts to build a modern socialist country in all respects off to a good start,” he said.
“We embraced the centenary of the Communist Party of China; we ushered in a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and we eradicated absolute poverty and finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, thus completing the First Centenary Goal,” he said, adding that they were “historic feats” that will be forever recorded in the Chinese nation’s history and profoundly influence the world.
Expounding on the CPC’s central task in the new journey ahead, Xi said that the Community Party of China will lead the Chinese people to realize the Second Centenary Goal and advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The essential requirements of Chinese modernization are upholding the leadership of the CPC and socialism with Chinese characteristics, pursuing high-quality development, developing whole-process people’s democracy, enriching the people’s cultural lives, achieving common prosperity for all, promoting harmony between humanity and nature, building a human community with a shared future and creating a new form of human advancement, according to Jinping.
“It contains elements that are common to the modernization processes of all countries, but it is more characterized by features that are unique to the Chinese context,” he said.
To build a modern socialist country in all respects, he further stressed several major aspects, such as creating a new development pattern and pursuing high-quality development, invigorating China through science and education and improving the people’s well-being.