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FIRMLY MARCH ON THE PATH OF SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE
CHARACTERISTICS AND STRIVE TO COMPLETE THE BUILDING
OF A MODERATELY PROSPEROUS SOCIETY IN ALL RESPECTS

Report to the Eighteenth National Congress of
the Communist Party of China

November 8, 2012

Hu Jintao

Comrades,
I now wish to deliver the following report to the Eighteenth National
Congress of the Communist Party of China on behalf of the Seventeenth Party
Central Committee.
The Eighteenth National Congress is one of great importance being held
when China has entered the decisive stage of completing the building of a
moderately prosperous society in all respects. The underlying theme of the
congress is to hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese
characteristics, follow the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory, the
important thought of Three Represents and the Scientific Outlook on
Development, free up the mind, implement the policy of reform and
opening up, pool our strength, overcome all difficulties, firmly march on
the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and strive to complete
the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
At this moment when I address you, we are convinced that thanks to over
90 years of hard struggle, our Party has rallied and led the people of all ethnic
groups of the country in turning the poor and backward old China into an
increasingly prosperous and powerful new China and opening up bright
prospects for the great renewal of the Chinese nation. We are all the more
proud of the historic achievements of the Party and the people, we are all the
more firm in the ideal and conviction of the Party and the people, and we are
all the more aware of the historic responsibility of the Party.
At present, as the global, national and our Party’s conditions continue to
undergo profound changes, we are faced with unprecedented opportunities for

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