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held the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing. We overcame
natural disasters, such as severe flooding on the Yangtze, Nenjiang, and

Songhua rivers, the devastating earthquake in Wenchuan, and the SARS
epidemic. All these victories demonstrated the Party’s ability to withstand
risks and cope with complicated situations.

Defining national reunification as a major historical task, the Party
worked tirelessly to complete it. Comrade Deng Xiaoping introduced the
creative and well-conceived concept of One Country, Two Systems, paving a
new path for achieving reunification through peaceful means.

Through arduous work and struggle, the Chinese government
successively resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and Macao,

thus ending a century-long history of humiliation. Since Hong Kong and
Macao’s return to the motherland, the central government acted in strict
compliance with China’s Constitution and the basic laws of the special
administrative regions and maintained lasting prosperity and stability in the

two regions.
Keeping in mind the big picture with regard to resolving the Taiwan
question, the Party set forth the basic principles of peaceful reunification and

One Country, Two Systems and facilitated agreement across the Taiwan Strait
on the 1992 Consensus, which embodies the one-China principle. It advanced
cross-Strait consultations and negotiations, established comprehensive and

direct two-way mail, transport, and trade links across the Strait, and launched
dialogues between political parties of the two sides. The Party pushed for the
enactment of the Anti-Secession Law, resolutely deterred separatist forces
seeking ―Taiwan independence,‖ promoted national reunification, and
thwarted attempts to create ―two Chinas,‖ ―one China, one Taiwan,‖ or

―Taiwan independence.‖
Based on a judicious assessment of global trends and the features of the

era, the Party put forward the concept that peace and development are the
themes of our times. In line with this concept, China upheld its fundamental
foreign policy goal of preserving world peace and promoting shared
development. It adjusted its relations with other major countries, developed

friendly relations with neighboring countries, and deepened friendly
cooperation with other developing countries. It actively participated in
international and regional affairs and created a new comprehensive and
multi-layered framework for foreign relations.

The Party promoted the development of a multipolar world and the
democratization of international relations and pushed economic globalization
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