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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF

CHINA

(Amended and adopted at the Sixteenth National Congress

of the Communist Party of China on 14 November 2002)

General Program

The Communist Party of China is the vanguard both of the Chinese
working class and of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. It is the core

of leadership for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and
represents the development trend of China’s advanced productive forces, the
orientation of China’s advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the

overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. The realization of communism
is the highest ideal and ultimate goal of the Party.
The Communist Party of China takes Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong

Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of Three
Represents as its guide to action.
Marxism-Leninism brings to light the laws governing the development of

the history of human society. Its basic tenets are correct and have tremendous
vitality. The highest ideal of communism pursued by the Chinese Communists

can be realized only when the socialist society is fully developed and very
advanced. The development and improvement of the socialist system is a long
historical process. So long as the Chinese Communists uphold the basic tenets

of Marxism-Leninism and follow the road suited to China’s specific conditions
and chosen by the Chinese people of their own accord, the socialist cause in

China will be crowned with final victory.
The Chinese Communists, with Comrade Mao Zedong as their chief

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