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Comrades,

On behalf of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China (CPC), I will now deliver a report to the 20th National Congress.
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is a meeting

of great importance. It takes place at a critical time as the entire Party and the
Chinese people of all ethnic groups embark on a new journey to build China
into a modern socialist country in all respects and advance toward the Second
Centenary Goal.

The theme of this Congress is holding high the great banner of socialism
with Chinese characteristics, fully implementing the Thought on Socialism
with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, carrying forward the great
founding spirit of the Party, staying confident and building strength,
upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, forging
ahead with enterprise and fortitude, and striving in unity to build a modern
socialist country in all respects and advance the great rejuvenation of the
Chinese nation on all fronts.

Since its founding a century ago, the Communist Party of China has taken
a remarkable journey. Our Party has dedicated itself to achieving lasting
greatness for the Chinese nation and committed itself to the noble cause of
peace and development for humanity. Our responsibility is unmatched in
importance, and our mission is glorious beyond compare. It is imperative that

all of us in the Party never forget our original aspiration and founding
mission, that we always stay modest, prudent, and hard-working, and that
we have the courage and ability to carry on our fight. We must remain
confident in our history, exhibit greater historical initiative, and write an even
more magnificent chapter for socialism with Chinese characteristics in the
new era.

I. The Work of the Past Five Years and
the Great Changes in the First Decade of the New Era

The five years since the 19th National Congress have been truly
momentous and extraordinary. The Party Central Committee has pursued a
strategy of national rejuvenation amid global changes of a magnitude not

seen in a century. It has convened seven plenary sessions, at which it adopted
decisions and resolutions on major issues such as revising China’s
Constitution, deepening reform of Party and state institutions, upholding and
improving the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and
modernizing China’s system and capacity for governance, formulating the