Page 5 - Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects

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. These were historic feats—feats
accomplished by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people
striving in unity, feats that will be forever recorded in the Chinese nation’s
history, and feats that will profoundly influence the world.

A decade ago this was the situation we faced:
Great achievements had been secured in reform, opening up, and socialist
modernization, and notable advances had been made in the great new project
of Party building. All this had created solid foundations, favorable conditions,

and key underpinnings for our continued progress.
At the same time, however, a number of prominent issues and
problems—some of which had been building for years and others which were
just emerging—demanded urgent action.

Inside the Party, there were many issues with respect to upholding the
Party’s leadership, including a lack of clear understanding and effective
action as well as a slide toward weak, hollow, and watered-down Party
leadership in practice. Some Party members and officials were wavering in
their political conviction. Despite repeated warnings, pointless formalities,
bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance persisted in some localities and

departments. Privilege-seeking mindsets and practices posed a serious
problem, and some deeply shocking cases of corruption had been uncovered.
China’s economy was beset by acute structural and institutional problems.
Development was imbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable, and the
traditional development model could no longer keep us moving forward.
Some deep-seated problems in institutions and barriers built by vested

interests were becoming more and more apparent.
Some people lacked confidence in the socialist political system with
Chinese characteristics, and, all too often, we saw laws being ignored or not
being strictly enforced.

Misguided patterns of thinking such as money worship, hedonism,
egocentricity, and historical nihilism were common, and online discourse was
rife with disorder. All this had a grave impact on people’s thinking and the
public opinion environment.

Our work to ensure the people’s wellbeing was fraught with weak links.
Tightening resource and environmental constraints and environmental
pollution were pronounced.

The systems for safeguarding national security were inadequate, and our
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