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the new era, it is most critical to develop a deep understanding of the decisive
significance of the establishment of Comrade Xi Jinping’s core position on the

Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and the guiding role of
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era;
to strengthen our consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity,

think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment
with the central Party leadership; to stay confident in the path, theory, system,
and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics; to uphold Comrade Xi

Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a
whole and uphold the Party Central Committee’s authority and its centralized,
unified leadership; and to be more purposeful in closely following the Party

Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in thinking, political
stance, and action.
The Congress stresses that Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology

upon which our Party and our country are founded and thrive. Our
experience has taught us that, at the fundamental level, we owe the success of
our Party and socialism with Chinese characteristics to the fact that Marxism

works, particularly when it is adapted to the Chinese context and the needs of
our times.
Since the 18th National Congress, our Party has made theoretical

explorations and innovations with great courage. It has, from an entirely new
perspective, deepened its understanding of the laws that underlie governance
by a communist party, the development of socialism, and the evolution of

human society. It has achieved major theoretical innovations, which are
encapsulated in Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
for a New Era. The main elements of this theory are summarized in the 10

affirmations, the 14 commitments, and the 13 areas of achievement that were
articulated at the 19th National Congress and the Sixth Plenary Session of the
19th Party Central Committee, all of which we must adhere to over the long

term and continue to enrich and develop.
Only by integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific
realities and fine traditional culture and only by applying dialectical and

historical materialism can we provide correct answers to the major questions
presented by the times and discovered through practice and can we ensure
that Marxism always retains its vigor and vitality. To keep advancing

theoretical innovation on the basis of practical experience, we must, first of all,
gain a good command of the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping

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