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support the reunification of the motherland, and all patriots who are dedicated to

the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Party shall work continuously to
strengthen the unity of all the Chinese people, including compatriots in the Hong
Kong and Macao special administrative regions and in Taiwan as well as overseas
Chinese. It shall promote long-term prosperity and stability in Hong Kong and

Macao, resolutely oppose and deter separatists seeking “Taiwan independence,”
and achieve the reunification of the motherland by fully, faithfully, and resolutely

implementing the policy of One Country, Two Systems.
The Communist Party of China shall uphold an independent foreign policy of
peace, follow a path of peaceful development, continue with the win-win opening

up strategy, consider both domestic and international situations, and actively
foster relations with other countries, endeavoring to develop a favorable

international environment for China’s reform, opening up, and modernization. In
international affairs, it shall hold dear humanity’s shared values of peace,
development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom, uphold justice while
pursuing shared interests, safeguard China’s independence and sovereignty,

oppose hegemonism and power politics, defend world peace, promote human

progress, work to build a community with a shared future for mankind, and
advance the building of an open, inclusive, clean, and beautiful world that enjoys
lasting peace, universal security, and common prosperity. It shall develop relations
between China and other countries on the basis of the five principles of mutual
respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual nonaggression, mutual

noninterference in internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful
coexistence. The Party shall constantly work to develop good neighborly relations

between China and its surrounding countries and work to strengthen unity and
cooperation between China and other developing countries. It shall follow the
principle of achieving shared growth through discussion and collaboration, and
pursue the Belt and Road Initiative. The Communist Party of China shall develop

relations with the Communist parties and other political parties of other countries
in accordance with the principles of independence, complete equality, mutual

respect, and noninterference in each other’s internal affairs.
To lead the Chinese people of all ethnic groups to realize the Second Centenary

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