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Goal and the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation, the Communist Party of

China must follow its basic line; uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall
leadership; exercise self-supervision and strengthen self-governance in every
respect; champion the Party’s great founding spirit comprised of the principles of
upholding truth and ideals, staying true to the Party’s original aspiration and

founding mission, fighting bravely without fear of sacrifice, and remaining loyal to
the Party and faithful to the people; strengthen its long-term governance capacity,

its advanced nature, and its purity; and, in the spirit of reform and innovation,
make comprehensive moves to press ahead with the great new project of Party
building. It must take enhancing its political building as the overarching principle
and make comprehensive efforts to ensure that the Party’s political work is

stressed, ideology is strengthened, organizations are consolidated, conduct is
improved, and discipline is maintained, institutional development is always

emphasized, and the fight against corruption keeps going, thus building the Party
more effectively in all respects and using the Party’s own transformation to steer
social transformation. It must uphold the principle that the Party builds itself in the
interests of, and exercises governance for, the people, and see that its fine traditions

and positive work style continue to thrive. It must constantly work to improve the
way it exercises leadership and governance and strengthen its ability to resist

corruption, prevent moral decline, and withstand risks. It must constantly
strengthen its ability to purify, improve, reform, and excel itself. It must constantly
strengthen its class foundation, expand its mass base, enhance its creativity,
cohesion, and readiness to meet challenges, and build itself up as an ever-learning,

service-oriented, and innovative Marxist governing party. The Party should thus
be able to forever stand at the forefront of the times and become a strong core
capable of leading all the people of China as they continue to advance along the

road of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In building itself, the Party must
work with firm resolve to meet the following six fundamental requirements.

1. Adherence to the Party’s basic line. The whole Party must use Deng
Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, the Scientific Outlook on

Development, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a
New Era, and the Party’s basic line to achieve unity in thought and action, and
must resolutely continue to do so in the long term. The Party must ensure that
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