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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA

Revised and adopted at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on
October 22, 2022

General Program

The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the Chinese working class,

the Chinese people, and the Chinese nation. It is the leadership core for the cause
of socialism with Chinese characteristics and represents the developmental

demands of China’s advanced productive forces, the orientation for China’s
advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the greatest possible majority
of the Chinese people. The Party’s highest ideal and ultimate goal is the realization
of communism.

The Communist Party of China uses Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought,
Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, the Scientific Outlook on

Development, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
for a New Era as its guides to action.

Marxism-Leninism reveals the laws governing the development of the history
of human society. Its basic tenets are correct and have tremendous vitality. The

highest ideal of communism pursued by Chinese Communists can be realized only
when socialist society is fully developed and highly advanced. The development
and improvement of the socialist system is a long historical process. By upholding

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