The Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation

The Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation

The Essence of the Chinese Dream: National Prosperity, National Renewal, and People's Happiness

Since modern times, the greatest dream of the Chinese nation has been the realization of national rejuvenation. The Chinese people have persevered with unyielding determination, fighting to the end against enemies, restoring lost territories through self-reliance, and gaining the ability to stand among the nations of the world. This has been a continuous struggle spanning over 180 years to achieve this great dream. Today, the Chinese people are closer, more confident, and more capable than ever before of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The Chinese Dream of realizing national rejuvenation is about achieving national prosperity, national renewal, and people's happiness. The Chinese Dream integrates the country's aspirations, the nation's longings, and the people's expectations, reflecting the collective interests of the Chinese nation and the Chinese people. It expresses the shared vision of every Chinese individual and has become a powerful and inspiring melody resonating in the hearts of over 1.4 billion people. It represents the greatest common denominator and the largest unifying force for the united struggle of the Chinese nation.

At its core, the Chinese Dream is the people's dream, and it must be realized through the efforts of the people and must continuously benefit the people. The people are the main actors of the Chinese Dream, its creators, and its beneficiaries. Xi Jinping emphasized, "The Chinese Dream is not an illusory vision; its deepest roots lie in the hearts of the Chinese people." The deep wellspring of the Chinese Dream is the people, and its ultimate destination is also with the people. It can only succeed if it is combined with the people's aspirations for a better life.

The Chinese Dream is the dream of the country, the nation, and every Chinese individual. Only when the country and the nation prosper can everyone thrive. The Chinese Dream aims to provide everyone with opportunities to develop themselves, contribute to society, and share in the opportunities to achieve success, realize their dreams, and grow and progress with the motherland and the times. As long as everyone integrates their personal dreams into the great dreams of the country and the nation, merges the individual with the collective, dares to dream, pursues their dreams courageously, and works diligently to fulfill them, a powerful force will be gathered to realize the Chinese Dream.

The Chinese Dream is the dream of the Chinese people in their pursuit of happiness, and it is closely connected with the dreams of people around the world. "When impoverished, one should take care of oneself; when successful, one should help the world." This has always been a cherished value of the Chinese nation. China's focus on handling its own affairs, achieving national development and stability, is not only responsible for itself but also a contribution to the world. China will work together with the international community to promote the realization of a world dream of lasting peace and common prosperity, making new and greater contributions to the noble cause of human peace and development.

The Historical Mission of the Communist Party of China in the New Era

The original aspiration and mission of the Chinese Communists is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. To achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must engage in great struggles, build great projects, and advance great causes.

To achieve the great dream, we must engage in great struggles. The Communist Party of China must unite and lead the people in effectively responding to major challenges, resisting significant risks, overcoming substantial obstacles, and resolving significant contradictions by engaging in great struggles with many new historical features. We must fully recognize the long-term, complex, and arduous nature of this great struggle, carry forward the spirit of struggle, enhance our ability to fight, and continuously achieve new victories in this great struggle.

To achieve the great dream, we must deeply advance the new great project of Party building. The key to handling China's affairs lies in the Party. History has proven and will continue to prove that without the leadership of the Communist Party of China, national rejuvenation would inevitably be an unattainable dream. The Party must always remain the vanguard of the times and the backbone of the nation, and it must always be a strong Marxist ruling party. The Party must continuously enhance its political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal to maintain its vitality and strong combat effectiveness.

To achieve the great dream, we must advance the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics has been the theme of all the Party's theories and practices since the reform and opening-up. We must consciously strengthen our confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. We must neither take the rigid and isolated old path nor the wrong path of abandoning our flag and principles. We must maintain political stability, adhere to hard work for the country, and always uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics.

The great struggle, the great project, the great cause, and the great dream are closely connected, interrelated, and mutually influential. Among them, the new great project of Party building plays a decisive role. Advancing the great project must be carried out in the context of the great struggle, the great cause, and the great dream to ensure that the Party remains at the forefront of the times during the profound changes in the global situation, that it always stands as the backbone of the nation in the face of various domestic and international risks and challenges, and that it always serves as the strong core of leadership in upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Building a Strong Socialist Modernized Country in Two Steps

Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, we must not only fully build a moderately prosperous society but also take advantage of the momentum to embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country. Centered around the grand goal of building a strong socialist modernized country, the 19th National Congress of the CPC outlined a strategic plan for the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

From 2020 to the middle of this century, the plan is divided into two stages. The first stage, from 2020 to 2035, will be to build on the foundation of a moderately prosperous society and strive for 15 more years to basically achieve socialist modernization. The second stage, from 2035 to the middle of the century, will be to build on the foundation of having basically achieved modernization, and in another 15 years, make China a prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful socialist modernized country.

To realize the strategic plan for the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, we must implement new development concepts and build a modernized economic system; improve the system of people's democratic governance, and develop socialist democratic politics; strengthen cultural confidence, and promote the prosperity and flourishing of socialist culture; enhance and improve the people's livelihood and strengthen and innovate social governance; accelerate the reform of the ecological civilization system, and build a beautiful China; adhere to the path of building a strong military with Chinese characteristics, and comprehensively advance the modernization of national defense and the armed forces; adhere to the "One Country, Two Systems" policy and promote national reunification; adhere to the path of peaceful development and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind; and unswervingly advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, continuously improving the Party's governing capacity and leadership level.

Opportunities are rare and fleeting, and we must seize the historical opportunities that are full of potential. The historical opportunity period of the new era is a chance for the Chinese nation to grow strong and achieve great rejuvenation, a chance for the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics to mature further and become more influential, a chance for the Chinese people to create a better life and move toward common prosperity, and a chance for the Communist Party of China to move from its centenary to its centennial rule, creating a lasting legacy. Only by firmly seizing this historic opportunity period, advancing courageously, working hard, innovating diligently, and never resting can we live up to the demands of the times and the expectations of history.

When the youth thrive, the country thrives; when the youth are strong, the country is strong. If the younger generation has ideals, abilities, and a sense of responsibility, the country will have a future, and the nation will have hope. The Chinese Dream is historical, present, and future. The Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will eventually become a reality through the relay struggle of generations of young people. The vast youth must firmly establish their ideals and convictions, set high aspirations, work hard, bravely become pioneers of the times, and in the vivid practice of realizing the Chinese Dream, let their youth dreams soar, and in the relentless struggle for the people's interests, write the glorious chapter of their lives!