One

We have always believed that the path of development of all countries should be chosen by the people of all countries. The so-called "China model" is the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics created by the Chinese people in their own struggle and practice. We firmly believe that with the continuous development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, our system will become more and more mature, the superiority of China's socialist system will be further revealed, our road will be broader and broader, and the impact of China's development path on the world will be greater and greater.

(Speech at the Seminar for New Members and Alternate Members of the Central Committee to Study and Implement the Spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on January 5, 2013)

Two

To realize the Chinese dream, we must follow the Chinese road. This is the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. This road has not come easily; it has come out of the great practice of reform and opening up for more than 30 years, in the continuous exploration of the People's Republic of China for more than 60 years since its founding, in the profound summing up of the development process of the Chinese nation over the past 170 years since the beginning of modern times, and in the inheritance of the 5,000-year-old civilization of the Chinese nation. The Chinese nation is a nation of extraordinary creativity, we have created a great Chinese civilization, and we can continue to expand and follow a development path suited to China's national conditions.

(Speech at the First Session of the 12th National People's Congress on March 17, 2013)

On July 1, 2021, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China was held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng/photo

Three

Independence is the inevitable conclusion of our party's revolution, construction, and reform by proceeding from China's reality and relying on the strength of the party and the people. In the past, at present, and in the future, we must put the development of the country and the nation on the basis of our own strength, uphold national self-esteem and self-confidence, and unswervingly follow our own path.

Independence is the fine tradition of the Chinese nation and an important principle for the CPC and the People's Republic of China to build the party and the country. The national conditions and mission of carrying out revolution and construction in a large eastern country like China, which has a large population and is economically and culturally backward, have determined that we can only follow our own path.

(Speech at the symposium commemorating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong on December 26, 2013)

Four

Standing on a vast land of 9.6 million square kilometers, sucking the cultural nutrients accumulated by the Chinese nation through its long struggle, and having the mighty power of 1.3 billion Chinese people, we have our own path, have an incomparably broad stage, an incomparably profound historical heritage, and an incomparably strong determination to move forward. The Chinese people should have this confidence, and every Chinese should have this confidence.

(Speech at the symposium commemorating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong on December 26, 2013)

Five

To uphold independence and self-determination, we must insist that China's affairs must be advocated and handled by the Chinese people themselves. There is no one-size-fits-all specific development model in the world, and there is no immutable development path. The diversity of historical conditions determines the diversity of development paths chosen by various countries. In the history of mankind, no nation or country can become strong and rejuvenated by relying on external forces and following in the footsteps of others. The result of doing so is either inevitable defeat or inevitably becoming a vassal of others.

In the long-term practice of leading revolution, construction, and reform, our party has always adhered to the principle of independently opening up a path of advancement, and this spirit of independent exploration and practice, and this firm confidence and determination to persist in taking its own road are the foothold of all our party's theories and practices, and are also the fundamental guarantee for the cause of the party and the people to continue to advance from victory to victory.

(Speech at the symposium commemorating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong on December 26, 2013)

Six

What kind of governance system a country chooses is determined by the country's historical heritage, cultural traditions, and level of economic and social development, as well as by the country's people. China's national governance system today is the result of long-term development, gradual improvement, and endogenous evolution on the basis of China's historical inheritance, cultural traditions, and economic and social development. China's national governance system needs to be improved and perfected, but how to change and improve, we must have ideas and determination. The Chinese nation is an inclusive and tolerant nation, and in the long course of history, we have constantly learned the good things of others and turned the good things of others into our own, and this is the only way to form our national characteristics. It is impossible to have the courage to comprehensively deepen reform without firm institutional self-confidence, and similarly, without continuous reform, institutional self-confidence cannot be thorough and long-lasting. We are comprehensively deepening reform to make the socialist system with Chinese characteristics better; When we say that we should strengthen our self-confidence in the system, we do not mean to rest on our laurels, but to constantly eliminate the shortcomings of the system and mechanism, so that our system can be mature and durable.

(On February 17, 2014, at the seminar on the study and implementation of the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the main leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial level will comprehensively deepen the reform)

From June 18 to 19, 2024, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Qinghai. On the afternoon of the 18th, Xi Jinping observed the ideological and political class with the theme of "New Era, New Hometown" in the first (1) class of Guoluo Xining National Middle School. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng/photo

Seven

"Orange is orange when it is born in Huainan, and orange is born in Huaibei." We need to learn from the beneficial achievements of foreign political civilization, but we must not abandon the fundamentals of China's political system. China has more than 9.6 million square kilometers of land and 56 ethnic groups. Who can tell us what to do? For the rich and colorful world, we should uphold an inclusive attitude, humbly learn the good things of others, digest and absorb the good things of others from an independent standpoint, and turn them into our own good things. Copying and copying the political system of other countries will not work, it will not adapt to the water and soil, it will draw a tiger and become an anti-dog, and it will even bury the future and destiny of the country. Only a system that is rooted in the soil of the country and draws abundant nutrients is the most reliable and effective.

(Speech at the Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the National People's Congress on September 5, 2014)

Eight

The whole party must strengthen self-confidence in the road, theory, system, and culture. In today's world, if we want to say which political party, which country, and which nation can be confident, then the Communist Party of China, the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese nation have the most reason to be confident. With the courage of "self-confidence in life for 200 years, we will be able to hit the water for 3,000 miles", we can face all difficulties and challenges without fear, and we can unswervingly open up new horizons and create new miracles.

(Speech at the Celebration of the 95th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, 2016)

From May 22 to 24, 2024, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Shandong. On the afternoon of the 22nd, Xi Jinping cordially expressed his condolences to port science and technology workers, operation personnel, and shipping personnel at Rizhao Port. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng/photo

Nine

Socialism with Chinese characteristics has been the theme of all the Party's theories and practices since the reform and opening up, and it is a fundamental achievement made by the Party and the people through untold hardships and at great cost. The path of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the only way to realize socialist modernization and create a better life for the people, the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the correct theory to guide the Party and the people to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the fundamental institutional guarantee for the development and progress of contemporary China, and the socialist culture with Chinese characteristics is a powerful spiritual force that inspires the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to forge ahead. The whole party should more consciously enhance self-confidence in the road, theory, system, and culture, neither follow the old road of closure and rigidity, nor take the evil road of changing banners, maintain political determination, persist in working hard to rejuvenate the country, and always uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics.

(Report at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 18, 2017)

Ten

China is unique in the world in forming a unified multi-ethnic country with a population of more than 1.3 billion and a high degree of spiritual and cultural unity. China's history of thousands of years of development has never been interrupted, and it has formed a unique, broad and profound value concept and civilization system, which is unique in the world. China has formed socialism with Chinese characteristics that suits China's realities and the characteristics of the times and has achieved great success, which is unique in the world. China is unique in the world in the formation of a tightly organized Communist Party of China (CPC) that serves the people wholeheartedly, has more than 89 million members, and has been in power for a long time.

(Speech at the seminar on January 5, 2018 for new members and alternate members of the Central Committee and major leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels to study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China)

Eleven

We must adhere to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and constantly uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics. The practice of reform and opening up over the past 40 years has taught us that the direction determines the future, and the road determines the destiny. If we want to take our destiny into our own hands, we must have the firmness to remain steadfast in our ambitions and paths. Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the main theme of all our party's theories and practices has been to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics. In China, a large country with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization and a population of more than 1.3 billion, there is no textbook that can be regarded as a golden rule, and there is no teacher who can dictate to the Chinese. Mr. Lu Xun said: "What is a road? It is trodden out of a place where there is no road, and carved out of a place where there are only thorns. "The road of socialism with Chinese characteristics is a broad road for contemporary China to catch up with the times and lead the development of the times, and it must be unswervingly followed.

(Speech at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up on December 18, 2018)

twelve

I've said it over and over again that only the person who wears it knows if the shoe fits. Whether the socialist system with Chinese characteristics is good or not, superior or not, the Chinese people know best and have the most right to speak. We must be determined and assertive on this major political issue, and we must absolutely not lose our own ideas and confuse ourselves. It is very important for the comrades of the whole party, especially the leading cadres at all levels, to be politically sensible people, that is, at all times and under all circumstances, they must strengthen their confidence in the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence, and cultural confidence, and truly achieve "perseverance despite thousands of blows, regardless of the east, west, north and south winds".

(Speech at the Second Plenary Session of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on October 31, 2019)

From April 22 to 24, 2024, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Chongqing. On the afternoon of the 22nd, Xi Jinping visited Chongqing's scientific and technological innovation and industrial development achievements. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Ye/photo

A baker's dozen

Faith and conviction are essential at all times. Belief in communism and socialism with Chinese characteristics is the political soul of communists and the spiritual pillar for them to withstand any tests. In the new era, the most important thing to strengthen our beliefs and beliefs is to strengthen our confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The party's centennial struggle and great achievements are the most solid foundation for us to enhance the "four self-confidences".

(Speech at the Party History Learning and Education Mobilization Conference on February 20, 2021)

fourteen

Taking one's own path is the party's entire theoretical and practical foothold, and it is also the historical conclusion reached by the party over the past century. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a fundamental achievement made by the Party and the people through untold hardships and at great cost, and is the right path to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We have adhered to and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics, promoted the coordinated development of material, political, spiritual, social and ecological civilizations, created a new path of Chinese-style modernization, and created a new form of human civilization.

(Speech at the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, 2021)

fifteen

The Chinese nation has a splendid civilization formed in more than 5,000 years of historical evolution, and the Communist Party of China has a century of practice of struggle and more than 70 years of experience in governing and rejuvenating the country. The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people will stride forward on the road they have chosen and firmly hold the destiny of China's development and progress firmly in their own hands!

(Speech at the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, 2021)

sixteen

On the new road to the exam, the key to whether we can continue to hand in excellent answers lies in whether we have firm historical self-confidence. Over the past 100 years, our party has been committed to seeking happiness for the Chinese people, rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, progress for mankind, common harmony for the world, and the right path for the world. Today, we can fully say that the Communist Party of China has lived up to history and the people's choice.

(Speech at the Democratic Life Meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on December 27 and 28, 2021 at the Special Democratic Life Meeting on Party History Learning and Education)

seventeen

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, I have visited more than 70 local sites, and every time I go to a place, I have to pay homage to the revolutionary holy places, old red sites, and revolutionary historical commemorative sites that are of great historical significance to the party. Everywhere I went, I relived those eventful years with reverence, and reviewed the difficult course that the party had gone through, and my soul was shocked and my spirit was baptized. My purpose in doing so is to encourage the whole party and the whole country, especially the vast number of young people, to study and remember the history of the party, not to forget the sufferings and glories of yesterday, to be worthy of today's mission, to live up to tomorrow's great dream, to truly take history as a mirror, to create the future, and to truly strengthen historical self-confidence. As long as we do this consistently, we will definitely get tangible results.

(Speech at the Seminar on the Study and Implementation of the Spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Major Leading Cadres at the Provincial and Ministerial Levels on January 11, 2022)

eighteen

The Chinese Communists are not historical nihilists or cultural nihilists, and they cannot forget their ancestors and belittle themselves. Leading cadres at all levels should revere history and excellent traditional culture, attach importance to the protection and utilization of cultural relics and the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, and provide more policy support for historical and archaeological workers to carry out research, study, and study and exchange. It is necessary to create a strong social atmosphere for inheriting Chinese civilization, widely publicize the research results of the Chinese civilization exploration project, educate and guide the masses, especially young people, to better understand and identify with Chinese civilization, and enhance the ambition, backbone and confidence of being Chinese.

(Speech at the 39th Collective Study Session of the Political Bureau of the 19th CPC Central Committee on May 27, 2022)

nineteen

We must insist on self-confidence and self-reliance. There have never been textbooks, let alone ready-made answers, for the Chinese people and the Chinese nation to move from the profound suffering of modern times to the bright prospects of great rejuvenation. The party's road to success over the past 100 years was opened up by the party leading the people to explore and explore independently, and the Chinese chapter of Marxism was practiced by the Chinese communists relying on their own strength, and a basic point running through it is that China's problems must be answered by the Chinese themselves based on China's basic national conditions. We must adhere to our firm belief in Marxism and socialism with Chinese characteristics, strengthen our confidence in the road, theory, system, and culture, and make new contributions to the development of Marxism with a more active historical responsibility and creative spirit.

(Report at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 16, 2022)

twenty

Chinese-style modernization requires not only great material wealth, but also great spiritual wealth, and self-confidence and self-improvement in ideology and culture.

(Speech at the seminar on February 7, 2023 for new members and alternate members of the Central Committee and major leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels to study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China)

twenty-one

Chinese modernization adheres to independence and self-reliance, relies on the hard work, innovation and creativity of all the people to develop and grow itself, and achieves national development by combining endogenous motivation with the peaceful use of external resources, and does not oppress other nations in any form or plunder the resources and wealth of other countries, but provides support and assistance to the vast number of developing countries within its capacity.

(Speech at the seminar on February 7, 2023 for new members and alternate members of the Central Committee and major leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels to study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China)

From October 10 to 13, 2023, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Jiangxi. This is the morning of the 11th, Xi Jinping inspected Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. in Jingdezhen City. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Yan/

twenty-two

To promote Chinese-style modernization, we must adhere to independence, self-reliance and self-reliance, insist on putting the development of the country and the nation on the basis of our own strength, and insist on firmly holding the destiny of China's development and progress in our own hands.

(Speech at the seminar on February 7, 2023 for new members and alternate members of the Central Committee and major leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels to study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China)

twenty-three

Self-confidence leads to self-improvement. Only a nation with cultural self-confidence can stand, stand firm, and go far. The Chinese civilization has endured for thousands of years, and it has endured through many hardships, which is a miracle of human civilization and the confidence of our self-confidence. To strengthen cultural self-confidence is to insist on following your own path. The primary task of strengthening cultural self-confidence is to base ourselves on the great historical practice of the Chinese nation and contemporary practice, summarize China's experience with Chinese principles, elevate China's experience to Chinese theory, and neither blindly follow various dogmas nor copy foreign theories, so as to achieve spiritual independence and self-determination. It is necessary to integrate cultural self-confidence into the spiritual temperament and cultural character of the whole nation, and cultivate a high-spirited and upward style and a rational and peaceful mentality.

(Speech at the Symposium on Cultural Inheritance and Development on June 2, 2023)

twenty-four

We must unswervingly adhere to Marxism, which is the foundation for building the party and the country and rejuvenating the party and the country, persist in developing Marxism in the fertile soil of the history and culture of the country and the nation, strengthen historical and cultural self-confidence, persist in using the past for the present and bringing forth the new, comprehensively excavate the treasure house of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years under the guidance of Marxism, and use Marxism to activate the excellent factors full of vitality in the excellent traditional Chinese culture and endow it with a new connotation of the times. The great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation should be injected into Marxism at a deeper level, and the essence of Marxist thought should be effectively integrated with the essence of China's excellent traditional culture, so as to integrate it into a new theoretical advantage and constantly climb new ideological peaks.

(Speech at the 6th Collective Study Session of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee on June 30, 2023)

twenty-five

Only when the theory is strong can the direction be clear, the people are united, and the confidence is sufficient. It is necessary to consolidate and expand the achievements of thematic education, unremittingly use the ideology of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era to forge the soul, truly learn the Marxist ability to look after the house, ensure political unity and unity of action with a high degree of ideological unity, and comprehensively improve the political ability, leadership ability, and work ability that are compatible with the promotion of Chinese-style modernization. It is necessary to be good at drawing the spiritual motivation of hard work and courage from the party's innovative theory, strengthen historical self-confidence, temper the ability to struggle, and always forge ahead on a new journey and make contributions to the new era with a fighting attitude of forging ahead and facing difficulties.

(Preface to the Sixth Batch of National Cadre Study and Training Materials on February 28, 2024)

twenty-six

China's economy is healthy and sustainable. Last year, China's economic growth rate ranked among the world's major economies, and its contribution to world economic growth continued to exceed 30%, which was the work of the Chinese people and inseparable from international cooperation. China's development has gone through various difficulties and challenges to get to where it is today, and it has not collapsed because of the "China collapse theory" in the past, and it will not collapse because of the "China summit theory" now. We will continue to promote high-quality development and Chinese-style modernization, so that the Chinese people can continue to live a better life and make greater contributions to the sustainable development of the world. China's development prospects are bright, and we have the confidence and confidence to do so.

(Remarks at a group meeting with representatives of the United States business community and strategic academia on March 27, 2024)

 

※This is an excerpt from General Secretary Xi Jinping's important remarks on the need to adhere to self-confidence and self-reliance from January 2013 to March 2024.