Chapter 45 Part Four Theoretical Innovation and the Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation

In just over three weeks, the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing.On the 28th of last month, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting, emphasizing that the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will "make strategic arrangements for comprehensively promoting my country's reform and opening up, socialist modernization, and comprehensively advancing the new great project of party building."The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held the day before yesterday reaffirmed that the conference will "make comprehensive plans and make strategic arrangements for the prominent contradictions facing our country's development at the current stage and around the most concerned, most direct, and most realistic interests of the people." , further pointing out that the congress will "formulate amendments to the party constitution that meet the needs of the party's practical development and theoretical innovation, advance party work, and strengthen party building."He also said that we must "correctly understand the general trend of development at home and abroad, fully grasp the new requirements of our country's development and the new expectations of the people, conscientiously summarize the practical experience of the party in governing the country, and adhere to the combination of inheritance and innovation, theory and practice. Combining the present and the long-term, promoting theoretical innovation and innovation in other aspects, and scientifically formulating action programs and major policies that meet the requirements of the times and the wishes of the people.”What do you think about this?

My intuition is that these words will be related to the main document of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, because Comrade Jintao also emphasized in his speech on June 25 that "we must clearly understand the general trend of the development of the world today and contemporary China, and fully grasp the development of our country. The new requirements of the new requirements and the new expectations of the people, conscientiously sum up the practical experience of the party in governing the country, scientifically formulate action programs and major policies that meet the requirements of the times and the wishes of the people, and start from a new historical starting point to lead the people to continue building a well-off society in an all-round way and accelerate Promote socialist modernization and fulfill the lofty mission entrusted by the times."

Comrade Jintao’s important speech at the provincial and ministerial-level cadre training class of the Central Party School has many highlights. Among the highlights are the questions of what flag to hold, what path to take, what kind of mental state to use, and what kind of development goals to move forward. That is to hold high the banner of the development and progress of contemporary China, hold high the banner of the unity and struggle of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups, thoroughly implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, unswervingly uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, fully participate in economic globalization, and comprehensively build To build a moderately prosperous society, accelerate socialist modernization, and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The 6.25 speech is very important and very innovative.For example, the four "unswerving" is the latest formulation.The four "unswerving", the first is: "emancipating the mind is the essential requirement of the party's ideological line, and it is a magic weapon for us to deal with various new situations and new problems on the way forward, and to continuously create new prospects for our career. We must be unwavering Relocate and persist.” Some people say that Deng Xiaoping explained emancipation of the mind long before the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party.In the 29 years of reform and opening up, our party has talked about emancipating the mind for 29 years, and there are not many new things.I say no. The "emancipating the mind" in the June 25 speech is definitely not an old saying, a cliché, or a generalization, but on a higher level, "emancipating the mind" is described as "the essential requirement of the party's ideological line", as It is "a great magic weapon to deal with various new situations and new problems on the way forward, and to continuously create a new situation in the career."What do you mean by an "essential requirement" and a "big magic weapon"?It is to use the emancipation of the mind to lead the overall situation and pioneer and innovate; it is to use more innovative theories with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese style to "respond to various new situations and new problems on the way forward, and constantly create new careers. situation".Didn’t the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held the day before yesterday also say that the “scientific outlook on development” and other major strategic ideas put forward by the Party Central Committee since the 16th National Congress of the Party should be combined with the major theoretical viewpoints, major strategic ideas, and major strategic ideas established in the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China? Work deployment written into the party constitution"? What are the "scientific development concepts and other major strategic ideas put forward by the Party Central Committee since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China"?Putting people first, realizing scientific development, building a harmonious socialist society, building a new socialist countryside, building an innovative country, establishing a socialist concept of honor and disgrace, promoting the building of a harmonious world, strengthening the advanced nature of the party, etc., should all be included , and China's path of peaceful development should be the same.As an innovative theory, China's path of peaceful development is compatible with China's transformation from a revolutionary role outside the world system to a participatory and constructive role in pursuit of modernization within the world system since China's reform and opening up; It is compatible with China's accession to the World Trade Organization and the foundation of China's integration into the world system—the irreversible process of the world market from the least developed state before the reform and opening up to the United Nations; it is compatible with China. It is appropriate to actively participate in regional multilateral economic, political and security cooperation, and gradually become an important force in building a new international order in East Asia and even the Asia-Pacific.The rise of any major country will have an impact on the international status quo, and regional neighbors and world powers all pay attention to China.In recent years, "China collapse theory" and "China threat theory" are still very common. Except for a few people with ulterior motives, most people have doubts because they don't understand.China is indeed in the transition from a planned economy to a market economy, from a take-off to a moderately modernized transition, with concentrated contradictions, numerous difficulties and severe challenges.However, compared with 20 years ago or even 10 years ago, China's conditions are improving and its experience is increasing. If we say that China did not "collapse" under such difficult conditions in the past, then as long as China responds properly in the future, China will not "collapse" .As a major country, China's stability, growth potential, openness, and ability to resist fluctuations are not possessed by other transitional and developing economies, so it can digest and solve existing problems in the process of continuous development.Of course, there is no ready-made theory in the world to explain why China can develop in a unique way; for this, Chinese scholars are duty-bound to provide new explanations.

There should be the courage to emancipate the mind and the courage to innovate theoretically.Innovation has risks and costs, but innovation is worth it.No matter how big the risk is, no matter how high the cost is, it cannot be compared with the huge energy and huge impact that the innovation theory itself will generate.Without theoretical innovation without hesitation and innovative theories that keep pace with the times, we cannot, as Comrade Jintao said, scientifically judge and fully grasp the development and changes of the international situation, and correctly respond to the challenges of world multipolarization, economic globalization, and technological progress. The development trend, properly handle various complex and uncertain factors that affect world peace and development, seize and make good use of important strategic opportunities, and firmly grasp the initiative to accelerate my country's development in the increasingly fierce competition for comprehensive national strength.