Chapter 73 Strive hard for the rest of your life——Written speech at the symposium on learning and implementing the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Capital's literary and art circles

I am delighted and encouraged by the successful convening of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party.The "Resolution on Certain Issues Concerning the History of the Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China" unanimously passed by the Plenary Session is a document with historical significance.It not only comprehensively sums up the historical experience since the founding of the People's Republic of China, but also further points out the direction of socialist modernization that suits my country's national conditions.Advancing along the correct path guided by the Communist Party of China, our country will surely become more prosperous and prosperous.

I came from the disaster-ridden old China.I have spent the first half of my life in the long night. I have experienced several different eras such as the former Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai, the Beiyang Warlords, and Chiang Kai-shek’s dictatorship. The harbor is full of merchant ships and warships of the great powers; our compatriots are oppressed and ravaged by others, and under the whipping of the exploiters, they are like cows and horses.The vast and fertile land is full of scars, sons and daughters of China, who can not worry about the future of the nation!However, who can save the perilous motherland?The facts of history answer this question. It was the Communist Party of China that led the people of the whole country. After overthrowing the three mountains after a long and arduous struggle, the Chinese people really stood up, and the land of 9.6 million square kilometers was restored to its original state. With the youthful vitality of our country, our motherland stands like a giant in the east of the world!From the comparison of history, I have deeply realized that "without the Communist Party, there would be no new China". This is indeed an irrefutable truth.

After the founding of New China, under the cordial care of the party, I rushed back to the socialist motherland from overseas.In the past 30 years, I have witnessed the great changes in New China with my own eyes.Although our road ahead is not smooth, there have been twists and turns, and the ten-year civil strife has brought great losses to the country, but the cause of socialism is advancing after all.Our socialist system has great advantages and strong vitality, which is incomparable to the capitalist system. "Only socialism can save China", this is the fundamental experience summed up by the Chinese people over the past 100 years of continuous and heroic struggle.I firmly believe that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and following the road of socialism, our country will surely prosper, and the Chinese nation will stand tall among the advanced nations of the world with its glorious achievements!

I love our socialist motherland, and I long for her early prosperity.I am already eighty-one years old this year. Last year I said that "life begins at the age of eighty." I will spend the rest of my life working hard, shining as much as I can, and contributing all of myself to the construction of the four modernizations of the motherland. strength! Because I live in the hospital, I can't come to the meeting in person, so I can only write these few sentences briefly, please forgive me.