The five-yearly National Congress of the Communist Party of China has always been given a certain mysticism. Compared with previous congresses, the "Twenty Congress" will be more mysterious. There are two main reasons. Under the circumstance, all aspects are tightly closed, and the “capital whisper” has lost the most suitable political environment to exist; second, Chinese society is undergoing drastic changes. And actively participate in global governance. On the one hand, it is accelerating the return to traditional Chinese culture and some traditional values that the CCP has created since the revolutionary era. In addition, due to the overlapping impact of epidemic control and various domestic and international factors, there have been many social problems. Confused emotions and cognitive conflicts, many people are both anticipating and worrying about how the Chinese Communist Party will act in the next step, ranging from political lines to epidemic prevention and control. , I was very unsure.
Because China's size is not what it used to be, it has grown into a force with decisive influence in the region, and has also become an important pole in the competition with the United States in the world structure. Spillover effects, in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the international field, many people have also opened their eyes to the possible policy changes in the "Twenty Congress".
For example, the Taiwan issue, many people think, may be officially put on the agenda at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Therefore, although at the personnel level, compared with previous general meetings, this meeting is probably the meeting with the least variables, but at the level of policy and line, it is the meeting that many people are most concerned about.
The meeting report, I believe, will also focus on people's concerns.
a core
Although the report will not talk about personnel, there is no doubt that personnel, as a key theme of this conference, will inevitably be reflected in the text of the report, and Xi Jinping's core leadership position will be strengthened again.
Looking back on history, Xi Jinping's leadership core position is a process of continuous formation and consolidation in the process of governing the country, and it is also a process that is confirmed by endorsement at each party conference.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the SCO Summit and delivered a speech.
(AP)
In October 2016, the communique of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China put forward the statement that "under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core", Xi Jinping was officially established as the new leadership core of the Communist Party of China after Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Zemin, and the Communist Party returned. core system.
In October 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era", and established this ideological system named after Xi Jinping as the guiding ideology of the Communist Party of China.
"Xi Thought" has thus become the third ideological system named after a leader. The first two are Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Xi Jinping has become the leading core of a new era after Mao and Deng in terms of facts and the CCP's legal theory. .
On October 27, 2017, the 19th Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China reviewed and approved the "Several Regulations of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Strengthening and Maintaining the Centralized and Unified Leadership of the Party Central Committee".
According to this regulation, members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee have to report to the Party Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping in writing every year.
In January 2018, the Second Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China reviewed and approved the "Proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Amending Parts of the Constitution". According to this amendment to the Constitution, the term limits of the Chinese President and Vice-President were cancelled, thus providing a long-term support for Xi Jinping. Governing has removed the constitutional term barrier, and Xi Jinping has become the second top leader who can govern for a long time in accordance with the law after Mao Zedong and other first-generation leaders of the CCP.
In November 2021, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China passed the third historical resolution of the Communist Party of China. This resolution, while dividing the generations with Mao, Deng and Xi, placed Xi in the creative nature of creating the second century-old foundation after Mao Zedong. The position of the leader and Xi Jinping's position within the party are written into historical resolutions.
During this period, the official media had various titles around Xi Jinping's leadership core, such as "leader at the helm", "commander-in-chief", "people's leader", etc. These positions with the image of "helmsman" appeared many times in the media and official The document, but so far, has not been endorsed by the party's plenary session, so at the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping's leadership core will further rise to a historical height, which is worth looking forward to, and the report should also reflect it.
two revolutions
At the level of writing structure, if you deconstruct the report of the CCP plenary session in the way of "the party's eight shares", in fact, all the reports of the CCP plenary session since the founding of the CCP are basically the same model.
The report will first raise the issue of flags, which is the most concerned issue of the Leninist party, the CCP. What flags to fly and what road to take will be clearly stated from the very beginning.
Then, the report summarizes the work of the past few years, including achievements and existing problems and challenges. According to political needs, some emphasize achievements, while others place more emphasis on problems and challenges.
Then, on the premise of analyzing the international and domestic situation, according to the understanding of the current situation and needs of the CCP, mainly the top leaders, put forward action programs and major policies with the goals of the times and the characteristics of the leaders. These programs and policies will reflect Now in every work schedule.
Finally, the report will put forward requirements to the whole party, mobilize the whole party to unite around the party's leadership core, translate these programs and principles into actions, and realize the work goals proposed by the party central committee.
Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the seminar on "Study the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech and Welcome the Party's 20th National Congress" by leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels.
(Xinhua News Agency)
Taking the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China as an example, this meeting "is a very important meeting at a critical moment when the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups are embarking on a new journey to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way and marching toward the goal of the second century of struggle. "The conference will hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics", of which "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" will run throughout the conference.
The meeting will "conscientiously summarize the work of the past five years, and comprehensively summarize the major achievements and valuable experience that the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has made in uniting and leading the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics since the new era." On the basis of analyzing the international and domestic situation, and fully grasping the new requirements for the development of the party and the country in the new era and the new journey, and the new expectations of the people, the action program and major policies are formulated.
The meeting will "mobilize the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country", "continue to coordinate the promotion of the "five-in-one" overall layout, coordinate the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, continue to solidly promote the common prosperity of all the people, and continue to vigorously promote the party's building new A great project, continue to actively promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind" and "work together to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way." The conference report will also focus on the above content.
If you feel that the above words are tasteless and the CCP's report is esoteric and difficult to understand, you can understand it by combining the annual or mid- and long-term work summaries of some highly regulated commercial companies, or refer to the action programs of some Western political parties. The logical structures are not far from each other.
Of course, compared to commercial companies and Western political parties, the CCP is a highly regulated, well-organized, and extremely powerful political party. It is also the only ruling party in China, a Marxist-Leninist party. It has nearly 100 million members, basically It is equivalent to the total population of a large and medium-sized country, and all of them are elites in various industries. Therefore, the breadth and depth of the report, political temperament, and coverage are unmatched by the latter two.
The reason why China can achieve such great achievements in construction in just a few decades, or as some people are more concerned, once a mistake will have such serious consequences, is because the party is too strong, and the resources and mobilization at its disposal The ability is too powerful, and the penetrating power of its political call is too powerful.
Therefore, although the structure of the plenary report of the CCP is very similar, it cannot be vulgarized based on its structure, because this kind of superficial cognition has no meaning for understanding the CCP.
The reports of the CCP’s party meetings in different eras must be understood in light of the characteristics of the era at that time, starting from the main contradictions and challenges of Chinese society at that time, and at the same time combining the value orientation and temperament of the main leaders of the party. Only those action programs and major policies that have the goals of the times and the characteristics of the leaders will suddenly realize that those seemingly slogan-style discourses have actually changed China so profoundly and are changing China more profoundly.
In short, the work report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is aimed at mobilizing the entire party, and the problems to be solved are the problems before the ruling party of the Communist Party of China and all Chinese citizens, and the impact it will have. Not only in the present, but also in the future.
Because China is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, the challenges the CCP faces are historic, the problems to be solved and the goals to be achieved are historic, and the report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will certainly be historic.
What is historicity?
It is not ordinary, it is not calm, it is magnificent, and it is turning things around. Therefore, the report of the 20th National Congress will definitely be a report on "leading a great social revolution with a great self-revolution", and these two revolutions will be the result of this report. The essence of the content will also be the history we will experience in the future.
three keywords
Three key words can be used to summarize the main contents of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China report: new era, Chinese characteristics, socialism.
In 2021, the Communist Party of China will launch the study and education of the "Four Histories".
The picture shows the official publications such as "A Brief History of the Communist Party of China", "A Brief History of the People's Republic of China", "A Brief History of Reform and Opening up", and "A Brief History of Socialist Development".
(Photo by Zhang Junkai)
The new era means that China has completed the first centenary goal and began to march toward the second centenary goal.
This goal is to basically realize socialist modernization by 2035, including the "fifth modernization" of the country's governance system and governance capacity, and to build China into a great modern socialist country by the middle of this century.
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China should once again emphasize and clarify this two-step centenary goal.
Chinese characteristics means that the report will guide China to return more and more to tradition, to Chinese traditional political culture, and to the traditional values of the Chinese Communist Party. Some people have such a misunderstanding.
The report will define the future according to the needs and expectations of the Chinese people, and will not define the future according to the guidance of any outside "master".
Socialism means that the CCP will inevitably carry the banner of socialism, not only embodying the four words "socialism" in the value of domestic governance and governance, but also emphasizing fairness and justice, collectivism, order ethics, economic model and Distributive justice will also actively spread the basic values of socialism at the international level, share China's experience and China's model, and promote the construction of a "community with a shared future for mankind" with the traditional Chinese spirit of great harmony and simple communism.
The space for liberalism and capitalism will not only continue to be compressed in China, but also face challenges from this wave of socialist values and governance models led by the CCP on a global scale.
The 20th National Congress report will certainly have such a historical impact.
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