Building a modern and powerful country and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the grand goal that the Communist Party of China (CPC) people are striving for, which embodies the lifelong efforts of the older generation of revolutionaries such as Comrade Mao Zedong. In his important speech at the symposium commemorating the 130th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong’s birth, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader spoke highly of Comrade Mao Zedong’s great achievements for the Chinese nation and the people of China, profoundly expounded that Comrade Mao Zedong’s lofty spiritual demeanor is a powerful driving force to inspire us to move forward, and solemnly declared that the best commemoration for Comrade Mao Zedong is to push forward the cause he started. On the new journey, we must not forget our initial intention, keep our mission in mind, strengthen our historical self-confidence and grasp the historical initiative, and constantly push forward the grand cause of Chinese modernization. Studying and implementing the spirit of the important speech of the Supreme Leader General Secretary is of great significance for us to maintain our political strength, strengthen our confidence in winning, strengthen our responsibility, continue to push forward the cause initiated by Comrade Mao Zedong and other revolutionaries of the older generation, adhere to the Socialism with Chinese characteristics road, and create a new situation of Chinese modernization.
1. Promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the continuous struggle.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Comrade Mao Zedong’s life is a life of unremitting struggle for national prosperity, national rejuvenation and people’s happiness." Chinese modernization is the result of long-term practice and exploration by the people of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China. Comrade Mao Zedong, as the great founder of China’s socialist modernization, has been striving for the modernization of China, a country with a very backward level of social productive forces. Facing the backward situation of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society in old China, Comrade Mao Zedong and other revolutionaries of the older generation led our party and led the people of China to fight bloody battles and persevere, found the correct path of the new-democratic revolution, completed the historical task of anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism, established People’s Republic of China (PRC), established the basic socialist system, promoted socialist construction, and realized the most extensive and profound social changes in the history of the Chinese nation. It has made great achievements in socialist construction, laid a fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for all the development and progress of contemporary China, and accumulated important experience in socialist construction in a country with a very backward level of social productive forces, such as China. Comrade Mao Zedong and other revolutionaries of the older generation have made great and fundamental contributions to the cause of socialist modernization in China, which will never be forgotten in the history of the Chinese nation and in the hearts of all China people.
The great practice of revolution, construction and reform led by our Party is a historical process of continuous struggle and a complete cause of saving the country, rejuvenating the country and strengthening the country, thus realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Comrade Mao Zedong and other revolutionaries of the older generation led the people of China to make great achievements in revolution and construction, which not only provided a solid foundation and institutional guarantee for Chinese modernization, but also enabled the new China to build an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system from "a car, an airplane, a tank and a tractor" to "two bombs and one satellite" and nuclear submarines. China has completely got rid of the danger of being expelled from football and become a big country with important influence in the world, thus laying an important foundation for China to embark on the road of reform and opening up, create Socialism with Chinese characteristics and successfully promote and expand the road of Chinese modernization. It is the central task of the whole party and people of all nationalities in the new era and new journey to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese modernization. This is the unfinished business of Mao Zedong and other revolutionaries of the older generation, and it is the solemn historical responsibility of contemporary the Communist Party of China (CPC) people. In the new era and new journey, we should firmly grasp the central task of the Party, inherit the historical aspirations of the older generation of revolutionaries such as Comrade Mao Zedong, carry forward the historical initiative spirit, and work hard together with Qi Xin to ensure that the great ship of the Chinese nation will ride the wind and waves and make steady progress.
2. Chinese modernization is the socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China (CPC).
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "the Communist Party of China (CPC), created by Comrade Mao Zedong personally, has been maturing in revolutionary forging, and has always been at the forefront of the times, becoming the backbone of the people of the whole country and the strong leadership core of China’s revolution, construction and reform." The leadership of the Party is directly related to the fundamental direction, future and destiny, and ultimate success or failure of Chinese modernization. In China, a country with a majority of farmers and backward economy and culture, how to build an advanced proletarian political party, how to lead China’s revolution and construction, and how to arm the party and the people’s army with proletarian ideology are the primary problems encountered in China’s revolution and construction. In the process of leading China’s revolution and construction, Comrade Mao Zedong always attached great importance to strengthening Party leadership and Party building, calling it a "great project" and leading the people of China to forge a great, glorious and correct the Communist Party of China (CPC). Comrade Mao Zedong closely combined Marxism–Leninism’s theory of party building with the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s self-construction practice, and always took strengthening the party’s leadership as a major issue, emphasizing that "the party leads everything in seven aspects: industry, agriculture, commerce, learning, military, politics and the party"; Emphasize that "the Communist Party of China (CPC) is the core of the leadership of the people of China. Without such a core, the socialist cause cannot be won. " Comrade Mao Zedong, as the main founder of our party, has always attached great importance to all aspects of party building and put forward the basic principles of ideological party building.Grasping party building as one of the three magic weapons, scientifically clarifying the relationship between party building and the party’s political line, strengthening party building through rectification, and actively exploring a series of major principles and principles for the construction of the ruling party have provided valuable experience and ideological wisdom for in-depth exploration of what kind of party to build in China, how to build the party and how to realize party leadership, and how to continue to build a strong Marxist ruling party in the great cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Party, government, military and civilian studies, east, west, north and south, the party is the leader of everything. The Party is the highest political leading force. Comrade Mao Zedong attaches great importance to the party’s leadership and party building, proposes and advocates the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, formulates discipline rules such as "three major disciplines and eight attentions", takes a clear-cut stand against subjectivism, sectarianism and stereotyped Party writing, calls on the whole party to bear in mind the "two musts", emphasizes opposing bureaucracy, being an official, preventing the decline of revolutionary will, resolutely punishing corruption, etc., and defines party building and managing the party and governing the party in a certain historical stage. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that the leadership of the Party determines the fundamental nature of Chinese modernization. Only by unswervingly adhering to the leadership of the Party can Chinese modernization have a bright future and flourish. To promote Chinese-style modernization in the new era and new journey, we must adhere to a series of glorious traditions and fine styles of strengthening party leadership and party building, keep in mind the "three musts", persistently promote the comprehensive and strict management of the party, implement the general requirements of party building in the new era, guide all the work of party building with party political construction, improve the comprehensive and strict management system of the party, and promote it as a whole to ensure that our party will never deteriorate, change color or taste.
3. Chinese modernization has goals, plans and strategies, and will certainly be realized.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Comrade Mao Zedong led the people to create an advanced socialist system. Only socialism can save China and develop China. " Building a socialist modern power and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the grand goal that our party has been striving for for for more than 100 years. From the first five-year plan to the fourteenth five-year plan, the consistent theme is to build China into a socialist modern country. With profound thinking and forward-looking vision, Comrade Mao Zedong made unremitting exploration on how to realize a powerful socialist modernization country, and made indelible historical contributions to the foundation and successful expansion of China’s socialist modernization. On the construction goal, Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out: "Our people should have a grand plan, and strive to change our backward situation in economy, science and culture within a few decades, and quickly reach the advanced level in the world", and pointed out that the goal of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people "lies in building a new society and country of the Chinese nation". The task of the working class in China is not only to fight for the establishment of a new-democratic country, but also to fight for the industrialization and agricultural modernization of China and make China. In terms of construction planning, Comrade Mao Zedong led the formulation of a two-step planning arrangement for the "four modernizations", that is, the first step,Establish an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system; The second step is to fully realize the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense and science and technology. In terms of development strategy, Comrade Mao Zedong emphasized that China’s socialist modernization can only take its own road and cannot mechanically copy foreign experience; Starting from the basic national condition that China is a big agricultural country, we should correctly handle the relationship between heavy industry, agriculture and light industry on the basis of agriculture and embark on an industrialization road suitable for China’s national conditions. It is necessary to mobilize all positive factors and unite the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to build a powerful socialist country; It is necessary to grasp the basic contradictions in socialist society and pay attention to adjusting the situation that productivity is incompatible with production relations and economic base is incompatible with superstructure; We must properly handle the ten major relations in socialist construction and the relationship between accumulation and consumption; Take a peaceful approach, adhere to an independent foreign policy of peace and adhere to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. These forward-looking thinking and strategic exploration have accumulated practical experience and ideological wisdom for China’s socialist modernization.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that Chinese-style modernization is based on China’s reality, conforms to China’s national conditions, has goals, plans and strategies, and we will make solid progress step by step. A series of important expositions published by the Supreme Leader General Secretary around Chinese modernization are lofty in conception, rich in connotation and profound in thought. It is of great significance to further deepen the understanding of the connotation and essence of Chinese modernization, summarize the China characteristics, essential requirements and major principles of Chinese modernization, and initially construct the theoretical system of Chinese modernization, so as to make Chinese modernization clearer, more scientific and more feasible, and to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese modernization in the new era and new journey. To realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization, we must persist in developing in inheritance and innovating in keeping the right. We should not only learn from Comrade Mao Zedong’s thought of "overall consideration" in socialist modernization, but also ensure the continuous improvement of people’s material and cultural living standards. We should also combine our party’s theoretical innovation and practical creation in the new era to safeguard the foundation, source, root and soul of Chinese modernization. Unswervingly adhere to the China characteristics, essential requirements and major principles of Chinese modernization, deeply explore and answer new topics encountered in practice, open up a new realm of Marxism in China, deepen the understanding of the laws of Chinese modernization, and better promote the great cause of Chinese modernization.
4. Open a new world of career development through tenacious struggle
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "More than 100 years ago, Comrade Mao Zedong said: ‘ We always have to work hard! We always have to push forward desperately! Our golden world, the glorious world, is just ahead! ’” Dare to struggle and dare to win is a powerful spiritual force for the Communist Party of China (CPC) to achieve great cause, and it is also a valuable spiritual character that Comrade Mao Zedong has always advocated and practiced all his life. Comrade Mao Zedong viewed the great struggle from a philosophical perspective, emphasizing that contradictions exist and run through the development of things all the time, which is the alternate unity of old and new processes, and the birth and development of new undertakings can only be achieved through struggle. Faced with the history of national humiliation, people’s suffering and civilization, the Communist Party of China (CPC) people, with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative, led the people of China in an arduous revolutionary struggle with great fighting spirit, overthrew the three mountains that weighed on the people of China, and realized the national independence and people’s liberation that the people of China dreamed of in modern times. In the historical process of promoting socialist revolution and construction, the people of the Communist Party of China (CPC), with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative, persisted in building socialism independently, did not fear the threats of imperialism and hegemonism and challenges from all sides, firmly safeguarded the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of socialist China, and laid a good foundation for the successful promotion of socialist modernization with the great struggle spirit of opening roads on every mountain and bridging bridges when encountering water.
Our party relies on struggle to create history, but also depends on struggle to win the future. In the new journey of comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization, we must inherit and carry forward the great spirit of independence, courage to struggle, courage to win, unbelief in evil, fear of ghosts and oppression, which Comrade Mao Zedong has always advocated, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core. Take the initiative to fight, dare to struggle, seize the day and fight tenaciously, put the development of the country and the nation on the basis of their own strength, firmly hold the destiny of national development and progress in their own hands, overcome all kinds of difficulties and challenges on the road ahead, and March forward courageously along the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in order to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese modernization.
(Author: Qi Yiping Tang Junfeng, a researcher at the New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Research Center, the supreme leader of the National Defense University)