Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, delivered an important speech at a grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC's founding at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on Thursday.
Here are the highlights:
- China has realized the first centenary goal -- building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
- The CPC has united and led the Chinese people over the past 100 years for one ultimate theme -- bringing about the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
- Seeking happiness for people and national rejuvenation has been Party's aspiration and mission since founding.
- The Party unites and leads the Chinese people in fighting bloody battles with unyielding determination, achieving great success in the new-democratic revolution.
- The Party unites and leads the Chinese people in endeavoring to build a stronger China with a spirit of self-reliance, achieving great success in socialist revolution and construction.
- The Party unites and leads the Chinese people in freeing the mind and forging ahead, achieving great success in reform, opening up, and socialist modernization.
- The Party unites and leads the Chinese people in pursuing a great struggle, a great project, a great cause, and a great dream through a spirit of self-confidence, self-reliance, and innovation, achieving great success for socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
- China's success hinges on the Party.
- The firm leadership of the CPC must be upheld.
- Only socialism could save China, and only socialism with Chinese characteristics could develop China.
- By pursuing reform and opening-up, a crucial move in making China what it is today, China had caught up with times.
- The people are the true heroes, for it is they who create history.
- The great founding spirit of the CPC is the Party's source of strength.
- Xi pays tribute to former Chinese leaders, revolutionaries, Chinese people and foreign friends who have contributed to Party's growth.
- Party to continue leading Chinese people towards a better life.
- The Party must continue to adapt Marxism to the Chinese context.
- The Party must uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics.
- Party must continue self-reform.
- Party still in its prime, determined as ever to achieve lasting greatness for nation.
- Any attempt to divide the Party from the Chinese people or to set the people against the Party is bound to fail.
- The time in which the Chinese nation could be bullied and abused by others was gone forever.
- China welcomes helpful suggestions, but will not accept sanctimonious preaching.
- China will elevate its armed forces to world-class standards so that we are equipped with greater capacity and more reliable means for safeguarding our national sovereignty, security, and development interests.
- Chinese people will never allow any foreign force to bully, oppress, or subjugate us.
- China to keep promoting human community with shared future.
- China committed to world peace, development and order.
