[Guangming Forum]
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China systematically expounded "the basic strategy of upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era" with "fourteen adherences". The Party’s basic strategy is to adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s program of action in the new era, which has strong practical pertinence and guidance. A profound understanding and accurate grasp of the party’s basic strategy can be understood from the following three dimensions.
First, understand from the relationship between the basic strategy and the guiding ideology. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era is the expression of guiding ideology, and the expression of action program is called the basic strategy of upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Comrade Shi Zhihong, a member of the Central Propaganda Group to study and implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and deputy director of the Social and Legal Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, gave a concrete explanation: "Together, they have their own emphases on the main line of upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The former is more about the combination of theory and practice, systematically answering what kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics the new era adheres to and develops; The latter is more about the implementation of theory and practice, and systematically answers how to uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. "
If we compare "eight definiteness" with "fourteen persistence", we will find that they are different expressions of the same thought. It can be said that adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s basic strategy in the new era is not only an important part of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, but also a practical requirement for implementing the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era.
Second, from the relationship between the basic strategy and the basic theory, basic line to understand. Our party is a political party that attaches great importance to theory and is good at summarizing it. Since the reform and opening-up, our Party has continuously expanded its new horizons and made new generalizations around the theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. These new generalizations are embodied in the "Five Basics" gradually formed from the 12th to 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the "Three Basics" emphasized by the 19th National Congress. From the proposition of "building socialism with China characteristics" put forward by Comrade Deng Xiaoping at the 12th Party Congress to "the primary stage of socialism and the basic line of the Party" put forward at the 13th Party Congress; From the 14th National Congress to the 15th National Congress, the Party’s basic program in the primary stage of socialism was put forward. From "the basic experience that the Party must adhere to when leading the people to build Socialism with Chinese characteristics" put forward at the 16th National Congress to "upholding and enriching the Party’s basic theory, basic line, basic program and basic experience" at the 17th National Congress, the basic experience was newly summarized. Then the 18th National Congress put forward the basic requirements that must be firmly grasped in order to win new victories in Socialism with Chinese characteristics under the new historical conditions. At this point, the "five basics" of basic theory, basic line, basic program, basic experience and basic requirements have been formed. “"Five Basics" originates from practice and is a scientific summary of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s great practice. At the same time, it guides new practice and leads the cause of the party and the people to develop continuously.
There is no end to practical development and theoretical innovation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Communist Party of China (CPC) people, with the Supreme Leader as the main representative, have followed the development of the times, systematically answered the important issues of what kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and how to uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era from the combination of theory and practice, and founded the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China established the historical position of the supreme leader Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, systematically expounded the basic strategy of adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and called on all party comrades to fully implement the party’s basic theory, line and strategy, thus forming the latest summary of the party’s basic theory, line and strategy.
Third, from the relationship between the basic strategy and the basic program, basic experience and basic requirements. Simply put, the basic strategy is the integration and refinement of the basic program, basic experience and basic requirements. Why do you want to make such a generalization? This is because Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. The new experience, new ideas, new ideas and new strategies created since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China have gone beyond the connotation of the basic program, basic experience and basic requirements, and must be summarized on the basis of inheritance.
The fourteen basic strategies are highly concise and rich in connotation, which is the latest summary of the major principles and principles of the CPC Central Committee governing the country with the supreme leader as the core since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. If we compare this with the basic program put forward by the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and used until the 18th National Congress, with the ten basic experiences put forward by the 16th National Congress and the basic experience of "ten combinations" put forward by the 17th National Congress, and with the basic requirements of "eight musts" put forward by the 18th National Congress, we can find that some of these 14 basic strategies have integrated the contents of the basic program, basic experience and basic requirements, while others have made new summaries according to the new practice. It can be said that the relationship between basic strategy and basic program, basic experience and basic requirements is the relationship between inheritance and development.
Looking at the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) since the reform and opening up, from putting forward the proposition of "building socialism with China characteristics" to establishing the basic line of "one center and two basic points", to gradually forming "five basics", from "five basics" to "three basics", from simplicity to complexity, and from complexity to simplicity, it reflects that the party’s theoretical innovation is a historical process of continuous advancement and spiral rise. We should actively respond to the call of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, fully implement the Party’s basic theory, line and strategy, and better promote the development of the Party and the people.
(Author: Yao Meiping, director of the Political Editorial Department of Qiushi Magazine, representative of the 19th National Congress)