February 25

  When hearing the work report of the Provincial Party Committee during his visit to Guangdong Province, Jiang Zemin clarified the requirements of Three Represents. He pointed out that the CPC could get commitment from the people across the nation because it had always represented the developmental demands of China’s advanced productive forces, the orientation of China’s advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the greatest possible majority of the Chinese people in every historical period of revolution, construction and reform. It had also always made unremitting efforts to realize the fundamental interests of the country and the people by formulating correct lines, principles, and policies. On May 14 in Shanghai, Jiang Zemin chaired a forum on Party building of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, where he stressed that always ensuring the practice of the Theory of Three Represents was the foundation of the Party’s own development, the cornerstone of governance by the Party, and the source of the Party’s strength.

March 15

  The 3rd Session of the 9th NPC passed the Legislative Law of the People’s Republic of China. On March 15, 2015, the 3rd Session of the 12th NPC adopted the Decision of the National People’s Congress on Amending the Legislative Law of the People’s Republic of China.

June 13

  The CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Promoting the Healthy Development of Small Towns.

June 23

  The General Office of the CPC Central Committee issued the Guideline on Deepening the Reform of the Personnel System for Officials. The General Office of the CPC Central Committee issued the Outline of the Plan for Deepening the Reform of the Personnel System for Officials (2010–2020) on December 3, 2009.

August

  With the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council decided to establish the National Social Security Fund and the National Council of Social Security Fund.

October 11

  The 5th Plenary Session of the 15th CPC Central Committee adopted the Proposal for Formulating the Tenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development. It pointed out that the Chinese people had generally lived a fairly comfortable life, and China would enter a new stage of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and accelerate socialist modernization from the beginning of the 21st century. Jiang Zemin addressed the plenary session saying that the general strategy for China’s economic development at the beginning of the 21st century was to make a strategic adjustment of the economic structure, promote the two fundamental transformations and ensure the sustainable, rapid and sound development of the national economy. On March 15, 2001, the 4th Session of the 9th NPC approved the Outline of the Tenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China. On the same day, Jiang Zemin, in his speech after the closing ceremony of the 5th Plenary Session of the 15th CPC Central Committee, elaborated on the tasks of safeguarding the stability of Xinjiang, including combating ethnic separatism, religious extremism and terrorism, on the basis of its history and reality. He stressed that maintaining the stability and development of ethnic minority and border areas was vital for the political and overall situation, which was of great significance to the long-term stability of the country with regard to both society and politics.

November 8

  The extension projects in Hongjiadu, Yinzidu and Wujiangdu Hydropower Stations in Guizhou Province commenced constructions at the same time, marking the full commencement of the West-East Electricity Transfer Project.

From:Chronicle of the People's Republic of China(October 1949—September 2019), edited by The Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, PP.176-179.