SELECTED READINGS FROM THE WORKS OF XI JINPING (VOLUME I)

Published by: People's Publishing House

Edition: April 2023

Editor's Note

The Selected Readings from the Works of Xi Jinping (hereinafter referred to as Selected Readings) provides officials and the public with a collection of Xi Jinping's most important and foundational works since the 18thNational Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012.

The CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core has integrated the basic tenets of Marxism with China's realities and the best of its traditional culture, and has united the whole Party and the whole country and led them in pursuing a great struggle and a great transformation in the new era. The Selected Readings is designed to help readers better understand the important theoretical innovations involved in this process and the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in the drive to build China into a modern socialist country and on the journey to national rejuvenation.

The Selected Readings begins with Xi Jinping's report to the 20th CPC National Congress-"Uphold Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects". The subsequent material is arranged in chronological order.

In Volume I, Xi's report to the 20th CPC National Congress is followed by a compilation of 71 of his spoken and written works from November 2012 to October 2017, including works published for the first time.

Minor editing changes have been made to some works following proofreading. For ease of reading, notes are provided at the end of relevant articles.

All the works included in the original Chinese edition of the Selected Readings were examined and approved by the author.

Editorial Committee for Party Literature,

Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

April 2023



Contents

UPHOLD SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS AND STRIVE IN UNITY TO BUILD A MODERN SOCIALIST COUNTRY IN ALL RESPECTS (October 16, 2022)

THE PEOPLE'S ASPIRATION FOR A BETTER LIFE IS OUR GOAL (November 15, 2012)

NATIONAL REJUVENATION GREATEST DREAM OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE (November 29, 2012)

REFORM AND OPENING UP KNOWS NO BOUNDS (December 7-11, 2012)

POVERTY ELIMINATION IN POOR AREAS-KEY TO PROSPERITY (December 29, 2012)

ISSUES CONCERNING SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS (January 5, 2013)

THE EIGHT RULES -A CALL TO IMPROVE OUR WORK PRACTICES (January 22, 2013)

BUILD A STRONG MILITARY (March 11, 2013)

ADDRESS TO THE FIRST SESSION OF THE 12TH NATIONAL PEOPLE'SCONGRESS (March 17, 2013)

PROMOTE GLOBAL PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT (March 23, 2013)

A GOOD ECO-ENVIRONMENT IS THE MOST INCLUSIVE CONTRIBUTOR TO PUBLIC WELLBEING (April 10, 2013)

HARD WORK MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE (April 28, 2013) 

THE MASS LINE-FUNDAMENTAL TO THE CPC (June 18, 2013) 

TRAIN AND SELECT GOOD OFFICIALS (June 28, 2013)

CARRY OUT THE GREAT STRUGGLE WITH MANY NEW FEATURES (June 2013-December 2016)

STRENGTHEN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION (August 19, 2013)

DIPLOMACY WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES- AMITY, SINCERITY, MUTUAL BENEFIT, AND INCLUSIVENESS (October 24, 2013)

EXPLANATION OF THE CPC CENTRAL COMMITTEE DECISION ON ISSUES CONCERNING FURTHER COMPREHENSIVE REFORM (November 9, 2013)

ALIGN OUR THINKING WITH THE GUIDELINES OF THE THIRD PLENARY SESSION OF THE 18TH CPC CENTRAL COMMITTEE (November 12, 2013)

UPHOLD PARTY LEADERSHIP IN ALL AREAS (December 2013-October 2017)

ENSURE CHINA'S FOOD SECURITY (December 23, 2013)

CARRY ON THE ENDURING SPIRIT OF MAO ZEDONG THOUGHT (December 26, 2013)

AN INTERVIEW WITH RUSSIAN REPORTER SERGEI BRILYOV (February 7, 2014)

PROMOTE THE THREE GUIDELINES FOR ETHICAL BEHAVIOR ANDTHREE BASIC RULES OF CONDUCT (March 9, 2014)

EXCHANGES AND MUTUAL LEARNING MAKE CIVILIZATIONS MORECOLORFUL (March 27, 2014)

A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO NATIONAL SECURITY (April 15, 2014 and February 17, 2017)

CULTIVATE AND PRACTICE THE CORE SOCIALIST VALUES (May 4, 2014)

A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS (August 20, 2014)

CONFIDENCE IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF CHINESE SOCIALISM (September 5, 2014)

BROAD, MULTILEVEL AND INSTITUTIONALIZED CONSULTATIVEDEMOCRACY (September 21, 2014)

CARRY ON OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE IN A CREATIVE WAY (September 24, 2014)

BUILD A CULTURAL HOME SHARED BY ALL ETHNIC GROUPS (September 28, 2014)

THE LITERATURE AND ART OF THE PEOPLE (October 15, 2014)

PROMOTE SOCIALIST RULE OF LAW (October 23, 2014)

STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE POLITICAL WORK IN THE MILITARY (October 31, 2014)

MAJOR-COUNTRY DIPLOMACY WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS (November 28, 2014)

DIRECTIVE FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL CONSTITUTION DAY (December 3, 2014)

ECONOMIC WORK SHOULD BE ADAPTED TO THE NEW NORMAL (December 9, 2014)

BE A GOOD COUNTY PARTY SECRETARY (January 12, 2015)

OBSERVE DISCIPLINE AND RULES (January 13, 2015)

UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UNITED FRONT IN THE NEW ERA (May 18, 2015)

STRENGTHEN THE PARTY'S WORK WITH PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS (July 6, 2015)

REMARKS AT ARRIVAL CEREMONY ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE (September 25, 2015)

RESOLVE MAJOR DIFFICULTIES IN REALIZING THE FIRST CENTENARY GOAL (October 29, 2015)

EXTEND NATIONAL DEFENSE AND MILITARY REFORM TO STRENGTHEN THE ARMED FORCES (November 24, 2015)

MAKE REAL EFFORTS FOR REAL RESULTS IN TARGETED POVERTY ELIMINATION (November 27, 2015)

OUR GENERAL APPROACH TO URBAN WORK (December 20, 2015)

NEW DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND SUPPLY-SIDE STRUCTURAL REFORM (January 18, 2016)

INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY THEATER COMMANDS (February 1, 2016)

THE MEDIA SHOULD BE POLITICALLY SOUND (February 19, 2016)

PROMOTE THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF DIVERSE FORMS OF OWNERSHIP (March 4, 2016)

LET A HEALTHY INTERNET GUIDE AND REFLECT PUBLIC OPINION (April 19, 2016)

GUARANTEE THE RIGHTS TO OWN, CONTRACT AND UTILIZE RURAL LAND (April 25, 2016)

DEVELOP PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES WITH CHINESE FEATURES (May 17, 2016)

BUILD CHINA INTO A WORLD LEADER IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (May 30, 2016)

PROPERLY UNDERSTAND MAJOR ISSUES IN BUILDING A HEALTHY CHINA (August 19, 2016)

BUILD AN INNOVATIVE, INVIGORATED, INTERCONNECTED AND INCLUSIVE WORLD ECONOMY (September 4, 2016)

INCREASE THE STRENGTH AND SCALE OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (October 10, 2016)

STRENGTHEN INTERNAL PARTY ACTIVITIES AND GOVERNANCE (October 27, 2016)

CLEAR WATERS AND GREEN MOUNTAINS ARE INVALUABLE ASSETS (November 28, 2016)

CONFIDENCE IN CHINESE CULTURE (November 30, 2016)

MORAL AND POLITICAL EDUCATION HELPS TO BUILD A SOUNDMINDSET (December 7, 2016)

FAMILY VALUES, FAMILY EDUCATION AND FAMILY TRADITION (December 12, 2016)

THE FOUR CONSCIOUSNESSES AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE (December 26-27, 2016)

CHART THE RIGHT COURSE FOR ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION (January 17, 2017)

TOWARDS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF SHARED FUTURE (January 18, 2017)

OUR PARTY MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO ENGAGE IN SELF-REFORM (February 13, 2017)

APPLY THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF XIONGAN NEW AREA (February 23, 2017)

WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD THE BELT AND ROAD (May 14, 2017)

GREEN GROWTH AND GREEN LIVING REVOLUTION IN DEVELOPMENT THINKING (May 26, 2017)

SERVE THE REAL ECONOMY AND PREVENT FINANCIAL RISKS (July 14, 2017)

BUILD OUR MILITARY INTO A WORLD-CLASS FORCE (August 1, 2017)