Qu Qingshan: Gain a Deeper Understanding of the Great Significance of the 20th Congress

We should understand the historic juncture where the 20th Congress was held. This congress is a meeting of great importance. It took place at a critical time as the entire Party and the Chinese people embarked on a new journey to build China into a modern socialist country in all respects and advance toward the Second Centenary Goal. The congress is of great practical and far-reaching historical significance in mobilizing the whole Party and the Chinese people to seize a new victory for socialism with Chinese characteristics, build a modern socialist country and promote the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new journey in the new era.

We should understand the major achievements of the 20th Congress, which are mainly reflected in two aspects.

First, a new Central Committee and Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and a new central collective leadership with General Secretary Xi Jinping at its core. At its First Plenary Session, the 20th CPC Central Committee embodied the will of the whole Party, built consensus in the entire Party and reflected the expectations of the people by continuing to elect Xi as the general secretary of the Central Committee and name him as chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, which is the most important political achievement made by the 20th Congress. This achievement that is crucial to the development of the Party and the people’s cause because the Central Committee at the helm with General Secretary Xi Jinping at its core will be the most reliable backbone and anchor for the Chinese people in the event of storms.

Second, the congress approved the report entitled “Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects” made by General Secretary Xi on behalf of the 19th Central Committee. It approved the work report of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and adopted the revised Constitution of the Communist Party of China. The congress analyzed the international and domestic landscape in depth, comprehensively reviewed and summarized the work of the past five years and the great changes of the decade of the new era, scientifically drew a grand blueprint for the new journey, and systematically defined the tasks in various sectors and fields of the Party and the country in the next five years and beyond. These decisions and plans are integral to the future of socialism with Chinese characteristics, to building a modern socialist country in all respects, and to promoting the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts. The Party Constitution was revised in a timely manner to enshrine the major theoretical, practical and institutional innovations made by the Party since its 19th National Congress, providing a fundamental guideline for the whole Party.

We should understand the role and significance of the political report to the 20th Congress. This report is the collective wisdom of the Party and the people, a political manifesto and action program for our Party to unite and lead the Chinese people in seizing a new victory for socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new journey in the new era. and a programmatic document of Marxism.

Source from Qu Qingshan, "Gain a Deeper Understanding of the Guiding Principles from the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China", China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily, November 3, 2022, p. 5.

Translated by theorychina.com.cn