胡主席在中国共产党成立90周年大会上的讲话

中国共产党自诞生之日起就勇敢担当起团结带领人民实现中华民族伟大复兴的历史使命。继续推动中华民族伟大复兴进程，必须始终坚持党的基本路线不动摇，继续解放思想，坚持改革开放，推动科学发展，促进社会和谐，在新的历史起点上把中国特色社会主义伟大事业全面推向前进。
Since the very day of its founding, the CPC has heroically shouldered the historic mission of uniting with and leading the people in achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In pursuing this great cause, we must unswervingly follow the basic line of the Party, continue to free up our minds, forge ahead with reform and opening up, promote scientific development, enhance social harmony, and make overall progress in the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics from the new historical starting point.

面向未来，全党同志必须牢记，我国过去30多年的快速发展靠的是改革开放，我国未来发展也必须坚定不移依靠改革开放。
Looking to the future, all the comrades in the Party must never forget that it was thanks to reform and opening up that China has developed rapidly in the past 30 plus years, and we must promote China's future development by continuing to carry out reform and opening up.

新时期最鲜明的特点是改革开放。改革开放是党在新的历史条件下领导人民进行的新的伟大革命，是决定当代中国命运的关键抉择，是坚持和发展中国特色社会主义、实现中华民族伟大复兴的必由之路。只有改革开放才能发展中国、发展社会主义、发展马克思主义。当前，世情、国情、党情继续发生深刻变化，我国发展中不平衡、不协调、不可持续问题突出，制约科学发展的体制机制障碍躲不开、绕不过，必须通过深化改革加以解决。我们一定要坚定不移坚持党的十一届三中全会以来的路线方针政策，坚定信心、砥砺勇气，坚持不懈把改革创新精神贯彻到治国理政各个环节，奋力把改革开放推向前进。要坚持社会主义市场经济的改革方向，提高改革决策的科学性，增强改革措施的协调性，找准深化改革开放的突破口，明确深化改革开放的重点，不失时机地推进重要领域和关键环节改革，继续推进经济体制、政治体制、文化体制、社会体制改革创新，继续解放和发展社会生产力，继续推动我国社会主义制度自我完善和发展，坚决破除一切妨碍科学发展的思想观念和体制机制弊端，为推进中国特色社会主义事业注入强大动力。
The most salient feature of the new period is reform and opening up. Reform and opening up constitute a great new revolution carried out by the people under the leadership of the Party in the new historical stage. They are a critical choice that holds the future of contemporary China. They are what we must pursue in upholding and building socialism with Chinese characteristics and achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Only by carrying out reform and opening up can we develop China, socialism, and Marxism. Profound changes are taking place in the world, in China, and in the Party. China suffers from a serious lack of balance, coordination, and sustainability in its development; and there are institutional obstacles to scientific development. In no way can we get around these problems, which must be resolved in the course of deepening reform. We must firmly follow the line, principles, and policies adopted since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Party Central Committee, be confident and courageous, apply the spirit of reform and innovation to all aspects of government administration and strive to make greater progress in reform and opening up. We should keep developing the socialist market economy in our reform, ensure the soundness of decisions concerning reform and enhance coordination of reform measures taken. We should identify areas where breakthroughs can be made, set priorities in deepening reform and opening up, advance reform in important areas and key links when opportunities are ripe and continue to reform the economic, political, cultural and social systems in an innovative way. We should further free and develop the productive forces, promote the self-improvement and self-development of the socialist system, and get rid of all the notions and remove all the institutional drawbacks that hinder scientific development. By doing so, we will create a strong momentum in advancing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

在前进道路上，我们要继续牢牢扭住经济建设这个中心不动摇，坚定不移走科学发展道路。
On the way forward, we must firmly carry out the central task of economic development and stay committed to pursuing scientific development.

以经济建设为中心是兴国之要，是我们党、我们国家兴旺发达、长治久安的根本要求。只有推动经济又好又快发展，才能筑牢国家发展繁荣的强大物质基础，才能筑牢全国各族人民幸福安康的强大物质基础，才能筑牢中华民族伟大复兴的强大物质基础。改革开放30多年来，我们坚持以经济建设为中心，推动社会生产力以前所未有的速度发展起来，这是我国综合国力、人民生活水平、国际地位大幅度提升的根本原因。今后，我们必须继续牢牢坚持发展是硬道理的战略思想，牢牢扭住经济建设这个中心，决不能有丝毫动摇。
Pursuing economic development as our central task is essential for reinvigorating China and achieving prosperity and enduring political stability of our Party and country. Only by promoting sound and rapid economic development can we build a strong material foundation for enhancing China's development and prosperity, ensuring happiness and wellbeing of the people of all our ethnic groups and achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the past 30 plus years of reform and opening up, we have pursued economic development as the top priority and developed the productive forces at an uNPRecedented speed. This is the fundamental reason for the marked improvement in China's overall strength, the living standards of the Chinese people and China's international standing. In the time to come, we must continue to follow the strategic thinking that only development counts and firmly carry out the central task of economic development, and we should not waver in the slightest in this pursuit.

生产力是人类社会发展的根本动力。我们党是以中国先进生产力的代表登上历史舞台的。党的一切奋斗，归根到底都是为了解放和发展社会生产力，不断改善人民生活。我们已经取得了举世瞩目的伟大成就，但我国仍处于并将长期处于社会主义初级阶段的基本国情没有变，人民日益增长的物质文化需要同落后的社会生产之间的矛盾这一社会主要矛盾没有变，我国是世界上最大的发展中国家的国际地位没有变。发展仍然是解决我国所有问题的关键。牢牢抓住和用好我国发展的重要战略机遇期，是我们赢得主动、赢得优势、赢得未来的关键所在，是对我们党执政能力的重大考验，也是对我们民族自强能力的重大考验。我们必须继续聚精会神搞建设、一心一意谋发展，不断夯实坚持和发展中国特色社会主义的物质基础。
The productive forces are the primary force driving the development of human society. Our Party entered the historical arena representing China's advanced productive forces. All the Party's endeavors are pursued to free and develop the productive forces and improve the people's lives. We have made remarkable achievements. However, China's basic condition has not changed, that is, it is still is in the primary stage of socialism and will remain so for a long time to come, and the principal issue in society is still how to meet the ever-growing material and cultural needs of the people while upgrading backward social production. And China's international status as the largest developing country in the world has not changed. Development is still the key to solving all the problems in China. We should seize and make the most of the important and strategic opportunities that have presented themselves now and in the coming period to promote China's development. To do so will enable us to take the initiative, gain advantages and ensure victory in the future. But this also presents a major test for our Party's governance capacity and for our nation's self-improvement capacity. We must continue to focus on pursuing development and consolidate the material foundation for upholding and building socialism with Chinese characteristics.

在当代中国，坚持发展是硬道理的本质要求就是坚持科学发展。我们要以科学发展为主题，以加快转变经济发展方式为主线，更加注重以人为本，更加注重全面协调可持续发展，更加注重统筹兼顾，更加注重改革开放，更加注重保障和改善民生，加快经济结构战略性调整，加快科技进步和创新，加快建设资源节约型、环境友好型社会，促进社会公平正义，促进经济长期平稳较快发展和社会和谐稳定，不断在生产发展、生活富裕、生态良好的文明发展道路上取得新的更大的成绩，不断为全面建成小康社会、实现中华民族伟大复兴打下更为坚实的基础。
In contemporary China, only development counts, and this calls for pursuing scientific development. We should take scientific development as the goal and give priority to accelerating the shift of model of economic development. We also need to place more emphasis on the following efforts: putting people first; promoting comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable development; taking all factors into consideration when making overall plans; carrying out reform and opening up; and ensuring and improving the people's wellbeing. We will accelerate strategic adjustment of the economic structure, scientific and technological progress and innovation, and the building of a resource-conserving and environmentally friendly society. We will promote fairness and justice; long-term, steady and rapid economic development; and social harmony and stability. We will continue to make new and greater achievements in pursuing civilized development that leads to increased production, better lives for the people, and a sound ecosystem, and thus lay a more solid foundation for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

在前进道路上，我们要继续大力推进社会主义民主政治建设，坚定不移走中国特色社会主义政治发展道路。
On the way forward, we will continue to vigorously promote the development of socialist democracy and keep to the socialist path of enhancing the socialist political system with Chinese characteristics.

人民民主是中国共产党始终高扬的光辉旗帜。改革开放以来，我们党总结发展社会主义民主的正反两方面经验，明确提出没有民主就没有社会主义，就没有社会主义现代化，人民当家作主是社会主义民主政治的本质和核心。我们坚持推进政治体制改革，在发展社会主义民主政治方面取得了重大进展。我们废除了实际上存在的领导干部职务终身制，确保了国家政权机关和领导人员有序更替。我们不断扩大人民有序政治参与，人民实现了内容广泛的当家作主。我们坚持和完善中国共产党领导的多党合作，深入开展政治协商、民主监督、参政议政，发展最广泛的爱国统一战线。我们建立健全深入了解民情、充分反映民意、广泛集中民智、切实珍惜民力的决策机制，保证决策符合人民利益和愿望。我们建立健全广纳群贤、人尽其才、能上能下、充满活力的用人机制，为各方面优秀人才建功立业开辟了广阔渠道。我们形成了中国特色社会主义法律体系，我们党自觉在宪法和法律范围内活动，支持人大、政府、政协、司法机关等依照法律和各自章程独立负责、协调一致开展工作。我们建立健全权力运行制约和监督体系，保证党和国家机关按照法定权限和程序行使权力。事实充分证明，我国社会主义民主政治具有强大生命力，中国特色社会主义政治发展道路是保证人民当家作主的正确道路。
People's democracy has always been a glorious goal pursued by the CPC. Since the reform and opening up policy was introduced, the Party has reviewed both positive and negative lessons in developing socialist democracy, and it has come to the conclusion that without democracy there can be no socialism and socialist modernization, and that the essence of socialist democracy is that the people determine their own destiny. We have steadfastly promoted the political structural reform and made major progress in developing socialist democracy. We have eliminated de facto life tenure for leading officials, and realized orderly succession of organs of state power and leaders. We have expanded orderly public participation in political affairs, and the people are extensively involved in decision making. We have upheld and improved multiparty cooperation under the leadership of the CPC, carried out political consultation, democratic oversight and participation in the deliberation and administration of state affairs, and developed the broadest possible patriotic united front. We have set up a sound decision-making mechanism that enables us to be fully aware of the conditions of the people, reflect their will, pool their wisdom and lighten their burden to make sure all our decisions meet the people's interests and aspirations. We have set up a sound and dynamic personnel mechanism which attracts large numbers of talented people, puts them to best use and prepares them for both promotion and demotion. This has created wide-ranging opportunities for people to fully tap their potentials. We have established a socialist system of laws with Chinese characteristics. Under this system, the Party willingly operates within the limit set by the Constitution and laws and supports the people's congress, the government, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the judicial organs which have independent responsibilities in accordance with the law and their respective charters in working in concert and harmony. We have set up a sound system of checks and supervision over the exercise of power to ensure that Party and state organs exercise their powers in accordance with statutory jurisdiction and procedures. Practices have fully proved that China's socialist democracy is full of vitality and that the socialist path of enhancing the socialist political system with Chinese characteristics is correct and ensures that the people determine their own destiny.

同时，我们也要看到，我国社会主义民主法制建设与扩大人民民主和促进经济社会发展的要求还不完全适应，社会主义民主政治的具体制度方面还存在不完善的地方，在保障人民民主权利、发挥人民创造精神方面还存在不足。随着中国特色社会主义事业持续推进，我国社会主义民主政治建设需要也必然会继续向前推进。
On the other hand, we must also recognize that the development of China's socialist democratic legal system has not fully met the need of expanding people's democracy and promoting economic and social development. Some specific institutional arrangements of the system of socialist democracy are inadequate, and there is still room for improvement in terms of safeguarding people's democratic rights and giving play to their creativity. As the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics moves forward, so should the cause of building China's socialist democracy.

发展社会主义民主政治，必须坚持中国特色社会主义政治发展道路，关键是要坚持党的领导、人民当家作主、依法治国有机统一。我们要积极稳妥推进政治体制改革，以保证人民当家作主为根本，以增强党和国家活力、调动人民积极性为目标，扩大社会主义民主，建设社会主义法治国家，发展社会主义政治文明。要坚持发挥党总揽全局、协调各方的领导核心作用，提高党科学执政、民主执政、依法执政水平，保证党领导人民有效治理国家。要坚持国家一切权力属于人民，健全民主制度，丰富民主形式，拓宽民主渠道，保证人民依法实行民主选举、民主决策、民主管理、民主监督。要全面落实依法治国基本方略，在全社会大力弘扬社会主义法治精神，不断推进科学立法、严格执法、公正司法、全民守法进程，实现国家各项工作法治化。总之，我们要不断推进社会主义民主政治制度化、规范化、程序化，进一步把我国社会主义政治制度的优越性发挥出来，为党和国家兴旺发达、长治久安提供更加完善的制度保障。
To develop socialist democracy, we must keep to the path of enhancing the socialist political system with Chinese characteristics. What is important is that the leadership of the Party, the position of the people as masters of the country, and the rule of law should be well integrated. We will actively yet prudently carry out the political structural reform to achieve the fundamental goal that the people should determine their destiny, increase vitality of the Party and the country and fully tap the initiative of the people. We will expand socialist democracy, build a socialist country under the rule of law, and promote socialist political progress. We should ensure that the Party plays its role as the core of leadership in exercising overall responsibilities and coordinating the efforts of all sides, and improve its capabilities to conduct scientific, democratic, and law-based governance. This will enable the Party to lead the people in effectively governing the country. We must see to it that all state powers belong to the people, improve institutions for exercising democracy, diversify its forms, expand its channels, and ensure that the people can participate in democratic elections, decision making, administration and oversight in accordance with the law. We will fully implement law-based governance as a fundamental policy, raise public awareness of the rule of law under socialism throughout society, improve law making, ensure strict law enforcement, impartial administration of justice, and observance of law by everyone and that everything we do is governed by law. In short, we will improve institutions, standards, and procedures for exercising socialist democracy, give greater play to the superiority of China's socialist political system, and provide a better institutional guarantee for promoting prosperity, development, and enduring political stability of the Party and the country.

在前进道路上，我们要继续大力推动社会主义文化大发展大繁荣，坚定不移发展社会主义先进文化。
On the way forward, we will continue to promote vigorous development and enrichment of socialist culture, and unwaveringly develop an advanced socialist culture.

社会主义先进文化是马克思主义政党思想精神上的旗帜。面对当今文化越来越成为综合国力竞争重要因素的新形势，我们必须以高度的文化自觉和文化自信，着眼于提高民族素质和塑造高尚人格，以更大力度推进文化改革发展，在中国特色社会主义伟大实践中进行文化创造，让人民共享文化发展成果。
Advanced socialist culture is an ideological and intellectual banner of a Marxist political party. As culture has increasingly become an important factor in competition for overall national strength, we must have a keen sense of our own cultural identity, have confidence in our culture, focus on raising the quality of our nation and shaping a noble character, redouble efforts to promote cultural reform and development, carry out cultural innovation in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and enable the people to share in cultural achievements.

要坚持发展面向现代化、面向世界、面向未来的，民族的科学的大众的社会主义文化，推动社会主义先进文化更加深入人心，推动社会主义精神文明和物质文明全面发展，不断开创全民族文化创造活力持续迸发、社会文化生活更加丰富多彩、人民基本文化权益得到更好保障、人民思想道德素质和科学文化素质全面提高的新局面，建设中华民族共有精神家园。
We will continue to develop a national, scientific, and popular socialist culture oriented toward modernization, the world, and the future. We will increase the public appeal of the advanced socialist culture, and promote comprehensive development of socialist cultural and ethical progress and material progress. We will steadily increase the whole nation's cultural creativity and let people enjoy richer and more colorful cultural life, and we will make sure that their basic cultural rights and interests are better ensured, and comprehensive progress is made in their ideological and moral standards and scientific and cultural levels. All these efforts are designed to create a source of inspiration for the Chinese nation.

发展社会主义先进文化，必须把社会主义核心价值体系建设融入国民教育、精神文明建设和党的建设全过程。要坚持用马克思主义中国化最新成果武装全党、教育人民，引导广大干部群众深刻领会党的理论创新成果，坚定理想信念。要在全体人民中大力弘扬以爱国主义为核心的民族精神和以改革创新为核心的时代精神，增强民族自尊心、自信心、自豪感，激励全党全国各族人民为实现中华民族伟大复兴而团结奋斗。要坚持用社会主义荣辱观引领社会风尚，深入推进社会公德、职业道德、家庭美德、个人品德建设，加强对青少年的德育培养，在全社会形成积极向上的精神追求和健康文明的生活方式。要加快文化体制改革，加快构建公共文化服务体系，加快发展文化事业和文化产业。要着眼于推动中华文化走向世界，形成与我国国际地位相对称的文化软实力，提高中华文化国际影响力。中华民族创造了源远流长、博大精深的中华文化，中华民族也一定能够在弘扬中华优秀传统文化的基础上创造出中华文化新的辉煌。
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o develop advanced socialist culture, we must incorporate improving socialist core values into the entire process of national education, promoting cultural and ethical progress, and Party building. We will continue to use the latest achievements in adapting Marxism to China's conditions to equip the whole Party and educate the people, guide cadres and the people to acquire a deep understanding of the Party's advances in theoretical innovation, and reinforce their ideals and convictions. We will vigorously promote the national spirit centered on patriotism and a spirit of the times with reform and innovation at its core, enhance self-respect, confidence and pride of the Chinese nation, and inspire the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups to join hands and work hard for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We will use the socialist concept of honor and disgrace to guide public conduct, intensify efforts to cultivate public morale, professional ethics, family values, and personal ethics, strengthen moral education among young people, and foster inspiring cultural pursuits and healthy, civilized lifestyles in the whole society. We will speed up the reform of the cultural sector, accelerate the building of a system of public cultural services, and develop cultural programs and the culture industry. We should bring Chinese culture to the world, develop cultural soft power compatible with China's international standing, and increase the influence of Chinese culture in the world. The Chinese nation has created an extensive and profound culture with a long history, and it can surely add new splendor to Chinese culture on the basis of inheriting and enriching its fine traditional culture.

在前进道路上，我们要继续大力保障和改善民生，坚定不移推进社会主义和谐社会建设。
On the way forward, we will continue to vigorously ensure and improve the people's wellbeing, and work to build a harmonious socialist society.

保障和改善民生，促进社会和谐，是实现全面建设小康社会宏伟目标的必然要求。我们必须从维护最广大人民根本利益和实现国家长治久安的战略高度抓好社会建设，推动社会建设与经济建设、政治建设、文化建设协调发展。
To attain the grand goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, it is necessary to ensure and improve the people's wellbeing and promote social harmony. We must promote social development to uphold the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people and the enduring political stability of the country, and ensure that social development advances in step with economic, political, and cultural development.

推进社会建设，要以保障和改善民生为重点，着力解决好人民最关心最直接最现实的利益问题。要坚持发展为了人民、发展依靠人民、发展成果由人民共享，完善保障和改善民生的制度安排，把促进就业放在经济社会发展优先位置，加快发展教育、社会保障、医药卫生、保障性住房等各项社会事业，推进基本公共服务均等化，加大收入分配调节力度，坚定不移走共同富裕道路，努力使全体人民学有所教、劳有所得、病有所医、老有所养、住有所居。
To promote social development, we should focus on ensuring and improving the people's wellbeing, and make special efforts to solve the most practical problems of the utmost and immediate concern to the people. We should ensure that development is for the people and carried out by the people and that they share in the fruits of development. We will strengthen the institutional arrangements for ensuring and improving the people's wellbeing, give high priority to promoting employment in our economic and social development, and accelerate the development of education, social security, medicine and healthcare, low-income housing and other social programs. We will ensure that all the people have equal access to basic public services, make more efforts to regulate income distribution, pursue prosperity for all, and strive to ensure that all the people enjoy the right to education, employment, medical and old-age care, and housing.

正确处理改革发展稳定关系，实现改革发展稳定的统一，是关系我国社会主义现代化建设全局的重要指导方针。发展是硬道理，稳定是硬任务；没有稳定，什么事情也办不成，已经取得的成果也会失去。这个道理，不仅全党同志要牢记在心，还要引导全体人民牢记在心。
To strike a balance among reform, development, and stability and achieve unity of the three is an important guideline for achieving overall success in China's socialist modernization. Development is critically important, and upholding stability is also a critically important task. Without stability, nothing could be done, and even the achievements already made could be lost. This is a lesson that all the comrades in the Party should keep in mind, and we should make all the people keep this lesson in mind.

当代中国正经历着空前广泛的社会变革。这种变革在给我国发展进步带来巨大活力的同时，也必然带来这样那样的矛盾和问题。社会矛盾运动是推动社会发展的基本力量。我们要遵循社会发展规律，主动正视矛盾，妥善处理人民内部矛盾和其他社会矛盾，不断为减少和化解矛盾培植物质基础、增强精神力量、完善政策措施、强化制度保障，最大限度激发社会活力，最大限度增加和谐因素，最大限度减少不和谐因素。要加强和创新社会管理，完善党委领导、政府负责、社会协同、公众参与的社会管理格局，建设中国特色社会主义社会管理体系，全面提高社会管理科学化水平，确保人民安居乐业、社会和谐稳定。

China is going through social changes unparalleled in scope. While releasing tremendous dynamism for China's development and progress, these changes have inevitably given rise to conflicts and problems. The movement of social conflicts is the basic force driving social development. We should follow the law governing social development, face problems squarely, and properly handle conflicts among the people and other social conflicts. We should reduce and defuse these conflicts by building the material basis, enhancing moral strength, improving policies and measures, and providing a stronger institutional guarantee. We should energize society to the greatest possible extent, maximize factors of harmony and minimize factors that undermine harmony. We should strengthen social administration in an innovative way. We should build a socialist social administration system with Chinese characteristics under the leadership of the Party, with responsibility assigned to the government, with the assistance of society and with the participation of the general public. We should also make social administration more scientific and ensure peace and happiness for the people as well as social stability and harmony.

巩固的国防和强大的军队，是国家主权、安全、领土完整的坚强后盾。我们必须统筹经济建设和国防建设，走中国特色军民融合式发展路子，在全面建设小康社会进程中实现富国和强军的统一。要着眼全面履行新世纪新阶段军队历史使命，以推动国防和军队科学发展为主题，以加快转变战斗力生成模式为主线，全面加强军队革命化、现代化、正规化建设，坚持党对军队绝对领导的根本原则和人民军队的根本宗旨，培育当代革命军人核心价值观，拓展和深化军事斗争准备，积极开展信息化条件下军事训练，提高国防科技和武器装备自主创新能力，加快全面建设现代后勤步伐，抓紧培养高素质新型军事人才，积极稳妥推进国防和军队改革，坚持依法治军、从严治军，全面提高以打赢信息化条件下局部战争能力为核心的完成多样化军事任务能力。要加快建设现代化武装警察力量。要深化全民国防教育，加强国防动员和后备力量建设，巩固和发展军政军民团结。

Strong national defense and a powerful army provide a strong guarantee for upholding China's sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity. We must coordinate economic development with the building of defense capabilities, pursue a development path with Chinese characteristics that meets the need of both military and civilian sectors and promote both China's prosperity and its military strength in the course of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. The army should fulfill its historic mission in the new stage in the new century. The scientific development of national defense and the army should be the general guideline to follow, and priority should be given to accelerating change in the way of raising troops' combat effectiveness. We should intensify efforts to build a revolutionary, modern, and standardized army in an all-around way. We must adhere to the fundamental principle of the Party exercising absolute leadership over the army and the fundamental purpose of the army as a people's army and cultivate core values for contemporary revolutionary military personnel. It is important to expand and intensify military preparedness and conduct military exercises with IT applications and raise independent defense- and weaponry-related R&D capabilities. We should speed up all-around development of modern logistics and the training of a new type of high-caliber military personnel, and promote reform of national defense and the army in an active yet prudent manner. The army must be run strictly and in accordance with the law. It should comprehensively enhance its capability to accomplish a range of military tasks, and the most important one is to win limited wars under the conditions of IT application. We need to speed up the building of a modern armed police force. We also need to enhance public education on national defense, strengthen our national defense mobilization and reserve forces, and strengthen and develop unity between the army and the government and between the army and the people.

我们要一如既往坚持“一国两制”、“港人治港”、“澳人治澳”、高度自治的方针，全力支持香港特别行政区政府、澳门特别行政区政府依法施政、发展经济、改善民生，推进香港、澳门同内地的交流合作，团结一切爱国爱港、爱国爱澳力量，保持香港、澳门长期繁荣稳定。我们要牢牢把握两岸关系和平发展主题，全面深化两岸交流合作，扩大两岸各界往来，共同反对和遏制“台独”分裂活动，为两岸同胞谋幸福，为中华民族创未来。

We will unswervingly implement the principle of "one country, two systems" under which the people of Hong Kong administer Hong Kong, and the people of Macao administer Macao with a high degree of autonomy, and fully support the governments of the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions in governing in accordance with the law, growing their economies and improving the wellbeing of their peoples. We will promote exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong and Macao and the mainland, unite with all forces that love the motherland, Hong Kong, and Macao, and sustain long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao. We should pursue the general goal of promoting peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait, deepen exchanges and cooperation in all areas and expand interactions across the Strait. We should join hands in opposing and checking separatist activities for "Taiwan independence" and work for the happiness of compatriots on both sides of the Strait and the future of the Chinese nation.

同志们、朋友们！
Comrades and Friends,

环顾全球，和平、发展、合作的时代潮流没有变，但世界和平与发展面临诸多挑战。共同分享发展机遇，共同应对各种风险，推动建设持久和平、共同繁荣的和谐世界，是各国人民的共同愿望。

Around the world, peace, development, and cooperation remain the trend of the times, but we face multiple challenges in our efforts to achieve world peace and development. To share in development opportunities, jointly tackle risks and build a harmonious world of durable peace and common prosperity is the common call of the people of all countries.

中国共产党和中国人民历来是促进世界和平与发展的积极力量。为人类作出应有贡献，是中国共产党和中国人民早就作出的庄严承诺。我们将坚持不懈为人类和平与发展的崇高事业作出自己的努力，争取对人类作出新的更大的贡献。

The CPC and the Chinese people have always been a positive force for promoting world peace and development. Years ago, the CPC and the Chinese people made a solemn commitment to contribute their due share to human progress. We will make unremitting efforts for the noble cause of peace and development of mankind and strive to make new and greater contributions to mankind.

中国外交政策的宗旨是维护世界和平、促进共同发展。我们将继续坚持独立自主的和平外交政策，始终不渝走和平发展道路，始终不渝奉行互利共赢的开放战略，在和平共处五项原则的基础上同所有国家发展友好合作，维护发展中国家正当要求和共同利益，积极参与多边事务，推动国际政治经济秩序朝着更加公正合理的方向发展。我们将坚定不移实行对外开放的基本国策，完善开放型经济体系，全面提高开放型经济水平，加强同世界各国的互利合作，继续以自己的和平发展促进各国共同发展。
China's foreign policy aims to uphold world peace and promote common development. We will continue to pursue an independent foreign policy of peace and unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development and the win-win strategy of opening up. We will develop friendship and cooperation with all other countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, uphold the legitimate demands and common interests of developing countries, and take an active part in multilateral affairs to make the international political and economic order more just and equitable. We will unswervingly follow the basic state policy of opening up, improve our open economy, and fully improve the performance of our open economy. We will strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with countries around the world and continue to contribute to the common development of all countries through China's own peaceful development.

中国共产党将在独立自主、完全平等、相互尊重、互不干涉内部事务原则的基础上，同各国各地区政党和政治组织发展交流合作，相互学习借鉴治国理政经验，促进国家关系发展。
The CPC will, following the principle of independence, complete equality, mutual respect, and noninterference in each other's internal affairs, conduct exchanges, cooperation, and mutual learning of governance experience with political parties and organizations of other countries and regions to promote China's relations with other countries.

回顾我们党90年的发展历程，我们有一个共同的感觉，这就是，我们党从成立之日起，就始终代表广大青年、赢得广大青年、依靠广大青年。我们党的创始人之一李大钊说过，为世界进文明，为人类造幸福，以青春之我，创建青春之人类。我们党的创始人，一代又一代中国共产党人，大多数都是从青年时代就满腔热血参加了党，决心为党和人民奋斗终身。我们党的队伍里始终活跃着怀抱崇高理想、充满奋斗激情的青年人，这是我们党历经90年风雨而依然保持蓬勃生机的一个重要保证。青年是祖国的未来、民族的希望，也是我们党的未来和希望。全党都要关注青年、关心青年、关爱全年，倾听青年心声，鼓励青年成长，支持青年创业。党对青年寄予厚望，人民对青年寄予厚望。全国广大青年一定要深刻了解近代以来中国人民和中华民族不懈奋斗的光荣历史和伟大历程，永远热爱我们伟大的祖国，永远热爱我们伟大的人民，永远热爱我们伟大的中华民族，坚定理想信念，增长知识本领，锤炼品德意志，矢志奋斗拼搏，在人生的广阔舞台上充分发挥聪明才智、尽情展现人生价值，让青春在为党和人民建功立业中焕发出绚丽光彩。[/cn
]A review of the Party's growth over the past 90 years leaves all of us the same impression, that is, since the very date of its birth, the Party has been representing young people, relying on them and enjoying their support. Li Dazhao, one of the founders of the Party, called on young people to devote their youth to advancing civilization and promoting the wellbeing and lasting youthfulness of humanity. Most of the founding members of the Party and its members of succeeding generations joined the Party when they were young, and they were resolved to dedicate all their lives to the Party and the people. In the Party, there are always many energetic young people with lofty ideals and great passion. This is an important guarantee for the Party to remain robust and youthful 90 years after its birth. Young people represent the future of both China and its people. They also represent the future and hope of the Party. The whole Party must care about young people, listen to what they have to say, encourage their growth, and support their entrepreneurship. Both the Party and people have placed high hope on young people. Young people in China must acquire a keen appreciation of the glorious history of tenacious struggles waged by the Chinese people in China's modern history. They should cherish a lifelong love for our great motherland, our great people, and our great nation. They should have lofty ideals and firm convictions, gain knowledge and skills, develop moral integrity and willpower, and prepare themselves for hard work so that they can fully release their talent and prove their value on the big stage of life. Let their youthful vigor shine with brilliance in the course of rendering great services to the Party and the people!

[cn]同志们、朋友们！

Comrades and Friends,

90年前，中国共产党只有几十个成员，国家贫穷落后，人民苦不聊生。今天，中国共产党已经拥有8000多万党员，国家繁荣昌盛，人民幸福安康。
Ninety years ago, the CPC only had a few dozen members. Back then, China was a poor and backward country and its people were leading a miserable life. Today, the CPC has more than 80 million members. China is prospering and its people are living a happy life.

90年来，我们党取得的所有成就都是依靠人民共同奋斗的结果，人民是真正的英雄，这一点我们永远不能忘记。我们完全有理由为党和人民取得的一切成就而自豪，但我们没有丝毫理由因此而自满，我们决不能也决不会躺在过去的功劳薄上。
All the achievements of the Party over the past 90 years have been made by the Party together with the people. We will never forget that the people are the real heroes. We have every reason to be proud of what the Party and the people have achieved, but we have no reason to be complacent. We must not and will never rest on our laurels.

在本世纪上半叶，我们党要团结带领人民完成两个宏伟目标，这就是到中国共产党成立100年时建成惠及十几亿人口的更高水平的小康社会，到新中国成立100年时建成富强民主文明和谐的社会主义现代化国家。我们肩膀上的担子重、责任大。全党同志要牢记历史使命，永远保持谦虚、谨慎、不骄、不躁的作风，永远保持艰苦奋斗的作风，勇于变革、勇于创新，永不僵化、永不停滞，不动摇、不懈怠、不折腾，不为任何风险所惧，不被任何干扰所惑，坚定不移沿着中国特色社会主义道路奋勇前进，更加奋发有为地团结带领全国各族人民创造自己的幸福生活和中华民族的美好未来！
In the first half of this century, the Party will unite with and lead the people in accomplishing two grand goals: First, to build a moderately prosperous society of a higher level to the benefit of over one billion people by the centennial of the founding of the CPC and, second, to make China a prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious modern socialist country by the centennial of the founding of New China. We have great responsibilities on our shoulders. All the comrades in the Party must keep in mind their historic missions, remain modest and prudent, guard against arrogance and rashness, and maintain the style of plain living and hard struggle. We should be eager to make changes and innovations and guard against rigid thinking and stagnation. We will not vacillate, relax our efforts or act recklessly. And we will never be intimidated by risks or confused by distractions. We must unswervingly forge ahead along the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and work even harder to unite with and lead the people of all ethnic groups in China in working for our happy life and the bright future of the Chinese nation.