What is the party-building spirit of the Chinese Communist Party?

Editor’s note: This podcast series explains how China works. It contains important speeches made by Xi Jinping at the celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1. In his speech, Xi Jinping reviewed historical lessons and explored the role of the party in the process of building a well-off society in an all-round way.

With the outbreak of the October Revolution in Russia in 1917, Marxism-Leninism was introduced into China. In 1921, when the great awakening of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, Marxism-Leninism and the Chinese labor movement were closely integrated, the Communist Party of China was born. The founding of the Communist Party of China was an epoch-making event, which profoundly changed the course of modern Chinese history, changed the future of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and changed the pattern of world development.

From the day it was founded, the party has made it its wish and mission to seek happiness for the Chinese people and for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. For more than one hundred years, all the struggles, sacrifices, and creations of the Chinese people that the party has united and led have been linked together by an ultimate theme to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

More than a hundred years ago, the pioneers of Chinese communism established the Communist Party of China and carried forward the great party-building spirit. It includes the following principles: adhere to the truth and ideals, never forget the original intention and mission of building the party, fight bravely, fear sacrifice, and be loyal to the party. , Loyal to the people. This spirit is the source of the party’s strength.

Over the past century, the party has carried forward this great spirit of nation-building. Through long-term struggle, it has formulated a series of inspiring principles for the Chinese Communists and tempered their distinctive political character. History continues to move forward, and the spirit of the party is passed on from generation to generation. We will continue to carry forward the glorious tradition, inherit the revolutionary legacy, and carry forward the great party-building spirit forever.

(Source: Excerpted from Xi Jinping’s speech at the celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, the capital of China, July 1, 2021.)

This program is hosted by Ning Yan.