How to understand and grasp the new historical orientation of China’s development

　　Economic Daily China Economic Net reporter Xiong Li

　　Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out in the report of the 19th National Congress: "After long-term efforts, Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, which is a new historical orientation for China’s development." How to understand and grasp the new historical orientation of China’s development? The Economic Daily China Economic Net reporter interviewed Yang Shengqun, member of the Standing Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and vice president of the Chinese Communist Party Literature Research Association.

　　Entering a new era is based on objective fact judgment.

　　Socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a new era based on the judgment of objective facts. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, promoting the overall layout of "five in one" and coordinating the work of "four comprehensive" strategic layout have become many major events that we wanted to do in the past but failed to do, and promoted historic changes in the cause of the party and the state.

　　Reporter: What is the basis for this major judgment in the report of the 19th National Congress?

　　Yang Shengqun: The Supreme Leader pointed out that Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s entry into a new era means that the Chinese nation, which has suffered a lot in modern times, has ushered in a great leap from standing up, becoming rich and becoming strong, and has ushered in a bright prospect of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. This is a new conclusion about the historical orientation of China’s development and the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which brilliantly summarizes and scientifically calibrates the new historical orientation of China’s development and has far-reaching strategic significance.

　　Socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a new era based on the judgment of objective facts. Over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, our Party has United and led the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to make unremitting efforts, pushing China’s economic strength, scientific and technological strength, national defense strength and comprehensive national strength to the forefront of the world, and promoting China’s international status to an unprecedented level. The face of the Party, the face of the country, the face of the people, the face of the army and the face of the Chinese nation have undergone unprecedented changes. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has taken the baton of history, promoted the overall layout of "five in one" as a whole, coordinated and promoted the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, put forward a series of new ideas, new ideas and new strategies with great political courage and strong responsibility, promulgated a series of major principles and policies, launched a series of major initiatives, promoted a series of major tasks, and solved many problems that had been wanted to be solved for a long time. It is on this basis that Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era.

　　Comrade Supreme Leader’s new judgment on the historical orientation of China’s development and the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation profoundly reveals Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s decisive significance for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. From standing up, becoming rich to becoming strong, China can achieve this great leap, in the final analysis, because it chose the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. The great leap from standing up, becoming rich to becoming strong has made the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation stand at a new historical starting point and opened a new chapter in upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

　　Change and constancy are that basic basi for planning the future.

　　On the whole, the level of social productive forces in China has improved significantly, and the social productive capacity has entered the forefront of the world in many aspects. The more prominent problem is that the development imbalance is insufficient; Our judgment on the historical stage of China’s socialism has not changed. The basic national conditions that China is still in the primary stage of socialism for a long time have not changed. China’s international status as the largest developing country in the world has not changed.

　　Reporter: The report of the 19 th National Congress pointed out that "Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the main contradiction in our society has been transformed into the contradiction between the people’s growing need for a better life and the unbalanced development." How should we understand and grasp the transformation of major social contradictions?

　　Yang Shengqun: This judgment is a new scientific judgment made by the supreme leader comrades on the major social contradictions in Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era by using dialectical materialism and historical materialism. China has steadily solved the problem of food and clothing for more than one billion people, achieved a well-off society on the whole, and will soon build a well-off society in an all-round way. The people’s needs for a better life are increasingly extensive, which not only puts forward higher requirements for material and cultural life, but also grows in terms of democracy, rule of law, fairness, justice, security and environment. At the same time, the level of China’s social productive forces has improved significantly on the whole, and the social productive forces have entered the forefront of the world in many aspects. The more prominent problem is the insufficient development imbalance, which has become the main constraint to meet the people’s growing needs for a better life.

　　From now until 2020, it is the decisive period for building a well-off society in an all-round way. We should closely follow the changes of major social contradictions in our country, make overall plans to promote economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction and ecological civilization construction, firmly implement the strategies of rejuvenating the country through science and education, strengthening the country through talents, innovation-driven development, rural revitalization, regional coordinated development, sustainable development and integration of defense and civilian technologies development, highlight key points, make up shortcomings and strengths, and in particular, resolutely fight hard to prevent and resolve major risks, get rid of poverty accurately and prevent pollution.

　　Reporter: How to understand the changing and unchanging national conditions of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era?

　　Yang Shengqun: The new era contains profound "change" and "unchanged". "Change" means that the main contradiction in our society has changed from "the contradiction between people’s growing material and cultural needs and backward social production" to "the contradiction between people’s growing need for a better life and unbalanced development". "No change" means that our judgment on the historical stage of socialism in China has not changed, our basic national conditions that China is still in the primary stage of socialism and its international status as the largest developing country in the world has not changed.

　　The "change" and "unchanged" in the new era are the basic basis for us to plan our future development. It must be recognized that the change of the principal contradiction in our society is a historical change that has a bearing on the overall situation and puts forward many new requirements for the work of the party and the state. This judgment requires us to firmly grasp the basic national conditions of the primary stage of socialism, firmly base ourselves on the greatest reality of the primary stage of socialism, firmly adhere to the party’s basic line, the lifeline of the party and the country, and the happiness line of the people, lead and unite the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, take economic construction as the center, adhere to the four cardinal principles, persist in reform and opening up, self-reliance, and work hard to build China into a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modern power. On the other hand, on the basis of continuing to promote development, we are required to solve the problem of insufficient development imbalance, vigorously improve the quality and efficiency of development, better meet the growing needs of the people in economic, political, cultural, social and ecological aspects, and better promote the all-round development of people and social progress.

　　Write a good article on upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

　　The theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the fundamental achievement of the Party and the people who have gone through hardships and paid a huge price, and it is also the fundamental summary of the practice of reform and opening up in the past 40 years. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a scientific socialism rooted in the land of China, reflecting the wishes of China people and adapting to the development and progress of China and the times.

　　Reporter: How to uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era?

　　Yang Shengqun: Based on a new historical starting point and with an eye to achieving the goal of "two hundred years" and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Supreme Leader has made a new layout for upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s great article and put forward an overall, strategic and forward-looking action program. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a constantly developing and advancing cause, just like a masterpiece, which needs to be written by generations.

　　Continue to write a good article on upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and lead the whole article with the theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Comrade Supreme Leader emphasized that Socialism with Chinese characteristics has been the theme of all the Party’s theories and practices since the reform and opening up, and the whole Party should more consciously enhance Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence. The theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the fundamental achievement of the Party and the people who have gone through hardships and paid a huge price, and it is also the fundamental summary of the practice of reform and opening up in the past 40 years. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a scientific socialism rooted in the land of China, reflecting the wishes of China people and adapting to the development and progress of China and the times.

　　In contemporary China, adhering to the theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics means adhering to the political direction of socialism, and the connotation of this theme is constantly enriched and developed. As pointed out by the Supreme Leader, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has made arduous theoretical explorations, made great theoretical innovations, and formed Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. The formation of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era is of great and far-reaching significance, adding new and important contents to Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s theoretical system, and it is the action guide for the whole party and people to strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　The cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and the great cause of the Chinese nation’s rejuvenation need the historical responsibility of generation after generation. Leading cadres at all levels should strengthen their sense of responsibility, take the responsibility of promoting reform, development and stability with iron shoulders, take the responsibility of strictly administering the party in an all-round way, and truly be responsible, responsible and conscientious. At present, the reform has reached a critical stage, so we should dare to face difficulties, overcome difficulties and carry out the reform to the end; Poverty alleviation has reached a critical stage. We must face up to difficulties, dare to bite hard bones, and resolutely win the tough battle of precision poverty alleviation. Every Communist party member should actively share his worries for the party and do his duty for the people in his post, and promote the formation of a new fashion of thinking, daring and being able to do in the whole party.