reform and opening up is a key choice that determines the destiny of contemporary china. over the past 40 years, china has gone through an extraordinary journey. we have gone through trials and hardships and blazed a path of socialism with chinese characteristics. today, as we commemorate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, we need to hold high the banner of reform and opening up in the new era on the basis of a deep understanding of the historical inevitability of reform and opening up and a review of its history and achievements.
reform and opening up have profound historical inevitability
marxism holds that the productive forces determine the relations of production, and the relations of production must conform to the requirements of the development of the productive forces, which is the fundamental law of historical development. socialist society should also follow this objective law. faced with the huge difference between the conditions of productive forces and the reality, only by constantly adjusting and improving links and aspects of production relations that are not suitable for the development of productive forces and establishing dynamic institutions and mechanisms can china's productive forces achieve new liberation and development. this way of self-adjustment and improvement is reform.
forty years ago, the communist party of china (cpc) began to rethink "what socialism is and how to build it" in the face of the people's ardent desire to improve their lives. looking around the world, china at that time was already behind the times. "if we do not carry out reform now, our cause of modernization and socialist cause will be buried". the chinese communists must conform to the trend of the times and the aspirations of the people and make decisions on major policies and principles that bear on the future and destiny of the party and the country.
in the spring of 1978, a great discussion on the criterion of truth originated in the party school of the cpc central committee, which made clear that practice is the only criterion for testing truth, an unshakable basic principle of marxist epistemology, and restored the ideological line of seeking truth from facts advocated by mao zedong. on this basis, the third plenary session of the eleventh central committee of the communist party of china (cpc) made the historic decision of shifting the focus of work of the party and the country to economic construction and implementing reform and opening up. from rural areas to cities, from the economic field to other fields, from the coastal areas to the river and border areas, from the east to the central and western regions, reform and opening up have given great vitality to the whole of china. the chinese communist party and the chinese people embarked on the great journey of building socialism with chinese characteristics with high spirits and full of pride.
reform and opening up is the key to the destiny of contemporary china
since the third plenary session of the eleventh central committee of the communist party of china, in the great practice of reform and opening up, our party has boldly explored and innovated. we will unswervingly adhere to the basic line, stay firmly attached to the central task of economic development, continue to make vigorous efforts on the basis of comprehensive exploration and innovation, advance the reform and opening up process in an all-round way, make breakthroughs in reform in all areas, and further advance the great cause of reform and opening up. since the eighteenth congress, the party central committee with comrade xi as the core, is suggested in the practice of the "four great" in the deepening of the "new era of what kind of upholding and developing socialism with chinese characteristics, how to adhere to and develop socialism with chinese characteristics," the fundamental problem of understanding, forge ahead, bold innovation, open the a new journey of deepening reform, expanding opening to the outside world, promote the party and national business comprehensive, groundbreaking historic achievements.
reform and opening up are the most distinctive features of contemporary china. reform and opening up have not only profoundly changed china, but also profoundly affected the world. over the past 40 years of sustained development, china has become the world's second largest economy, the largest industrial country, the largest trading country in goods and the largest foreign exchange reserve country. today, an increasingly prosperous and powerful china is on the rise. it has gone from a passive participant in economic globalization to an important force driving regional and even global economic development. it has gone from a follower of the trend of the times to a leader of the trend of the times.
looking back on the extraordinary course of the past 40 years, we are all the more keenly aware that only socialism can save china and only reform and opening up can develop china, socialism and marxism. reform and opening up is an important magic weapon for the cause of the party and the people to catch up with the times in great strides. it is a key measure to determine the destiny of contemporary china. it is also a key measure to realize the two centenary goals and the chinese dream of great national renewal.
we will hold high the banner of reform and opening up in the new era and work hard to deepen reform and opening up in an all-round way
on the occasion of the grand celebration of the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up across the country and the review of the extraordinary course of struggle over the past 40 years, it is an important and profound lesson to be drawn from this: at any time and under any circumstances, we must always keep in mind our original intention of reform and opening up, unswervingly adhere to reform and opening up, and unswervingly uphold socialism with chinese characteristics. on the basis of summing up the successful experience of reform and opening up, we should further improve the quality and level of reform and opening up and unswervingly push forward the cause of reform and opening up at a higher starting point, a higher level and a higher goal.
deepening reform comprehensively is the inevitable logic and objective need of china's historical development. in the face of the complex domestic and international situation, in the process of reform in the new era and from a new historical starting point, it is a major issue concerning the destiny of the party and the country to effectively push forward and deepen reform comprehensively. reform has entered a critical period and deep-water areas, facing unprecedented strategic challenges. it is fair to say that the complexity, sensitivity and difficulty of advancing reform today are no less than they were 40 years ago. to this, must have sober understanding and accurate hold. with greater political courage and wisdom, we must increase our confidence and resolve to advance comprehensive and deepened reform and face up to all kinds of contradictions and challenges. there is no alternative to deepening reform and development in order to remove all kinds of difficulties in reform and development, defuse risks and obstacles from all sides, eliminate institutional and institutional shortcomings in all areas, and promote sustained and sound economic and social development. in the course of comprehensively deepening reform, we must emancipate our minds, seek truth from facts, break through ideological and ideological barriers, and break through barriers of solidified interests. we need to take a firm view of the overall situation, strengthen top-level design and overall planning, strengthen the relevance, systematicness and feasibility study of various reforms, adhere to the problem-oriented approach, give overall consideration to both sides, and implement comprehensive policies to achieve the goal and task of comprehensively deepening reform.
deepening reform in an all-round way is fundamental, key and crucial to reform. we must be fully aware that as long as what is conducive to the cause of the party and the people, to the interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, and to the prosperity and long-term peace and stability of the party and the country are achieved, we must unswervingly change what should be changed. our reform has a direction, a position and a principle. it is a reform that moves forward on the path of socialism with chinese characteristics. we must be fully aware that to comprehensively deepen reform, we must focus on upholding and improving the basic socialist economic system, comprehensively advance institutional reform in economic, political, cultural, social and ecological fields, and make the socialist system with chinese characteristics more mature and established. this grand project is a comprehensive and systematic reform and improvement. we must pay greater attention to systematicness, integrity and synergy, and achieve overall results in modernizing the country's governance system and capacity. we must be fully aware that the reform has entered a critical period and a deep-water zone, and will inevitably touch upon the adjustment of deep-seated interest patterns and the reform of the institutional system.
opening up is the basic state policy of our country. practice has fully proved that expanding and improving opening up to the outside world and promoting reform and development through opening up are important magic weapons for china to make new achievements in development and the only way for the country to achieve reform and development. in today's world, the trend of openness and integration is surging forward, but the trend against globalization is still surging. at present, china is in a crucial stage of transforming its development pattern, optimizing its economic structure and transforming its growth drivers. a series of problems cannot be avoided. in the new era, we must further open up to the outside world, substantially relax market access, expand the scope, level, structure and layout of opening up to the outside world, develop an open economy at a higher level, and open up new prospects for in-depth and all-round opening up.
to expand opening-up in an all-round way, the most important thing is to build comprehensive and institutional opening-up, provide institutional support for deepening participation in globalization, and provide an international platform for openness and cooperation in the world. we should increase our capacity to make use of both domestic and international markets and resources, firmly grasp the core of institutional reform, make overall planning, break down and integrate internal and external development, resolutely remove all institutional and institutional barriers to opening up, and accelerate the formation of institutional arrangements conducive to fostering new comparative and competitive advantages. the 19th national congress of the communist party of china made a major plan to promote the formation of a new pattern of comprehensive opening up. comprehensive opening is reflected in the layout of opening up. it aims to promote the formation of an open pattern featuring land, sea, internal and external linkage and two-way economic cooperation between east and west, so as to form a new pattern of coordinated regional development. in terms of opening up, we should attach equal importance to both importing and going global, and support enterprises to actively and prudently go global while improving the quality and level of importing. in terms of opening up, while deepening the opening up of the manufacturing sector, we will focus on orderly opening up of the service sector and promoting deep-seated structural adjustment. in terms of opening up measures, we will promote the construction of "one belt and one road", coordinate multilateral, bilateral and regional opening up and cooperation, and accelerate the implementation of the strategy of free trade zones. we should actively participate in the reform and development of the global governance system, promote the building of an open world economy, build a new type of international relations, and build a community of shared future for mankind.
source: study times