Jiang
Zemin's speech on Party's 80th anniversary (part VII) (07/01/2001)
The Party's work style bears on the image of the Party, the trend
of public feeling and the life of the Party. It is essential to
strengthen in an all-round way the development of the Party's ideological
style, study style, work style, leadership style and the cadres'
life style. In light of the new realities, it is necessary to carry
forward the Party's fine style, namely, integration of theory with
practice, close link with the people and criticism and self-criticism.
In the meantime, it is necessary to foster a new style on the basis
of summing up new and practical experiences.
All practices that run counter to the requirement of the development
of the Party's cause or the interests of the people should be resolutely
removed. At present, special attention should be paid to overcoming
the state of lethargy and seeking no progress, doing away with the
grave alienation from the people and standing firmly against the
unhealthy tendency of formalism and bureaucracy. Cadres at all levels
must stress practicability and real effects at all times and on
all occasions, work with a creative spirit, think and worry about
what the people think and worry about, and work faithfully for the
good of the people.
All the comrades in the Party must fully recognize, from the perspective
of life and death of the Party and the state, the major significance
of our fight against corruption and advocacy for clean governance
and see through the development of Party's style, the building of
a clean government and the battle against corruption. It is essential
to have a profound understanding of the long-term, arduous and complex
nature of the work against
corruption. Not only is it necessary to be prepared for protracted
battles, but also intensify our efforts to address the current issues.
We should adhere to the policy of a comprehensive approach to seek
both a temporary solution and a permanent cure and build a solid
protective dam ideologically against corruption and erosion. At
the same time, we should strive to remove the soil and conditions
for the occurrence of corruption through creative institutional
measures and work harder to prevent and get rid of corruption at
its root. The power in our hands is given by the people. Cadres
at all levels are public servants of the people and must be subjected
to the supervision by the people and the law. We should, through
increased supervision within the Party, by the law and by the people,
establish and improve a restrictive mechanism and a supervisory
mechanism on the exercise of power in accordance with the law. The
key to it is the supervision over leading cadres to ensure that
they exercise their power appropriately. All the Party members,
the leading cadres in particular, must always be clean, honest and
just. They must be able to withstand the test of reform, opening
up and being in power, as well as the test of power, money and badger
games. They will by no means be allowed to abuse power for personal
gains, take bribes or bend the law. Party organizations and leading
cadres at all levels must take a clear stand to oppose corruption.
All practices of corruption and corrupt elements shall be found
out through investigation without tolerance or lenience. The Party
does not allow any hideout for corrupt elements within the Party.
We must win the people's confidence with tangible achievements in
the building of the Party's style and of a clean government.
All in all, in view of the heavy historical responsibility upon
our shoulder and given the impact of international and domestic
complexities as well as the test of various risks, it is imperative
to constantly strengthen and improve the Party building and temper
all Party members into firm Communists. This will enable our Party
to forever remain the vanguard of the Chinese working class and
that of the Chinese people and Chinese nation at the same time,
faithfully represent the development trend of China's advanced productive
forces, the orientation of China's advanced culture as well as the
fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese
people, and serve as the leadership core for the Chinese socialist
cause.
IV. Continue to strive for the fulfillment of the basic line and
historic mission of the Party
China has entered a new development stage of building a well-to-do
society in the whole country and accelerating the socialist modernization
drive. All comrades in the Party must be mindful of danger and stay
prepared for adversities in times of peace, guard against conceit
and impetuosity, continue to push for overall progress in reform,
opening-up and the modernization drive and make vigorous efforts
to initially achieve socialist modernization by the middle of this
century.
The program of a political party is a banner. In every historical
stage, be it one of revolution, reconstruction or reform, our Party
has never failed to have both a basic program for a given stage,
namely, the minimum program, and the maximum program of long-term
objectives. We believe in the unity of the minimum and maximum programs.
We firmly believe in the basic Marxist tenet that human society
will inevitably move towards communism. Communism can only be realized
on the basis of a fully developed and highly advanced socialist
society. In the communist society, there will be abundant material
wealth, and people will have a very high realm of thought and be
able to develop themselves freely and in an all-round way. It must
be pointed out, though, that the realization of communism will be
an extremely protracted historical process.
In the past, our understanding of this issue was quite superficial
and simplistic. As a result of so many years of practice, our understanding
of the issue today is much more comprehensive and profound. We may
make scientific predictions about the direction in which human society
may evolve in the future. But as for how things will develop specifically
in the future, the answer to this question should come from practice
in the future. We must never deviate from the correct course of
progress, but it is neither possible nor necessary to envisage or
describe in great details the development course in the distant
future. The past experience has fully proven that it will easily
lead to unrealistic fantasy. This is something that everyone ought
to know full well.
All comrades in the Party should set up a lofty communist ideal,
fortify their conviction and spur themselves on by holding to lofty
ideological and moral standards. More importantly, they should make
unremitting efforts in a down-to-earth manner to realize the Party's
basic program for the current stage and put their heart into each
single piece of work now. To care about the immediate interests
only while forgetting the lofty ideal will result in the loss of
direction of progress. But to talk big about the lofty ideal without
doing any practical work will get one divorced from reality.
China is now in the primary stage of socialism and will remain so
for a long time to come. This is the initial stage of the long historical
process of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. Along
with economic development and all-round social progress, the building
of socialism in China will enter a higher stage of development when
conditions are ripe. All comrades must unswervingly implement the
Party's basic line for the primary stage of socialism, consistently
concentrate on economic development, stick to the Four Cardinal
Principles (keeping to the socialist road and upholding the people's
democratic dictatorship, leadership by the Communist Party, and
Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought), press ahead with reform
and opening-up, strive for the realization of the basic program
of the Party for the present stage and constantly advance the cause
of building socialism with Chinese characteristics into the future.
In keeping with the economic, political and cultural requirements
of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, all comrades
in the Party and all people in the country should strive to achieve
the development goals set for the Tenth Five-Year Plan. We should
focus on development through economic restructuring and by relying
on reform, opening-up and scientific and technological progress
with a view to improving people's living standards and constantly
pushing for economic growth and social progress. Efforts should
be made to properly balance the relations among reform, development
and stability, correctly understand and handle the contradictions
among the people and always maintain social stability and unity.
All undertakings to build socialism with Chinese characteristics,
and in fact, everything that we do should aim not just at meeting
people's immediate material and cultural needs, but also at improving
the qualities of the people or an all-round development of the people.
This is the essential requirement of Marxism regarding the building
of a new socialist society. We will constantly advance the all-round
development of human beings based on a higher level of the material
and spiritual civilization of the socialist society.
Efforts must be made to enable all people across the country to
lead a well-to-do life as soon as possible and to continue to uplift
their living standards. The Party's policy to get the population
rich must be adhered to. On the basis of economic growth, efforts
should be made to increase income for urban and rural residents,
constantly improve their living conditions, including food, clothing,
housing, transport and daily necessities, improve the social security
system, and medical and health facilities, with a view to bettering
their life. When some people and some regions get rich first, others
will be brought along and through this process, common prosperity
of the entire population will be gradually achieved.
It is essential to give full play to the initiative and great creativity
of the general public and ensure that they properly manage their
own affairs according to law and realize their aspirations and interests.
It is necessary to continue to press ahead with the political restructuring,
develop socialist democracy, improve the socialist legal system
and ensure the full exercise by the people of their rights to democratic
election, decision-making, administration and supervision.
Efforts should be made to upgrade the ideological and ethical standards
of the entire people, improve their cultural and scientific levels
and bring about an all-round development of their ideology and cultural
life. We should conduct effective political education, develop education,
science and technology, enliven socialist culture and ensure each
and every individual full access to education and cultural achievements
so as to enrich their spiritual ethos and diversify their cultural
life.
It is necessary to enhance balance and harmony between man and nature
so that people can work and live in a sound and beautiful ecological
environment. We will adhere to the strategy of sustainable development
and correctly handle the relations between economic development
on the one hand and population, resources and the environment on
the other, improve the eco-system and beautify the living environment,
and improve public and social welfare facilities. We will try to
pioneer a path of civilized development featuring a thriving economy,
an affluent life and a sound eco-system.
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