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capacity for responding to various major risks was insufficient. Many

shortcomings were affecting the modernization of national defense and the
military.
The institutions and mechanisms for implementing the policy of One
Country, Two Systems in Hong Kong and Macao were not well-developed,
and China faced grave challenges to its national security.

These were just some of the problems we faced. Back then, many people,
both in and outside of our Party, were worried about the future of the Party
and the country.

In the face of these acute problems and challenges, which undermined the
Party’s long-term governance, the security and stability of the country, and
the wellbeing of the people, the Party Central Committee fully assessed the
situation, made resolute decisions, and took firm steps. Under its leadership,
the entire Party, the military, and the Chinese people were brought together.
We rolled up our sleeves and got down to work, forging ahead with resolve
to carry out a great struggle with many new features of our times.

Over the past decade, we have stayed committed to Marxism-Leninism,
Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three
Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development, and we have fully
implemented the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a
New Era as well as the Party’s basic line and basic policy. We have adopted a

number of strategic measures, developed a range of transformative practices,
and made a series of breakthroughs and landmark advances. We have
withstood risks, challenges, and trials in the political, economic, ideological,
and natural domains, secured historic achievements and seen historic changes
in the cause of the Party and the country, and taken China on a new journey
toward building a modern socialist country in all respects.

—We have established the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for
a New Era. In doing so, we have laid out the basic policy for upholding and
developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, put forward a series of new
ideas, new thinking, and new strategies on national governance, and achieved
a new breakthrough in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the
needs of our times. We have endeavored to use this new theory to arm
ourselves intellectually, guide our practice, and advance our work. This

theory provides us with fundamental guidance for advancing the cause of our
Party and our country in the new era.
—We have strengthened Party leadership in all respects. We have made clear
that the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the defining feature of
socialism with Chinese characteristics and the greatest strength of the system

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