Translation Tag: party history
The CCP Politburo holds “collective study sessions” on a semi-regular basis, in which an outside academic or government expert leads a discussion on a selected topic. Such sessions are important signals as to what issues the senior leadership finds important. The sixth collective study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on June 30, 2023 and was presided over by Xi Jinping. At this session, Xi Jinping delivered a speech that urged Party members to continue adhering to Marxist teachings adapted to China’s national context.
A report to the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), more commonly referred to as just the “Party Congress,” is arguably the most authoritative document in the Chinese Party-state ecosystem. It is technically the report of the outgoing Central Committee (here, the 18th Central Committee) at the quinquennial gathering of the Party Congress (here, the 19th Party Congress). Delivered by the General Secretary of the CCP (here, Xi Jinping), the report not only provides an official summary of the Party’s work over the past five years, but also outlines the official Party stance on all major policy issues and sets policy priorities for the incoming Central Committee (here, the 19th Central Committee).
Sometimes referred to in shorthand as the “History Resolution” or “Resolution on History,” this document is the Party’s official narrative of its history. The CCP has in total issued three such “resolutions” since its founding in 1921. This resolution follows the 1945 Resolution on Certain Historical Issues [关于若干历史问题的决议] and the 1981 Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China [关于建国以来党的若干历史问题的决议].
Two political scientists affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences argue that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) lost its governance legitimacy as a culture of privilege-seeking and corruption formed over time, distracting cadres from understanding and serving the needs of the Soviet people. Based on this assessment, the authors suggest the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continue to expand mass supervision and combat corruption through improvements to cadre education and discipline.
A long speech by Xi Jinping calling on all party members to learn the Party’s history in order to appreciate the CCP’s past achievements and failures.
Excerpts of 16 Xi speeches from mid-2015 through early 2021 that highlight the Party’s history of successful reforms and emphasize that only the CCP can successfully guide the country through the institutional changes necessary to sustain China’s rise in an increasingly complicated and dangerous world.
Xi Jinping delivered this speech on the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In it, Xi recounts the CCP’s achievements over this period and ties these into the narrative of China’s journey towards “national rejuvenation.”
Authoritative commentary appearing in the People’s Daily arguing that China continues to adhere to a “socialist” road.