Jiang Zemin's Comments on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (Extracts from Monographs)

The 560,000-character book covers aspects of economics, politics, culture, military, foreign affairs and Party construction, all taken from Jiang Zemin's more than 370 important speeches, articles, letters and instructions between June 1989 and June 2002. It covers Jiang Zemin's remarks made in the period following the Fourth Plenum of 13th CPC Central Committee to June 2002, these remarks demonstrate how socialism has developed in China as it has deepened its Reform and Opening- up. Edited and published by the Literature Research Office of the Central Committee of the CPC. The main contents include: holding high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping's theory, emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, be pioneering and innovative; in order to correctly recognize China's basic national conditions, we should adhere to the Party's basic line and program, and build a socialist economy, politics and culture with Chinese characteristics; we should constantly continue to promote Reform and Opening-up, and establish and improve economic systems and also socialist market economic system that meet the requirements of the development of the productive forces.

One of the main articles emphasize that: We should regard development as the first priority of governing and rejuvenating the country, we should correctly handle the relationship between reform, development and stability, maintain the sustained, rapid and healthy development of the national economy, building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and accelerate socialist modernization; when implementing the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, we should give full play to the important role of science and technology in developing the advanced productive forces and advanced culture of China and maintain and improve the fundamental interests of the vast majority of the people in China. And, in respect to developing the socialist democratic politics, we should adhere to the combination of ruling the country by law and by virtue, and build the socialist political civilization, and build a socialist state under the rule of law; in respect to governing for the people we should take the realization of the interests of the people as the starting point and destination of all our work; regarding the construction of material civilization and spiritual civilization as a unified goal of struggle, we should improve the ideological, moral, scientific and cultural qualities of the whole nation, carry forward the national spirit and enhance the national cohesion.

In order to consolidate and develop the socialist ethnic relations of equality, unity and mutual assistance, promote the development, progress and common prosperity of all ethnic groups, and actively guide religions so that they can adapt to the socialist society; As for upholding the principle of absolute leadership of the Party over the army, based on winning local wars under the conditions of modern technology, especially under the conditions of high technology, we should strive to comprehensively strengthen the the construction of the army and national defense.

Another important speech focuses on the “One Country, Two Systems” and cross-strait relations which says: when adhering to the principle of “One Country, Two Systems”, we should maintain the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao, develop cross-strait relations, thus achieve the complete reunification of the motherland; we should correctly grasp the global development trend of multipolarization and economic globalization, adhere to the independent foreign policy of peace, safeguard China's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, thus promote peace and development across the world; in order to run the state well, we must run the Party well first, and fully advance the great new undertaking of Party building, etc.

This book collected, ideas of Jiang Zemin which are founded on the basic principles of Marxism and his scientifical analysis in respect to the major changes in the international and domestic situation, provided a profound summary of the rich experience gained by our Party and people in the practice of promoting Reform, Opening-up and modernization, reflected the wisdom of the whole Party and the people in the above practices and correctly answered the major issues which needed to be solved in the practice of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, thus reflected the new theoretical achievements of our Party in the new practice of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. These new theoretical achievements, especially the important thought of "Three Represents", are in a single continuous line with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, they embody the enrichment and development of the theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. Also, these new theoretical achievements are of great guiding significance for China to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects in the new century, accelerate socialist modernization, and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on the path of building socialism with Chinese characteristics.