Rejunevation the Chinese Nation Has Been the Greatest Dream of the Chinese People since the Beginning of Modern Times

The speech that newly appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping delivered during his visit to the National Museum's Exhibition titled as “The Path to Rejuvenation” on November 29, 2012.

Contained in from Selection and Compilation of Important Documents since the 18th National Congress (Vol. 1). The speech pointed out that the exhibition of “Path to Rejuvenation” reviewed the Chinese nation's yesterday, displayed the Chinese nation's present era, as well as gazed at future of the Chinese nation, and gave people profound education, inspiration and enlightenment. The yesterday of the Chinese nation can well be called “an impregnable pass like a wall of iron”, this nation of ours suffered very gravely after the beginning of the modern era, it made enormous sacrifices, such as been rarely seen in the history of the world.

But because the Chinese people have never surrendered, and incessantly rose with force and spirit to resist, we grasped hold of our own fate in the end. We began the magnificent process of arranging the construction of our own country, fully displaying the magnificent national spirit with patriotism at its core. The today of the Chinese nation can well be called as “the right human path brings great changes”.

Since the Reform and Opening-up of China, we have summed up our historical experience and explored with great difficulty to find the right path to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which is socialism with Chinese characteristics. The tomorrow of the Chinese nation can be called "a time will come to brave the wind and ride the waves ".

Now, more than at any other time in history, we are closer to the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and more confident and more capable of achieving this goal than at any other time in history. Xi Jinping added: looking back at the past, comrades in our entire Party must keep firmly in mind: if we are backward, we will take a beating, only development enables self-strengthening. If we look at the present, the entire Party must keep firmly in mind that the path decides destiny and looking for a correct path is not easy at all, we must unwaveringly keep going. Looking into the future, comrades in the entire Party who make blueprints into reality must still march a very long road. We must still make long-term and arduous efforts for this.

We believe that realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest Chinese Dream of the Chinese nation in modern times. Because this dream has concentrated and endowed the long cherished wish of many generations of Chinese, it reflects the comprehensive interests of the Chinese nation and the Chinese people, and it is a common expectation of all sons and daughters of China.

History tells us, that the historical destiny of every person is closely connected to the future destiny of the entire country, and with the future destiny of this nation. Only when the country does well, and the nation does well, can everyone do well. Achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is a glorious and arduous undertaking. This generation of Communist Party members of ours, must carry forward the cause and forge ahead into the future, inherit the past and usher in the future, and build our Party well to unite the people of all ethnicities in the entire country, we must construct our country well, must develop our nation well, and must continue to unwaveringly look towards the historical struggle of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in forging valiantly ahead.

I firmly believe that at the time of the Centenary anniversary of the Communist Party of China, the objective of constructing a moderately prosperous society in a comprehensive manner can absolutely be realized; I believe that at the time of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, the objective of building our country into a modern Socialist country that is rich, strong, democratic, civilized and harmonious can absolutely be realized; I believe even more firmly, that the dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation can absolutely be realized.