Resolution of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on the Report of the 18th Central Committee

Important document adopted by the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 24, 2017.

The “Resolution” states that the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China approves the report delivered by Comrade Xi Jinping on behalf of the Party's 18th Central Committee. The report sketches out an impressive blueprint for securing a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and striving for the great success of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, thus charting the course for continued progress in the cause of the Party and the country. The report is a crystallization of the wisdom of the whole Party and the Chinese people of all nationalities. It is a political declaration and a program of action for the Party to unite the Chinese people and lead them in upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. It is a guiding Marxist document.

The “Resolution” highly evaluates the work of the 18th Central Committee. It is pointed out that the five years since the 18th National Congress have been a truly remarkable five years in the course of the development of the Party and the country, with historic achievements made in Reform and Opening-up, and socialist modernization. The achievements of the past five years have touched every area and broken new ground; the changes in China over the past five years have been profound and fundamental.

The “Resolution” agrees with the report on the stage arrangements for winning the overall prosperity and building a rich, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modern power, as well as the deployments of China's socialist economic, political, cultural, social and ecological civilization construction in the new era, and the construction of national defense and military, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, foreign affairs and Party building.

The “Resolution” emphasizes the decisive role of the Party's self-construction in uniting and leading the people to carry out great struggles, build great projects, advance great causes and realize great dreams. It is pointed out that the Party's leadership must be adhered to and improved without wavering, and the Party must be built stronger without wavering. Strict self-governance of the Party in all respects is always on the way. The general requirements of Party building in the new era are: Uphold and strengthen overall Party leadership and ensure that the Party exercises effective self-supervision and practices strict self-governance in every respect; take strengthening the Party's long-term governance capacity and its advanced nature and purity as the main thrust, take enhancing the Party's political building as the overarching principle, take holding dear the Party's ideals, convictions, and purpose as the underpinning, and take harnessing the whole Party's enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity as the focus of efforts; make all-round efforts to see the Party's political building enhanced, its theory strengthened, its organizations consolidated, its conduct improved, and its discipline enforced, with institution building incorporated into every aspect of Party building; step up efforts to combat corruption and continue to improve the efficacy of Party building; and build the Party into a vibrant Marxist governing Party that is always at the forefront of the times, enjoys the wholehearted support of the people, has the courage to reform itself, and is able to withstand all tests. We must put the Party's political building first. All of us in the Party must strengthen our consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment. We must uphold the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, closely follow the Party's political line, strictly observe its political discipline and rules, and closely align ourselves with the Central Committee in terms of political stance, direction, principle, and path.