Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Has Entered a New Era

As China began its reform and opening up, the CPC called on the country to take its own path in building socialism. Decades have elapsed and China's economy, science and defense have all improved, its composite national strength increased, its international status risen, and the Party, the country, the military and the Chinese people changed beyond all recognition. With a new profile, the Chinese nation stands high in the East.

After decades of hard work, socialism with Chinese characteristics has crossed the threshold of a new era.

This is what it means: The Chinese nation, which since the advent of modern times had endured so much for so long, has achieved a tremendous transformation – It has risen up and grown prosperous, and is now becoming strong and enjoying the prospects of national rejuvenation. It upholds socialism with Chinese characteristics, meaning that scientific socialism is full of vitality in 21st-century China. It has made constant progress in its path, theory, system, and culture, and blazed a trail for developing countries to achieve modernization. It provides other countries with a new option for achieving development while preserving their independence. It offers Chinese wisdom and a Chinese approach to solving the problems facing humanity.

This new era will be an era of success in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and of making an all-out effort to build a great modern socialist country. It will be an era for all the Chinese people to work together and work hard to create a better life for themselves and ultimately achieve common prosperity for everyone. It will be an era that sees China playing a more important role in the world arena and making a greater contribution to humanity.

This new era is significant in the history of the People's Republic, the Chinese nation, world socialism, and human civilization.

中國特色社會主義進入新時代

改革開放之初，中國共產黨發出了走自己的路、建設中國特色社會主義的偉大號召。從那時起，中國共產黨團結帶領全國各族人民不懈奮斗，推動中國經濟實力、科技實力、國防實力、綜合國力進入世界前列，推動中國國際地位實現前所未有的提升，中國共產黨的面貌、中國的面貌、中國人民的面貌、中國軍隊的面貌、中華民族的面貌發生了前所未有的變化，中華民族正以嶄新姿態屹立于世界東方。

經過長期努力，中國特色社會主義進入了新時代，這是中國發展新的歷史方位。中共十九大作出這個重大政治判斷，是一項關系全局的戰略考量。中國特色社會主義進入新時代，意味著近代以來久經磨難的中華民族迎來了從站起來、富起來到強起來的偉大飛躍，迎來了實現中華民族偉大復興的光明前景；意味著科學社會主義在21世紀的中國煥發出強大生機活力，在世界上高高舉起了中國特色社會主義偉大旗幟；意味著中國特色社會主義道路、理論、制度、文化不斷發展，拓展了發展中國家走向現代化的途徑，給世界上那些既希望加快發展又希望保持自身獨立性的國家和民族提供了全新選擇模式，為解決人類問題貢獻了中國智慧和中國方案。

這個新時代，是承前啟后、繼往開來，在新的歷史條件下繼續奪取中國特色社會主義偉大勝利的時代，是決勝全面建成小康社會、進而全面建設社會主義現代化強國的時代，是全國各族人民團結奮斗、不斷創造美好生活、逐步實現全體人民共同富裕的時代，是全體中華兒女勠力同心、奮力實現中華民族偉大復興中國夢的時代，是中國日益走近世界舞臺中央、不斷為人類作出更大貢獻的時代。中國特色社會主義進入新時代，在中華人民共和國發展史上、中華民族發展史上具有重大意義，在世界社會主義發展史上、人類社會發展史上也具有重大意義。