A theoretical seminar on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era was held Thursday in Nanjing by Qiushi Magazine and the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee.
Lou Qinjian, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, and Li Jie, president of Qiushi Magazine, delivered keynote speeches at the seminar.
The remarkable achievement of Jiangsu's economic and social development is the vivid practice of the socialism with Chinese characteristics in the land of Jiangsu since the reform and opening up, especially since the party's 18th national congress, Lou said.
Lou said the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the biggest highlight of the 19th CPC National Congress and a historic contribution to the Party's development.
To study and implement the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era requires the understanding of the thought with a broad field of vision and the birth of this glorious thought with a profound understanding, which is also the inevitability of historical development and the need of objective reality, the CPC Provincial chief said.
This important thought represents the latest achievement in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context, and is an important component of the system of theories of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Lou said.
The CPC chief noted that the elevation of the Thought into the Party's guiding principle is of great political, theoretical and practical significance. All members of the Party should study hard Xi's "new era" thought in terms of its historical background, scientific system and practical requirement.
He said Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is rich in content, covering all aspects such as politics, economy, rule of law, science and technology, culture, education, people's well-being, society, ecological civilization, national security, national reunification, military, diplomacy and party-building.
Xi's thought makes eight fundamental issues clear, including the overarching objectives for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, as well as the direction, model, and driving force of development, and the strategic steps, external conditions and political guarantees, he said.
The Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era builds on and further enriches Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development, according to a report delivered by Xi Jinping at the opening of the congress.
The report listed 14-point fundamental principles of the Thought, including ensuring Party leadership over all work and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the development of Jiangsu, requiring us to closely focus on the systematic deployment of the goal of building a moderately prosperous Jiangsu and leaping onto a new stage in five aspects and actively explore the new journey of socialist modernization construction.
Xi Jinping unveiled in his report delivered at the opening ceremony of the 19th CPC Congress a two-stage plan to make China a "great modern socialist country" by mid-21st century. According to the new plan, the CPC will basically realize socialist modernization in the first stage from 2020 to 2035, before developing China into a "great modern socialist country" that is "prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful" after another 15 years.
The core status and authority of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, must be firmly safeguarded," said Lou Qinjian.
When giving his report, Li Jie focused on how the Xi Jinping Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era was created, how the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics was opened, and what are the original and theoretical contributions of the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
Li Jie said the Xi Jinping Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era is created in the course of the overall strict governance of the party and the harsh punishment of corruption through the comprehensive strengthening of the party's leadership and the formation of the strategic layout of the "four comprehensiveness" and the construction of the diplomatic and The establishment of a community of human destiny.
Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, socialism with Chinese characteristics has opened up a new era, declared Li Jie when concluding his speech.
