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1、Hold High The Great Banner Of Socialism With Chinese Characteristics And Strive For New Victories In Building A Moderately Prosperous Society In All RespectsReport to the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 15, 2007Comrades, Now I would like to make a report to t

2、he Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on behalf of the Sixteenth Central Committee. (10-15 09:07) 897/0 The Seventeenth Congress is one of vital importance being held at a crucial stage of Chinas reform and development. (10-15 09:09) 129/0 The theme of the congress i

3、s to hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, follow the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of Three Represents, thoroughly apply the Scientific Outlook on Development, continue to emancipate the mind, persist in reform and opening up, pursue deve

4、lopment in a scientific way, promote social harmony, and strive for new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. (10-15 09:09) 247/0 The great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the banner guiding development and progress in contemporary China and rally

5、ing the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country in our common endeavor. Emancipating the mind is a magic instrument for developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, reform and opening up provide a strong driving force for developing it, and scientific development and soc

6、ial harmony are basic requirements for developing it. Building a moderately prosperous society in all respects is a goal for the Party and the state to reach by 2020, and represents the fundamental interests of the people of all ethnic groups. (10-15 09:11) 159/0 The world today is undergoing extens

7、ive and profound changes, and contemporary China is going through a wide-ranging and deep-going transformation. This brings us unprecedented opportunities as well as unprecedented challenges, with the former outweighing the latter. The whole Party must unswervingly hold high the great banner of soci

8、alism with Chinese characteristics and lead the people in starting from this new historical point, grasping and making the most of the important period of strategic opportunities, staying realistic and pragmatic, forging ahead with determination, continuing to build a moderately prosperous society i

9、n all respects and accelerate socialist modernization, and accomplishing the lofty mission bestowed by the times. (10-15 09:15) 101/0 I. The Work of the Past Five Years (10-15 09:19) 53/0 The five years since the Sixteenth Congress was an extraordinary period. In order to accomplish the arduous task

10、s of reform and development in a complicated and volatile international situation, the Party led the people of all ethnic groups in holding high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of Three Represents, overcoming difficulties and risks, creating a new situation in the

11、cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and attaining a new realm in adapting Marxism to conditions in China. (10-15 09:22) 52/0 At its Sixteenth Congress the Party established the important thought of Three Represents as its guide and made the strategic decision to build a moderately prospe

12、rous society in all respects. In order to implement the guiding principles of the congress, the Central Committee convened seven plenary sessions, at which it made decisions on and arrangements for major issues of overall significance such as deepening institutional restructuring, improving the soci

13、alist market economy, strengthening the governance capability of the Party, drawing up the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2006-10), and building a harmonious socialist society; and it formulated and applied the Scientific Outlook on Development and other major strategic thoughts. All this helped the Party

14、 and the state score great new achievements. (10-15 09:24) 50/0 Economic strength increased substantially. The economy sustained steady and rapid growth. The GDP expanded by an annual average of over 10%. Economic performance improved significantly, national revenue rose markedly year by year, and p

15、rices were basically stable. Efforts to build a new socialist countryside yielded solid results, and development among regions became more balanced. (10-15 09:28) 27/0 The endeavor to make China an innovative nation registered good progress, with considerable improvement in the countrys capacity for

16、 independent innovation. Notable achievements were scored in the construction of infrastructure including energy, transport and telecommunications facilities and other key projects. Manned spaceflights were successfully conducted. Fresh progress was registered in energy, resources, ecological and environmental conservation. The Tenth Five-Year Plan (2001-05) was fulfilled successfully and implementation of the eleventh is in smooth progress.