Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the primary political task of the whole Party and the whole country. With the approval of the CPC Central Committee, in order to promote the further rise of the new upsurge of studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and to more consciously arm our minds, guide practice, and promote our work, we organized the compilation of "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era". Focusing on the major topic of the times of what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics to uphold and develop in the new era, and how to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, this book is divided into 30 topics to comprehensively, systematically and in-depth explain the great significance, scientific system, rich connotation, spiritual essence and practical requirements of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, which is an important auxiliary reading for the majority of Party members, cadres and the masses to learn and understand Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of

May 2018

Lecture 1

Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the guiding ideology that the Party and the country must adhere to for a long time

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China summarized and put forward Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, which was established as the guiding ideology that the Party must adhere to for a long time and written into the Party Constitution, realizing the advancement of the Party's guiding ideology with the times. This is the most important theoretical innovation, the most important political achievement, and the most far-reaching historical contribution of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The amendment to the Constitution adopted at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress solemnly enshrined Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in the Constitution, realized the transformation from the party's guiding ideology to the country's guiding ideology, and realized the country's guiding ideology advancing with the times. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the latest achievement of the Sinicization of Marxism, the crystallization of the practical experience and collective wisdom of the Party and the people, the essence of the Chinese spirit of the times, and the fundamental guideline of the country's political and social life.

Lecture 2

Upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics is the fundamental direction of contemporary China's development and progress

Only socialism can save China, and only by upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics can we achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics has been the theme of all the party's theories and practices since the reform and opening up, and is the fundamental direction of contemporary China's development and progress. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that socialism with Chinese characteristics is a fundamental achievement of the Party and the people through long-term struggle, creation and accumulation. After long-term efforts, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, which is a new historical orientation for China's development. In order to realize the historical mission of the Party in the new era in the new historical position, it is necessary to hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, more consciously enhance self-confidence in the road, theory, system, and culture, and make unremitting efforts to win the decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, winning the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Lecture 3

Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times

Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times, and it is the spiritual banner that inspires the sons and daughters of China to forge ahead in unity and open up the future. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the original intention and mission of the Chinese Communists is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. The realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is a solemn commitment of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core to all the people, a political declaration of the Party and the country facing the future, which fully reflects the Party's high degree of historical responsibility and mission pursuit, and injects a new connotation into upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

Lecture 4

Historic and fundamental changes and achievements in the cause of the Party and the country

The five years since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China have been extraordinary in the development process of the Party and the country. Over the past five years, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, with great political courage and strong responsibility, has carried out great struggles, built great projects, promoted great causes, and realized great dreams, put forward a series of groundbreaking new ideas, new ideas and new strategies, issued a series of major principles and policies, launched a series of major measures, promoted a series of major tasks, solved many long-term problems that have not been solved, and accomplished many major things that were wanted to be done but not done in the past. Promote the cause of the party and the country to undergo historic changes and achieve historic achievements.

Lecture 5

The new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics marks a new historical orientation for China's development

In order to rejuvenate a country and a nation, it must advance in the logic of historical progress and develop in the trend of the development of the times. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, which is a new historical direction for China's development. This major political assertion has given the party's historical mission, theoretical compliance, goals and tasks a new connotation of the times, and provided the coordinates of the times and a scientific basis for profoundly grasping the new characteristics of contemporary China's development and reform, and enhancing the consciousness and firmness of implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, which is of great practical significance and far-reaching historical significance.

Lecture 6

The change in the principal contradiction in our society is a historical change that has a bearing on the overall situation

The main contradiction in our society has been transformed into a contradiction between the people's ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. This major political assertion made by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is a correct conclusion drawn by adhering to the worldview methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, adhering to the party's ideological line of seeking truth from facts, and combining history and reality, theory and practice, reflecting the objective reality of China's social development, enriching and developing the Marxist theory of contradictions, and is a major theoretical innovation achievement of our party.

Lecture 7

Adhere to the party's leadership over all work

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the party is the leader of everything. The Communist Party of China (CPC) is the core of strong leadership for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the supreme political leading force, and must firmly and consciously uphold the party's leadership in all fields and aspects. Only by always upholding the party's leadership over all work can we achieve ideological unity, political unity, and unity of action of the whole party and the whole society at a higher level, further enhance the party's creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness, and provide a fundamental political guarantee for the decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and winning the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

Lecture 8

Taking the people as the center is the fundamental position of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era

The masses of the people are the source of our party's strength, and the people's stand is the fundamental political stand of the CPC. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "we must keep in mind that our republic is the People's Republic of China, always put the people in the highest position in our hearts, always serve the people wholeheartedly, and always work hard for the interests and happiness of the people." It is of great significance to deeply understand and firmly adhere to the fundamental position of people-centeredness to accurately grasp and fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and to gather the majestic force to realize the "Two Centenary Goals" and realize the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Lecture 9

We will carry out the reform in an all-round way to the end

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has held high the banner of reform and opening up, put forward a series of important assertions and made a series of strategic arrangements for comprehensively deepening reform, and creatively proposed that the overall goal of comprehensively deepening reform is to improve and develop the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) took the overall goal of comprehensively deepening reform as an important part of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and included it in the Party Constitution, which embodies the common will of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country, greatly gathers a strong synergy to jointly promote reform, and leads a more magnificent voyage of comprehensively deepening reform in the new era.

Lecture 10

Unswervingly implement the new development concept

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has complied with the new requirements of the times and practical development, adhered to the people-centered development philosophy, and clearly proposed to unswervingly implement the new development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing, and lead the overall development of China to undergo historic changes. The new development concept embodies our party's deep insight and scientific grasp of the basic characteristics of the new development stage, marks that our party's understanding of the law of economic and social development has reached a new height, and is an important principle that China's economic and social development must adhere to for a long time.

Lecture 11

Decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in an

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way is a solemn commitment made by our party to the people and history, and is the common expectation of more than 1.3 billion Chinese people. This grand goal is the first centenary goal of the "Two Centenary Goals" and an important milestone in the journey of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. From now to 2020, it is a decisive period for building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and it is necessary to strengthen the confidence of victory, but also to inspire the fighting spirit to overcome difficulties, rely on hard work, build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way with high quality as scheduled, and lay a solid foundation for starting a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.

Lecture 12

Embark on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) clearly stated that on the basis of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, China will be built into a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious, and beautiful modern socialist country by the middle of this century. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that this is a strategic arrangement for the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. In order to turn the beautiful blueprint of this major strategic arrangement into reality, we must be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, persevere and persevere, decisively build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and strive to start a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.

Lecture 13

Achieve high-quality economic development in China

China's economy has shifted from a stage of rapid growth to a stage of high-quality development, and it is necessary to accelerate the formation of an indicator system, policy system, standard system, statistical system, performance evaluation, and performance appraisal to promote high-quality development under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially economic thought, to create and improve the institutional environment, and to promote China's economy to continuously make new progress in achieving high-quality development.

Lecture 14

A new pattern of all-round opening up has been formed

Opening up to the outside world is China's basic national policy. Promoting reform and development through opening up is an important magic weapon for our country to continuously make new achievements in modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to actively participate in and promote the process of economic globalization, develop a higher-level open economy, and promote the formation of a new pattern of comprehensive opening up. This is a major strategic deployment made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, accurately judging the general trend of the world and profoundly grasping the new requirements of reform and development in the new era, which will surely inject strong impetus into the decisive victory of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, winning the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Lecture 15

We should use a more sound system to ensure that the people are the masters of the country

The people being the masters of the country is the essential characteristic of socialist democratic politics. China is a socialist country under the people's democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants, and all state power belongs to the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "China's socialist democracy is the most extensive, true and effective democracy to safeguard the fundamental interests of the people. To develop socialist democratic politics is to embody the will of the people, protect the rights and interests of the people, stimulate the people's creative vitality, and use the system to ensure that the people are the masters of the country. ”

Lecture 16

Socialist consultative democracy has developed extensively and multi-layeredly

The practice of people's democracy ensures that the people are the masters of the country and requires extensive consultations among the people in all aspects of governing the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "It is the true meaning of people's democracy that there are things to discuss, and the affairs of the people are discussed by the people. "Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has put forward a series of important ideas and launched a series of major measures to promote the construction of socialist consultative democracy, which has effectively guaranteed the people's right to extensive, continuous and in-depth participation in daily political life.

Lecture 17

Accelerate the construction of a socialist country ruled by law

Comprehensively governing the country according to law is the essential requirement and important guarantee of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is a profound revolution in national governance. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas and new strategies around the comprehensive rule of law, covering the nature, direction, fundamental guarantee and overall goal, general path, general task, general layout and other aspects of China's rule of law construction in the new era, profoundly answering a series of major questions on the construction of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, and providing a fundamental basis for deepening the practice of governing the country according to law and accelerating the construction of a socialist country under the rule of law in the new era.

Lecture 18

Promote the prosperity of socialist culture

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that culture is the soul of a country and a nation, and that there will be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation without a high degree of cultural self-confidence and cultural prosperity. To develop socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, it is necessary to strengthen cultural self-confidence, enhance cultural consciousness, adhere to the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, stimulate the vitality of cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation, and build a socialist cultural power.

Lecture 19

Build a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leadership

Ideological work is an important part of the work of the Party and the state, and plays an important role in the overall cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to firmly grasp the leadership of ideological work and build a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leadership. This is a major task put forward on the basis of profoundly summing up the valuable experience accumulated over a long period of time in our party's leadership in ideological work, especially the fresh experience created since the 18th CPC National Congress. To thoroughly implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, it is necessary to earnestly strengthen the Party's leadership over ideological work, vigorously develop and strengthen socialist ideology, continuously consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, and consolidate the common ideological foundation for the unity and struggle of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country.

Lecture 20

Safeguard and improve people's livelihood in the process of development

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the people's yearning for a better life is our goal. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has adhered to the people-centered approach, regarded improving people's livelihood and well-being as the fundamental purpose of development, focused on making up for the shortcomings of people's livelihood in development, and made a series of pioneering achievements in educating the young, learning and teaching, earning from labor, providing medical treatment for the sick, providing for the elderly, housing and supporting the weak.

Lecture 21

Create a social governance pattern of co-construction, co-governance and sharing

Strengthening and innovating social governance is an important part of improving and developing the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the issue of social governance, and clearly proposes to strengthen the construction of social governance system and create a social governance pattern of co-construction, co-governance and sharing, which points out the direction for strengthening and innovating social governance under the new historical conditions.

Lecture 22

Building a Beautiful China

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. The construction of ecological civilization is a millennium plan related to the well-being of the people and the future of the nation, and an important strategic task to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward the overall layout of the "five-in-one" socialism with Chinese characteristics, and the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core put the construction of ecological civilization in the overall position of reform, development and modernization, firmly implemented the new development concept, continuously deepened the reform of the ecological civilization system, and promoted the construction of ecological civilization with unprecedented determination, intensity and effectiveness, creating a new situation in the construction of ecological civilization and environmental protection. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made it clear that by the middle of this century the goal of building China into a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful modern socialist country, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress passed the constitutional amendment, which enshrined this goal in the fundamental law of the country, further highlighting the great practical significance and far-reaching historical significance of building a beautiful China, further deepening our party's understanding of the law of socialist construction, and providing a fundamental compliance and guarantee for the construction of a beautiful China and the realization of the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

Lecture 23

Adhere to the overall concept of national security

Coordinating development and security, enhancing the sense of danger, and being prepared for danger in times of peace is a major principle of our party's governance of the country. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has creatively put forward the systematic idea of the overall national security concept, which has become a program of action and a scientific guide for safeguarding national security. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) incorporated the overall concept of national security into the basic strategy for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and wrote it into the Party Constitution. The overall concept of national security has scientifically answered a series of basic questions on how to safeguard and shape national security in a large developing socialist country like China with a series of closely linked and interconnected basic viewpoints, marking that our party's understanding of the basic laws of national security has reached a new height.

Lecture 24

Build the people's army into a world-class army in an all-round way

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has focused on realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, closely focusing on what kind of strong people's army to build in the new era and how to build a strong people's army.

Lecture 25

Adhere to the principle of "one country, two systems" and promote the reunification of the motherland

The principle of "one country, two systems" is the basic national policy of the party and the state to realize the great cause of the motherland's reunification, and realizing the complete reunification of the motherland is where the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation lie. Based on the overall strategic situation of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has systematically summarized the successful experience of the practice of "one country, two systems", profoundly expounded the basic position and major principles of adhering to the principle of "one country, two systems" and advancing the great cause of the reunification of the motherland, and fully reflected that our party's understanding of the laws of the practice of "one country, two systems" has reached a new height.

Lecture 26

Build a community with a shared future for mankind

The important strategic idea of building a community with a shared future for mankind is a Chinese concept and plan put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping with an eye to human development and the future of the world, which has been highly praised and warmly responded to by the international community, and has been written into United Nations documents many times, producing increasingly extensive and far-reaching international influence, and becoming a clear banner for China to lead the trend of the times and the direction of human civilization progress.

Lecture 27

Promote international cooperation along the Belt and Road

The proposal to jointly build the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road is a major strategic decision made by General Secretary Xi Jinping to deeply think about the future and destiny of mankind and the general development trend of China and the world, and to promote global common prosperity and build a community with a shared future for mankind.

Lecture 28

We will unswervingly build the party into a stronger and more powerful party

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the Communist Party of China can lead the people to carry out a great social revolution and a great self-revolution. The key to running China's affairs well lies in the party. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has promoted the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with firm determination, tenacious will and unprecedented strength, promoted historic changes and achievements in the cause of the Party and the country, and had an immeasurable and far-reaching impact on the Party, the country and the nation. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China stood at a new historical starting point and called on the whole party to unswervingly uphold and improve the party's leadership and unswervingly build the party into a stronger and more powerful party.

Lecture 29

Efforts should be made to master the Marxist ideological methods and work methods

Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is a glorious example of adhering to and applying dialectical materialism and historical materialism, and contains a wealth of Marxist ideological methods and working methods, which is not only a world outlook, a historical outlook, but also an epistemology and methodology. It not only talks about what it is, how to look at it, but also how to do it and how to do it; It not only deploys the task of "crossing the river" but also guides the solution of the problem of "bridge or boat", thus providing a sharp ideological weapon for promoting the development of the cause of the party and the state. To study and master this thought, we must not only comprehensively and accurately comprehend its rich connotations, ideological system, and practical requirements, but also profoundly grasp the scientific ideological methods and working methods that run through it, constantly improve our ability to overcome difficulties, resolve contradictions, and control complex situations, and better uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

Lecture 30

Persist in arming the whole party with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China established Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guiding ideology that our Party must adhere to for a long time, and the constitutional amendment adopted at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress enshrined this idea in the Constitution. It is a major strategic task to persist in arming the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It is necessary to implement this major strategic task with a high sense of political responsibility and historical mission, and in accordance with the requirements of learning, understanding, and doing practical work, promote cadres and the masses to deeply understand and grasp the scientific system, spiritual essence, and practical requirements of this thought, promote the further rise of a new upsurge in the study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and more consciously arm their minds, guide practice, and promote work with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.