Qiushi Journal Issue Preview: No. 14, 2024

An article by General Secretary Xi Jinping on maintaining self-confidence and self-reliance was published in this year’s 14th issue of Qiushi Journal.

The CPC has led the people in independently blazing the path to success over the past century, the article notes, stressing that the CPC has adapted Marxism to the Chinese context by ensuring the Chinese people seek solutions to Chinese problems based on our national conditions.

Only self-confidence leads to self-improvement. The Party’s endeavors and major achievements over the past century have provided the most solid foundation for strengthening our confidence in the path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In today’s world, if there is any political party, any country, or any nation that has every confidence in its future, it is the Communist Party of China, the People’s Republic of China, and the Chinese nation.

Advancing Chinese modernization requires staying independent and maintaining self-reliance, notes the article, saying that we must develop our country and our nation with our own strength, and maintain a firm grasp on the future of China’s development and progress. 

According to the article, the goal of comprehensively deepening reform is to improve the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Strengthening confidence in our system is never to hold fast to the established ways. Rather, it means removing institutional obstacles to make our system more mature and everlasting.

As Chinese socialism continues to develop, our system is inevitably becoming more mature, the superiority of our socialist system is becoming more apparent, and our path grows even broader. China’s development path will have a greater influence on the whole world and we have confidence in the bright prospects for China’s development.

Readers will also find in this issue an editorial piece inspired by Xi’s vision.

An article by Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, studies and interprets Xi’s important speech delivered at the conference marking the 70th Anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.

The CPC Leadership Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences elaborates on the necessity of upholding independence and self-reliance in advancing Chinese modernization.

An article by the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at the PLA National Defence University expounds on how to boost cultural confidence.

The Qiushi commentary explains the efforts that need to be made to further deepen reform and thus provide powerful impetus and institutional safeguards for Chinese modernization. 

The Secretariat of the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission discusses how to facilitate the building of a strong cyber country through the high-quality development of law-based cyberspace governance.

An article by the CPC Leadership Group of the China Meteorological Administration elucidates its commitment to putting people and their lives first, and building the first line of defense against meteorological disasters.

The CPC Jinan Municipal Committee expounds on Xi Jinping thought on culture by sharing Jinan’s experience in promoting cultural advancement.

Bao Weimin, Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as Director of the Science and Technology Committee of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, introduces the rapid development of China’s aerospace industry in the new era.

Reporters with Xinhua News Agency recounts major achievements made in the reform and opening up drive in the new era.

Qiushi reporters continue their reports on the “Quality Development Field Tour,” offering vivid insights into the practical efforts of various regions to promote high-quality development.

This issue closes with a diagram released by the National Bureau of Statistics which shows that remarkable results have been made in China’s reform and development since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012.

Editor: Yi Xiaowei