Studying and implementing the characteristics of China in the new era of supreme leader

　　Speech at the working conference on the theme education of socialist ideology

　　(April 3, 2023)

　　Supreme leader

　　Earlier, the CPC Central Committee had issued the Opinions on developing theme education, made arrangements and put forward clear requirements for doing a good job in this theme education. Here, I will talk about three questions.

　　First, deeply understand the great significance of carrying out this theme education.

　　Focusing on leading cadres at or above the county level, carrying out in-depth education on studying and implementing the theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era is an important measure to implement the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, which is of great significance for unifying the Party’s thinking, solving outstanding problems within the Party, always maintaining the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the people, and promoting the development of the cause of the Party and the state.

　　第一，這是統一全黨思想意志行動、始終保持黨的強大凝聚力、戰斗力的必然要求。團結統一是黨的生命，是黨的力量所在。思想上的統一是黨的團結統一最深厚最持久最可靠的保證。我們這么大一個黨，領導著這么大一個國家，肩負著帶領全國各族人民實現國家強盛、民族復興這個艱巨任務，全黨必須統一思想、統一意志、統一行動。怎么實現全黨思想、意志、行動的統一？最根本的就是用黨的基本理論武裝全黨。

　　我們黨始終高度重視理論武裝，每逢重大歷史關頭，都要用黨的創新理論統一全黨思想，每次黨內集中教育也都堅持把理論學習作為首要任務并貫穿始終，為全黨團結統一奠定堅實思想基礎。今天，我們黨帶領全國各族人民邁上了全面建設社會主義現代化國家、全面推進中華民族偉大復興的新征程，要更好肩負起新時代新征程黨的使命任務，迫切需要用新時代中國特色社會主義思想武裝頭腦、指導實踐、推動工作。

　　2023年4月3日，學習貫徹最高領袖新時代中國特色社會主義思想主題教育工作會議在北京召開。中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席最高領袖出席會議并發表重要講話。 新華社記者 鞠鵬/攝

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in practice in the new era, we have continued to promote the arming of the whole party with the Party’s innovative theory and achieved remarkable results. However, the task of theoretical armed forces is still arduous. On the one hand, there are still some problems that need to be paid attention to in terms of learning, believing and using, learning and understanding. Some party member and cadres are not interested in theoretical study, so they can’t learn, and they learn to go through the formalities; Some studies are not systematic and in-depth, with a little knowledge and a little taste, but they don’t know why; Some of them are divorced from learning and application, and they are not good at translating their learning results into the practical skills of entrepreneurs, and so on. These problems show that the party’s theoretical armed work can’t be formal, and it must continue to go deeper and deeper. On the other hand, the Party’s innovation theory is constantly developing, and the 20th Congress of the Party has put forward a series of important ideas and viewpoints. Since the 20th Congress of the Party, some new viewpoints have been put forward in the process of expounding the spirit of the 20th Congress of the Party, especially the important theoretical and practical issue of Chinese modernization, which has further enriched Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. The study and implementation of this aspect has just begun. Therefore, at the beginning of the new journey, we must continue to push the whole party to thoroughly study and implement Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. History and reality show that if theoretical study is not thorough and thorough, there will be no foundation for ideological unity, and the unity and unity of the party will be seriously affected.

　　This theme education should make great efforts to promote the study and implementation of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, educate and guide party member and cadres to thoroughly root out the root causes, consolidate the foundation and cultivate the yuan, constantly improve political judgment, political understanding and political execution, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences" and achieve the "two safeguards", and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee in ideological and political actions, so as to achieve one mind and one mind.

　　Second, this is an inevitable requirement for promoting the whole party to take an active role and constantly create a new situation in career development.Building a socialist modernization power in an all-round way, realizing the goal of the second century, and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization are the central tasks of the whole party and the people of all nationalities in the new era and new journey. This is an unprecedented pioneering undertaking. On the way forward, it is bound to encounter a large number of brand-new topics that have never appeared before, encounter all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, and withstand many major tests of high winds, high waves and even stormy waves. Only by always maintaining the struggling attitude of forging ahead, being the first and facing difficulties, actively taking responsibility and being good at fighting can we successfully promote the historical great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

　　The great achievements of our party’s struggle in the past century are all made by the party’s unity and leadership of the people of all ethnic groups in the country. To turn the grand blueprint drawn by the Party’s 20th National Congress into reality, we still have to rely on hard work and hard work. On the whole, the ability, quality and mental state of party member and cadres are good, but we should also be soberly aware that the problems of unwillingness, dare and poor responsibility among cadres are still outstanding. Some people prefer not to do anything in order not to have an accident, and muddle along; Some detour when they encounter contradictions and problems, push their responsibilities outward, and dare not touch the truth; Some just talk but don’t practice, express their views quickly, adjust their tone high, act slowly and implement poorly; Some virtues are not in place, their abilities are mediocre, they can’t afford heavy burdens, and they can’t open the work situation; Some are hesitant, timid, lack of confidence and panic in the face of major risk challenges, and so on. Although these problems exist in a few party member and cadres, if they are left unchecked, they will damage the party’s image and delay the party’s cause, and must be seriously solved.

　　這次主題教育，要教育引導廣大黨員、干部學思想、見行動，樹立正確的權力觀、政績觀、事業觀，增強責任感和使命感，不斷提高推動高質量發展本領、服務群眾本領、防范化解風險本領，加強斗爭精神和斗爭本領養成，提振銳意進取、擔當有為的精氣神。要采取有效措施，著力消除影響干部擔當作為的各種消極因素，敢于為擔當者擔當、為負責者負責、為干事者撐腰，讓愿擔當、敢擔當、善擔當蔚然成風，推動廣大黨員、干部以滿腔熱忱奮進新征程、建功新時代。

　　第三，這是深入推進全面從嚴治黨、以黨的自我革命引領社會革命的必然要求。治國必先治黨，黨興才能國強。全面從嚴治黨永遠在路上，黨的自我革命永遠在路上，解決大黨獨有難題是一個長期而艱巨的過程，既需要常抓不懈，又需要集中發力，及時消除一切影響黨的先進性純潔性的因素，清除一切侵蝕黨的肌體健康的病毒，確保黨永遠不變質、不變色、不變味。

　　2022年10月27日，中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席最高領袖帶領中共中央政治局常委李強、趙樂際、王滬寧、蔡奇、丁薛祥、李希，瞻仰延安革命紀念地。這是最高領袖在楊家嶺瞻仰中共七大會址。 新華社記者 燕雁/攝

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in the face of the great risk test faced by the Party and the outstanding problems existing in the Party, our Party has adopted a series of major strategic measures with the spirit of self-revolution with the blade inward, adhered to and strengthened the overall leadership of the Party, unswervingly promoted the comprehensive and strict management of the Party, and became stronger and stronger in revolutionary forging. The achievements are obvious to all, and the problems cannot be ignored. Outstanding problems such as impure thinking, impure organization and impure style of work in the Party have not been fundamentally solved, and some solved problems may resurface, and some new problems are still emerging. For example, some localities and departments have failed to implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, and they are either simplistic, "across the board", copying from top to bottom, or making choices, making changes, and discounting, regardless of the overall situation, and engaging in departmental and local protectionism; Hedonism and extravagance are on the rise from time to time, and invisible variation is hidden, and there is still a long way to go to eradicate formalism and bureaucracy. The political and organizational functions of some party organizations are not strong, and the role of party building in leading grassroots governance is not fully exerted; The situation of the anti-corruption struggle is still severe and complicated, and the task of curbing the increase and clearing the stock is still arduous, and so on. To solve these problems, we must persist in strict tone, strict measures and strict atmosphere for a long time, and constantly deepen the comprehensive and strict management of the party.

　　This theme education should educate and guide Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of party member and cadres to highlight the problem orientation, find out the shortcomings, find the gaps, be clear about the direction, accept the political physical examination, clean up the political dust, correct the behavioral deviation, solve the outstanding problems in impure thinking and organization, and constantly enhance the Party’s self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation and self-improvement ability, so that our Party will always be full of vitality and vitality, and always become the strong leadership core of the cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

　　Second, comprehensively and accurately grasp the objectives and requirements of theme education

　　The "Opinions" issued by the CPC Central Committee clearly stipulates the general requirements, objectives, tasks, methods and measures of this theme education, and party organizations at all levels should do a good job of implementation in light of the actual situation to ensure the expected results.

　　First, firmly grasp the general requirements.The general requirements of this theme education are "learning ideas, strengthening party spirit, emphasizing practice and making new contributions". These four sentences reflect our Party’s consistent requirements of combining knowledge with practice, integrating theory with practice, and unifying the transformation of the subjective world with the transformation of the objective world. They are a closely linked, interconnected and internally unified whole. This general requirement should run through the whole process of this theme education.

　　To study thought means to comprehensively study and understand Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, comprehensively and systematically master its basic viewpoints and scientific system, grasp its world outlook and methodology, adhere to and make good use of its stand, viewpoint and method, constantly enhance the political identity, ideological identity, theoretical identity and emotional identity of the Party’s innovation theory, truly master Marxist housekeeping skills, and consciously use Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era to guide all work.

　　Strengthening party spirit means consciously transforming the subjective world with Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, profoundly understanding a series of requirements of this thought on strengthening ideals and beliefs, enhancing ideological realm and strengthening party spirit training, and always maintaining the political nature of communist party people.

　　Emphasizing practice means consciously practicing Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era to transform the objective world, promote career development, observe the times, grasp the times, lead the times, actively adapt to changes, solve various contradictions in economic and social development and party building, prevent and resolve major risks, and promote new progress and breakthroughs in Chinese modernization.

　　2023年2月7日，新進中央委員會的委員、候補委員和省部級主要領導干部學習貫徹最高領袖新時代中國特色社會主義思想和黨的二十大精神研討班在中央黨校（國家行政學院）開班。中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席最高領袖在開班式上發表重要講話。李強、趙樂際、王滬寧、蔡奇、丁薛祥、李希等出席開班式。 新華社記者 李濤/攝

　　建新功，就是要從新時代中國特色社會主義思想中汲取奮發進取的智慧和力量，熟練掌握其中蘊含的領導方法、思想方法、工作方法，不斷提高履職盡責的能力和水平，凝心聚力促發展，馳而不息抓落實，立足崗位作貢獻，努力創造經得起歷史和人民檢驗的實績。

　　第二，緊緊錨定目標任務。開展這次主題教育，根本任務是堅持學思用貫通、知信行統一，把新時代中國特色社會主義思想轉化為堅定理想、錘煉黨性和指導實踐、推動工作的強大力量，使全黨始終保持統一的思想、堅定的意志、協調的行動、強大的戰斗力，努力在以學鑄魂、以學增智、以學正風、以學促干方面取得實實在在的成效。具體要達到以下目標。

　　The first is to concentrate on casting souls and build a solid foundation. We should educate and guide party member and cadres to undergo ideological tempering and spiritual baptism, strengthen their faith in Marxism, Socialism with Chinese characteristics and the realization of the Chinese nation’s great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream, carry forward the great spirit of party building, be sure to keep in mind Do not forget your initiative mind’s mission, be modest and prudent, work hard, dare to struggle, be good at fighting, build a solid foundation of faith, make up the calcium of spirit, and keep the rudder of thought steady.

　　The second is to temper character and strengthen loyalty. It is necessary to educate and guide the broad masses of party member and cadres to temper their political character, constantly improve their political judgment, political understanding and political execution, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences" and achieve the "two safeguards". Take the party’s banner as the banner, the party’s will as the will, and the party’s mission as the mission, and always be loyal to the party, the people, Marxism, and truly love the party and always worry about it.

　　The third is to work hard to promote development. It is necessary to educate and guide the vast number of party member and cadres to be "the biggest in the country", closely focus on the central task of the party in the new era and new journey, focus on practical work, strive for practical results, focus on problems, advance despite difficulties, perform their duties and responsibilities for the party and the people with the sense of responsibility of "always worrying" and the spirit of actively taking responsibility, promote high-quality development with new weather and new actions, and achieve new results by relying on tenacious struggle.

　　The fourth is to practice the purpose for the benefit of the people. It is necessary to educate and guide the broad masses of party member and cadres to firmly establish the people-centered development ideology, insist on doing everything for the people, relying on the people, consciously asking for the people’s needs, always breathing with the people, sharing their destiny and heart to heart, constantly improving the well-being of people’s livelihood by making a big cake, focusing on solving the people’s urgent problems and worries, and making the work of benefiting the people’s livelihood, warming the people’s hearts and conforming to the people’s will be done in the hearts of the people to enhance their sense of gain and happiness.

　　The fifth is to establish a new style of honesty and integrity. It is necessary to educate and guide the broad masses of party member and cadres to enhance their sense of discipline and rules, continue to rectify the "four winds", put formalism and bureaucracy in a more prominent position, and achieve fair use of rights, legal use of rights, civil use of rights, and clean use of rights, and promote the formation of a clean and refreshing relationship between comrades, a well-behaved relationship between superiors and subordinates, and a new type of political and business relationship that is pro-clear and unified, and be a leader, builder and social atmosphere of a good political ecology.

　　Third, comprehensively implement key measures.This theme education is not divided into stages and links. It is necessary to integrate theoretical study, investigation and research, promote development, examine and rectify, and promote it organically.

　　We should strengthen theoretical study. Insist on reading the original text to understand the principle, insist on thinking more, learning deeply and thoroughly, and comprehensively study and understand the scientific system, core essence and practical requirements of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, so as to achieve overall grasp and mastery. Vigorously carry forward the Marxist style of study of integrating theory with practice, closely combine the magnificent historical process and great changes in the new era, and profoundly grasp the practical basis for the emergence and development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era; Closely combine the great struggle, great project, great cause and great dream, promote the overall layout of the "five in one" as a whole and coordinate the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, and profoundly grasp the new ideas, new ideas and new strategies of this thought on governing the country; Closely combine the needs of job responsibilities, profoundly grasp the important exposition of this thought on related fields and the ideas, measures and methods to do a good job in specific work. Combine comprehensive study with key study, guide party member and cadres to focus on what they insist on and make up for what they lack, enhance the pertinence of study, and strive to improve the effectiveness of study. Party committees (party groups) at all levels should adopt various forms such as theoretical study center group study and holding reading classes to carry out centralized study and in-depth discussion and exchange. Leading cadres should go to the podium and give lectures on party classes, set an example and promote learning through lectures. Insist on guiding and driving the learning of the whole society with inner-party education, and let the party’s innovative theory "fly into the homes of ordinary people."

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　　It is necessary to conduct in-depth investigation and study. In accordance with the work plan of the CPC Central Committee on the investigation and research in the whole party, party member and cadres, especially leading cadres at all levels, are organized to dive into the front line, go deep into rural areas, communities, enterprises, hospitals, schools, "two new" organizations and other grass-roots units, feel the pulse, dissect sparrows, sort out problems and investigate difficult problems, and use the party’s innovative theory to study new situations and solve new problems. Adhere to the problem orientation, enhance the problem awareness, dare to face up to problems, be good at finding problems, look at both "high-rise buildings" and "shady hutongs", really find out the situation, identify the problems and put forward the countermeasures. Improve the way of investigation, avoid formalism and bureaucracy, and investigate in places and units where there are many difficulties, people’s opinions are concentrated, and the work can’t open the situation. Be good at empathy, walk into the masses, sincerely listen to their voices, truly reflect their wishes, truly care about their sufferings, and accurately understand their worries and hopes. Pay attention to the transformation and application of research results, deepen research on the basis of investigation, improve the quality of research results, effectively turn research results into practical measures to solve problems and improve work, and prevent more research and less analysis of situations, and put forward countermeasures and suggestions that are generalized, empty and abstract and do not solve practical problems. Make overall arrangements and reasonably determine the time and place of research, so as to prevent cluster research and show research. In the process of investigation, we should be pompous, simplify official reception, and not add burden to the grassroots.

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　　We must promote high-quality development. Focusing on high-quality development, the primary task of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, we should strengthen theoretical study to guide development practice, deepen investigation and research to promote the solution of development problems, and implement study and research to complete the tasks deployed by the Party’s 20th National Congress, so as to promote the new achievements of high-quality development and test the achievements of thematic education. Conscientiously implement a series of requirements and decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee on implementing the new development concept, building a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development, enhance the system concept and overall awareness, do a good job in expanding domestic demand, deepening the supply-side structural reform, accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system, comprehensively promote rural revitalization, implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, strengthening the country through talents, and innovation-driven development, safeguard and improve people’s livelihood in development, promote green development, promote the construction of beautiful China, promote the comprehensive rule of law, and build socialism. Closely integrate with the reality, break the mindset, change ideas and concepts, keep a close eye on the shortcomings and root causes of problems that affect and restrict high-quality development in local departments and units, carry out targeted treatment, correctly handle the major relationships between speed and quality, development and safety, development and environmental protection, development and epidemic prevention, and continuously improve the system, integrity and synergy of promoting high-quality development. It needs to be emphasized that leading bodies at all levels should bear in mind the entrustment of the party and the people, carry forward the spirit of "I don’t have to succeed, I must succeed", and insist on drawing a blueprint to the end.As long as the existing deployment and planning are scientific, meet the requirements of new practice and meet the wishes of the people, we must persist in doing it one after another to prevent the phenomena of impulsive political achievements, blind recklessness, quick work, "changing the track" and "leaving traces" that are easy to appear after the change of office.

　　We must do a good job in inspection and rectification. Adhere to learning, comparison, inspection and rectification, and rectify problems throughout the theme education, so that the people can truly feel the actual results of solving problems. The leading group should compare the problems listed in the Opinions with the Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era and the major decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, systematically sort out the problems found in the investigation, the problems encountered in promoting development, and the problems strongly reflected by the masses, and formulate rectification measures one by one in combination with the problems found in the inspection tour and audit supervision. Those that can be changed should be changed immediately, and those that cannot be solved for a while should be fixed on it and continuously rectified to ensure that the rectification is in place and prevent it from being delayed for a long time. Party member and cadres, especially leading cadres, should put themselves in, put their responsibilities in, put their work in, conduct party spirit analysis against the problems examined, seriously carry out criticism and self-criticism, so as to meet people and see their thoughts, and strive to solve problems from the ideological roots. All localities, departments and units should do a good job in the special rectification of outstanding problems, and dare to touch the real thing to achieve practical results. Adhere to the combination of "reform now" and "standing for a long time", and fix the good practices and experiences of studying and implementing Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era in theme education in a timely manner in the form of system. For recurring problems, we should pay attention to finding the reasons from the system, do a good job in perfecting the mechanism and establishing rules and regulations to prevent problems from rebounding.

　　The central and state organs are in a particularly important position in the governance system of the party and the state. They are closest to the Party Central Committee and serve the Party Central Committee most directly, which has a weathervane role in carrying out this theme education well. This theme education, the central and state organs and departments should take a good lead, set an example, and demonstrate to drive the theme education to go deep and practical. At the same time, in the theme education, we should do a good job in the education and rectification of cadres in organs and systems, earnestly strengthen political education and party spirit education, strictly observe rules and discipline, seriously educate pure thoughts, strictly rectify pure organizations, strive to build a model organ that will reassure the CPC Central Committee and satisfy the people, and do a good job in practicing the first phalanx of "two maintenance".

　　Three, strengthen the leadership of the theme education.

　　This theme education is a major event that concerns the overall situation, with tight time, heavy tasks and high requirements. Party committees (party groups) at all levels should attach great importance to it, carefully organize and implement it, and ensure the successful completion of various tasks of theme education.

　　First, clear leadership responsibilities.The theme education was carried out under the leadership of The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), and the central theme education leading group and its office were established to be responsible for the leadership and guidance of theme education. The member units of the leading group should give full play to their functions and form a joint effort. Party committees (party groups) at all levels should shoulder the main responsibility and plan, organize and implement the theme education well. The main responsible comrades of the Party Committee (Party Group) should earnestly perform the duties of the first responsible person, personally plan, rely on the front to direct, supervise and guide, and improperly "discard the shopkeeper" or "setter". Members of party committees (party groups) should conscientiously perform their duties of one post and two responsibilities, and strengthen the guidance and supervision of thematic education in the areas and departments in charge. The competent department of industry system should strengthen the guidance on the theme education of this industry system. Relevant departments should clarify their responsibilities, cooperate closely, form a good organization and guidance pattern, and make the theme education from the beginning to the end and achieve practical results. It is necessary to take the development of theme education as an important part of the annual assessment of leading bodies and leading cadres, and the debriefing and evaluation of party organization secretaries at the grassroots level.

　　Second, strengthen supervision and guidance.The central government sent a steering group to supervise and guide the development of theme education. Party committees of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and party groups (party committees) in charge of industry systems sent roving guidance groups to strengthen supervision and guidance to their regions, departments and units. City and county levels do not set up a steering group. Guidance groups at all levels should adopt the methods of roving guidance, random sampling, sinking visits, discussion interviews, etc., strictly supervise practical guidance, and guide and supervise, which not only points out the existing problems, but also helps to study countermeasures. It is necessary to classify and guide according to the characteristics of different regions, different fields and different industries, and make precise policies to prevent "one size fits all". It is necessary to closely rely on the party committees (party groups) of regional departments and units to carry out their work, strengthen communication and exchange views in a timely manner, and promote problem solving. It should be noted that formalism and bureaucracy are the key issues to be examined and rectified in this theme education, so this theme education will definitely not engage in formalism, formality and superficiality. We should anticipate, effectively guard against and resolutely overcome all possible formalism.

　　Third, pay attention to overall planning.This year is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and to promote the reform of the Party and state institutions, with heavy tasks and many clues. All localities, departments and units should persist in focusing on the center and serving the overall situation, combine the theme education with the implementation of the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, combine it with the promotion of the central work of their own departments and units in the region, and combine it with the promotion of institutional reform, so as to achieve both efforts and promotion, and promote party member and cadres to turn their enthusiasm for study and work into a powerful driving force for overcoming difficulties and starting businesses. According to the actual situation, we should make overall arrangements for the first and second batch of theme education to ensure the continuity and orderly progress.

　　Fourth, strengthen publicity and guidance.It is necessary to give full play to the role of party newspapers, party magazines, television stations and radio stations at all levels as the main channels of publicity, pay attention to the use of new media, thoroughly publicize the deployment requirements of the CPC Central Committee, and publicize the great significance, objectives, tasks and progress of theme education. Innovate ways and means, give full play to the role of mainstream media and emerging media, positively guide online public opinion, and pay attention to preventing "low-level red" and "senior black". Promote positive models and summarize a number of good experiences and practices that can be replicated and promoted. Deeply analyze the negative examples, clarify the law and discipline with cases, promote rectification, and effectively play a warning role.

　　Comrades, the grand goal of building a strong country and national rejuvenation is inspiring and inspiring. Our generation of communist party people have a glorious mission and a great responsibility. We should take this theme education as an opportunity to strengthen the party’s innovative theory, constantly improve the Marxist level of the whole party, constantly improve the party’s ruling ability and leadership level, concentrate on forging ahead in a new journey, work hard and bravely, and work together for building a socialist modern country and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way!