From 65438 to 0978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made a major decision on reform and opening up, which opened a new historical period of China's reform and opening up. This undoubtedly became a milestone in the history of China, because it was the reform and opening up that liberated the mind and achieved a historic turning point in the contemporary development of China, thus changing the fate of China and opening up the social transformation. In 2008, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up. China embarked on the road of reform and opening up in 1978. Reform and opening up have stimulated the vitality of all walks of life and made China's productive forces develop continuously. One by one, new cities have sprung up. Made and developed major scientific and technological achievements. Large-scale projects have been completed. Super-large enterprises have developed rapidly. China is tall and strong. For more than 20 years, reform and opening up have been the fundamental driving force for social progress and development in China. Some people in the west think that Deng Xiaoping's "crossing the river by feeling the stones" seems pragmatic, while China's reform and opening up seems to have no clear theoretical guidance, which is completely wrong. Our party attaches great importance to theoretical thinking and is good at summing up practice scientifically. The formation and development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory is not achieved overnight, but a process of repeated practice, repeated exploration, continuous summary, gradual formation and development of laws. Scientific Outlook on Development is a concentrated expression of Marxist world outlook and methodology on development, and a scientific summary of the development of China in the past 30 years of reform and opening up. It is not only a full inheritance of existing scientific theories, but also a scientific summary of China's latest development practice, a full prediction of various possibilities for future development, and an absorption and reference of the development experience of mankind and other countries in the world. In the past 30 years, the people of China have made gratifying achievements. Hong Kong became the territory of the Central Plains from the Qin Dynasty until the defeat of the Qing Dynasty in the middle of the19th century, when it was ceded to Britain in batches and became a colony, thus opening Hong Kong to port development. 1980, China and Britain implemented the future of Hong Kong and signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984, deciding that People's Republic of China (PRC) would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong in July 1997. The wanderer who is far away from his mother's arms finally feels the warmth of his mother's arms. At 22: 00 on July 3, 20001Beijing time, the highly anticipated host city of the 2008 Olympic Games was finally announced at the112nd plenary session of the International Olympic Committee in Moscow. There is only one name in Samaranch's forceful announcement: Beijing! China and Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games with their superior advantages and perfect presentation. June 5438+1October 65438+May 2003, Shenzhou 5 manned spacecraft was successfully launched, and China people's dream of flying for thousands of years was finally realized. This launch is an important achievement in the history of human exploration of space. After Russia and the United States, China became the third country in the world to send humans into space. We have every reason to believe that the people of China, who have become more confident and mature in the reform and opening up, will certainly be able to break through the complicated contradictions in the current social development and make greater achievements in China's modernization drive. Or the reality of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, in short, we "changed" a Socialism with Chinese characteristics through reform and opening up. Looking at our real society intuitively, after the reform and opening up, compared with 30 years ago, it is really very different. Judging from the focus of the work of the whole party and the whole country, it has already changed from focusing on class struggle to focusing on economic construction; From the ownership of the means of production, from "one big, two big and three pure" and public ownership to an economic system with public ownership as the main body and multiple ownership systems developing together; From the perspective of economic system, it has changed from a highly centralized and unified planned economic system to a market economic system; From the social state, it has changed from a closed and rigid society to an increasingly active society that is open to the outside world, integrated into the world and comprehensively reformed; From the starting point, in the past, building socialism emphasized making contributions to the country and mankind, but now it emphasizes improving people's lives and putting people first. After the shift of the focus of the work of the whole Party and the whole country, the above five achievements formed and established through reform and opening up can be regarded as the basic elements of Socialism with Chinese characteristics society. What have these major changes brought to our society and its members? The first is the rapid economic development. 1980, China's total industrial and agricultural output value was 7 1000 billion yuan (see the report of the 12th National Congress). By 2006, the gross domestic product reached 210.09 trillion yuan, which increased by dozens of times even after deducting the price increase. China's rapid economic development is regarded as a miracle by international public opinion. People's lives have generally improved. When we enter a new historical period, there are about 900 million people in China, and as many as 250 million people have not solved the problem of food and clothing. Now the problem of food and clothing for the people has basically been solved (leaving a big tail), and the lives of the broad masses of the people have generally improved significantly. This is a fact that everyone can feel, and there is no need to list them one by one. Comprehensive national strength has been greatly improved. China's international status and influence have improved significantly. People's mental outlook has undergone profound changes. The people's education level has improved, illiteracy among young and middle-aged people has been basically eliminated, nine-year compulsory education has been basically popularized, and the gross enrollment rate of universities has reached 20%. The situation of personal superstition and rigid thinking that existed in the past few years has been fundamentally changed. People dare to think independently, and their sense of participation is greatly enhanced. What is Socialism with Chinese characteristics? These are the real Socialism with Chinese characteristics we live in. At that time, Deng Xiaoping once said: "Persisting in reform and opening up is a measure to determine the fate of China." (Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping, vol. 3, p. 368) Looking back, it is true. Reform and opening up is a powerful driving force for China's development and progress. Socialism with Chinese characteristics was formed and developed in the process of reform and opening up. From a realistic and historical point of view, the significance of reform and opening up is no less than finding a way for rural areas to surround cities during the democratic revolution. Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. The above facts fully illustrate the rapid development and great progress of China. In particular, the development of productive forces is the highest standard to measure social progress. The above facts fully demonstrate the correctness of the reform and opening-up line and the superiority and vitality of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

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