A Blueprint for the China of Tomorrow

This book includes important “instructions” on building socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. To understand it better, the book should be read with proper knowledge of the historical context surrounding the development of modern Chinese civilization.

Recently, the third volume of Xi Jinping: The

Governance of China has been published in both Chinese and English.

The new volume compiled 92 articles including speeches, conversations, instructions, and letters composed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, between October 18, 2017 and January 13, 2020. What new enlightenment does this volume bring? What distinguishes this book from previous installments? To fully understand the work, it should be read with proper knowledge of the historical context of the development of modern Chinese civilization.

More than a century ago, China’s traditional civilization began to be severely impacted by the waves of modernization.

In the process of building modern civilization in China, the nation chose to reorganize the country and society under the leadership of a political party, and ultimately the CPC accepted the historical mission.

Attempting to “catch up” to solve the disconnection between the scattered state of traditional society and growing demands for orderly construction of a modernized nation, the People’s Republic of China established a planned economic system and unit-based social system in the early days after its founding. Thanks to the hard work of millions over more than 20 years, the tasks for the basic stage of socialist modernization were completed.

To promote the sustainable development of China’s modernization, the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee in 1978 decided to implement a reform and opening-up policy. In 1992, the 14th CPC National Congress made the decision to establish a socialist market economic system, marking the establishment of