CPC’S Centenary
The year 2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC. From November 8 to 11, the 19th CPC Central Committee held its sixth plenary session in Beijing. The meeting comprehensively reviewed the Party’s major achievements and experience in its century-long history.
The CPC has grown from a political party with only a few dozen members when it was founded to the world’s largest political party with more than 95 million members. It has been China’s ruling party for 72 years, with its global influence continuing to grow. It has led China to transform from a large but poor and weak nation to the world’s second-largest economy. An important secret for its remarkable achievements has been a people-centered philosophy.
Why China is so great has been in my mind for a long time. I finally found inspiration in the slogan ‘Making Progress Every Day’ that can be seen everywhere in many Chinese schools. Not only do Chinese pupils try to make progress every day, but so does the country that is so big with such a long history under the leadership of the CPC. So if you make progress every day and advance your knowledge, you become better-informed, and your renovation ability keeps improving. You learn from mistakes and keep going forward.
Alexander Lomanov, director of the Asia-pacific Research Center of the Primakov Institute of World Economics and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences