An Exemplary Leadership
The success of the governance of China raises China’s influence around the world
Leading a Party of more than 96 million members must be a remarkable task for Xi Jinping, who was elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee at the 20th National Congress of the CPC in October. The membership of the CPC itself outnumbers the population of many countries.
This congress came shortly after the centenary of the CPC, which was established in 1921 with a goal to achieve a fair distribution of wealth and create an equal society. In the first article of the first chapter of volume IV of his book, Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, which is a speech delivered at the Ceremony Marking the Centenary of the CPC, Xi, who is also President of China, makes reference to the Opium War of 1840, explaining that “China was gradually reduced to a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society and went through a period of suffering worse than it had ever previously known.” It was this condition that sparked a national revival and a series of uprisings, revolutions and reform movements. As Xi noted, since that time, national rejuvenation has been the greatest dream of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. Marxism and Leninism were introduced to China during the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 and became the guiding philosophy of the CPC at its formation in 1921.
“Since the very day of its founding, the Party has made seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation its aspiration and mission,” Xi said. “All the struggle, sacrifice and creation through which
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