Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The Communist Party of China places the importance of the 19th Party Congress on par with the event that Mao Zedong established the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and Deng Xiaoping launched the policy of economic reform and opening up.
This is likely to lead to the recognition of President Xi Jinping as China’s third supreme leader after Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, creating conditions for Xi to continue promoting the `Chinese Dream` concept.
Chinese Dream
At a press conference providing information about the upcoming party congress, Mr. Jiang Jianguo, deputy head of the Central Propaganda Department, said that the 19th Party Congress `will not only set tasks for the next five years but
In 2012, when he assumed leadership after the 18th congress, Mr. Xi introduced the concept of `a great renaissance for the Chinese nation`.
Mr. Xi’s Chinese dream seems to consist of three stages: the rise of the Chinese nation, wealth and power.
The third milestone in history
In China, people often say that Mao Zedong led the Chinese nation to rise up, Deng Xiaoping made the nation rich and Xi Jinping was given the task of paving the way for the nation to become stronger in the future.
Mao Zedong (left) and Deng Xiaoping are considered the two supreme leaders of China.
If he succeeds in this mission, Mr. Xi will certainly become the leader who made history after Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
Commentator Wu Zhong of Asia Times commented that it is not surprising if the 19th Congress will amend the party charter to incorporate Mr. Xi’s ideology, becoming the guiding ideology of the CPC.
The CPC’s current charter stipulates that the party adheres to Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, and Three Representation Theory (the CPC represents advanced productive forces, represents advanced culture, and interests
However, the names of these two leaders are not mentioned in the party charter.
In fact, with tight control over the military, only Mr. Xi is considered a strong leader like Mr. Mao and Mr. Deng.
On the economic front, because the CPC’s goal is to make China a powerful country in the next two decades, it can be said with certainty that the CPC will set itself the task of continuing to promote economic growth through
It is expected that China’s economy will continue to grow at its current pace or faster in the coming years, although this congress may not set specific growth targets, Wu Zhong said.
4 confident
The announcement after the meeting of the Chinese Politburo on August 31 said that `the entire party and the entire country must maintain and improve confidence in the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and be confident in theory.`
These 4 confidences, summarized by Mr. Xi himself, clearly demonstrate that China does not accept being `Westernized`.
A Pew Research Center survey last year found that more than 80% of Chinese people were satisfied with the country’s direction.
In July, an article published in the Wall Street Journal titled `A New Challenge to American Power: Chinese Exceptionalism` read: `President Xi Jinping is holding China steady with
However, according to the Economist, in the next decade, a series of China’s long-standing problems will become more apparent and may become obstacles to the country’s ambitions.
China’s ambition to become a leading regional power also faces obstacles from its allies in Northeast Asia.
`A big open question is whether the goals set by Mr. Xi are the right direction for his country,` the Economist commentary said.