Full text of resolution on CPC Central Committee report （1）   2002-11-14 20:06:10 The following is the full text of the Resolution of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China （CPC） on the Report of the 15th CPC Central Committee, adopted by the 16th CPC National Congress on November 14, 2002: The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China （CPC） has approved the report made by Comrade Jiang Zemin on behalf of the 15th CPC Central Committee. The report has expounded in a profound manner such major questions as what banner to hold, what road to take and what objectives to attain by our Party in the new century. It has made overall arrangements for reform, opening up and the socialist modernization drive. It is a political declaration and a program of action for the Party to unite with and lead the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country in forging ahead at the new stage in the new century. The Congress holds that the theme of the report accords with the tide of the times and the sentiments of all Party members and the people. The whole Party should hold high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory, fully act on the important thought of Three Represents, carry forward our cause into the future, keep pace with the times, build a well－off society in an all－round way, speed up socialist modernization and work hard to create a new situation in building socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Congress stresses that our Party must stand firm in the forefront of the times and unite with and lead the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in accomplishing the three major historical tasks: to propel the modernization drive, to achieve national reunification and to safeguard world peace and promote common development, and in bringing about the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on its road to socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Congress highly values the work of the 15th CPC Central Committee. Since the convocation of the 15th CPC National Congress, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin at the core has led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in traversing an extraordinary course and scoring tremendous achievements in reform, development and stability, domestic and foreign affairs and national defense and in running the Party, state and army. The major policy decisions made by the Central Committee at and since the 15th National Congress are correct. Our achievements provide a more solid foundation for the future development of the cause of the Party and state. The Congress approves the summary made by the 15th CPC Central Committee of the great practice over the past 13 years since the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th CPC Central Committee and unanimously agrees on the basic experience as the Party leads the people in building socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Congress maintains that this experience and the historical experience gained by the Party since its founding can be summarized as follows: Our Party must always represent the development trend of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of China's advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. They are the inexorable requirements for maintaining and developing socialism and the logical conclusion our Party has reached through hard exploration and great practice. The whole Party must uphold the basic theories, line, program and experience of the Party and do a better job in all fields of endeavor. The Congress unanimously agrees to establish the important thought of Three Represents, Marxism－Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory as the guiding ideology of the Party. As a continuation and development of Marxism－Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of Three Represents reflects new requirements for the work of the Party and state arising from the changes in China and other parts of the world today. It is a powerful theoretical weapon for strengthening and improving Party building and promoting self－improvement and development of socialism in China. Persistent implementation of the "Three Represents" is the foundation for building our Party, the cornerstone for its governance and the source of its strength. The implementation of the important thought of Three Represents is, in essence, to keep pace with the times, maintain the Party's progressiveness and exercise the state power in the interest of the people. All Party members must be keenly aware of this basic requirement and become more conscious of and determined in implementing this important thought. （More）