Setting out on the Great Rejuvenation

THE centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was marked by a grand gathering held on July 1 at Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square.

- ZHANG HUI

General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping, who is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, declared in his speech at the ceremony that China had realized its first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and that the nation is now heading toward its second centenary goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects.

This avowal was greeted with a massive wave of applause and cheers that swept the square. Among the hundreds of thousands present at the Tian’anmen Square ceremony were Xu Jing and her colleagues from the Office of Beijing Municipal Leading Group for Poverty Reduction Cooperation and Assistance, their faces wreathed in jubilant smiles. “I’m so thrilled to be here. Under the Party’s leadership our country has made incredible achievements. As a CPC member, this makes me feel very proud,” Xu told China Today. The people’s confidence in and wholehearted support for the Party was palpable throughout the square. In Xu’s words, “The reason is clear. Everything our Party has done has been with the sole aim of serving the people and improving their lives.”

Historic Achievements