In 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the C*** made the major decision of reform and opening up, which opened a new period in the history of China's reform and opening up. This has undoubtedly become a landmark in China's history, because it was the reform and opening up and the emancipation of the mind that realized the historic turnaround in China's contemporary development, which changed China's destiny and began the transformation of its society.
In 2008, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up.
China embarked on the road of reform and opening up in 1978. Reform and opening up has energized all walks of life and enabled China's productive forces to continue to develop. A major scientific and technological achievement has been manufactured and developed. One by one, large-scale projects have been completed.
Thirty years ago, TVs were black and white, and the whole village could only watch one TV. The only electrical appliance in the house could only be considered a flashlight. Now, there are all kinds of household appliances!
In these 30 years, the Chinese people have made gratifying achievements
July 13, 2001, the much-anticipated host city for the 2008 Olympic Games was finally announced at the 112th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee in Moscow. There was only one name in Samaranch's majestic announcement: BEIJING! Beijing, China, with its superiority and perfect presentation report, stood out among the five cities bidding for the 2008 Olympic Games and won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
On October 15, 2003, the Shenzhou V manned spacecraft was successfully launched, and the Chinese people's dream of flying into the sky for thousands of years finally became a reality. The launch was an important achievement in the history of human space exploration. After Russia and the United States, China became the third country in the world to send humans into space.
With reform and opening up, we have "changed" socialism with Chinese characteristics. From the ownership system of the means of production, it has changed from the past "one big, two public and three pure" and the domination of public ownership to an economic system in which public ownership is the mainstay and a variety of ownerships*** are developed together; from the social state, it has changed from a closed and stereotypical society to a society that is opening up to the outside world, integrating into the world, and carrying out reforms comprehensively, and becoming more and more active. The society is becoming more and more active.
What do these major changes bring to our society and its members?
The first is the rapid development of the economy: in 1980, China's gross value of industrial and agricultural output was 710 billion yuan, but by 2006, GDP had reached 21.09 trillion yuan, an increase of dozens of times, even after deducting the factor of price increases.
People's lives have generally improved. When we entered a new period in history, our country had a population of about 900 million, and there were as many as 250 million people who had not solved the problem of food and clothing. Now, the problem of people's food and clothing has been basically solved, and the lives of the people have generally been significantly improved. The comprehensive national strength has grown substantially. China's international status and international influence have increased significantly. The spiritual outlook of the people has changed profoundly. The level of education of the people has increased, illiteracy among young and middle-aged people has basically been eliminated, nine-year compulsory education has basically been popularized, and the enrollment rate in universities has reached 20 percent. The kind of personal superstition and ideological rigidity that existed in past eras has been fundamentally changed.
Engels said that socialism "is not a static thing, but should be regarded, like any other social system, as a society of constant change and reform". This is an important principle of scientific socialism. Our insistence on reform and opening up is fully in line with the requirements of the principles of scientific socialism and adapts to the inherent requirements of the development of the socialist system.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics is formed in reform and opening up, and develops in reform and opening up. As long as we insist on reform and opening up, socialism with Chinese characteristics will certainly make greater development and progress.