Wang Xiaohui:

Friends from the media, good morning. It is my pleasure to brief you on the arrangements to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the CPC. As you all know, the CPC has travelled a glorious journey of 100 years, growing from a small party with only over 50 members to the world's largest ruling Marxist party with more than 91 million members. The CPC was born 100 years ago amid domestic turmoil and foreign aggression. During the past century, the Party has grown bigger and stronger by overcoming various setbacks and hardships. It has rallied and led the Chinese people in exploring a great path, achieving great accomplishments, and creating a great miracle in the development history of the Chinese nation and the progress of human civilization.  

General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized on various occasions: "One who wants to stride ahead should not forget the path that was trodden. No matter how far we will travel and how bright a future we will have, we should not forget what we have experienced and why we set out." As the CPC celebrates its centenary year, we will hold activities to review the great journey during which the Party has always stuck together with the people through thick and thin and won one victory after another; to summarize the glorious achievements and valuable experience the Party has gained over the past century; and to demonstrate historic achievements and changes made in all undertakings of the Party and the country in the new era under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. The celebration activities are of far-reaching significance for motivating and mobilizing the entire Party, the military, and the people of all ethnic groups in China to rally more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and to move forward with full confidence on the new journey toward fully building a modern socialist country.

According to the plan approved by the CPC Central Committee, the celebrations will include the following activities:

First, carrying out a campaign on Party history learning and education. While consolidating the outcomes of the initiative to raise awareness of the need to stay true to the Party's founding mission, we will launch a campaign on Party history learning and education among all Party members. The campaign will run through the year 2021, requiring Party members to grasp the truth, increase confidence, uphold moral principles, and improve conduct. Party officials will be urged to study the Party's history, understand its theories, do practical work and make new advances.

Second, holding a grand celebration gathering. In the name of the CPC Central Committee, we will hold a grand gathering to mark the CPC's centenary. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the CMC, will deliver an important speech at the event.