Special report: 30 Years of Reform & Opening Up

Backgrounder: Major events in 30 years of China's reform, opening-up

Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers a speech during the conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the convening of the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 18, 2008.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Some highlights of President Hu Jintao's speech at a meeting celebrating the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up are as follows:

    -- The 3rd plenary session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China established again the ideological, political and organizational lines of Marxism, symbolizing the great wakening of the Chinese Communists.

    -- We calmly dealt with a series of international emergencies which concerned our country's sovereignty and security, overcoming political and economic difficulties as well as natural risks.

    -- This particular moment is inspiring our deep memory of Comrade Mao Zedong, Comrade Deng Xiaoping and the rest of the older generation of revolutionists.

    -- Without democracy, neither socialism nor socialist modernization could be realized.

    -- We need to learn all creams of political civilization of the human society, but will never copy the mode of the Western political institutions.

    -- We have to wisely handle the case of participating in the economic globalization while keeping independence, comprehensively arrange both domestic and international tasks, and make contributions to the lofty cause of peace and development in the world.

    -- China has no chance to develop itself without the world while the world needs China to go ahead with development.

    -- We firmly uphold the idea that Chinese affairs must be handled by Chinese people in a Chinese way, and oppose any foreign forces to interfere in Chinese domestic affairs.

    -- The country that develops asserts itself, and to keep stability is an overriding task. We will achieve nothing without stability.

    -- The progressiveness of a political party and its ruling status are not things that are obtained once and for all. That it was progressive doesn't necessarily mean it is progressive and will still be progressive. The power it had doesn't ensure that it's only right and proper to have the power now, let alone have it forever.

    -- Don't sway back and forth, relax our efforts or get sidetracked, but firmly push forward the reform and opening-up as well as adhere to socialism with Chinese characteristics. In that way, we will definitely achieve our grand blueprint and ambitious objectives (on realizing modernization in the middle of the 21st century).

    -- The reform and opening-up policies are in accord with both the Party consensus and the public will, and in compliance with the trend of the times. The direction and the path are completely correct, the results and achievements cannot be denied, and any halt or retreat is unacceptable.

 

China holds a conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 18, 2008.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

President Hu: China emphasizes political, economic reforms equally since 1978

    BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao on Thursday said that China had in the past 30 years given equal emphasis to political structural reform and economic restructuring.

    In his keynote speech to mark the 30th anniversary of China's launching of the reform and opening up policy, Hu said democratic practice had become more dynamic after series of political reforms since 1978. Full story

President Hu eulogizes three-decade reform

    BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao eulogized here Thursday the nationwide reform adopted by the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the past three decades when China saw nearly ten percent average annual growth rate.

    Hu, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, highly valued Deng Xiaoping, Chinese paramount leader at that time, and his most senior associates for their bold decision on restructuring the national economy and opening up to the outside world. Full story

China celebrates 30th anniversary of landmark reform, opening-up

China holds a conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 18, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- China held a meeting on Thursday morning to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its reform and opening-up drive, which turned the once poverty-stricken country into one of the world's largest economies.

     Top leaders, including President Hu Jintao, attended the ceremony, which started at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing at 10:00 a.m.  Full story