CONTENTS UPHOLD SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS AND STRIVE IN UNITY TO BUILD A MODERN SOCIALIST COUNTRY IN ALL RESPECTS (October 16, 2022) 1 THE PEOPLE’S ASPIRATION FOR A BETTER LIFE IS OUR GOAL (November 15, 2012) 76 NATIONAL REJUVENATION – GREATEST DREAM OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE (November 29, 2012) 79 REFORM AND OPENING UP KNOWS NO BOUNDS (December 7-11, 2012) 82 POVERTY ELIMINATION IN POOR AREAS – KEY TO PROSPERITY (December 29, 2012) 87 ISSUES CONCERNING SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS (January 5, 2013) 92 THE EIGHT RULES – A CALL TO IMPROVE OUR WORK PRACTICES (January 22, 2013) 104 BUILD A STRONG MILITARY (March 11, 2013) 108 ADDRESS TO THE FIRST SESSION OF THE 12TH NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS (March 17, 2013) 114 PROMOTE GLOBAL PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT (March 23, 2013) 120 A GOOD ECO-ENVIRONMENT IS THE MOST INCLUSIVE CONTRIBUTOR TO PUBLIC WELLBEING (April 10, 2013) 130 HARD WORK MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE (April 28, 2013) 133 THE MASS LINE – FUNDAMENTAL TO THE CPC (June 18, 2013) 138 TRAIN AND SELECT GOOD OFFICIALS (June 28, 2013) 146 CARRY OUT THE GREAT STRUGGLE WITH MANY NEW FEATURES (July 2013-December 2016) 158 STRENGTHEN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION (August 19, 2013) 164 DIPLOMACY WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES – AMITY, SINCERITY, MUTUAL BENEFIT, AND INCLUSIVENESS (October 24, 2013) 169 EXPLANATION OF THE CPC CENTRAL COMMITTEE DECISION ON ISSUES CONCERNING FURTHER COMPREHENSIVE REFORM (November 9, 2013) 174 ALIGN OUR THINKING WITH THE GUIDELINES OF THE THIRD PLENARY SESSION OF THE 18TH CPC CENTRAL COMMITTEE (November 12, 2013) 197 UPHOLD PARTY LEADERSHIP IN ALL AREAS (December 2013-October 2017) 207 ENSURE CHINA’S FOOD SECURITY (December 23, 2013) 215 CARRY ON THE ENDURING SPIRIT OF MAO ZEDONG THOUGHT (December 26, 2013) 228 AN INTERVIEW WITH RUSSIAN REPORTER SERGEI BRILYOV (February 7, 2014) 235 PROMOTE THE THREE GUIDELINES FOR ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND THREE BASIC RULES OF CONDUCT (March 9, 2014) 242 EXCHANGES AND MUTUAL LEARNING MAKE CIVILIZATIONS MORE COLORFUL (March 27, 2014) 245 A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO NATIONAL SECURITY (April 15, 2014 and February 17, 2017) 251 CULTIVATE AND PRACTICE THE CORE SOCIALIST VALUES (May 4, 2014) 255 A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS (August 20, 2014) 262 CONFIDENCE IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF CHINESE SOCIALISM (September 5, 2014) 276 BROAD, MULTILEVEL AND INSTITUTIONALIZED CONSULTATIVE DEMOCRACY (September 21, 2014) 283 CARRY ON OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE IN A CREATIVE WAY (September 24, 2014) 292 BUILD A CULTURAL HOME SHARED BY ALL ETHNIC GROUPS (September 28, 2014) 300 THE LITERATURE AND ART OF THE PEOPLE (October 15, 2014) 304 PROMOTE SOCIALIST RULE OF LAW (October 23, 2014) 312 STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE POLITICAL WORK IN THE MILITARY (October 31, 2014) 329 MAJOR-COUNTRY DIPLOMACY WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS (November 28, 2014) 335 DIRECTIVE FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL CONSTITUTION DAY (December 3, 2014) 340 ECONOMIC WORK SHOULD BE ADAPTED TO THE NEW NORMAL (December 9, 2014) 341 BE A GOOD COUNTY PARTY SECRETARY (January 12, 2015) 349 OBSERVE DISCIPLINE AND RULES (January 13, 2015) 362 UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UNITED FRONT IN THE NEW ERA (May 18, 2015) 369 STRENGTHEN THE PARTY’S WORK WITH PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATIONS (July 6, 2015) 378 REMARKS AT ARRIVAL CEREMONY ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE (September 25, 2015) 390 RESOLVE MAJOR DIFFICULTIES IN REALIZING THE FIRST CENTENARY GOAL (October 29, 2015) 392 EXTEND NATIONAL DEFENSE AND MILITARY REFORM TO STRENGTHEN THE ARMED FORCES (November 24, 2015) 402 MAKE REAL EFFORTS FOR REAL RESULTS IN TARGETED POVERTY ELIMINATION (November 27, 2015) 416 OUR GENERAL APPROACH TO URBAN WORK (December 20, 2015) 428 NEW DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND SUPPLY-SIDE STRUCTURAL REFORM (January 18, 2016) 449 ...... ......