Highlights of President Hu's speech at reform eulogy meeting

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.(Chinese media Photo)
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BEIJING, Dec.

18 (Chinese media) -- 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.(Chinese media

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President Hu: China emphasizes political,

economic reforms equally since 1978

BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Chinese media) -- 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.

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President Hu eulogizes three-decade

reform

BEIJING, Dec. 18

(Chinese media) -- 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

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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. (Chinese media

Photo)
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BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Chinese media) -- 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