The whole sentence is:

Stalin said: "People sometimes ask: Can't we slow down a little bit and delay progress? No, you can't, comrades! Never slow down! On the contrary, we must try our best and speed up as much as possible. Our obligations to Soviet workers and peasants require us to do so. Our obligations to the working class all over the world require us to do so. "

"to slow down is to fall behind. And the laggards will be beaten. But we don't want to be beaten. No, we absolutely don't want to! "

The phrase "lagging behind will be beaten" was directed at Russia by Stalin in the great debate on accelerating industrialization. At that time, Stalin proposed: "To slow down is to lag behind, and to lag behind is to be beaten."

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten" is a wise saying.

China, which has a history of 5, civilizations, was once strong and brought prosperity to the world. The Silk Road once spread oriental civilization to the world, but it also had a history of humiliation, which was the low point of the Chinese nation, especially the history of humiliation in the past hundred years. Thanks to the arduous struggle of countless people with lofty ideals, today's China has risen and prospered.

as a world power, China's historical responsibility is to safeguard world peace, cherish this hard-won opportunity even more, and make the oriental civilization deeply rooted in the hearts of people all over the world.