"This is the theme of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which clearly answers the important questions of what flag our party is holding, what road it is taking, what state of mind it is in and what goal it is moving towards. This theme is not only the theme of the conference, but also the theme of the whole cause and work of the party and the country in the future. To study and implement the spirit of the 17th CPC National Congress, we must deeply understand and firmly grasp this theme. Flags show the future and represent the direction of progress. Flags have external forms, styles and rich connotations. From the external form, the flag is a sign or tool. Just like a person's appearance, different appearance can reflect a person's different occupation and identity. Students usually dress up as students, soldiers in military uniforms, workers in work clothes and so on. Another example is the national flag of China, which is a combination of a red rectangular flag surface and five yellow five-pointed stars, so it is also called the five-pointed star red flag. Form serves the content, and form must have its specific connotation. From the connotation point of view, a person's internal character and temperament can also be judged by his external. Another example is the national flag of China. Red symbolizes revolution, and the blood of martyrs is red. Yellow means that people in China are yellow; The big star symbolizes China * * *; Small stars symbolize the people of the whole country, each with an angle pointing to the big star, symbolizing the unity of the people of the whole country around the party. As a symbol of China, the five-star red flag is closely linked to our sovereignty and dignity. Watching the flag-raising in Tiananmen Square every morning has become a unique landscape in the square. Especially on the National Day every year, there are countless pious and eager eyes inside and outside Tiananmen Square, pointing directly at the national flag rising slowly with the rising sun. Different flags have different forms and connotations, and different connotations will show different viewpoints and directions. So is the flag of a political party. The flag of a political party will show the position of a political party. The flag is the direction, and the flag is the goal. The flag issue is a fundamental issue related to the fate of the party and the country, and it is also a decisive factor related to the success or failure of the party's cause. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Banner is the banner that China led the people of China to carry out socialist modernization, the banner that leads the development and progress of contemporary China, the banner that unites the whole party and the people of the whole country, and the banner that guides the Chinese nation to realize the great rejuvenation. In different periods, the party has different tasks and goals, and the content of the banner it holds high is not the same. The 16th National Congress proposed to hold high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory, and the 17th National Congress proposed to hold high the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. The 16th and 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held different flags due to different situations and tasks. Deng Xiaoping's exposition on reform and opening up, building Socialism with Chinese characteristics and its essence. To a large extent, it is exploratory and has not formed a complete ideological system. Deng Xiaoping famously said, "Cross the river by feeling the stones". The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to hold high the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, which was put forward after inheriting and developing Deng Xiaoping Theory, conscientiously summing up the experience and lessons of 29 years of reform and opening up, and forming the ideological system, basic principles and tasks of building and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics. General Secretary Hu Jintao solemnly declared in the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the banner of the development and progress of contemporary China and the banner of the United struggle of the whole party and people of all ethnic groups. The image and direction of China today, represented by the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, have double meanings: First, our party has always adhered to the basic principles of scientific socialism; Second, from the reality of China, give socialism distinctive China characteristics. Misunderstandings or differences in the understanding of new problems and contradictions in the process of reform and opening up are often caused by emphasizing only one aspect of this double meaning or fundamentally denying this double meaning. Holding high the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics at the 17th National Congress will surely become the common ideological foundation and spiritual pillar of the whole party and people of all nationalities. The great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the image and direction of China. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Road is a successful practice under the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's great banner. Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system is the guide for China people to explore the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Banner, road and theoretical system are unified and complementary, which are indispensable for China. The great historical achievement of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China lies in that it not only held high the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, pointed out the direction of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's progress, but also comprehensively and systematically summarized Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory, which is the most precious wealth given to us by the 17th National Congress. Second, what is the road in Socialism with Chinese characteristics? As the name implies, "road" should have two meanings. First, engineering facilities for all kinds of vehicles and pedestrians. According to its use characteristics, it can be divided into expressway, urban road, factory and mine road, forest road and rural road. The second is the way things develop and change. Such as the road of life and socialism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics road is the second meaning of road, and it is the sublimation of road. There are many roads in life, some are poor, some are rich, some are dull, some are bumpy, but the result is the same, and everyone will die, but the process of life is different. The process of life, the key is to find a path that suits you. The same is true of national development, and we must find a road suitable for our country's development. At the beginning of the founding of New China, Mao Zedong and other revolutionaries of the older generation chose China to take the socialist road and insisted on learning the Soviet model. They completed the socialist transformation in three years and carried out vigorous socialist construction with a highly planned economy model. After the Cultural Revolution, some people proposed to deny the socialist road, which was then defined as "bourgeois liberalization". Deng Xiaoping proposed that we should adhere to the four cardinal principles (namely, the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the people's democratic dictatorship, Marxism-Leninism and the leadership of Mao Zedong Thought), build socialism with China characteristics, separate capitalism from the market economy model, boldly introduce the market economy model, and combine socialism with the market economy according to China's national conditions. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the reform practice of combining socialism with market economy in China has been positive and effective. Looking back now, no matter whether there are many plans or markets, it is good as long as it is conducive to national development and promotes people's prosperity. The same is true of enterprise reform. No matter how to reform, enterprises can develop, workers can live better, and the road to reform is right. On the contrary, no matter how many reasons there are, there is no doubt. " The essence of socialism is to liberate and develop productive forces, eliminate exploitation and polarization, and finally achieve common prosperity. Poverty and polarization do not meet the essential requirements of socialism. After nearly 30 years of reform practice, people have become more and more aware of China's development path. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that Socialism with Chinese characteristics Road embodies the basic principles of scientific socialism and the requirements of China's social development, and is the product of the combination of scientific socialism and China's basic national conditions. This is the way for China people to lead the people to achieve national prosperity and national rejuvenation. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China summed up the experience since the reform and opening up, and brilliantly summarized this road as follows: under the leadership of China, based on the basic national conditions, centering on economic construction, adhering to the four cardinal principles, persisting in reform and opening up, liberating and developing social productive forces, consolidating and improving the socialist system, building a socialist market economy, socialist democratic politics, advanced socialist culture and a harmonious socialist society, and building a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized and harmonious socialist modern country. This road has comprehensively enhanced China's comprehensive national strength, significantly improved the living standards of the people in China and greatly enhanced China's international image. The practice of reform and opening up for 30 years has repeatedly proved that Socialism with Chinese characteristics Road is the only correct way to develop China, prosper China and revitalize China. In contemporary China, adhering to the Socialism with Chinese characteristics Road means truly adhering to socialism. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China specially reminded the whole party that the road to Socialism with Chinese characteristics that our party successfully embarked on could not be separated from reform and opening up. To develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new stage of development, we must adhere to the road of scientific development, which is the road to promote sound and rapid economic and social development, the road to win new victories in building a well-off society in an all-round way, and in the final analysis, the road to let the people get more benefits. To make this road wider and wider, we must unswervingly emancipate our minds, unswervingly promote reform and opening up, unswervingly implement scientific development and social harmony, and unswervingly strive to build a well-off society in an all-round way. 3. How to develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics Road and Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory System is an action guide for developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics Road and an ideological guarantee for developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics. This theoretical system is a scientific theoretical system including Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents and Scientific Outlook on Development. Its main line or theme is the three historical topics put forward and answered in the historical process of reform and opening up. Its philosophical basis is to proceed from reality, analyze concrete problems, emancipate the mind, seek truth from facts and keep pace with the times. Its basic content covers a set of systematic strategic thoughts of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's economic, political, cultural and social construction. Such as the essence of socialism, the primary stage of socialism, socialist market economy, socialist reform and opening up, socialist social construction, socialist democratic political construction, socialist cultural construction, military modernization and national defense construction, "one country, two systems" and the peaceful reunification of the motherland, and the advanced construction of the ruling party. Among them, the light of Marxist scientific thought shines everywhere, and more are our party's own new words according to the requirements of the times. Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system not only comes from the practice of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's construction, but also serves as a guide for our Party to take the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theory. At the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents, Scientific Outlook on Development and other innovations and latest achievements of China Marxism put forward by our party were unified into Socialism with Chinese characteristics theoretical system for the first time. This is a theoretical highlight of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and its profound significance lies in: First, it clarifies the coherence of the internal structure of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system. Secondly, it reveals the openness of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system. Third, emphasize the scientific nature of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system. Reform and opening up is a powerful driving force for the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Reform and opening up is a new great revolution led by the Party in the new era. Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "The nature of the reform is the same as that of the past revolution, both of which are aimed at removing obstacles to the development of social productive forces and freeing China from poverty and backwardness. In this sense, reform can also be called revolutionary change. " Reform is a comprehensive reform, which is to consciously adjust all aspects and links of production relations and superstructure on the premise of adhering to the basic socialist system to meet the historical requirements of the development level of productive forces in the primary stage and the realization of modernization. Developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics under the national conditions of the primary stage of socialism is an unprecedented great initiative. We must closely focus on the fundamental task of developing social productive forces and regard reform and opening up as a powerful driving force for the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Solve the deep-seated contradictions and key problems in the system transformation by deepening the reform; By opening wider to the outside world, we should absorb and learn from the advanced technology and management experience of all countries, including developed capitalist countries. In the 29 years since the new era, the fact that China's comprehensive national strength has greatly jumped, the people's life has generally reached a well-off level, the society has maintained stability and unity for a long time, and its international status and influence have been significantly improved has eloquently proved that reform and opening up is the key choice to determine the fate of contemporary China and the only way to develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Scientific development and social harmony are the basic requirements for the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee has inherited and developed the important thoughts on development of the three generations of central leading collective of the Party, and put forward important strategic thoughts such as Scientific Outlook on Development from the overall layout of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's cause and the overall construction of a well-off society. To promote scientific development, we should thoroughly implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, strive to achieve people-oriented, comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable scientific development, realize the organic unity of various undertakings and the harmonious development of social members, and realize the peaceful development of world peace through safeguarding world peace and self-development. To promote social harmony, we should strive to solve the most concerned, direct and realistic interests of the people in accordance with the general requirements of democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, honesty and friendship, vitality, stability and order, and the principle of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and strive to form a situation in which each can do his best and live in harmony, thus providing a good social environment for development. What are the most concerned, direct and realistic interests of the people? This is a livelihood issue. Social construction focuses on people's livelihood, such as developing education, expanding employment, perfecting distribution system, establishing social security system and basic medical and health system, and improving social management. It is an indisputable fact that the income gap is large at present. Mainly manifested in: first, the income gap between urban and rural areas is large; Second, the income gap between regions is large; Third, the income gap between industries and departments is large; Fourth, the income gap between classes is large. The income gap is too large, which exceeds people's psychological endurance, even endangers the most basic survival and development of some people, and may cause conflicts of interest between people of different classes, thus undermining social stability and harmony. The basic requirement of fair distribution is that all people can share the fruits of socialist reform and development, and there can be no situation in which the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This requires strengthening the regulatory role of the government in social redistribution, narrowing this gap and keeping the income gap within a reasonable range. Here, we must first improve the tax system. Adjust the income of those who earn too much through taxation, and ban illegal income at the same time. Second, through financial transfer payment, the distribution will be tilted towards poor areas, which will help them develop their economies and achieve coordinated development between urban and rural areas and regions. Third, gradually establish a social security system that covers urban and rural residents and integrates social insurance, social assistance, social welfare and charity to ensure the basic living needs of low-income groups. By paying attention to social equity, raising the level of low income, gradually expanding the proportion of middle-income people, effectively regulating excessive income, resolutely banning illegal income and promoting common prosperity, we can ensure that all people share the fruits of reform and development, maintain social stability and harmonious development, scientific development and social harmony, reflect the inherent requirements of building a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized and harmonious socialist modern country, and reflect the common aspirations of the whole party and people of all ethnic groups in China, which must run through the whole process of developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Building a well-off society in an all-round way is the goal of the party and the country by 2020, and it is also the fundamental interest of the people of all ethnic groups in China. Building a well-off society in an all-round way is an inevitable development stage in China's modernization process, and it is also a consistent goal of our party and country since the reform and opening up. At the beginning of reform and opening up, Comrade Deng Xiaoping put forward some important concepts such as well-off society, well-off home and well-off country. The reports of the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China all put forward the requirement of achieving a well-off society by the end of the 20th century. The report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: "In the first two decades of this century, we should concentrate on building a well-off society at a higher level that benefits more than one billion people in an all-round way, so as to make the economy more developed, democracy more sound, science and education more advanced, culture more prosperous, society more harmonious and people's lives more affluent." Since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have taken solid steps towards the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way.