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16. 15th National Congress sets basic creed in primary stage of socialism in 1997

(People's Daily Online)
Updated: 2008-11-03 09:49

From September 12-18, 1997, the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing, in which the Party put forward a systematic and complete basic creed for the primary stage of socialist construction:

To build up a socialist economy with Chinese characteristics means to develop market economy under the conditions of the socialist system and continue to emancipate and develop productive forces;

To build up socialist politics with Chinese characteristics means to rule the country according to the law and develop socialist democratic politics under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the conditions of letting the people become the masters of the country;

To build up socialist culture with Chinese characteristics means to cultivate modernized, global, future-driven and national-featured culture under the guidance of Marxism theory and the target of fostering ambitious, virtuous, cultured and disciplined citizens.