China's first manned space flight was successfully completed and thus realized the one-thousand-year-old dream of flying to space. The successful launch and retrieval of Shenzhou V were another great feat and milestone of China on its path of scaling technological peaks after the successes of the China's first atomic bomb (1964), hydrogen bomb (1967) and man-made satellite (1970). Shenzhou V will be recorded in the glorious history of the People's Republic of China.

The success of the space flight not only represents the advantages of China's socialist system in which resources can be pooled together to achieve major feats, but also shows the daring spirit and virtues of the Chinese people. Chinese space workers always remember the great trust of the Party and the people and solve numerous difficulties in their space programs. It is also a result of implementing the "Three Represents" important thoughts. Our success in Shenzhou V marked a new stage of the reforms and opening-up policy and modernization drive.

The manned space flight is also a symbol which means that China has become the only third country in the world capable of sending humans into space. Only with stable political conditions, robust economy, advancing technology and growing comprehensive national power can we achieve such as a success, which is reprensentative of the vitality of China's socialism.

Moreover, the success of the manned space flight is a clarion. It not only boosts the spirits of the Chinese people, but also multiplies the power of the PLA. It will feed the pride and coherence of the Chinese nation and make us work harder for a well-off society. The PLA will also find great encouragement and determination to pursue leaping strides in military changes with Chinese characteristics.

China's manned space flight program is large, complicated and difficult. A great success could be accomplished in such a short time only under the strong leadership of the CPC. The space program was a major strategic decision made by the third-generation leadership of the CPC with Comrade Jiang Zeming as the core.

The success again tells the world that the Chinese nation is ambitious and it is able to scale world technology peaks and stand as one of the best on its own efforts in the world. The development of China's manned space flight programs is an innovative history of keeping up with the times.

Fininally, the first manned space flight marked a milestone in Chinese space program and a new starting point of further development. The glory boosted the national morale. Thought we have a way to go before we can achieve our aims, we believe that under the strong leadership of the CPC with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary and the guidance of Deng Xiaoping theories and "Three Represents" important thoghts, a united Chinese nation will be able to acomoplish even more successes not jsut in space programs but also in the entire technological field.

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