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100 Knowledge Points for Guangdong Self-Study Examination (Course 15040)

I. Historical Background and Formation (Points 1-10)

  1. Formation Context: Xi Jinping Thought emerged from China’s development in the new era, responding to major changes unseen in a century and China’s entry into a new historical stage.

  2. Knowledge Cutoff: This thought was officially incorporated into the Party Constitution at the 19th National Congress of the CPC in October 2017.

  3. Theoretical Foundation: Built upon Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development.

  4. New Era Definition: The new era refers to the period following the 18th National Congress of the CPC (2012), marking a new historical position for China’s development.

  5. Principal Contradiction: The principal contradiction in Chinese society has evolved to one between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life.

  6. Historical Mission: Realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation is the historical mission of the CPC in the new era.

  7. Two Centenary Goals: The first centenary goal (building a moderately prosperous society by 2021, the CPC’s 100th anniversary) and the second centenary goal (building a modern socialist country by 2049, the PRC’s 100th anniversary).

  8. Practice Foundation: Based on over 40 years of reform and opening up and the practical experience of governing China since 2012.

  9. Global Dimension: Addresses China’s role in global governance and contribution to human civilization.

  10. Continuity and Innovation: Inherits and develops previous theoretical achievements while innovating based on new historical conditions.

II. Core Components and Main Content (Points 11-25)

  1. Eight Clarifications: The thought clarifies eight fundamental questions about upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics.

  2. Overall Layout: The “Five-sphere Integrated Plan” covering economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological civilization construction.

  3. Strategic Layout: The “Four Comprehensives” strategic layout including building a moderately prosperous society, deepening reform, governing by law, and strict Party governance.

  4. Party Leadership: Emphasizes that the leadership of the CPC is the defining feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

  5. People-Centered Philosophy: Development must be for the people, by the people, and its fruits shared by the people.

  6. New Development Philosophy: Innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and sharing.

  7. Socialist Market Economy: Perfecting the socialist market economy system and letting the market play a decisive role in resource allocation.

  8. Rule of Law: Comprehensively advancing law-based governance and building a socialist country under the rule of law.

  9. Cultural Confidence: Building cultural confidence as the fourth confidence alongside path, theory, and system confidence.

  10. Socialist Core Values: Prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness.

  11. Ecological Civilization: The concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.

  12. National Security: Overall national security outlook covering political, homeland, military, economic, cultural, and social security.

  13. Strong Military: Building a people’s army that obeys the Party’s command, can fight and win, and maintains excellent conduct.

  14. One Country, Two Systems: Maintaining prosperity and stability in Hong Kong and Macao while advancing peaceful reunification with Taiwan.

  15. Diplomatic Philosophy: Building a community with a shared future for mankind and a new type of international relations.

III. Economic Development (Points 26-40)

  1. Supply-Side Reform: Focus on supply-side structural reform to improve quality and efficiency of the supply system.

  2. High-Quality Development: Shifting from high-speed growth to high-quality development as the fundamental requirement.

  3. Modern Economic System: Building a modern economic system supported by the real economy with coordinated development of various sectors.

  4. Innovation-Driven Development: Making innovation the primary driving force for development.

  5. Rural Revitalization: Implementing the rural revitalization strategy to address agriculture, rural areas, and farmers issues.

  6. Regional Coordination: Promoting coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Yangtze River Economic Belt, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, etc.

  7. Belt and Road Initiative: Promoting international cooperation through the Belt and Road Initiative.

  8. State-Owned Enterprise Reform: Deepening SOE reform while consolidating and developing the public economy.

  9. Private Economy: Encouraging, supporting, and guiding the development of the non-public economy.

  10. Opening Up: Forming a new pattern of comprehensive opening up with broader scope, wider fields, and deeper levels.

  11. Free Trade Zones: Establishing pilot free trade zones and exploring free trade ports.

  12. Poverty Alleviation: Targeted poverty alleviation and elimination of absolute poverty.

  13. Common Prosperity: Gradually achieving common prosperity for all people as the essential requirement of socialism.

  14. Digital Economy: Accelerating the development of digital economy and building Digital China.

  15. Green Development: Establishing and improving an economic system for green, low-carbon, and circular development.

IV. Political Construction (Points 41-55)

  1. Socialist Democracy: Developing socialist democracy and ensuring the people are masters of the country.

  2. People’s Congress System: The fundamental political system ensuring people’s democracy.

  3. CPPCC: The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference as an important institution for socialist consultative democracy.

  4. Ethnic Unity: Upholding and improving the system of regional ethnic autonomy.

  5. Grassroots Democracy: Expanding grassroots democracy and ensuring people’s right to participate.

  6. United Front: Consolidating and developing the broadest possible patriotic united front.

  7. Political Integrity: Building a clean and upright political ecosystem.

  8. Anti-Corruption: Unremitting efforts in fighting corruption with zero tolerance.

  9. Party Discipline: Strengthening Party discipline and rules, with political discipline as the most fundamental.

  10. Supervision System: Improving the Party and state supervision system.

  11. Institutional Confidence: Maintaining confidence in the socialist system with Chinese characteristics.

  12. Governing Capacity: Modernizing China’s system and capacity for governance.

  13. Democratic Centralism: Upholding democratic centralism as the fundamental organizational principle.

  14. Intra-Party Democracy: Developing intra-party democracy and ensuring Party members’ democratic rights.

  15. Political Standards: Prioritizing political standards in selecting and appointing officials.

V. Cultural Development (Points 56-70)

  1. Cultural Mission: The cultural mission in the new era is to promote socialist culture with Chinese characteristics.

  2. Guiding Ideology: Marxism is the guiding ideology in the ideological sphere.

  3. Ideological Work: Firmly grasping leadership, management, and discourse power in ideological work.

  4. Socialist Core Values: Cultivating and practicing socialist core values.

  5. Traditional Culture: Promoting creative transformation and innovative development of traditional Chinese culture.

  6. Revolutionary Culture: Inheriting and carrying forward revolutionary culture.

  7. Advanced Socialist Culture: Developing advanced socialist culture.

  8. Cultural Industry: Improving the modern cultural industry system and market system.

  9. Public Cultural Services: Improving the public cultural service system.

  10. Cultural Confidence: Cultural confidence represents a more basic, profound, and enduring force.

  11. Media Integration: Promoting the integrated development of traditional and new media.

  12. Internet Governance: Strengthening internet content construction and establishing a comprehensive internet governance system.

  13. Cultural Exchange: Enhancing China’s cultural soft power and international discourse power.

  14. Civilized Society: Improving citizens’ moral standards and social civilization.

  15. Cultural Heritage: Protecting and utilizing cultural heritage and historical relics.

VI. Social Development (Points 71-85)

  1. Livelihood Priority: Ensuring and improving people’s livelihood in development.

  2. Education Priority: Prioritizing education development and accelerating education modernization.

  3. Employment First: Implementing the employment-first strategy and policy.

  4. Income Distribution: Improving the income distribution system to achieve more equitable distribution.

  5. Social Security: Building a multi-level social security system covering all people.

  6. Healthy China: Implementing the Healthy China strategy.

  7. Population Development: Promoting long-term balanced population development.

  8. Social Governance: Creating a social governance pattern characterized by collaboration, participation, and shared benefits.

  9. Community-Level Governance: Strengthening and innovating community-level social governance.

  10. Public Safety: Building a higher-level safe China.

  11. Housing: Adhering to the principle that housing is for living, not speculation.

  12. Quality of Life: Continuously improving people’s quality of life and well-being.

  13. Balanced Development: Promoting more balanced and adequate development.

  14. Social Fairness: Safeguarding social fairness and justice.

  15. People’s Aspirations: Regarding people’s aspirations for a better life as the goal of endeavor.

VII. Ecological Civilization (Points 86-95)

  1. Beautiful China: Building a Beautiful China as the goal of ecological civilization construction.

  2. Harmonious Coexistence: Promoting harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.

  3. Green Development: Green development is a fundamental solution to pollution problems.

  4. Strictest Protection: Implementing the strictest ecological and environmental protection system.

  5. Pollution Control: Resolutely fighting the battle against pollution.

  6. Ecological Red Lines: Establishing and observing ecological protection red lines.

  7. Resource Conservation: Comprehensively promoting resource conservation and recycling.

  8. Environmental Governance: Strengthening overall environmental governance.

  9. Climate Change: Actively participating in global environmental governance and addressing climate change.

  10. Sustainable Development: Promoting sustainable development and building an ecological civilization system.

VIII. Party Building and Comprehensive Governance (Points 96-100)

  1. Strict Party Governance: Exercising full and strict governance over the Party is an everlasting endeavor.

  2. Political Construction: Placing the Party’s political construction in the primary position.

  3. Ideological Foundation: Strengthening the Party’s ideological foundation with firm ideals and convictions.

  4. Organizational System: Building a rigorous organizational system with organizational strength as the key.

  5. Mass Line: Maintaining flesh-and-blood ties with the people and upholding the mass line.

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