The17thCPCNationalCongressThe17thParty’sCongressissettoelecttheParty’s17thCentralCommittee.ThiscommitteehavedeterminedtheCPC’snewleadershiplineupforthecomingfiveyears.CongressionalAgendaHuJintao,theGeneralSecretaryoftheCPCCentralCommittee,gaveaspeechtoallthedelegatesofthe17thParty’sCongressTHECommunistPartyofChina(CPC)willawell-offsocietyandensurebalancedeconomicgrowth,improvedqualityoflifeandsocialjusticeby2020.HerearesomeofthekeypointsfromtheGeneralSecretary’sspeech加快发展社会事业,全面改善人民生活WEALTHGAPThecountrywillreformincomedistributiontoreversethegrowingwealthgap.Middleincomepeoplewillmakeupthemajorityofthepopulationandabsolutepovertywillbealmosteliminated.合理有序的收入分配格局基本形成,中等收入者占多数,绝对贫困现象基本消除.加快建立覆盖城乡居民的社会保障体系,保障人民基本生活SOCIALSECURITYThecountrywillestablishasoundsocialsecuritysystembasedonsocialinsurance,assistanceandwelfare.Pensions,medicalcareandsubsistenceallowancewillformawelfarebackbone,supplementedbycharityandcommercialinsurance.要以社会保险,社会救助,社会福利为基础,以基本养老,基本医疗,最低生活保障制度为重点,以慈善事业,商业保险为补充,加快完善社会保障体系.推进文化创新,增强文化发展活力EDUCATIONThegovernmentwillmaintainthepublicwelfarenatureofeducationandwillcontinuetoincreasetheeducationbudget.Itwillpromotebalanceddevelopmentofcompulsoryeducationandspeedupthedevelopmentofseniormiddleschooleducationaswellasvocationaleducation.坚持教育公益性质,加大财政对教育的投入,促进义务教育均衡发展,加快普及高中阶段教育,大力发展职业教育.改善民生以人为本支持自主创业,使更多劳动者成为创业者。积极做好高校毕业生就业工作.Thecountrywillencourageandsupportpeoplewhostartuptheirownbusinessasawayofcreatingmorejobopportunities.Uiversities’graduatesemploymentissuesarehighlightedasanationalconcern.EMPLOYMENT深入贯彻落实科学发展观---thoroughlyapplyscientificoutlookondevelopmentTheScientificOutlookOnDevelopmentwasinitiatedbythe16thCPCcentralcommitteein2003.AsapartofthetheoriesofsocialismwithChinesecharacteristics,Itrepresentsachangeoffocusfromquantitytoquality.Insteadofmerelyaimingforhighgrowth,itemphasisessustainabilityandsocialharmony.itstandsalongsideDengXiaopinTheoryandtheimportantthoughtsofthe“Threerepresents”.socialismwithChinesecharacteristics中国特色社会主义tobuildamoderatelyprosperoussocietyinallrespects全面建设小康社会tobuildaharmonioussocialistsociety构建社会主义和谐社会resource-conserving,environment-friendlysociety资源节约型、环保型社会primarystageofsocialism社会主义初级阶段softpower---软实力comprehensivebalancedandsustainabledevelopment全面协调可持续发展Thoroughlyapply“ScientificOutlookonDevelopment”深入贯彻落实科学发展观puttingpeoplefirst---以人为本Emancipatethemind,seektruthfromfacts解放思想,实事求是Democraticcentralization---民主集中制TheNationalCongress-TheCentralCommittee-------------------TheGeneralSecretaryPoliticalBureauPoliticalBureau‘sStandingcommittee----NewStarsXiJinping,bornin1953,ShanghaiPartychiefLikeqiang,bornin1955.LiaoningPartychiefBoXilaiMinisterofCommerceMinistry,bornin1949.WangYang,bornin1955,ChongqingPartychiefWangQishang,bornin1948,BeijingmayorLiYuanchao,bornin1950,JiangsuPartychiefeightdemocraticpartiesThemulti-partycooperationsystemundertheleadershipofCPCEightdemocraticpartiesTheRevolutionaryCommitteeofChineseKuomintang中国国民党革命委员会theChinaDemocraticLeague中国民主同盟theChinaDemocraticNationalConstructionAssociation中国民主建国会theChinaAssociationforPromotingDemocracy中国民主促进会theChinesePeasantsandWorkersDemocraticParty中国农工民主党theChinaPublicInterestParty中国致公党theSeptember3Society九三学社theTaiwanDemocraticSelf-GovernmentLeague台湾民主自治同盟ThedemocraticpartiessupporttheleadershipoftheCommunistParty;thisistheirlong-termco-operationwithTheParty,ahistoricaldecisionmadeintheprocessofthecommonstruggle.民主党派在政治上拥护共产党的领导,这是它们在与共产党长期合作、共同奋斗过程中作出的历史选择。Eachdemocraticpartyhaspoliticalfreedom,organizationalindependenceandlegalstatuswithintheboundariesoftheconstitution.各民主党派享有宪法规定范围内的政治自由、组织独立和法律地位平等。ThebasicagreementbetweentheCommunistPartyofChinaandeachdemocraticpartyis“long-termco-existence,mutualsupervisionandmutualdevotionthroughhonorordisgrace.”中国共产党与各民主党派合作的基本方针是“长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共”。Whichpartywillyoutakepartinifyoudon’twanttobeamemberofCPC?Eachoftheeightdemocraticpartieshavedevelopedintotheirowntypeofmember.TheChineseKuomintangismainlyforpeoplewithconnectionstoTaiwanortheoriginalKuomintang,andisnowexpandingintoothertypesofpeople.八个民主党派的成员发展各有侧重,民革主要是与台有关系和与原国民党有关的人员,现在也发展一些其他方面的人.TheChinaDemocraticLeagueismostlyuniversityprofessorsandlecturers.民盟主要是大学的教授和讲师TheNationalConstructionAssociationismainlypeopleandresearchersfromtheeconomicworld.民建主要是经济界的人士和从事经济研究的人员.TheAssociationforPromotingDemocracyismainlyforpeoplefromthereligiousandpublishingsectors.民进主要是中教老师和出版界人士TheChinesePeasantsandWorkersDemocraticPartyismainlyforhealthcareprofessionals.农工党主要是医务工作者TheSeptember3Society,mainlytechnocrats.九三学社主要是科技工作者.TheChinaPublicInterestParty,returnedoverseasChinese,theirrelativesaswellasthoserelatedtothem.致公党主要是归侨,侨属以及与侨有关人员.theTaiwanDemocraticSelf-GovernmentLeague,mainlyforthosewithTaiwanesecitizenship.台盟主要是台湾籍的人士Thedemocraticpartieshaveregulations:noexpansionamongstudents.Thedemocraticpartiesmainlyattractthosewithhigheducation,intellectualsfromthemiddleclassorabove,andthosewhofittherespectiveparty'sownrequirements.民主党派有规定:不在在校学生中发展成员。民主党派主要吸收具有高等