CONSTITUTIONOFTHECOMMUNISTPARTYOFCHINA(AmendedandadoptedattheSeventeenthNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofChinaonOctober21,2007)GeneralProgramTheCommunistPartyofChinaisthevanguardbothoftheChineseworkingclassandoftheChinesepeopleandtheChinesenation.ItisthecoreofleadershipforthecauseofsocialismwithChinesecharacteristicsandrepresentsthedevelopmenttrendofChina’sadvancedproductiveforces,theorientationofChina’sadvancedcultureandthefundamentalinterestsoftheoverwhelmingmajorityoftheChinesepeople.TherealizationofcommunismisthehighestidealandultimategoaloftheParty.TheCommunistPartyofChinatakesMarxism-Leninism,MaoZedongThought,DengXiaopingTheoryandtheimportantthoughtofThreeRepresentsasitsguidetoaction.Marxism-Leninismbringstolightthelawsgoverningthedevelopmentofthehistoryofhumansociety.Itsbasictenetsarecorrectandhavetremendousvitality.ThehighestidealofcommunismpursuedbytheChineseCommunistscanberealizedonlywhenthesocialistsocietyisfullydevelopedandhighlyadvanced.Thedevelopmentandimprovementofthesocialistsystemisalonghistoricalprocess.SolongastheChineseCommunistsupholdthebasictenetsofMarxism-LeninismandfollowtheroadsuitedtoChina’sspecificconditionsandchosenbytheChinesepeopleoftheirownaccord,thesocialistcauseinChinawillbecrownedwithfinalvictory.TheChineseCommunists,withComradeMaoZedongastheirchiefrepresentative,createdMaoZedongThoughtbyintegratingthebasictenetsofMarxism-LeninismwiththeconcretepracticeoftheChineserevolution.MaoZedongThoughtisMarxism-LeninismappliedanddevelopedinChina;itconsistsofabodyoftheoreticalprinciplesconcerningtherevolutionandconstructioninChinaandasummaryofexperiencetherein,bothofwhichhavebeenprovedcorrectbypractice;anditrepresentsthecrystallized,collectivewisdomoftheCommunistPartyofChina.UndertheguidanceofMaoZedongThought,theCommunistPartyofChinaledthepeopleofallethnicgroupsinthecountryintheirprolongedrevolutionarystruggleagainstimperialism,feudalismandbureaucrat-capitalism,winningvictoryinthenew-democraticrevolutionandfoundingthePeople’sRepublicofChina,apeople’sdemocraticdictatorship.AfterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublic,itledthemincarryingoutsocialisttransformationsuccessfully,completingthetransitionfromNewDemocracytosocialism,establishingthebasicsystemofsocialismanddevelopingsocialismeconomically,politicallyandculturally.AftertheThirdPlenarySessionoftheEleventhPartyCentralCommittee,theChineseCommunists,withComradeDengXiaopingastheirchiefrepresentative,analyzedtheirexperience,bothpositiveandnegative,gainedsincethefoundingofthePeople’sRepublic,emancipatedtheirminds,soughttruthfromfacts,shiftedthefocusoftheworkofthewholePartyontoeconomicdevelopmentandcarriedoutreformandopeningtotheoutsideworld,usheringinaneweraofdevelopmentinthecauseofsocialism,graduallyformulatingtheline,principlesandpoliciesconcerningthebuildingofsocialismwithChinesecharacteristicsandexpoundingthebasicquestionsconcerningthebuilding,consolidationanddevelopmentofsocialisminChina,andthuscreatingDengXiaopingTheory.DengXiaopingTheoryistheoutcomeoftheintegrationofthebasictenetsofMarxism-LeninismwiththepracticeofcontemporaryChinaandthefeaturesofthetimes,acontinuationanddevelopmentofMaoZedongThoughtundernewhistoricalconditions;itrepresentsanewstageofdevelopmentofMarxisminChina,itisMarxismofcontemporaryChinaanditisthecrystallized,collectivewisdomoftheCommunistPartyofChina.ItisguidingthesocialistmodernizationofChinafromvictorytovictory.AftertheFourthPlenarySessionoftheThirteenthPartyCentralCommitteeandinthepracticeofbuildingsocialismwithChinesecharacteristics,theChineseCommunists,withComradeJiangZeminastheirchiefrepresentative,acquiredadeeperunderstandingofwhatsocialismis,howtobuilditandwhatkindofpartytobuildandhowtobuildit,accumulatednewvaluableexperienceinrunningthePartyandstateandformedtheimportantthoughtofThreeRepresents.TheimportantthoughtofThreeRepresentsisacontinuationanddevelopmentofMarxism-Leninism,MaoZedongThoughtandDengXiaopingTheory;itreflectsnewrequirementsfortheworkofthePartyandstatearisingfromthedevelopmentsandchangesinChinaandotherpartsoftheworldtoday;itservesasapowerfultheoreticalweaponforstrengtheningandimprovingPartybuildingandforpromotingself-improvementanddevelopmentofsocialisminChina;anditisthecrystallized,collectivewisdomoftheCommunistPartyofChina.ItisaguidingideologythatthePartymustupholdforalongtimetocome.PersistentimplementationoftheThreeRepresentsisthefoundationforbuildingtheParty,thecornerstoneforitsgovernanceandthesourceofitsstrength.SincetheSixteenthNationalCongress,theCentralCommitteeofthePartyhasfollowedtheguidanceofDengXiaopingTheoryandtheimportantthoughtofThreeRepresentsand,bypoolingthewisdomofthewholePartytomeetnewrequirementsofdevelopment,formulatedtheScientificOutlookonDevelopment,whichputspeoplefirstandcallsforcomprehensive,balancedandsustainabledevelopment.TheoutlookisascientifictheorythatisinthesamelineasMarxism-Leninism,MaoZedongThought,DengXiaopingTheoryandtheimportantthoughtofThreeRepresentsandkeepsupwiththetimes.ItisanimportantguidingprincipleforChina’seconomicandsocialdevelopmentandamajorstr