The report of the 19th CPC National Congress emphasizes that the evolution of the principal contradiction facing Chinese society does not change our assessment of the present stage of socialism in China. Our country is still and will long remain in the primary stage of socialism, and China's international status as the world's largest developing country has not changed. This new conclusion has important theoretical value and practical significance for us to correctly understand the starting point of building a powerful modern country.The Dialectics in the New Era: the Changed and Unchanged1. The basic national conditions remain changed. However, the stage of modernization construction changes into the new era of securing a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and of moving on to all-out efforts to build a great modern socialist country.2. The identity of a developing country remains unchanged. However, the national consciousness changes to “moving closer to center stage and making greater contributions to mankind”.3. The main social contradictions changed. However, it does not change our assessment of the present stage of socialism in China.The Historical and Logical Starting Point of China’s Construction of a Powerful Modernized Country1. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era and created a new pattern for China's construction of a powerful modernized country.2. Historical changes in major social contradictions have injected new momentum into China's construction of a powerful modernized country.3. China's development is still in an important period of strategic opportunities, which provides new support for China's construction of a powerful modernized country.The Starting Points of Constructing a Powerful Modernized Country with the Thinking of Innovation Development1. We should recognize that our development is unbalanced and inadequate, and adhere to the "new development concept".2. We should move closer to world’s center stage, and adhere to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
