A Study Of The Chinese Communist Party’s Reform Discourse In The Early Reform And Opening-up Period

The year 1978 was the first year of China’s reform and opening up,and it was also a significant turning point in the history of the Chinese nation since modern times.China opened the valve of thought with a bang,and all sorts of thoughts and discourses were in competition with each other in the domestic society.Starting with the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the CPC,the CPC issued the great call to "liberate the mind,seek truth from facts,and unite to look ahead".Since then,the reform discourse has gradually replaced the revolutionary discourse as the mainstream discourse in the new context of the times with its strong unifying and adaptive power,and has become the core ideological discourse of the CPC by gathering the ideological consensus of all people with its discourse authority and mobilizing a wide range of social forces to promote the great practice of reform and opening up.The reform discourse is the political discourse of the CPC,which is very typical and contemporary,and is the language of the CPC’s reform theory and practice.Essentially,the construction of the CPC’s reform discourse is an interactive system of context,content,principles,paths and values,as well as the process of collision and mutual integration of various social and cultural factors.It adapts to the changing context of the times,meets the political needs of the CPC,and responds to the question of the times: "Where should China’s development go?It responds to the question of the times: "Where should China’s development go?" and clarifies the practical goal of "taking its own path and building socialism with Chinese characteristics".As a result,it has occupied a unique position in the discourse system of the Communist Party of China and still has a strong influence on reality.Based on the existing studies,this paper takes 1978 as the starting point of the construction of the reform discourse and the 1992 Southern Talks as the ending point,and explores the generation,evolution and dissemination of the main reform discourse of the CPC in the past ten years or so.In addition to the introduction and conclusion,the paper is divided into four chapters,which take the "reform discourse of the CPC" at the early stage of reform and opening up as the main body of research,and follow the research process of "foundation of generation-main contents-principles and paths of construction-value implications".-This paper is divided into four chapters.The first chapter composes and summarizes the foundations of the reform discourse of the CPC in the early period of reform and opening up.The theoretical source of the reform discourse is formed by the thinking of classic Marxist writers on reform from Marx and Engels to Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping;the historical basis of the reform discourse is formed by the revolutionary experience during the New Democratic Revolution and the construction experience during the socialist revolution and construction;the accurate judgment of the development trend of the times,the correct grasp of the domestic social development needs,and the positive and negative contrast of the reform practices in foreign countries.The analysis of the reform discourse forms the basis of the reality.Through the analysis,we can grasp the resources and the context of the reform discourse and show the inevitability and possibility of its generation.Chapter 2 summarizes and explains the main contents of the reform discourse of the Chinese Communist Party at the early stage of reform and opening up,with the questions of "What is reform?" and "Why reform? "Why reform?" "How to reform?" The main line is divided into the discourse on the orientation,object,purpose,principle and method of reform,which focuses on answering the major theoretical and practical problems encountered in reform and opening up,and constructing the inevitability and rationality of reform and opening up as well as the legitimacy of the CPC’s governance.Chapter 3 explores the principles and paths of constructing the reform discourse of the CPC in the early stage of reform and opening up.The construction of reform discourse follows three main principles,namely inheritance and development,criticism and leadership,and practicability and people’s perspective.The paths of constructing the reform discourse are divided into four main ones:first,relying on major conferences and activities to propagate the reform discourse;second,promulgating documents of the CPC Central Committee to gather reform consensus;third,condensing the wisdom of the people to stimulate reform vitality;and fourth,organizing academic discussions to criticize wrong ideas to strengthen reform confidence.Chapter 4 analyzes the value implications of the CPC’s reform discourse at the early stage of reform and opening up.At the level of theoretical value,the construction of the reform discourse laid the initial discourse foundation for the generation of Deng Xiaoping’s theory,and greatly promoted the process of Marxism’s Chineseization,so that Marxist theory was integrated with China’s history,culture and practical development,and truly took root in China.At the level of practical value,the reform discourse has led and boosted the great practice of reform and opening up,shaped the open external image of the CPC,and at the same time contributed Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the choice of socialist paths of countries around the world.