Full text of Hu's report at 18th Party Congress

Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, delivers a keynote report during the opening ceremony of the 18th CPC National Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov 8, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

I. Our Work in the Past Five Years and the Basic Experience We Have Gained in the Past Ten Years

II. Achieving New Victory for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

III. The Goal of Completing the Building of a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects and Deepening Reform and Opening Up in an All-Around Way

IV. Accelerating the Improvement of the Socialist Market Economy and the Change of the Growth Model

V. Keeping to the Socialist Path of Making Political Advance with Chinese Characteristics and Promoting Reform of the Political Structure

VI. Developing a Strong Socialist Culture in China

VII. Strengthening Social Development by Improving the People's Wellbeing and Making Innovations in Management

VIII. Making Great Efforts to Promote Ecological Progress

IX. Accelerating the Modernization of National Defense and the Armed Forces

X. Enriching the Practice of "One Country, Two Systems" and Advancing China's Reunification

XI. Continuing to Promote the Noble Cause of Peace and Development of Mankind

XII. Making Party Building More Scientific in All Respects

BEIJING - The following is the full text of Hu Jintao's report delivered at the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Nov 8, 2012:

FIRMLY MARCH ON THE PATH OF SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS AND STRIVE TO COMPLETE THE BUILDING OF A MODERATELY PROSPEROUS SOCIETY IN ALL RESPECTS

Report to the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Nov 8, 2012

Hu Jintao

Comrades,

I now wish to deliver the following report to the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China on behalf of the Seventeenth Party Central Committee.

The Eighteenth National Congress is one of great importance being held when China has entered the decisive stage of completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects. The underlying theme of the congress is to hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, follow the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of Three Represents and the Scientific Outlook on Development, free up the mind, implement the policy of reform and opening up, pool our strength, overcome all difficulties, firmly march on the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and strive to complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects.

At this moment when I address you, we are convinced that thanks to over 90 years of hard struggle, our Party has rallied and led the people of all ethnic groups of the country in turning the poor and backward old China into an increasingly prosperous and powerful new China and opening up bright prospects for the great renewal of the Chinese nation. We are all the more proud of the historic achievements of the Party and the people, we are all the more firm in the ideal and conviction of the Party and the people, and we are all the more aware of the historic responsibility of the Party.

At present, as the global, national and our Party's conditions continue to undergo profound changes, we are faced with unprecedented opportunities for development as well as risks and challenges unknown before. The whole Party must keep in mind the trust the people have placed in us and the great expectation they have of us. We must aim higher and work harder and continue to pursue development in a scientific way, promote social harmony, and improve the people's lives so as to complete the glorious and arduous tasks bestowed on us by the times.