Throughout the past 30-plus years of continuous exploration for reform and opening up, we have held high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and rejected both the old and rigid1 closed-door policy and any attempt to abandon socialism and take an erroneous path. The path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the system of theories of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the socialist2 system with Chinese characteristics are the fundamental accomplishments3 made by the Party and people in the course of arduous4 struggle over the past 90-plus years. We must cherish these accomplishments, uphold them all the time and continue to enrich them.
胡锦涛同志在十八大报告中强调，在改革开放三十多年一以贯之的接力探索中，大家坚定不移高举中国特点社会主义伟大旗帜，既不走封闭僵化的老路、也不走改旗易帜的邪路。中国特点社会主义道路，中国特点社会主义理论体系，中国特点社会主义规范，是党和人民九十多年奋斗、创造、积累的根本收获，需要倍加珍惜、一直坚持、不断进步。
In building socialism with Chinese characteristics, we base ourselves on the basic reality that China is in the primary stage of socialism. Our overall approach is to promote economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological5 progress, and our general task is to achieve socialist modernization6 and the great renewal7 of the Chinese nation.
胡锦涛提出，建设中国特点社会主义，总依据是社会主义初级阶段，总布局是五位一体，总任务是达成社会主义现代化和中华民族伟大复兴。
