Lead and unite the people of all ethnic groups in the country, focus on economic construction, adhere to the four basic principles, adhere to reform and opening up; rely on self-reliance and work hard to build our country into a prosperous, democratic, civilized and harmonious socialist strive to modernize the country.

“One center, two basic points” is a concise summary of this route. It is developed from the general tasks and general lines of the new era. One center is economic construction; two basic points are the four basic principles and reform and opening up.

In the basic line of the primary stage of socialism, one center and two basic points are interdependent, interconnected, and organically connected as a whole. Among them, taking economic construction as the center, focusing on developing productive forces and laying a material foundation for socialist modernization is the fundamental way to solve the main contradiction in the primary stage of socialism.

It occupies a central position in the party's basic line and sets goals for the role of the two basic points, thus playing a decisive and restrictive role. The two basic points revolve around the center of economic construction and serve This center stipulates the development direction of socialism for this center, maintains and guarantees the central position and role of economic construction.

The basic line of the primary stage of socialism was put forward at the Thirteenth Congress of the Communist Party of China in October 1987. It takes the primary stage of socialism as its fundamental footing.

The goal of building socialism with Chinese characteristics and building our country into a prosperous, democratic, and civilized modern socialist country is the main experience of the party’s profound summary of the practice of socialist construction, and is crucial to the realization of the party’s role in the country. The overall tasks and goals of the primary stage of socialism have long-term overall guiding significance.

The Party’s Basic Line

The Party Constitution stipulates that the Party’s basic line in the primary stage of socialism is to lead and unite the people of all ethnic groups in the country, take economic construction as the center, and adhere to the Four Basic Principles , adhere to reform and opening up; rely on self-reliance and work hard to start a business, and strive to build our country into a prosperous, democratic, civilized and harmonious modern socialist country. To sum up, the four basic principles are: uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China; uphold the people's democratic dictatorship; uphold Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought; and uphold the socialist road. These four basic principles are the foundation of our country. Throughout the entire process of socialist modernization, we must adhere to the four basic principles and oppose bourgeois liberalization.

The Thirteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China established the party’s basic line in the primary stage of socialism: “Leading and uniting the people of all ethnic groups across the country, focusing on economic construction, adhering to the four basic principles, and adhering to reform Openness, self-reliance, hard work, and strive to build our country into a prosperous, democratic, and civilized modern socialist country."

The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that the Communist Party of China is The basic line of the primary stage of socialism is to lead and unite the people of all ethnic groups in the country, focus on economic construction, adhere to the four basic principles, adhere to reform and opening up, rely on the party's basic line, work hard, and build our country into a prosperous and powerful country. To build a democratic, civilized and harmonious modern socialist country.

In leading the cause of socialism, the Communist Party of China must adhere to economic construction as the center, and all other tasks must obey and serve this center. We must seize the opportunity, accelerate development, implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent and the strategy of sustainable development, give full play to the role of science and technology as the primary productive force, rely on scientific and technological progress, improve the quality of workers, and promote the sound and rapid development of the national economy.

Adhering to the socialist road, upholding the people's democratic dictatorship, upholding the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and adhering to the four basic principles of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought are the foundation of our country. Throughout the entire process of socialist modernization, we must adhere to the four basic principles and oppose bourgeois liberalization.

Adhering to reform and opening up is the way to strengthen our country. It is necessary to fundamentally reform the economic system that restricts the development of productive forces, and uphold and improve the socialist market economic system; correspondingly, it is necessary to carry out political system reform and reforms in other fields. We must adhere to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world and absorb and learn from all the civilizational achievements created by human society. Reform and opening up should boldly explore and pioneer, improve the scientific nature of reform decision-making, enhance the coordination of reform measures, and open up new paths in practice

Legal basis:

"The People's Republic of China" Constitution of the People's Republic of China

Article 1 The People's Republic of China is a socialist country under the people's democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants.

The socialist system is the fundamental system of the Communist Party of China. The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Any organization or individual is prohibited from undermining the socialist system.

Article 2: All power in the People’s Republic of China belongs to the people.

The organs through which the people exercise state power are the National People's Congress and local people's congresses at all levels.

The people manage state affairs, manage economic and cultural undertakings, and manage social affairs through various channels and forms in accordance with legal provisions.

Article 3. The state institutions of the People’s Republic of China implement the principle of democratic centralism.

The National People's Congress and local people's congresses at all levels are democratically elected, accountable to the people, and subject to people's supervision.

State administrative agencies, supervisory agencies, judicial agencies, and procuratorial agencies are all generated by the People's Congress, are responsible to it, and are supervised by it.

The division of powers between central and local state agencies follows the principle of giving full play to local initiative and enthusiasm under the unified leadership of the central government.

Article 4: All ethnic groups in the People’s Republic of China are equal. The state protects the legitimate rights and interests of all ethnic minorities and maintains and develops equality, unity, mutual assistance and harmonious relations among all ethnic groups. Discrimination and oppression against any ethnic group are prohibited, and actions that undermine national unity and create national divisions are prohibited.

The state helps each ethnic minority area accelerate economic and cultural development based on the characteristics and needs of each ethnic minority.

Wherever ethnic minorities live in concentrated communities, they implement regional autonomy and establish autonomous organs to exercise their autonomy. All ethnic autonomous areas are an inseparable part of the Communist Party of China.

All ethnic groups have the freedom to use and develop their own spoken and written languages, and they all have the freedom to maintain or reform their own customs and habits.

Article 5: The People’s Republic of China shall govern the country according to law and build a socialist country under the rule of law. The state safeguards the unity and dignity of the socialist legal system. All laws, administrative regulations and local regulations must not conflict with the Constitution. All state organs and armed forces, all political parties and social groups, and all enterprises and institutions must abide by the Constitution and the law. All violations of the constitution and laws must be investigated. No organization or individual may have privileges beyond the constitution and laws.

Article 6 The basis of the socialist economic system of the People's Republic of China is the socialist public ownership of the means of production, that is, ownership by the whole people and collective ownership by the working people. Socialist public ownership eliminates the system of exploitation of others and implements the principle of distribution from each according to his ability and distribution according to his work.

In the primary stage of socialism, the country adheres to the basic economic system in which public ownership is the mainstay and multiple ownership economies develop simultaneously, and it adheres to the distribution system in which distribution according to work is the mainstay and multiple distribution methods coexist.

Article 7: The state-owned economy, that is, the socialist economy owned by the whole people, is the leading force in the national economy. The state ensures the consolidation and development of the state-owned economy.

Article 8: Rural collective economic organizations implement a two-tier management system based on household contract management and combining unified management with decentralized management. Various forms of cooperative economy such as production, supply and marketing, credit, and consumption in rural areas are socialist economies collectively owned by the working people. Workers who participate in rural collective economic organizations have the right to operate private land, private hills, family sideline businesses and raise private livestock within the scope prescribed by law.

Various forms of cooperative economies in handicrafts, industry, construction, transportation, commerce, service and other industries in cities and towns are all economies collectively owned by the socialist working people. The state protects the legitimate rights and interests of urban and rural collective economic organizations and encourages, guides and assists the development of the collective economy.