This book, guided by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the speeches delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping, discusses the approaches to upholding and improving socialism with Chinese characteristics and modernizing the national governance system and capacity in the new era from thirteen aspects. It is of both theoretical and practical values and covers areas such as upholding and improving the systems and institutions for the CPC’s leadership, with enhanced capacity for the CPC to exercise power based on informed decisions, democratic processes and the rule of law; upholding and improving systems and institutions that ensure the people's participation in the decision-making process, with continuous progress in socialist democracy; upholding and improving legal institutions under socialism with Chinese characteristics and building a higher level of the rule of law in China; upholding and improving the government administration system under socialism with Chinese characteristics; maintaining and improving the basic socialist economic system with continuous drive for quality growth, etc.
Professor Jin Nuo, Secretary of the Party committee of Renmin University of China and doctoral supervisor. She is also the chairwoman of the Academy of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Studies of Renmin University of China, the Academy of National Development and Strategy. Professor Jin Nuo doubles as the chairwoman of the Guiding Committee of Marxist Theory Teaching in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education, the chairwoman of Guiding Committee of Ideological and Political Theory Teaching in Colleges and Universities, the president of the National Research Association of Marxist Theory in Colleges and Universities. Her main research fields include Marxist theory, Ideological and political Education and Higher education administrationetc..
Professor Liu Wei, president of Renmin University of China and doctoral supervisor. He is the chairman of the Academy of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Studies of Renmin University of China and the Dean of the Academy of National Development and Strategy. He also holds concurrent posts as a member of Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, the convener of Theoretical Economics Branch Group of Discipline Review Group, chairman of the Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education for Economics Major. He is the standing member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese people’s Political Consultative Conference and the Vice president of the Third Council of the Theoretical Research Association of the CPPCC. His main research fields include socialist economic theory in Political Economics, the theory of transition economy in Institutional Economics, theory of industrial structure evolution in Development Economics and economic growth and enterprise property rights, etc.
Chapter 1. Upholding and improving the system of institutions for Party leadership to improve its capacity to practice scientific, democratic and law-based governance
Chapter 2 Upholding and improving the systems and institutions that ensure the people are masters of their own country, with continuous progress in socialist democracy
Chapter 3 Upholding and improving the system of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics and building a higher level of rule of law in China
Chapter 4 upholding and improving the administrative system of socialism with Chinese characteristics
Chapter 5Upholding and improving China's basic socialist economic system and promoting the high-quality development of the economy
Chapter 6 Upholding and improving the system to make advanced socialist culture prosperous and developed to consolidate the common ideological foundation upon which all people are united and work together
Chapter 7 Upholding and improving the livelihood system for protecting both urban and rural residents and working to meet people's ever-increasing needs for a better life
Chapter 8 Upholding and improving the social governance system based on collaboration, participation and common interests and modernizing the state governance system and capacity
Chapter 9 Upholding and improving the system for developing an ecological civilization and promoting the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature
Chapter 10 Upholding and improving the CPC's absolute leadership over the people's army in the new era
Chapter 11 Upholding and improving the system of "One country, Two systems" and advancing the process toward the peaceful reunification of China
Chapter 12 Upholding and improving the independent foreign policy of peace and working to build a community with a shared future for humanity
Chapter 13 Upholding and improving the Party and state oversight systems