The Significance, Characteristics, and Role of the First Volume of the Third Series of *The History of the Communist Party of China*

The year 2024 marks the 46th anniversary of reform and opening up and the 120th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Deng Xiaoping. Forty-six years ago, on December 22, the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Party concluded victoriously. On December 22, 2024, with the approval of the Party Central Committee, the first volume of the third series of *The History of the Communist Party of China* (hereinafter referred to as the *Party History* Third Series), compiled by the Central Institute of Party History and Literature, was officially published and distributed. This volume records the magnificent course in which the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Deng Xiaoping as their main representative, united and led the people of all ethnic groups across the country to achieve a great turning point of far-reaching significance in the Party’s history since the founding of New China, and successfully blazed the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The publication of the first volume of the *Party History* Third Series is undoubtedly a major achievement in the study of Party history and a major event and a happy event for the national Party history and theoretical circles, carrying significant importance.

2024年是改革开放46周年，也是邓小平同志诞辰120周年。46年前的12月22日，是党的十一届三中全会胜利闭幕的日子。2024年12月22日，经党中央批准，中央党史和文献研究院编写的《中国共产党历史》第三卷（以下简称《党史》三卷）上册正式出版发行。这一册记载的就是以邓小平同志为主要代表的中国共产党人团结带领全国各族人民，实现新中国成立以来党的历史上具有深远意义的伟大转折，成功开创中国特色社会主义道路的壮阔历程。《党史》三卷上册的出版，无疑是党的历史研究的一项重大成果，是全国党史界、理论界的一件大事、喜事，具有重要的意义。

Compiling the *Party History* Third Series is an important political task assigned by the Party Central Committee. As early as December 2001, Comrade Hu Jintao put forward clear requirements on issues related to the compilation of the *Party History* Third Series. On January 7, 2010, after listening to a work report from the former Central Party History Research Office, Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out: “We must do a good job in drafting the first draft of the third series.” On September 17, 2013, and April 19, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping made two important instructions, pointing out the correct direction and providing fundamental guidance for the compilation of the *Party History* Third Series. According to the compilation adjustment plan approved by the central authorities, the *Party History* Third Series is divided into three volumes—upper, middle, and lower—to be compiled and published in stages.

编写《党史》三卷是党中央交办的一项重要政治任务。早在2001年12月，胡锦涛同志曾就《党史》三卷编写的有关问题提出明确要求。2010年1月7日，习近平同志在听取原中央党史研究室工作汇报后指出：“要抓好第三卷初稿的撰写。”2013年9月17日和2023年4月19日，习近平总书记两次作出重要指示，为《党史》三卷编写工作指明了正确方向，提供了根本遵循。根据中央批准的编写调整方案，《党史》三卷分为上、中、下三册，分期编写出版。

Here, I will share some views on the significant importance of compiling the *Party History* Third Series, the main characteristics of its first volume, and its important role in the study and education of Party history.

这里，我就编写《党史》三卷的重要意义、三卷上册的主要特点及其在党史学习教育中的重要作用，谈几点认识。

The Significant Importance of Compiling the *Party History* Third Series

编写《党史》三卷的重要意义

Advancing the cause of reform and opening up and the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics is one of the three major historical events in China since the May Fourth Movement and one of the three major milestones in achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation since modern times. The *Party History* Third Series records precisely this period of history in which the Party led the people in initiating and advancing reform and opening up and the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and its significance is extremely great.

推进改革开放和中国特色社会主义事业，是五四运动以来我国发生的三大历史性事件之一，是近代以来实现中华民族伟大复兴的三大里程碑之一。《党史》三卷所记述的，正是党领导人民开创和推进改革开放和中国特色社会主义事业的这一段历史，意义十分重大。

Compiling the *Party History* Third Series is necessary for preserving the Party’s history, establishing its record, and continuing the writing of the red family tree. “To understand the great Way, one must first understand history.” [1]1 A classical Chinese saying from the Tang dynasty historian Liu Zhiji, emphasizing the necessity of historical study for grasping fundamental truths. Compiling histories and establishing classics is a tradition of the Chinese nation that has continued for thousands of years. The ancients said, “A genealogy is the history of a family; history is the genealogy of a nation.” [2]2 A traditional Chinese saying comparing family genealogies to national histories, underscoring the importance of historical records. The Communist Party of China attaches great importance to the study of its own history. Many revolutionaries within the Party began consciously writing and promoting Party history as early as the 1920s. In 1951, on the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, *The Thirty Years of the Communist Party of China*, written by Comrade Hu Qiaomu and personally reviewed by Comrades Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi, was published, becoming the first authoritative Party history work recognized by the Party Central Committee. After the 1980s, the Party Central Committee decided to establish specialized institutions for the study of Party history and entrusted the task of compiling authoritative Party history works to Party history research departments. Through the unremitting and successive efforts of generations of Party historians over more than 40 years, we have successively compiled and published a number of high-quality and substantial basic Party history works, including the first and second series of *The History of the Communist Party of China* (hereinafter referred to as the *Party History* First and Second Series), *The Seventy Years of the Communist Party of China*, *The Ninety Years of the Communist Party of China*, *The One Hundred Years of the Communist Party of China*, *A Concise History of the Communist Party of China*, and *The Annals of the Communist Party of China* (Period of the New Democratic Revolution). This series of authoritative Party history works has constructed the red family tree of the Communist Party of China. In particular, the multi-volume *History of the Communist Party of China* most authoritatively, systematically, and comprehensively reflects the basic history of our Party.

编写《党史》三卷，是为党存史立传、续写红色家谱的需要。“欲知大道，必先为史。”修史立典是中华民族延续几千年的传统，古人云：“谱乃家之史，史乃国之谱也。”中国共产党高度重视研究自身的历史，党内许多革命家在20世纪20年代就开始自觉撰写和宣传党的历史。1951年，在中国共产党成立30周年之际，经毛泽东同志和刘少奇同志亲自审定、胡乔木同志撰写的《中国共产党的三十年》发表，成为经党中央认可的第一部权威党史著作。20世纪80年代以后，党中央决定成立党的历史研究的专门机构，将编写权威党史著作的任务交给了党史研究部门。经过一代代党史人40多年的不懈奋斗、接续奋斗，我们先后编写出版了一批有质量、有分量的党史基本著作，包括《中国共产党历史》第一卷、第二卷（以下简称《党史》一卷、二卷），《中国共产党的七十年》《中国共产党的九十年》《中国共产党的一百年》《中国共产党简史》《中国共产党编年史》（新民主主义革命时期）等。这一系列权威党史著作构建了中国共产党的红色家谱，特别是《中国共产党历史》多卷本，最权威、最系统、最全面地反映了我们党的基本历史。

As the Party’s cause continuously advances and the study of Party history constantly expands and deepens, the Party’s red family tree needs to be continuously carried forward. Compiling the *Party History* Third Series is another important political task assigned by the Party Central Committee after we completed the *Party History* First and Second Series. General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to continuing the writing of the Party’s red family tree and has made important instructions and directives on the compilation of the *Party History* Third Series on multiple occasions, providing personal guidance. For Party history research departments, compiling the *Party History* Third Series well, continuing to write the Party’s history in the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, and producing a masterpiece that can withstand the test of history, practice, and the people, is our important political responsibility and our sacred historical mission to pass on the Party’s red genes and continue its red bloodline.

党的事业不断推向前进，党的历史研究不断拓展深化，党的红色家谱就需要不断赓续。编写《党史》三卷，是我们完成《党史》一卷、二卷之后，党中央交办的又一项重要政治任务。习近平总书记对续写党的红色家谱高度重视，多次对《党史》三卷的编写工作作出重要指示批示，予以亲自指导。对于党史研究部门来说，编写好《党史》三卷，续写好党在改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期的历史，拿出经得起历史、实践和人民检验的精品力作，是我们的重要政治责任，也是我们为党传承红色基因、赓续红色血脉的神圣历史使命。

Compiling the *Party History* Third Series is necessary for implementing the Party’s third historical resolution and consolidating the ideological consensus of the entire Party and the people of the whole nation to strive together in unity. In its historical process of more than one hundred years, the Communist Party of China has made three historical resolutions at three major historical junctures and critical moments. [3]3 The three historical resolutions refer to the Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party (1945), the Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China (1981), and the Resolution on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party’s Hundred-Year Struggle (2021). These three historical resolutions are all basic conclusions drawn by our Party on major historical issues and systematic summaries of historical experience. They have played an important role in unifying the Party’s thinking, consolidating consensus, inspiring morale, enhancing unity, and ensuring that the Party’s cause advances along the correct path. *The Thirty Years of the Communist Party of China* was completed six years after the first historical resolution was issued, and it played an important role in enhancing Party unity and mobilizing cadres and the masses to embark on a new journey of socialist revolution and construction. After the second historical resolution was issued, a series of basic Party history works compiled and published in accordance with its spirit, such as *The Seventy Years of the Communist Party of China* and the *Party History* First and Second Series, played an important role in unifying the thinking of the entire Party, especially Party cadres, and inspiring the entire Party to unite as one, look forward, and vigorously promote reform and opening up and socialist modernization.

编写《党史》三卷，是落实党的第三个历史决议、凝聚全党全国人民团结奋进思想共识的需要。中国共产党在一百多年的历史进程中，曾经在三个重大历史关头和重要关键时刻，作出过三个历史决议。这三个历史决议都是我们党对重大历史问题作出的基本结论，对历史经验作出的系统总结，对于全党统一思想、凝聚共识、鼓舞斗志、增进团结，确保党的事业沿着正确道路前进，都发挥了重要作用。《中国共产党的三十年》就是在第一个历史决议出台6年后完成的，它对于增进党的团结、动员干部群众开启社会主义革命和建设新征程发挥了重要作用。第二个历史决议出台后，按照决议精神编写出版的《中国共产党的七十年》和《党史》一卷、二卷等一系列党史基本著作，对于统一全党特别是党员干部的思想，激励全党团结一致向前看、大力推进改革开放和社会主义现代化建设发挥了重要作用。

In 2021, the third historical resolution, adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party, comprehensively summarized the major achievements and historical experience of the Party’s hundred-year struggle. [4]4 The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee was held in November 2021, where the third historical resolution was adopted. It scientifically summarized and evaluated the history of the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization and a series of major achievements made during that period. Compiling the *Party History* Third Series is to faithfully reflect and embody the main spirit and basic conclusions of the third historical resolution, guiding cadres and the masses to correctly understand the major historical events, important historical meetings, and important historical figures of the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, and to scientifically understand and evaluate the Party’s history and experience during this period. It is believed that the publication of the first volume of the *Party History* Third Series will have important practical and historical significance for promoting the entire Party to further unify thinking, unify understanding, increase confidence, enhance morale, further comprehensively deepen reform, and strive forward on the new journey and make achievements in the New Era.

2021年，党的十九届六中全会通过的第三个历史决议，全面总结了党的百年奋斗重大成就和历史经验，其中对改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期的历史和取得的一系列重大成就进行了科学总结和评价。编写《党史》三卷，就是要把第三个历史决议的主要精神和基本结论不折不扣地反映出来、体现出来，引导干部群众正确认识改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期重大历史事件、重要历史会议、重要历史人物，科学认识和评价这一时期党的历史和经验。相信《党史》三卷上册的出版，对于推动全党进一步统一思想、统一认识、增加信心、增强斗志，进一步全面深化改革，奋进新征程、建功新时代，具有重要的现实和历史意义。

Compiling the third series of the *Party History* is a necessity for consolidating historical memory and strengthening historical confidence. Only by understanding history can one see far; only by comprehending history can one go far. General Secretary Xi Jinping has called on the entire Party to “strengthen historical confidence and enhance historical initiative.” [1]1 A classical Chinese saying from the Tang dynasty historian Liu Zhiji, emphasizing the necessity of historical study for grasping fundamental truths. Historical confidence relies on the correct construction of historical cognition and the firm forging of historical memory. Looking back at this period of the New Era, [2]2 A traditional Chinese saying comparing family genealogies to national histories, underscoring the importance of historical records. after the end of the “Cultural Revolution,” the Party and the state were at a major historical juncture of where to go. Our Party, based on a profound grasp of the future and destiny of the Party and the state, a profound summation of the practice of socialist revolution and construction, a profound insight into the trends of the times, and a profound understanding of the expectations and needs of the people, made the historic decision to shift the focus of the Party and the state’s work to economic construction and implement reform and opening up. This achieved a great turning point of far-reaching significance in the Party’s history since the founding of the People’s Republic of China and blazed the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. We achieved world-renowned great accomplishments in reform and opening up and socialist modernization, propelled the great leap of the Chinese nation from standing up to becoming prosperous, and enabled China to catch up with the times in big strides. As time passes, the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the CPC, [3]3 The three historical resolutions refer to the Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party (1945), the Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China (1981), and the Resolution on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party’s Hundred-Year Struggle (2021). which marked the starting point of the New Era, is now nearly half a century ago. Many young people know little or only superficially about this period of history, to the extent that some social views of historical nihilism that question or even deny reform and opening up have managed to confuse the public. Compiling the third series of the *Party History* is precisely about using rich historical materials, vivid practices, and profound principles to narrate this period of the New Era, historically demonstrating how arduous the Party’s struggle was during this period and how brilliant the achievements were; using facts to prove conclusively that reform and opening up was the key move that determined the future and destiny of contemporary China, and that socialism with Chinese characteristics is the only path to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is believed that the publication of the first volume of the third series of the *Party History* will help cadres and the masses deeply understand and recognize major issues such as why reform and opening up was initiated, why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good, why the CPC has been able to succeed, and why Marxism must be continuously adapted to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, thereby effectively strengthening cadres’ and the masses’ historical confidence in adhering to reform and opening up, historical confidence in unswervingly following the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and historical confidence in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

编写《党史》三卷，是筑牢历史记忆、增强历史自信的需要。了解历史才能看得远，理解历史才能走得远。习近平总书记号召全党同志“坚定历史自信，增强历史主动”。历史自信有赖于对历史认知的正确构建和历史记忆的牢固铸造。回望新时期这段历史，“文化大革命”结束以后，党和国家处在何去何从的重大历史关头，我们党基于对党和国家前途命运的深刻把握，基于对社会主义革命和建设实践的深刻总结，基于对时代潮流的深刻洞察，基于对人民群众的期盼和需要的深刻体悟，作出把党和国家的工作中心转移到经济建设上来、实行改革开放的历史性决策，实现了新中国成立以来党的历史上具有深远意义的伟大转折，开创了中国特色社会主义道路。我们取得了改革开放和社会主义现代化建设举世瞩目的伟大成就，推进了中华民族从站起来到富起来的伟大飞跃，使中国大踏步赶上了时代。随着时光流逝，作为新时期起点的党的十一届三中全会已经过去了近半个世纪，很多年轻人对这段历史知之不多、知之不深，以至于社会上一些质疑甚至否定改革开放的历史虚无主义观点得以混淆视听。编写《党史》三卷，就是要以丰富的史料、生动的实践、深刻的道理，把新时期这段历史讲述出来，历史地展现党的这段奋斗历程是何其艰辛、取得的成就是何其辉煌；以事实雄辩地证明，改革开放是决定当代中国前途命运的关键一招，中国特色社会主义是实现中华民族伟大复兴的必由之路。相信《党史》三卷上册的出版，有助于干部群众深入认识和理解改革开放为什么启动、中国特色社会主义为什么好、中国共产党为什么能够成功、马克思主义为什么要不断中国化时代化等重大问题，切实增强干部群众对坚持改革开放的历史自信，对坚定不移走中国特色社会主义道路的历史自信，对实现中华民族伟大复兴的历史自信。

Compiling the third series of the *Party History* is a necessity for grasping historical laws and enlightening historical wisdom. “Learning from the past to guide the way of governance.” [4]4 The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee was held in November 2021, where the third historical resolution was adopted. Valuing the absorption of historical experience is a fine tradition of our Party. Our Party has continuously advanced on the basis of summing up historical experience and in the process of drawing historical wisdom and strength. Comrade Mao Zedong once said: “Reading history is a matter of wisdom” (Selected Letters of Mao Zedong, Central Party Literature Press, 2003, p. 5), “Only by speaking of history can one convince people” (Collected Works of Mao Zedong, Vol. 8, People’s Publishing House, 1999, p. 276), “If we look at history, we will see the future” (Mao Zedong’s Military Writings Since the Founding of the People’s Republic, Vol. 2, Military Science Press and Central Party Literature Press, 2010, p. 247), and “If the Party’s history is not clarified, and the path the Party has taken in history is not clarified, then it will not be possible to do things better” (Collected Works of Mao Zedong, Vol. 2, People’s Publishing House, 1993, p. 399).

编写《党史》三卷，是把握历史规律、启迪历史智慧的需要。“有鉴于往事，以资于治道。”重视吸取历史经验是我们党的一个优良传统，我们党就是在总结历史经验的基础上，在汲取历史智慧和力量的过程中不断前进的。毛泽东同志曾经说过：“读历史是智慧的事”（《毛泽东书信选集》，中央文献出版社2003年版，第5页），“只有讲历史才能说服人”（《毛泽东文集》第8卷，人民出版社1999年版，第276页），“我们看历史，就会看到前途”（《建国以来毛泽东军事文稿》下卷，军事科学出版社、中央文献出版社2010年版，第247页），“不把党的历史搞清楚，不把党在历史上所走的路搞清楚，便不能把事情办得更好”（《毛泽东文集》第2卷，人民出版社1993年版，第399页）。

Therefore, the more scientific the summation of historical experience, the deeper the grasp of historical laws, and the richer the historical wisdom the Party draws, the more proactive it will be in grasping its future and destiny. On the new journey of the New Era, various risks and challenges will inevitably be encountered on the path forward, requiring us to draw wisdom and strength from the historical experience of reform and opening up and socialist modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping points out that the valuable experience accumulated

因此，对历史经验的总结越科学，对历史规律的把握越深刻，党汲取的历史智慧越丰富，对前途命运的把握就越主动。新时代新征程，在前进道路上必然会遇到各种风险挑战，需要我们从改革开放和社会主义现代化建设的历史经验中汲取智慧和力量。习近平总书记指出，改革开放四十年积累的宝贵经验是党和人民弥足珍贵的精神财富，对新时代坚持和发展中国特色社会主义有着极为重要的指导意义。编写《党史》三卷，就是要通过对党在改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期理论探索和实践创造的史实梳理和经验总结，深化对党的执政规律、对中国特色社会主义建设规律、对改革开放规律的认识和把握，为新时代研究和解决进一步全面深化改革、推进中国式现代化的实际问题，为党和国家工作大局服务。相信《党史》三卷上册的出版，将有助于干部群众从党的十一届三中全会以后的这段历史演进中获得应对风险挑战的智慧启迪，从这段来之不易的历史经验中提炼出进一步推进改革开放的制胜之道，在守正创新中不断提升驾驭复杂局面的能力和水平，在新时代新征程上扎实推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业。

The Main Characteristics of the First Volume of the Third Series of *The History of the CPC*

《党史》三卷上册的主要特点

To condense the magnificent and stirring great journey of the Party leading the people in pioneering socialism with Chinese characteristics into a single work of 420,000 characters is no easy task. The compilation of the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* has mainly highlighted the following characteristics.

要把党领导人民开创中国特色社会主义的波澜壮阔伟大历程，浓缩在一本42万字的著作中，是一件很不容易的事情。《党史》三卷上册的编写主要突出了以下几个特点。

First, it upholds the principle of "tracing back to the source to set things right" and focuses on "consolidating the foundation and strengthening the roots," highlighting a "correct" orientation. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, our Party has adhered to historical materialism and a correct view of Party history, set things right on major historical issues concerning the Party and the state, and taken a clear stand against historical nihilism, achieving notable results. General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized the need to "establish a correct view of Party history more deeply and extensively, making orthodox history a consensus of the entire Party and society" (Xi Jinping: *The Governance of China*, Vol. 4, Foreign Languages Press, 2022, p. 546). In accordance with this requirement, the compilation of the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* has consistently adhered to a correct orientation. It has taken Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as its guide, earnestly implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's important discourses on the history of the CPC and his important speeches and instructions on Party history and documentary work, strictly followed the three historical resolutions of the Party, taken a clear stand against historical nihilism, and resolutely resisted various erroneous tendencies and viewpoints that distort and vilify the Party's history. It has consistently adhered to correct historical materials. The compilation team has relied on authoritative documents and utilized primary-source historical materials, adhering to the principle that "a single piece of evidence cannot stand, and every statement must have a basis." They have meticulously screened and carefully verified the archival documents, newspaper and periodical materials, research materials, interview records, and authoritative works from various professional fields used, insisting on multi-channel verification, cross-referencing of multiple historical materials, and multi-angle assessment, ensuring that all important historical facts in the book have sources, all important figures have origins, and all major conclusions have foundations, capable of withstanding the test of history. It has consistently adhered to correct viewpoints. It has paid attention to aligning and comparing with General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of new ideas, new thoughts, and new assertions on Party history, and with the spirit of the latest important documents of the Party Central Committee. It has correctly understood and scientifically evaluated the major events, important meetings, and key figures in the Party's history during this period, ensuring consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core on major judgments, major conclusions, and important evaluations. It has focused on clarifying and correcting vague understandings and one-sided interpretations of some major historical issues in society. It is believed that the publication of the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* will play an important role in tracing back to the source to set things right, further guiding cadres and the masses to scientifically understand and evaluate the Party's history during this period, and establishing a correct view of Party history.

一是坚持正本清源，注重固本培元，突出了一个“正”字。党的十八大以来，在以习近平同志为核心的党中央的坚强领导下，我们党坚持唯物史观和正确党史观，在党和国家重大历史问题上正本清源，旗帜鲜明反对历史虚无主义，取得了显著成效。习近平总书记强调，要“让正确党史观更深入、更广泛地树立起来，让正史成为全党全社会的共识”（《习近平谈治国理政》第4卷，外文出版社2022年版，第546页）。按照这一要求，《党史》三卷上册的编写始终坚持导向正，坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，认真贯彻习近平总书记关于中国共产党历史的重要论述以及关于党史和文献工作的重要讲话和重要指示批示精神，严格遵循党的三个历史决议，旗帜鲜明反对历史虚无主义，坚决抵制歪曲和丑化党的历史的各种错误倾向和观点。始终坚持史料正，编写组坚持依据权威文献、运用第一手史料，并秉承“孤证不立、言必有据”的原则，对使用的档案文献、报刊资料、调研材料、采访记录，以及各专业领域权威著作等都进行了缜密筛选、细致考证，坚持多渠道求证、多史料互证、多角度研判，确保全书重要史实都有出处、重要数字都有来源、重大论断都有依据，能够经得起历史的检验。始终坚持观点正，注重同习近平总书记关于党的历史的一系列新思想新观点新论断对标对表，注意同党中央的最新重要文件精神对标对表，正确认识和科学评价这一时期党史上的重大事件、重要会议、重要人物，确保在重大判断、重大结论、重要评价上同以习近平同志为核心的党中央保持高度一致，注重澄清和纠正社会上对一些重大历史问题的模糊认识和片面理解。相信《党史》三卷上册的出版，对于正本清源，进一步引导干部群众科学认识和评价这一阶段党的历史，树立正确党史观，将发挥重要作用。

Second, it runs through the theme and main line, grasps the mainstream and essence, and highlights the character of “vein” (脉). Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation since modern times, and it is also the overarching theme running through the entire more than one hundred years of our Party’s struggle. Centering on this theme, the Party’s third historical resolution [6]6 The third historical resolution refers to the “Resolution on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party over the Past Century,” adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC in November 2021. clearly states: during the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, the main tasks facing the Party were to continue to explore the correct path for building socialism in China, to liberate and develop the social productive forces, to enable the people to shake off poverty and become prosperous as quickly as possible, and to provide the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with a new, vibrant institutional guarantee and the material conditions for rapid development. Providing a new, vibrant institutional guarantee meant reform; providing the material conditions for rapid development meant development; and advancing reform and development together constituted the main vein of the theoretical exploration and practical creation of socialism with Chinese characteristics during the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization. It can be said that the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* unfolds precisely around this main vein, focusing on reflecting how our Party continuously advanced reform and opening up, driving the historical process of China’s transformation from a highly centralized planned economy to a vibrant socialist market economy, and from a closed or semi-closed state to all-round opening up; it emphatically demonstrates how our Party, based on the basic national condition of being in the primary stage of socialism, vigorously liberated and developed social productive forces, solved the basic problem of food and clothing for the people, and made the country and the people prosperous. Following this main vein, the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* devotes substantial space to reflecting the Party’s history of unremitting struggle, history of fearing no sacrifice, history of theoretical exploration, history of benefiting the people, and history of self-building during this period, paying attention to distinguishing the essence from the phenomena and the mainstream from the tributaries in the Party’s history of this period. From the complex historical processes and rich reform practices, it selects the essential and manages the complex, focusing on discussing the major historical events and important historical figures, major policies and important strategic deployments and their achievements and contributions, and major theoretical innovations and their development processes of this period. Grasping the main vein of this period achieves the effect of “once the main rope is lifted, all the meshes open; once one volume is understood, all chapters become clear,” [7]7 A classical Chinese allusion from the philosophical work *Zheng Guan* (Correct View) by Zheng Xuan of the Eastern Han dynasty, meaning that grasping the key point clarifies everything else. presenting this period of history to readers in a clear, well-organized, and coherent manner.

二是贯穿主题主线，把握主流本质，突出了一个“脉”字。实现中华民族伟大复兴，是中华民族近代以来最伟大的梦想，也是贯穿我们党一百多年奋斗历程的全部主题。围绕这一主题，党的第三个历史决议明确提出：改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期，党面临的主要任务是，继续探索中国建设社会主义的正确道路，解放和发展社会生产力，使人民摆脱贫困、尽快富裕起来，为实现中华民族伟大复兴提供充满新的活力的体制保证和快速发展的物质条件。提供充满新的活力的体制保证就是要改革，提供快速发展的物质条件就是要发展，而推进改革和发展又构成了改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期中国特色社会主义理论探索和实践创造的主脉。可以说，《党史》三卷上册就是围绕这一主脉展开的，重点反映了我们党是如何不断推进改革开放，推动我国开始从高度集中的计划经济体制向充满活力的社会主义市场经济体制、从封闭半封闭向全方位开放发生转变的历史进程；着重展现了我们党是如何立足社会主义初级阶段这一基本国情，大力解放和发展社会生产力，解决人民基本温饱问题，使国家和人民富裕起来的历史功绩。按照这一主脉，《党史》三卷上册浓墨重彩地反映这一时期党的不懈奋斗史、不怕牺牲史、理论探索史、为民造福史、自身建设史，注意区分这一时期党史的本质和现象、主流和支流，于纷繁复杂的历史进程和丰富多彩的改革实践中取精用宏、举要治繁，重点论述了这一时期的重大历史事件和重要历史人物、重大方针政策和重要战略部署及其成就贡献、重大理论创新成果及其发展历程。抓住了这一时期的主脉，就起到了“举一纲则万目张，解一卷而众篇明”的效果，使这段历史条分缕析、脉络清晰地展现在读者面前。

Third, it bridges historical narrative and theoretical reasoning, combining ideological depth with readability, and highlights the character of “integration” (合). A good historical work should possess both ideological depth and readability, having theoretical depth, historical thickness, and emotional warmth, making people willing to read it and gain something from reading it. The compilation of the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* pays attention to handling the relationship between historical narrative and theoretical reasoning, striving to achieve an effective combination of points and surfaces, an organic integration of history and theory, and a skillful fusion of emotion and reason. In terms of combining points and surfaces, on the one hand, the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* adopts a macro historical perspective with a large structure and broad vision to outline the magnificent tide of reform, presenting a panoramic, three-dimensional picture of new progress in various fields such as politics, economy, culture, society, national defense, and diplomacy in the early period of reform and opening up, as well as new atmospheres in various aspects of urban and rural social life, enabling readers to form a holistic and systematic understanding of the Party’s history during this period; on the other hand, it pays attention to microscopic depiction, using close-up shots to focus on reform explorations in a specific field, the ins and outs of a particular event, or the deliberation and introduction of a certain policy, striving to see the big from the small and convey profound meaning through simple words. In terms of integrating history and theory, it adopts a method of combining history and theory, interspersing narrative with commentary, blending basic theoretical viewpoints into the vivid narration of history. It not only tries to restore the true situation of that time and place as much as possible but also analyzes and discusses according to the logical thread of “why it happened,” “how it happened,” and “what effects and impacts it had,” unfolding in a progressive manner. This clarifies both the facts of history and the reasons behind them; it explains the ins and outs of events while also ensuring that materials and viewpoints corroborate each other appropriately, and that narration and commentary merge naturally, enhancing the persuasiveness of the historical narrative, aiming to achieve the effect of using history as a mirror for the present and educating people for governance. In terms of fusing emotion and reason, attention is paid to infusing the writing with emotion, making the text full of tension, so that events in history have causes and effects, and figures in history have flesh and blood, fully mobilizing the warmth and power of words. Comrade Hu Qiaomu once said that writing Party history should express our full enthusiasm (Compilation Group of the *Biography of Hu Qiaomu*, ed., *Hu Qiaomu on the History of the CPC*, People’s Publishing House, 2015, p. 284). He gave an example: the Great Revolution was a tragic and heroic history, and tragic and heroic history should be expressed in tragic and heroic words (see *Hu Qiaomu on the History of the CPC*, p. 293). The writing of the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* embodies this approach. For instance, when discussing the active participation of various sectors in the 1980s in promoting the resolution of the Taiwan issue and achieving national reunification, it cites the publication in 1984 of *Selected Calligraphy of Yu Youren* and *Collected Poems of Yu Youren* in mainland China, and specifically quotes Yu Youren’s poem *Longing for the Mainland* from the poetry collection: “Bury me on the high mountain top, / So I can see my mainland; / If my mainland is not to be seen, / Only tears will stream!” (*The History of the Communist Party of China*, Vol. 3, Book 1, CPC History Press, 2025, p. 322) The peaceful reunification of the motherland is the common aspiration of all Chinese people, including our compatriots in Taiwan. The deep longing for the homeland and the hope for national reunification contained in the poem still move people deeply when read today.

三是打通叙史、说理，兼具思想性和可读性，突出了一个“合”字。一部好的史书，应当兼具思想性和可读性，既有理论深度，又有历史厚度，还有情感温度，使人既愿意读下去，读起来又有收获。《党史》三卷上册的编写注意处理好叙史和说理的关系，力求做到点面的有效结合、史论的有机契合和情理的巧妙融合。在点面结合上，《党史》三卷上册一方面采用大结构、广视域的历史宏观视角勾画波澜壮阔的改革大潮，全景式地立体呈现改革开放初期政治、经济、文化、社会、国防和外交等各领域工作的新进展，城市、农村社会生活各方面的新气象，使读者能够对这一时期党的历史形成整体系统的认知；另一方面注意进行微观描摹，以特写镜头聚焦某个领域的改革探索、某一事件的来龙去脉、某个政策的酝酿出台等，努力做到以小见大、言近旨远。在史论契合上，采用了史论结合、夹叙夹议的手法，把基本的理论观点融于对历史的生动叙述之中，不仅尽量还原彼时彼地的真实情境，还按照“为什么发生”“怎么发生的”“有什么作用和影响”等逻辑思路进行分析论述，递进展开。这样既讲清历史的本然，又讲清历史的所以然；既交代清楚了事情的来龙去脉，也使材料和观点印证得比较贴切，记叙和评述融合得比较自然，增强了叙史的说服力，以求达到以史鉴今、资政育人的效果。在情理融合上，注意在写作中笔端常带感情，文字饱含张力，使历史中的事件有因有果、历史中的人物有血有肉，充分调动了文字的温度与力量。胡乔木同志曾经说过，写党史要表现我们的满腔热情（《胡乔木传》编写组编：《胡乔木谈中共党史》，人民出版社2015年版，第284页）。他曾举例说，大革命是悲壮的历史，悲壮的历史就要用悲壮的文字来表达（参见《胡乔木谈中共党史》，第293页）。《党史》三卷上册的撰写就体现了这一写法。比如，讲到20世纪80年代各方面积极参与促进解决台湾问题、实现祖国统一时，列举了1984年《于右任墨迹选》《于右任诗词集》在大陆出版一事，并专门引用了诗词集中的于右任诗作《望大陆》：“葬我于高山之上兮，望我大陆；大陆不可见兮，只有痛哭！”（《中国共产党历史》第3卷上册，中共党史出版社2025年版，第322页）祖国和平统一是包括台湾同胞在内的全体中华儿女的共同愿望，诗中饱含的怀念故土、盼望祖国统一的深情，今天读来依然令人动容。

Fourth, it diligently excavates historical materials, responds to the concerns of the times, and highlights the character of “newness” (新). Building on the research achievements of predecessors, the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* runs the requirement of “newness” throughout the entire process of compiling the manuscript. First, it adopts new historical materials. The compilation group for the third series of *The History of the CPC* insists on taking “how many archives have been used” as one of the important criteria for judging the quality of the manuscript, sparing no effort to excavate and utilize a large number of fresh historical materials and data. The book discloses some historical archives for the first time, including records of some conversations of central leaders such as Deng Xiaoping, minutes of central thematic work meetings on the economy and diplomacy, and bulletins from Party congresses and plenary sessions. In addition, by interviewing many parties involved, it restores details of some major historical events. These new historical materials further enrich and flesh out the narrative of Party history, helping readers understand the true face of history and more clearly and completely reproduce the historical context and scenes of some major events and important decisions. Second, it adopts new perspectives. Although some materials used in the book are familiar to everyone, the compilation group expanded their writing ideas, interpreting old materials from new perspectives and answering old questions with new research, giving people a refreshing feeling. For example, in the chapter “The Start of Reform and Opening Up,” it changes the previous practice of only discussing the introduction of technology and capital and the establishment of special economic zones when talking about opening up, and innovatively sets up a section titled “The New Start and New Development of the Tourism Industry,” vividly and meticulously depicting the historical process in which the tourism industry took the lead in achieving breakthroughs and quickly stood at the forefront of reform and opening up. This fully reflects that the tourism industry, as a vanguard of reform and opening up, not only rapidly promoted the surging tide of opening up across the country but also gave birth to a major breakthrough in ownership reform (China’s earliest three Sino-foreign joint ventures all emerged in fields related to the tourism industry), more comprehensively demonstrating the Party’s overall design and promotion of reform and opening up. Third, it adopts new viewpoints. On the basis of in-depth research on old and new historical materials, the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* puts forward new insights into the judgment and evaluation of some major issues from the height of the times. For example, regarding the issue of exploring the separation of Party and government after the 13th National Congress of the CPC, the first volume of the third series of *The History of the CPC* not only excavates new historical materials, supplementing the different understandings and doubts that existed within the Party at that time on this issue, but also benchmarks against the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s relevant important speeches, making a fair and objective exposition and evaluation of the reasons, practices, and existing problems of implementing the separation of Party and government from the perspective of the Party’s self-building history.

四是潜心挖掘史料，回应时代关切，突出了一个“新”字。《党史》三卷上册在继承前人研究成果基础上，将“新”的要求贯穿于书稿编写的始终。一是采用新史料。《党史》三卷编写组坚持把“用了多少档案”作为判断书稿质量的重要标准之一，千方百计挖掘和运用大量新鲜史料、数据。书中首次公开了部分历史档案，包括邓小平等中央领导同志的部分谈话记录，经济、外交等中央专题工作会议纪要，党代会和全会简报等，此外还通过采访许多当事人，还原一些重大历史事件的细节。这些新史料进一步充实丰富了党史叙事，有助于读者了解历史的本来面目，更加清晰完整地重现了一些重大事件、重要决策的历史脉络和历史场景。二是采用新视角。书中使用的有些材料虽然是大家耳熟能详的，但编写组拓展写作思路，以新视角解读旧材料，以新研究回答老问题，使人有耳目一新之感。如在“改革开放的起步”一章中，改变以往说到开放往往只讲引进技术和资金、兴办经济特区的做法，开创性地设置“旅游业的新起步和新发展”一目，细致生动地描绘了旅游业率先实现突破，并迅速站到改革开放前列的历史进程，充分反映了旅游业作为改革开放的排头兵，不仅迅速推动了开放大潮在全国各地的风起云涌，而且催生了所有制改革的重大突破（我国最早的三家中外合资企业都产生于旅游业相关领域），更加全面地展现了党对改革开放的总体设计和推进。三是采用新观点。《党史》三卷上册在深入研究新旧史料的基础上，站在时代高度对一些重大问题的判断和评价提出了新的见解。比如，关于党的十三大后探索党政分开的问题，《党史》三卷上册不仅挖掘新的史料，补充了当时党内对这一问题存在的不同认识和疑虑，还对标习近平总书记相关重要讲话精神，从党的自身建设史的角度，对推行党政分开的缘由、做法和存在的问题作出了中肯客观的论述和评价。

Fifth, it ensures that both people and events are visible, striving for substance and style alike, embodying the character of “liveliness.” Writing the Party’s history during the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization must fully reflect the vivid reform practices, active reform groups, and vibrant social atmosphere of that era, making a good article on the word “liveliness.” On one hand, the content is lively. To enrich the “flesh and blood” of history, the first volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* focuses on presenting a large number of vivid examples and figures that emerged in the early days of reform and opening up: it writes both of the “red handprints” of Xiaogang Village in Anhui and the “mountain-blasting cannons” of Shekou in Shenzhen; it writes both of Zhang Huamei, who obtained China’s first individual industrial and commercial business license after reform and opening up, and of Lu Guanqiu, who elevated the universal joint into the ranks of well-known brand products; it writes both of the open letter from 55 factory directors and managers in Fujian Province calling for “unshackling” enterprises, and of the development process in which small commodities from Yiwu, Zhejiang, “broke into a big market and built a big industry”… It is precisely through the delineation and depiction of numerous typical examples and figures that a complete historical picture displaying the new social customs and new lives of the people in the early days of reform and opening up is vividly unfolded. On the other hand, the writing method is lively. The first volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* mainly uses straightforward narration, interspersed with techniques such as flashback and interjection, enriching the layers and forms of expression. At the same time, it strives to present a comprehensive, accurate, and detailed historical original appearance, depicting the atmosphere of the times, the full story of events, and the deeds of advanced figures with more delicate brushstrokes, enabling readers to feel as if they are on the scene and step into a relatable and tangible era of reform. For example, when writing about the establishment of the special economic zones, it states: “Driven by the central decision, special economic zone builders from all directions sounded the clarion call ‘Time is money, efficiency is life,’ blazed trails, worked hard under difficult conditions, and within just a few years transformed Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and other once-backward border towns, barren beaches, and fishing villages into vibrant new cities, creating the special economic zone spirit of daring to try, daring to be the first, and working hard in obscurity” (*History of the Communist Party of China*, Volume 3, Part 1, p. 129). This kind of description, using language rich in the flavor of the times, outlines the fervent struggle scenes of the special economic zone builders, showcasing the vigorous innovative practices and the indomitable enterprising spirit of the early reform and opening up period.

五是确保见人见事，力求文质兼备，体现了一个“活”字。书写改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期党的历史，必须充分反映那个时代鲜活的改革实践、活跃的改革群体，以及充满活力的社会气象，在“活”字上做好文章。一方面是内容活。为丰富历史的“血肉”，《党史》三卷上册在内容上，着力呈现了大量改革开放初期涌现出的鲜活事例和人物：既写了安徽小岗村的“红手印”，也写了深圳蛇口的“开山炮”；既写了拿到改革开放后中国第一张个体工商业营业执照的章华妹，也写了让万向节跻身于知名品牌产品行列的鲁冠球；既写了福建省55位厂长、经理呼吁给企业“松绑”的公开信，也写了浙江义乌小商品“闯出了大市场、做成了大产业”的发展历程……正是通过对众多典型事例和人物的勾画描摹，一整幅展现改革开放初期社会新风尚、人民新生活的历史画卷生动铺展开来。另一方面是写法活。《党史》三卷上册以直叙为主，还穿插使用了倒叙、插叙等方式，丰富了表达层次和形式。同时，力求呈现全面准确而又富有细节的历史原貌，以更细腻的笔触刻画时代的氛围、事件的始末和先进人物的事迹，使读者身临其境，走进了可亲可感的改革年代。比如，写经济特区成立后，“在中央决策的推动下，来自四面八方的特区建设者吹响了‘时间就是金钱，效率就是生命’的号角，披荆斩棘，艰苦创业，在短短几年间，将深圳、珠海这些昔日落后的边陲小镇、荒滩渔村建设成生机勃勃的崭新城市，创造了敢闯敢试、敢为人先、埋头苦干的特区精神”（《中国共产党历史》第3卷上册，第129页）。这种描写用富有时代气息的语言，勾勒出特区建设者热火朝天的奋斗场景，展现出改革开放初期蓬勃发展的创新实践与一往无前的进取精神。

The Important Role of the First Volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* in the Study and Education of Party History

《党史》三卷上册在党史学习教育中的重要作用

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes that studying the history of the Party and the history of the country is a required course for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics and for continuing to advance the various undertakings of the Party and the state. This course is not only required but must be studied well. In February 2024, the Party Central Committee issued the *Regulations on the Work of Party History Study and Education* and issued a notice, requiring that “Party history study and education be combined with doing the central work well, guiding Party cadres to establish a correct view of Party history, and transforming the learning outcomes into a powerful driving force for undertaking and starting businesses.” It is believed that the publication of the first volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* will play an important role in promoting the normalization and long-term effectiveness of Party history study and education, promoting the whole Party and the whole society to learn and use Party history well, and drawing wisdom and strength from the Party’s history.

习近平总书记强调，学习党史、国史，是坚持和发展中国特色社会主义、把党和国家各项事业继续推向前进的必修课。这门功课不仅必修，而且必须修好。2024年2月，党中央印发《党史学习教育工作条例》并发出通知，要求“把党史学习教育同做好中心工作结合起来，引导党员干部树立正确党史观，把学习成果转化为干事创业的强大动力。”相信《党史》三卷上册的出版，对于推动党史学习教育常态化长效化，推动全党全社会学好党史、用好党史，从党的历史中汲取智慧和力量，将起到重要作用。

First, it provides a basic work for in-depth understanding of the Party’s history. The basic Party history works currently published by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, such as *The Seventy Years of the Communist Party of China*, *The Ninety Years of the Communist Party of China*, *The Hundred Years of the Communist Party of China*, and *A Concise History of the Communist Party of China*, all adopt a highly condensed general history approach. Although they touch upon the history of the Party during the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, due to the limitations of volume and length, many issues could not be expanded upon, and some issues were not covered at all. As a basic work specifically narrating the Party’s history of this period, the first volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* expands and deepens content that was only briefly mentioned or even not addressed in past Party history works, presenting this history in an in-depth and comprehensive manner with richer historical materials and solid exposition. The publication of the first volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* further enriches the lineup of basic Party history works for the new period, complementing and enhancing general history works such as *The Hundred Years of the Communist Party of China* and *A Concise History of the Communist Party of China*, better meeting the needs of cadres and the masses at different levels, in different fields, with different occupations, and in different positions for learning and mastering the orthodox history of the Party.

一是为深入认识党的历史提供了基本著作。中央党史和文献研究院目前出版的党史基本著作，比如《中国共产党的七十年》《中国共产党的九十年》《中国共产党的一百年》《中国共产党简史》等，采取的都是高度凝练的通史写法，对改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期的党史虽有涉猎，但受体量篇幅所限，许多问题没有能够展开，有的问题则没有涉及。《党史》三卷上册作为专门记叙这一时期党史的基本著作，对过去党史著作中许多点到为止甚至没有提及的内容进行了拓展和深化，以更丰富的史料、扎实的论述对这段历史进行了深入、全面的呈现。《党史》三卷上册的出版，进一步丰富了新时期党史基本著作的阵容，与《中国共产党的一百年》《中国共产党简史》等通史类著作相辅相成、相得益彰，更好地满足不同层次、不同领域、不同职业、不同岗位干部群众对于学习掌握党史正史的需要。

Second, it provides an authoritative textbook for the study and education of the “Five Histories.” [8]8 The “Five Histories” (五史) refers to the history of the Communist Party of China, the history of the People’s Republic of China, the history of reform and opening up, the history of the development of socialism, and the history of the development of the Chinese nation. As a basic Party history work focusing on reflecting reform and opening up, the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* is an authoritative Party history work approved by the Party Central Committee that panoramically and deeply presents the reform and opening up of the new period. The first volume, with a length of 420,000 characters, relatively comprehensively, systematically, and three-dimensionally reflects the glorious journey and great achievements of the start and development of reform and opening up during the 11 years from the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee to the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee. [9]9 The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee (December 1978) marked the beginning of the reform and opening up era. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee (June 1989) was a meeting that reaffirmed the reform and opening up policy and the leadership of the CPC after the Tian Its publication will provide a new authoritative textbook for deeply carrying out the publicity and education of the “Five Histories,” including the history of reform and opening up, and for further meeting the deep-level and diverse needs of academia and cadres and the masses for studying the history of reform and opening up.

二是为“五史”学习教育提供了权威教材。作为一部重点反映改革开放的党史基本著作，《党史》三卷是经党中央审定的、全景式深入展现新时期改革开放的权威党史著作，上册以42万字的体量，比较全面、系统、立体地反映了从党的十一届三中全会到十三届四中全会11年间改革开放起步与发展的光辉历程和伟大成就。它的出版，将为深入开展包括改革开放史在内的“五史”的宣传教育，为进一步满足学术界和干部群众学习改革开放史的深层次、多样性需求，提供一部新的权威教材。

Third, it provides rich nourishment for promoting the great spirit of the Party. The great spirit of reform and opening up forged by reform and opening up has greatly enriched the connotation of the national spirit and become the most distinctive spiritual symbol of contemporary Chinese people. The first volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* organically integrates the history of the Party’s spiritual forging into the basic narrative of Party history, runs the great spirit of the Party created in the new period, such as the spirit of reform and opening up and the special economic zone spirit, through the great practice of reform and opening up, projects them onto the concrete actions of individual figures, deeply explores the history and stories behind the spirit, making the great spirit of the Party more vivid and lively, reflecting more distinct characteristics of the times and Chinese characteristics. We must make full use of the first volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* to further promote the great spirit of the Party, such as the spirit of reform and opening up, boost the confidence and determination of cadres and the masses to pioneer and innovate, make sharp changes, dare to struggle, and be good at struggle, strengthen historical confidence, enhance historical initiative, and provide a powerful spiritual driving force for comprehensively advancing the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization.

三是为弘扬党的伟大精神提供了丰厚滋养。改革开放铸就的伟大改革开放精神，极大丰富了民族精神内涵，成为当代中国人民最鲜明的精神标识。《党史》三卷上册将党的精神锻造史有机融入党史基本叙事中，将改革开放精神、特区精神等新时期创造的党的伟大精神贯穿于改革开放的伟大实践中，投射到一个个人物的具体行动中，深入挖掘精神背后的历史和故事，使党的伟大精神呈现得更加鲜活生动，体现出更鲜明的时代特色、中国特色。我们要充分利用好《党史》三卷上册，进一步弘扬改革开放精神等党的伟大精神，提振干部群众开拓创新、锐意变革，敢于斗争、善于斗争的信心和决心，坚定历史自信，增强历史主动，为以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供强大精神动力。

Fourth, it provides reference and lessons for further comprehensively deepening reform. Through the faithful narration and commentary on major decision-making deployments and important exploratory breakthroughs in the process of reform and opening up, the first volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* profoundly reveals the purposes, nature, direction, principles, and other issues of reform, and systematically summarizes a series of reform methodologies proven effective through practice. Today, when the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee has sounded the clarion call for further comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese-path modernization, we must make full use of the first volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC*, adhere to upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground while deepening the understanding and grasp of the laws of reform and reform methodology, promote the steady and long-term progress of further comprehensively deepening reform, and continuously inject strong momentum into Chinese-path modernization.

四是为进一步全面深化改革提供了参考借鉴。《党史》三卷上册通过对改革开放进程中重大决策部署和重要探索突破的如实记叙和评述，深刻揭示了改革的目的、性质、方向、原则等问题，系统总结了一系列实践证明行之有效的改革方法论。在党的二十届三中全会已经吹响进一步全面深化改革、推进中国式现代化号角的今天，要充分利用好《党史》三卷上册，在深化对改革规律和改革方法论的认识和把握中坚持守正创新，推动进一步全面深化改革行稳致远，为中国式现代化持续注入强劲动力。

Under new historical conditions, our Party has embarked on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization. Party history and literature work must also keep pace with the times and shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the era. The compilation and publication of the first volume of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC* is the first step taken in the compilation work of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC*. Next, we will step up the compilation of the middle and lower volumes of the Third Series of the *History of the CPC*, and at the same time substantively promote the compilation of the Fourth Series of the *History of the CPC*, providing high-quality Party history textbooks for cadres and the masses to study Party history, better serving the normalization and long-term effectiveness of Party history study and education, and better serving the overall work of the Party and the state. Of course, due to the limitations of our level, omissions and errors in the book are inevitable. Everyone is welcome to offer criticism and corrections, and to put forward valuable opinions and suggestions.

新的历史条件下，我们党开启了全面建设社会主义现代化国家、以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴的新征程，党史和文献工作也要紧跟时代步伐，肩负起时代重任。《党史》三卷上册的编写出版是《党史》三卷编写工作走出的第一步，接下来，我们将抓紧编写《党史》三卷中册和下册，同时实质性地推动编写《党史》四卷，为干部群众的党史学习提供高质量的党史教科书，更好服务党史学习教育常态化长效化，更好服务党和国家工作大局。当然，由于水平所限，书中不周不当之处在所难免，欢迎大家批评指正，提出宝贵的意见和建议。

(Author: Qu Qingshan, President of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China)

（作者：曲青山，系中共中央党史和文献研究院院长）

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