中国共产党第十九届中央委员会第六次全体会议文件汇编:英文

　　Mao Zedong Thought represents a creative application and advancement of Marxism-Leninism in China.It is a summation of theories,prinaples,and experience relating to China's revolution and construction that have been proven correct through practice,and its establishment marked the first historic step in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context.The living soul of Mao Zedong Thought is embodied in the positions,viewpoints,and methods of its various component parts,which are reflected in three basic points-seeking truth from facts,following the mass line,and staying independent.These have provided sound guidance for developing the cause of the Party and the people. 　　Regrettably,the correct line adopted at the Party's Eighth National Congress was not fully implemented.Mistakes were made,such as the Great Leap Forward and the people's commune movement,and the scope of the struggle against Rightists was also made far too broad.Confronted with a grave and complex external environment at the time,the Party was extremely concerned about consolidating China's soaalist state power,and it made a wide range of efforts to this end.However,Comrade Mao Zedong's theoretical and practical errors concerning class struggle in a socialist society became increasingly serious,and the Central Committee failed to rectify these mistakes in good time.Based on a completely erroneous appraisal of the prevailing class relations and the political situation in the Party and the country,Comrade Mao Zedong launched and led the Cultural Revolution （1966-1976）.The counter-revolutionary cliques of Lin Biao and Jiang Qing took advantage of Comrade Mao Zedong's mistakes,and committed many crimes that brought disaster to the country and the people,setting off ten years of domestic turmoil and causing the Party,the country,and the people to suffer their most serious losses and setbacks since the founding of the People's Republic.This was an extremely bitter lesson.Acting on the will of the Party and the people,the Political Bureau of the Central Committee resolutely smashed the Gang of Four in October 1976,putting an end to the catastrophic Cultural Revolution.From the founding of the People's Republic to the eve of reform and opening up,the Party led the people in completing the soaalist revolution,eliminating all systems of exploitation,bringing about the most extensive and profound social change in the history of the Chinese nation. 　　……