CONTENTS
HOLD HIGH THE GREAT BANNER OF DENG XIAOPING THEORY ANDCOMPREHENSIVELY ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF BUILDING SOCIALISM WITHCHINESE CHARACTERISTICS INTO THE 21ST CENTURY (September 12, 1997)1SPEECH AT THE WHITE HOUSE WELCOMING CEREMONY (October 29, 1997)51FULLY GUARANTEE THE PEOPLE ENJOY HUMAN RIGHTS IN ACCORDANCE WITHTHE LAW (October 1997-October 1999) 53ENHANCE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND STRENGTHEN FRIENDLY COOPERATION(November 1, 1997) 58MAKE THE THREE GORGES PROJECT A WORLD-CLASS
PROJECT (November 8, 1997) 67DEEPEN FINANCIAL REFORM AND GUARD AGAINST FINANCIAL RISKS(November 19, 1997) 71APEC’S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC
COOPERATION (November 25, 1997) 78ACHIEVE CROSS-CENTURY STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS FORMODERNIZING NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE ARMY (December 7, 1997) 82IMPLEMENT THE OPENING UP STRATEGY OF INTEGRATING “BRINGING IN”WITH “GOING GLOBAL” (December 24, 1997) 91PROCEED IN A REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL MANNER (January 24, 1998)95DO OUR ECONOMIC WORK WELL AND INCREASE OUR TOLERANCE ANDRESISTANCE TO RISK (February 26, 1998) 99GOALS AND PRINCIPLES FOR THE REFORM OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS(February 26, 1998) 105LEADING CADRES NEED TO INCREASE THEIR POLITICAL DISCERNMENT ANDACUITY (April 12, 1998) 109PROMOTE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE ENTERPRISES(April 21, 1998) 113DRAW UPON AND CARRY FORWARD THE GLORIOUS TRADITIONS OF THE MAY4TH MOVEMENT (May 4, 1998) 120TASKS FOR WORK RELATED TO TAIWAN IN THE NEW
CIRCUMSTANCES (May 11, 1998) 126TALENTED PEOPLE ARE THE KEY TO INNOVATION (June 1, 1998) 132LEADING CADRES NEED TO SET AN EXAMPLE IN THEIR THOUGHT AND WORKSTYLE (June 2, 1998) 138PRINCIPLES AND STANDPOINT FOR SOLVING THE TAIWAN
QUESTION (June 27, 1998) 149STRENGTHEN SOLIDARITY AMONG XINJIANG’S ETHNIC
GROUPS AND RESOLUTELY SAFEGUARD THE UNITY
OF THE MOTHERLAND (July 9, 1998) 155RESOLUTELY CRACK DOWN ON SMUGGLING (July 13, 1998) 163REMEMBER COMRADE LI ENYU (July 17, 1998) 171THE ARMY MUST CEASE ALL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES (July 21, 1998)175LEADING CADRES SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN ESTABLISHING GOOD FAMILYVIRTUES (July 21, 1998) 184DETERMINE THE PATH FOR BUILDING SOCIALISM BASED ON CHINA’SCONDITIONS (July 21, 1998) 188THE PRESENT INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AND OUR DIPLOMATIC WORK(August 28, 1998) 191INITIATE A NEW PHASE IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
WORK (September 25, 1998) 203SPEECH AT A NATIONAL MEETING TO REVIEW THE BATTLE
AGAINST THE FLOODS AND COMMEND THOSE WHO
FOUGHT THEM (September 28, 1998) 218SPEECH AT THE SCIENCE CITY OF NOVOSIBIRSK (November 24, 1998)231TO DEVELOP SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS WE MUST PROPERLY
DEAL WITH HISTORICAL ISSUES AND THE TAIWAN
QUESTION (November 26, 1998) 236OUR PARTY’S MAIN HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS(December 18, 1998) 244PURSUE A PATH OF ARMY MODERNIZATION WITH LOW INVESTMENT AND HIGHRETURNS (December 25, 1998) 259HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES OF ARMY BUILDING OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS(December 25, 1998) 265ON STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVING STUDY (January 11, 1999) 273ESTABLISH A NEW SECURITY CONCEPT SUITED TO THE NEEDS OF THETIMES (March 26, 1999) 305A NEW SIGNAL (April 25, 1999) 311SHARE A BITTER HATRED OF THE ENEMY AND UNITE AGAINST FOREIGNAGGRESSION (May 8, 9 and 11, 1999) 313THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF EDUCATION MUST BE TO IMPROVE
THE QUALITY OF OUR CITIZENS (June 15, 1999) 320SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGY OF
LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST (June 17, 1999) 331MAKE THE YELLOW RIVER BENEFIT THE CHINESE NATION (June 21, 1999)339THE “THREE STRESSES” IS A NEW ENDEAVOR TO STRENGTHEN PARTYBUILDING (June 28, 1999) 350STRENGTHEN UNITY AND COOPERATION WITH THE THIRD WORLD FROM ASTRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE (August 4, 1999) 362REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT OF STATE-OWNED
ENTERPRISES (August 12, 1999) 366STRENGTHEN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION (August 23, 1999) 382SPEECH AT THE SHANGHAI FIVE SUMMIT IN BISHKEK (August 25, 1999)392WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR ASIA AND THE WORLD(September 3, 1999) 395THE CPPCC’S ORIENTATION AND MISSION FOR CARRYING ITS CAUSEFORWARD INTO THE FUTURE (September 22, 1999) 400SPEECH AT A CEREMONY IN CELEBRATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OFTHE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (October 1, 1999) 408THE PRESENT SITUATION AND ECONOMIC WORK (November 15, 1999)411REVIEW AND SUMMARY OF THE CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION’S WORKOVER THE LAST TEN YEARS (November 24, 1999) 441SPEECH AT THE CEREMONY OF THE TRANSFER OF
GOVERNMENT OF MACAO HELD BY THE CHINESE AND PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENTS(December 20, 1999) 476SPEECH AT THE MEETING TO CELEBRATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THEMACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OFCHINA (December 20, 1999) 478RAISE THE SCIENTIFIC LEVEL OF THE WHOLE NATION (December 23,1999) 482NEW YEAR’S GREETINGS FOR 2000 (December 31, 1999) 485TO RUN THE COUNTRY WELL WE MUST FIRST RUN THE
PARTY WELL AND TO RUN THE PARTY WELL WE MUST
RUN IT STRICTLY (January 14, 2000) 488THE YOUTH VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT IS A NOBLE CAUSE (January 16, 2000)500DEVELOP A STABLE, BALANCED AND STRONG PUBLIC FINANCE SYSTEM(January 19, 2000) 501
SPEECH ON THE PARTICIPATION IN THE “THREE STRESSES” BY THE STANDINGCOMMITTEE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE’S POLITICAL BUREAU (January 20,2000) 511CORRECTLY GUIDE THE HEALTHY GROWTH OF YOUNG
PEOPLE (February 1, 2000) 579