Over the past 100 years, the cPC has grownfrom small to big, from weak to strong, and from naive to mature. Due to itscontinuous development, the CPC, which started with about 50 members in thevery beginning, has become a large political Party with more than 96 millionmembers and a 70-odd-year experience in governing China.Throughout these 100 years, the CPC hasgone through a lot of trials and hardships and has remained unshakable andbecome even firmer and more vigorous as time has gone by.