A Discussion on the Systems of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

In a series of nine essays, He Yiting explores the ideology of the Communist Party of China, with items discussed during the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee forming the basis of his analysis. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought, this series of essays evaluates the CPCs role in applying and adapting the basic principles of Marxism to the concrete reality of modern day China in order to uphold and maintain a modern socialist superpower. He Yiting looks at how the basic, fundamental and major institutions of socialism with Chinese characteristics are upheld and refined in order to achieve this. These essays cover topics which outline the significant challenge of blending the basic principles of socialism with Chinas own national character and highlight the immense achievement of the CPC in tackling and overcoming the unique obstacles posed in the process of articulating, establishing and upholding a socialist system of national governance designed for the 21st century.