TheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)istherulingpartyofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaandthecoreleadershipofthesocialistcausewithChinesecharacteristics.FoundedonJuly1,1921,theCPChasledtheChinesepeoplethroughagreatrevolution,achievingnationalindependenceandtheliberationofthepeople.UndertheleadershipoftheCPC,Chinahasundergoneremarkabledevelopment,transformingfromapoorandbackwardcountryintotheworld'ssecond-largesteconomy.ThePartyadherestotheguidingprinciplesofMarxism-Leninism,MaoZedongThought,DengXiaopingTheory,the"ThreeRepresents"importantthought,theScientificOutlookonDevelopment,andXiJinpingThoughtonSocialismwithChineseCharacteristicsforaNewEra.TheCPCiscommittedtoservingthepeoplewholeheartedlyandcontinuouslyadvancesthemodernizationofsocialism,strivingforthegreatrejuvenationoftheChinesenation.Withover98millionmembers,theCPCisthelargestpoliticalpartyintheworldandplaysavitalroleinChina'spoliticalandsociallife.TheParty'sleadershipisthemostessentialcharacteristicofsocialismwithChinesecharacteristicsandthefundamentalguaranteeforChina'ssocialstabilityanddevelopment.
