本书是向世界介绍中国的系列书籍之一，本书主要是向世界说明中国共产党和中国社会的发展状况，内容包括介绍中国共产党在革命、建设与改革开放时期的奋斗历程、重大决策、伟大贡献。促进合深入了世界对中国的了解和交流。

1 Realizing National IndCpCndCnCC

 and People’s Liberation

 The Nationa0 Crisis in Modern Times and the Rise of

 Revolutionary Movements

 The Spread of Marxism and Leninism and

 the Founding of the Communist Party of China

 National Revolution Against the Western Powers

 and Chinese Warlords

 Opening a Revolutionary Road：Armed Struggles

 and Enclosing Cities with Rural Areas

 Organizing the Broad Masses to Fight

 the Japanese Invaders

 The Founding of New China

2 Establishing the Socialist System；

 Beginning Large—scale Construction

 Consolidating the New Government and

 Restoring the National Economy

Land Reform and Social Reform

Initial Efforts to TUm a Backward Agricultural

Country into an Advanced Industrial One

The Fundamental Socialist Political System

The people's congress system

Multi-party cooperation and political consultation

Ethnic autonomy

 Independent Self-determined

 Foreign Policies of Peace

 Seeking a Road of Chmese Socialist Construction

 and 0nitia0 Success of Economic Work

3 0nto the Socialist Road of Construction

 with Chinese Characteristics

 Turning Point in the History of the PRC

A great turning point

Significant changes in economic and political fields

 Opening up and Reform,and the Establishment

 of Socialist Market Economy

Breakthrough in the countryside

Economic reform in the cities

From the first special economic zone to

a11-round opening to the outside world

Beginning of a socialist market economy system

 Politica0 Structure Reform and Establishment of

 Democracy and Rule of Law

The beginning of political structure reform and

the setting up of its objectives

 Improving the fundamental political system

 Gradually realizing the rule of law 

 Grass-roots autonomy and increasing democracy

 Reform of government departments

 Policy of freedom of religious belief

Beginning of a New Diplomatic Situation 

 Independent and self-determined

 diplomatic policy of peace

 Goodneighborly diplomacy 

 Relations with big countries and developing countries

 Multilateraldiplomacy

Building Modernized National Defense

 Strategic change in guiding principle

 Cooperation for international security

Promoting the State Reunification Process

 The“one countrytwo systems”concept

 The return of Hong Kong and Macao

 Changes in the relations across the Taiwan Straits

All-round Construction of a Well—off

Socialist and Harmonious Society

 Reform and development in scienceeducation

culture and other social fields

 Building an all-round well-off society

 Building a harmonious socialist society