As the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrates its 95th birthday, Party members have been urged to be motivated, self-disciplined, confident, and – most importantly – loyal to the CPC mission.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, also Chinese president, delivered a keynote speech at a grand gathering in Beijing on July 1, calling on his 88.758 million comrades to uphold the fighting spirit of the Party's founding members and their commitment to the people.

In fact, the Party’s 95th anniversary was more than a celebration. It was also a reflection of how far it has come and how it should navigate through the future. [More]

Kerry Brown, Director of China Studies Center and Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney

I wish China well as it continues its journey towards a more prosperous, developed economic model. For the last nine and a half decades, the Communist Party of China has been close to, or central, to the project of modernity in China, and the impact, influence and understanding of this are crucial for the outside world. [More]

July 1st marks the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). We talked to a number of Party members about why and how they signed up to the Party in the first place and how membership has changed their life.

For the 81-year-old Ye Xinzhu, being a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is like the air she breathes every day.

She joined the CPC in 1956 when she was 21 years old. She didn't tell her family about it until being admitted, leaving her mother overjoyed when she heard the news. "She ran all over the neighborhood to tell all our neighbors about it," she said. [More]

Xi Jinping: The Governance of China

"Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" has 18 categories, containing 79 speeches, informal talks, addresses, answers to questions from the press, approvals and congratulatory letters from Xi Jinping between Nov. 15, 2012 and June 13, 2014. It offers notes to help international readers understand China's social institutions, history and culture. There are also 45 photos of Xi taken in different eras, to give readers a better sense of his work and life. [More]