Upholding the primacy of the people
The people are the major force behind social productivity, social life and social history. This is the basic tenet of Marxism. Since the day of its founding, the CPC has devoted itself to ensuring the position of the people as masters of the country. At the Fifth Plenary Session of its 18th CPC Central Committee held in October 2015, the CPC spelled out six principles on which China must remain steadfast, the most important of which is to uphold the primacy of the people.
This principle requires that China’s starting points and ultimate goals must focus on increasing general public wellbeing and achieving the well-rounded development of the individual, so that the country’s development will always be for the benefit of the people.
Like other fundamental tenets of the CPC – that the people are the main force in pressing for sustainable development, the mainstay in promoting the rule of law, and the main creators of an advanced society, economy, and culture – this principle upholds Marxism and respects the primacy of the people in the country. It represents the core philosophy followed by Xi Jinping and other members of the current central leadership in governing the country.
堅持人民主體地位
人民群眾是社會生產力、社會生活和社會歷史的主體，這是馬克思主義的基本原理。中國共產黨自成立起，就把實現人民當家作主作為自己的奮斗目標和根本宗旨。2015年10月中共十八屆五中全會提出了“六個堅持”的發展原則，居首位的正是堅持人民主體地位原則。
這一原則要求“必須把增進人民福祉，促進人的全面發展作為發展的出發點和落腳點，真正實現以人民為中心的發展。”“十三五”提出“堅持人民主體地位”這一重要原則，同中國共產黨在此前提出的人民群眾是先進生產力和先進文化的創造主體、是科學發展的主體、是依法治國的主體和力量源泉一樣，都體現了堅持馬克思主義和尊重人民主體地位的一致性。它也充分體現了以習近平同志為總書記的新一屆中央領導集體治國理政的基本原則和實現發展的核心理念。
