The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is a political slogan used by the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) regarding its stated goal of strengthening the

Chinese nation ''Zhonghua minzu'' () is a political term in modern Chinese nationalism related to the concepts of nation-building, ethnicity, and race in the Chinese nationality. Collectively, the term refers to the 56 ethnic groups of China, but being a ...

. The term was first coined by

CCP general secretary The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ( zh, s=中国共产党中央委员会总书记, p=Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Zǒngshūjì) is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party ...

Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Mil ...

in 2001. CCP general secretary

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...

tied the concept to the

Chinese Dream The Chinese Dream, also called the China Dream, is a term closely associated with Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China's paramount leader. Xi began promoting the phrase as a slogan during a high-profil ...

, making the two concepts synonymous.

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Nationalist revolutionary

Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-senUsually known as Sun Zhongshan () in Chinese; also known by Names of Sun Yat-sen, several other names. (; 12 November 186612 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republ ...

first proposed the concept of "rejuvenating China" (). When the Chinese Communist Party was first founded,

Li Dazhao Li Dazhao or Li Ta-chao (October 29, 1889 – April 28, 1927) was a Chinese intellectual and revolutionary who participated in the New Culture Movement in the early years of the Republic of China, established in 1912. He co-founded the Chinese Co ...

, a CCP co-founder, proposed the "rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" (). After the conclusion of the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

called to "make a great turnaround for the Chinese nation" (). After the 3rd plenary session of the 11th CCP Central Committee, Chinese leader

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping also Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Teng Hsiao-p'ing; born Xiansheng (). (22 August 190419 February 1997) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's R ...

further developed the concept of the "rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" (). The term great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation was first coined by CCP General Secretary

in a speech celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in 2001. At the 16th Party National Congress in November 2002, the CCP officially adopted "realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" as a goal. Since coming to power in late 2012, CCP General Secretary

linked the concept to the

, saying "realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times." Since then, the two concepts have become synonymous and used interchangeably. At the

first session of the 13th National People's Congress The first session of the 13th National People's Congress was held in March 2018 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The session opened on 5 March and concluded on 20 March. Major state positions were elected in this session. The Ch ...

on 11 March 2018, the preamble of the country's

constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed. When these pri ...

was amended to include the term.{{Cite web , last=Wei , first=Changhao , last2=Hu , first2=Taige , date=2018-03-11 , title=Annotated Translation: 2018 Amendment to the PRC Constitution (Version 2.0) , url=https://npcobserver.com/2018/03/china-constitution-amendment/ , access-date=2025-03-19 , website=NPC Observer , language=en-US

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