“One Country, Two Systems”

The “one country, two systems“ policy means that under the premise of one China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan maintain their existing system of capitalism for a prolonged period of time as special administrative regions, while socialism is the prevailing system of the mainland. Internationally, however, the PRC alone represents China.

“One country, two systems” is a Chinese creation and an important contribution that China has made to world peace and development.

Since Hong Kong and Macao’s return to China, the practice of “one country, two systems” in both regions has been a resounding success. The policy of “one country, two systems” has proved to be the best solution to issues affecting Hong Kong and Macao that were carried over from the past, and the best institutional guarantee for the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao since their return.

To advance the “one country, two systems” policy is the common mission of the central government, the governments of the two special administrative regions, and the entire Chinese nation including the people of Hong Kong and Macao.

The central government follows two principles as it implements the “one country, two systems” policy: First, it remains committed to the policy and it will never change or waver on its position; second, the policy must be implemented exactly as it is, in the right direction, without any distortion in Hong Kong and Macao.

Upholding “one country, two systems” and moving toward national reunification is a solution to promoting peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and rally the people in Taiwan in the endeavors toward national renewal and peaceful reunification of the country in the new era.

As a historic and groundbreaking endeavor, it will not be smooth sailing, and there will be much to learn on the way ahead.

“一國(guó)兩制”

“一國(guó)兩制”的基本內(nèi)容是：在一個(gè)中國(guó)的前提下，國(guó)家的主體堅(jiān)持社會(huì)主義制度；香港、澳門、臺(tái)灣是中華人民共和國(guó)不可分離的部分，它們作為特別行政區(qū)保持原有的資本主義制度長(zhǎng)期不變。在國(guó)際上代表中國(guó)的，只能是中華人民共和國(guó)。“一國(guó)兩制”是中國(guó)的一個(gè)偉大創(chuàng)舉，是中華民族為世界和平與發(fā)展作出的新貢獻(xiàn)。香港、澳門回歸祖國(guó)以來，“一國(guó)兩制”實(shí)踐取得舉世公認(rèn)的成功。事實(shí)證明，“一國(guó)兩制”是解決歷史遺留的香港、澳門問題的最佳方案，也是香港、澳門回歸后保持長(zhǎng)期繁榮穩(wěn)定的最佳制度。繼續(xù)推進(jìn)“一國(guó)兩制”事業(yè)，是中央政府、特別行政區(qū)政府和包括港澳同胞在內(nèi)的全國(guó)各族人民的共同使命。中央貫徹“一國(guó)兩制”方針堅(jiān)持兩點(diǎn)，一是堅(jiān)定不移，不會(huì)變、不動(dòng)搖；二是全面準(zhǔn)確，確保“一國(guó)兩制”在港澳的實(shí)踐不走樣、不變形，始終沿著正確方向前進(jìn)。堅(jiān)持“一國(guó)兩制”和推進(jìn)祖國(guó)統(tǒng)一基本方略，回答了新時(shí)代推動(dòng)兩岸關(guān)系和平發(fā)展、團(tuán)結(jié)臺(tái)灣同胞共同致力于實(shí)現(xiàn)民族偉大復(fù)興和祖國(guó)和平統(tǒng)一的時(shí)代命題。當(dāng)然，作為一項(xiàng)前無古人的開創(chuàng)性事業(yè)，“一國(guó)兩制”的實(shí)踐不會(huì)一帆風(fēng)順，需要在實(shí)踐中不斷探索。