Eight Musts

Not to be confused with Eight-point Regulation.

The Eight Musts (Chinese: 八个必须) are a policy set by the General Secretary Xi Jinping administration regarding the role of the Communist Party of China in Chinese society.

Policy

The Eight Musts are:

• we must persist in the dominant role of the people; 必须坚持人民主体地位
• we must persist in liberating and developing social productive forces; 必须坚持解放和发展社会生产力
• we must persist in moving reform and opening-up forward; 必须坚持推进改革开放
• we must persist in safeguarding social fairness and justice; 必须坚持维护社会公平正义
• we must persist in marching the path of being well-to-do together; 必须坚持走共同富裕道路
• we must persist in stimulating social harmony; 必须坚持促进社会和谐
• we must persist in peaceful development; 必须坚持和平发展
• we must persist in the leadership of the Party. 必须坚持党的领导

See also

• Three Represents
• Eight Elders
• Harmonious Society
• Deng Xiaoping Theory
• Eight Honors and Eight Shames
• One country, two systems
• Four Cardinal Principles
• Four Modernizations
• Four Olds