The following is my translation of a very typical application for joining the Communist Party in China. Tens of millions of Chinese have written something like that(Of course, whether that is what they really think is another matter). Any comment would be welcomed.
Honored Party leaders:
My name is Idiot, 25-year-old. I am willing to join the Chinese. Communist Party and devote my entire life to building the communist society. The Chinese Communist Party is the vanguard both of the Chinese working class and of the Chinese people. It is also a strong core of leadership of Chinese socialist cause. The party's ultimate aim is to realise the lofties ideal of the human races: communism.
The CCP is a great, glorious party which is able to conquer its own flaws and march forward. During its eighty-year glorious course, the CCP has guided the Chinese people to succeed in the new-democratic revolution and build a new country based on people's democratic dictatorship after our long-term struggle against imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism. Under its leadership, we have made socialistic reconstruction in our country, completed the transition from new-democracy to socialism, established socialist system, developed socialistic economy, politics and culture. Since the Third Plenary Session of its Eleventh Central Committee, the CCP has combined the basic tenets of Marxism with our practical revolutionary conditions and created the socialist theory with Chinese characteristics, which points out the right direction of our further socialistic development.
At the turning point of the two centuries, from a great historic and strategic standpoint, accurately comprehening the development of the domestic and international situation, using the fundamental tenets of dialectic materialism, scientifically suming up the 80-year experience, Comrade Jiang ZeMin has pointed out that our Party has always been representing the development trend of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of China's advanced ulture and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. President Jiang ZeMin has put forth this important thought of 'three represents' from his profound understanding of historic materialism. The important thought of 'three represents', which clearly indicates the Party's nature and purposes, is Jiang ZeMin's great constructive contribution to the development of the Marxism theory in this period of history, enriching the Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory.
I have received the education offered by the Party since I was a little child. When I was in the primary school, middle school, college, even when I have begun to work myself, it's always been the Party who brought me up and educated me. Fool, Dunderhead, Imbecile, Nincompoop, Moron(people's name) are always great models to me. They worked diligently for the Party without any complaint. I have leant a lot of theoretical knowledge of the Party in the newspapers and TV. Now, seeing the reform and opening up have yielded substantial results, I now feel from the bottom of my heart that the CPP is worth the title of 'the greatest Marxist party'. The CCP is definitely the hope of China.
I am asking to join the Party. It is my honor to be part of it. If I do, I will contribute all I have to the communism. If not, I won't give up. I would be working on my flaws and weak points so as to become one member of it. Please accept my request.
Honored Party leaders:
My name is Idiot, 25-year-old. I am willing to join the Chinese. Communist Party and devote my entire life to building the communist society. The Chinese Communist Party is the vanguard both of the Chinese working class and of the Chinese people. It is also a strong core of leadership of Chinese socialist cause. The party's ultimate aim is to realise the lofties ideal of the human races: communism.
The CCP is a great, glorious party which is able to conquer its own flaws and march forward. During its eighty-year glorious course, the CCP has guided the Chinese people to succeed in the new-democratic revolution and build a new country based on people's democratic dictatorship after our long-term struggle against imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism. Under its leadership, we have made socialistic reconstruction in our country, completed the transition from new-democracy to socialism, established socialist system, developed socialistic economy, politics and culture. Since the Third Plenary Session of its Eleventh Central Committee, the CCP has combined the basic tenets of Marxism with our practical revolutionary conditions and created the socialist theory with Chinese characteristics, which points out the right direction of our further socialistic development.
At the turning point of the two centuries, from a great historic and strategic standpoint, accurately comprehening the development of the domestic and international situation, using the fundamental tenets of dialectic materialism, scientifically suming up the 80-year experience, Comrade Jiang ZeMin has pointed out that our Party has always been representing the development trend of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of China's advanced ulture and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. President Jiang ZeMin has put forth this important thought of 'three represents' from his profound understanding of historic materialism. The important thought of 'three represents', which clearly indicates the Party's nature and purposes, is Jiang ZeMin's great constructive contribution to the development of the Marxism theory in this period of history, enriching the Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory.
I have received the education offered by the Party since I was a little child. When I was in the primary school, middle school, college, even when I have begun to work myself, it's always been the Party who brought me up and educated me. Fool, Dunderhead, Imbecile, Nincompoop, Moron(people's name) are always great models to me. They worked diligently for the Party without any complaint. I have leant a lot of theoretical knowledge of the Party in the newspapers and TV. Now, seeing the reform and opening up have yielded substantial results, I now feel from the bottom of my heart that the CPP is worth the title of 'the greatest Marxist party'. The CCP is definitely the hope of China.
I am asking to join the Party. It is my honor to be part of it. If I do, I will contribute all I have to the communism. If not, I won't give up. I would be working on my flaws and weak points so as to become one member of it. Please accept my request.
