同志們！十八大召開至今已經十年了。十年來，我們經曆了對黨和人民事業具有重大現實意義和深遠曆史意義的三件大事：一是迎來中國共産黨成立一百周年，二是中國特色社會主義進入新時代，三是完成脫貧攻堅、全面建成小康社會的曆史任務，實現第一個百年奮鬥目标。這是中國共産黨和中國人民團結奮鬥赢得的曆史性勝利，是彪炳中華民族發展史冊的曆史性勝利，也是對世界具有深遠影響的曆史性勝利。

Comrades,

Ten years have passed since the Party’s 18th National Congress. The past decade marked three major events of great immediate importance and profound historical significance for the cause of the Party and the people: We embraced the centenary of the Communist Party of China; we ushered in a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics; and we eradicated absolute poverty and finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, thus completing the First Centenary Goal. These were historic feats—feats accomplished by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people striving in unity, feats that will be forever recorded in the Chinese nation’s history, and feats that will profoundly influence the world.

十年前，我們面對的形勢是，改革開放和社會主義現代化建設取得巨大成就，黨的建設新的偉大工程取得顯著成效，為我們繼續前進奠定了堅實基礎、創造了良好條件、提供了重要保障，同時一系列長期積累及新出現的突出矛盾和問題亟待解決。

A decade ago this was the situation we faced:

Great achievements had been secured in reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, and notable advances had been made in the great new project of Party building. All this had created solid foundations, favorable conditions, and key underpinnings for our continued progress.

At the same time, however, a number of prominent issues and problems—some of which had been building for years and others which were just emerging—demanded urgent action.