The great achievements,successful experience as well as the lessons from the past over 30 years have proved that correct implementation of the Party's basic line is the beacon for the march onward victoriously,while the problems and deviations are precisely because of the lack of such implementation. In order to correctly implement the party's basic line,we must adhere to the four cardinal principles and oppose bourgeois liberalization. It is because our “reform and opening up”are based on adhering to the four cardinal principles,which is the political guarantee against bourgeois liberalization;bourgeois liberalization often puts on a reasonable and legitimate coat in the name of reform and opening up;at present,bourgeoisie liberalization and the hostile forces in the West are still engaging in the promotion of  “westernization”and “polarization” in China.To this end，the Disciplinary Regulations of the Communist Party of China (CPC)，revised and implemented in January，2016, specifies  that adhering  to  the four cardinal  principles  and  opposing  bourgeois liberalization are the Party's fundamental political disciplines. Facing the future, we still need to ensure our national security with adherence to the inherent unity of the basic line.

Editor: Zhong Yao

World Socialism Studies.2017.No.2.