2022年6月，黨中央正式批準《中國共產黨的一百年》中文版出版。編寫《中國共產黨的一百年》，是黨中央交給中央黨史和文獻研究院的一項重要任務。習近平總書記對編寫工作高度重視，作出重要指示給予指導，為編寫工作指明正確方向，提供基本遵循。

全書分為“新民主主義革命時期”“社會主義革命和建設時期”“改革開放和社會主義現代化建設新時期”“中國特色社會主義新時代”四卷，共86萬字，圖片455幅。

《中國共產黨的一百年》堅持以習近平新時代中國特色社會主義思想為指導，深入貫徹落實習近平總書記關於中國共產黨歷史的重要論述以及關於黨史和文獻工作的重要講話和指示批示精神，堅持唯物史觀和正確黨史觀，堅持解放思想、實事求是，堅持黨性原則和科學精神相統一，集政治性、思想性、權威性、學術性、可讀性於一體，是迄今為止公開出版的讀物中，全面繫統反映中國共產黨歷史時間跨度長、內容繫統完整的一部黨史正史著作。

讀懂今天的中國，必須讀懂中國共產黨。該書英文版的出版發行，為國外讀者了解中國共產黨的歷史提供了權威讀本，對於向國際社會講好中國共產黨的故事，加強對中國共產黨歷史的宣傳闡釋，幫助國外民眾認識到中國共產黨真正為中國人民謀幸福、為中華民族謀復興而奮鬥，了解中國共產黨為什麼能、馬克思主義為什麼行、中國特色社會主義為什麼好，具有重要意義。

In June 2022, the CPC Central Committee officially approved the publication of the Chinese edition of 100 Years of the Communist Party of China. Compiling the book was an important task entrusted to the Institute of Party History and Literature by the CPC Central Committee. General Secretary Xi Jinping attached great attention to the book and gave important instructions for its compilation, setting the book’s direction and providing its editors clear guidance and basic principles.

With a total of 860,000 Chinese characters and 455 photos, the book is divided into four volumes: “The New-Democratic Revolution,” “Socialist Revolution and Development,” “Reform, Opening Up, and Socialist Modernization,” and “A New Era of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.”

With Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as their guide, the book’s editors applied the principles from Xi’s important statements on the CPC’s history and his major speeches and instructions on Party history and literature work. With a strong understanding of the CPC’s history, they remained true to historical materialism, freed their minds, and sought truth from facts. They followed both Party principles and a science-based approach. Not only rich in political theory but also authoritative, academic, and highly readable, the book is the most systematic, complete, and up-to-date official text on the CPC’s history.

To properly understand today’s China, one must understand the Communist Party of China. The publication of the English edition of 100 Years of the Communist Party of China provides foreign readers with an authoritative text on the CPC’s history. It is an important way for the CPC to tell its stories, to better communicate and clarify its history, and to help global audiences understand its mission to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. Through this book, the world can know the keys to the success of the CPC, of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and of Marxism in China.