Commentary There are many documents in the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but there are only a few so-called “historical resolutions.” That tells the significance of these documents. The passage of these historical resolutions indicates two major turning points within the CCP—one in 1981 and the other in 2021. The 1981 historical resolution was the liquidation of Mao Zedong’s line—China’s economy transitioned to communist capitalism. The 2021 historical resolution was the liquidation of the line of Deng Xiaoping and his successors, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jingtao—the Deng, Jiang, and Hu era—which paved the way for the Xi Jinping era. The ‘Historical Resolution’: A Symbolic Victory of the New Leadership To date, the CCP has adopted three “historical resolutions” since its founding: the 1945 resolution on “certain questions in the CCP history”; the 1981 resolution on “certain questions in the CCP history since the founding of the regime”; and …