On this day, 47 years ago, on March 5, 1978 (January 27, 1978, the first session of the Fifth National People's Congress passed the amendment to the Constitution. On March 5, 1978, the first session of the Fifth National People's Congress passed amendments and formed a new constitution. The main amendments are as follows: 1. Add the following article to the general outline: "The state adheres to the principles of socialist democracy, ensures the people's participation in the management of the country, manages various economic and cultural undertakings, and supervises state organs and staff. 2. Regarding state institutions, nearly 20 specific regulations have been added on improving the electoral system and strengthening the functions of the National People's Congress, and strengthening the functions of local people's congresses at all levels; the establishment of the People's Procuratorate has been restored; and "The National People's Congress is the highest organ of state power under the leadership of the Communist Party of China" was revised to "The National People's Congress is the highest organ of state power. 3. Major revisions have been made to the provisions related to state agencies and staff. For example, the original Article 11 has been expanded to Articles 15 and 16, and its content has been changed to "State agencies must always maintain close contact with the people, rely on the people, listen to their opinions, care about their sufferings, streamline their troops, implement strict economy, improve efficiency, and oppose bureaucracy." "Staff members of state agencies must... seek truth from facts, must not resort to fraud, and must not use their powers for personal gain. 4. Strengthen the people's state apparatus and strengthen dictatorship over the enemy. For example, regarding the people's armed forces, the article added "The state vigorously strengthens the revolutionary modernization of the People's Liberation Army of China, strengthens the construction of militia, and implements an armed forces system that combines field troops, local armies and militia." 5. Make clear provisions on consolidating the foundation of the socialist economy and developing social productive forces at a high speed. For example, Article 10 of the original Constitution,"The state implements the implementation of grasping revolution, promoting production, promoting work, and promoting war readiness..." was changed to "The state adheres to the general line of mobilizing all efforts, striving for the upper reaches, and building socialism as quickly as possible, in better and more provinces... The 1978 amendment to the Constitution also separately highlighted the importance of education; in terms of cultural construction, it stipulated the policy of "upholding the leading position of Marxism, Leninism, and Mao Zedong Thought in various ideological and cultural fields" and "letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend." This revision of the Constitution expanded the 30 articles of the original Constitution to 60 articles. Due to the limitations of historical conditions at that time and the tremendous changes in the situation later, especially the convening of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, many parts of the original Constitution were no longer suitable for current political, economic life and the people's needs for building a modern country. For example, we insist on continuing revolution and class struggle under the dictatorship of the proletariat, and continue to affirm certain practices of the "Cultural Revolution", including using the name of the "Revolutionary Committee" and continuing to use the "Fourth National Congress". Therefore, in September 1980, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China recommended that the National People's Congress establish a Constitution Revision Committee to amend the Constitution.