Whatever sentence is passed on the Gang of Four won't be excessive. They brought harm to millions upon millions of people.

Seek truth from facts.

We should not lay all past mistakes on Chairman Mao. So we must be very objective in assessing him. His contributions were primary, his mistakes secondary. In China, we will inherit the many good things in Chairman Mao's thinking while at the same time explaining clearly the mistakes he made.

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.

In China, we are considering ways of resolving our problems by improving our institutions.

According to Marx, socialism is the first stage of communism and it covers a very long historical period in which we must practise the principle "to each according to his work" and combine the interests of the state, the collective and the individual, for only thus can we arouse people's enthusiasm for labour and develop socialist production.

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.