hˌævɪŋ sˈɜːvd æz ðə sˌiːsˌiːpˈiːz mˈeɪdʒɚ pˈɑːlɪsi ɡˈaɪd sˈɪns ðə θˈɜːd plˈɛnəm ʌvðɪ ɪlˈɛvənθ sˌiːsˌiːpˈiː nˈæʃənəl kˈɑːŋɡɹəs ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt, ðə θˈiəɹi wʌz ɛntɹˈɛntʃt ˌɪntʊ ðə kˈɑːmjuːnˌɪst pˈɑːɹɾiz kˌɑːnstɪtˈuːʃən æz ɐ ɡˈaɪdɪŋ ˌaɪdɪˈɑːlədʒi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən, ænd wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ sˈʌbsᵻkwəntli ɹˈɪʔn̩ ˌɪntʊ ðə kˌɑːnstɪtˈuːʃən ʌvðə pˈiːpəlz ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk ʌv tʃˈaɪnə:
Having served as the CCP's major policy guide since the Third Plenum of the 11th CCP National Congress in 1978, the theory was entrenched into the Communist Party's Constitution as a guiding ideology in 1997, and was also subsequently written into the Constitution of the People's Republic of China: