Abstract: The point of “Five Strategic Advantages” of General Secretary Xi Jinping is a concise summary of the favorable conditions in which our country currently finds itself. First, from the perspective of genetics, the theoretical starting point of the “five strategic advantages” is Marx and Engels’ view of social and historical conditions which provides a “cognitive tool” for evaluating the “strategic advantages” for the development of our country. Second, the historical premise of occurrence of these conditions is the correct application of Marx and Engels’ view of social and historical conditions by the Chinese communists and the active creation of favorable conditions for development in various fields at different times. Practice in these fields builds up to call for the occurrence of the “five strategic advantages.” Third, the current conditions for their occurrence result from the efforts of the Chinese communists to create and comprehensively grasp the development conditions of our country in the new era to provide real soil for the germination of the “five strategic advantages.” Understanding the generation of the “Five Strategic Advantages” from the perspective of genesis helps the Communist Party of China maintain strategic determination, seize historical initiative, and boost confidence in development.

Key words: five strategic advantages, genesis, the five only paths