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Xi Jinping Stresses Studying the Party's history, Understanding Its Theories, Doing Practical Work and Making New Advances to Welcome the Party's Centenary with Outstanding Achievements at the...

Xi Jinping Stresses Studying the Party's history, Understanding Its Theories, Doing Practical Work and Making New Advances to Welcome the Party's Centenary with Outstanding Achievements at the Party History Study and Education Mobilization Meeting

 

The Communist Party of China (CPC) held a mobilization meeting on Party history learning and education on Feb. 20 in Beijing. President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He stressed that the campaign on Party history learning and education among all CPC members was a major decision made by the Party. Standing at a new starting point in Party’s history, the Party has given considerations to both the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and profound changes unseen in a century, and decided to start the campaign to motivate all members and our people to participate in building a modern socialist country in all respects. General Secretary Xi called for efforts to study the Party’s history, understand its theories, do practical work and make new advances. Xi spoke of the need to embark on a new journey in high spirit to fully build a modern socialist China and welcome the Party’s centenary with outstanding achievements.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) launched a campaign on Party history learning and education among all of its members on Feb. 20 in Beijing. President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the campaign’s launch meeting and delivered a speech. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

The event was presided over by Wang Huning, Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee. Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng, who are Members of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and Vice President Wang Qishan also attended the meeting.

Noting that our Party always values Party history learning and education, Xi said that the Party has given priority to encourage and orient members with Party’s struggle history and great achievements, keep them resolute and united with Party’s glorious traditions and fine conduct, as well as enlighten them with Party’s experiences and innovations. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee has attached great importance to learning Party history and made a series of requirements. As the CPC stands at a critical juncture where the timeframes of its two centenary goals converge, launching the campaign is of vital necessity.

Xi stressed that throughout the 100-year history of our Party, we have acted on the Party’s original aspiration and missions, established our Party’s cause, created glory and embraced a brighter future. Looking back at the past and looking ahead, we must learn from Party’s history and pass on Party’s successful experience. The campaign on Party history learning and education among all of its members is a natural element of keeping the mission firmly in mind, promoting the great historical cause of China’s national rejuvenation, remaining firm in the belief and conviction, upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, further deepening self-reform and forever preserving its vitality.. The CPC Central Committee has released a circular on Party history learning and education among all members, urging Party committees at all levels to attentively implement the arrangements made by the CPC Central Committee on the campaign.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) launched a campaign on Party history learning and education among all of its members on Feb. 20 in Beijing. President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the campaign’s launch meeting and delivered a speech. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)

Our Party’s history is a history of continuously adapting Marxism to the Chinese context, also a history of making theoretical innovation and creation consistently, Xi emphasized. Over the past century, our Party has been sticking to the unity of emancipating minds and seeking truth from facts and the unity of remaining firm to our aspirations and principles and keeping to the right path and making innovations. It has constantly opened up new prospects for the development of Marxism, thus bringing into existence Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and provided scientific and theoretical guidance for the development of the Party and the people. It’s necessary to educate and guide the whole Party to learn from its extraordinary past, understand how Marxism has profoundly changed China and the world, and perceive the power of Marxism both in truth and in practice. Moreover, it is necessary to deepen the understanding of how the Marxism that is already adapted to the Chinese context can still continue in congruence with the Marxism and advance with the times. In particular, we are supposed to learn and fully understand Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a new era in the context of the historic achievements and transformations in the cause of the Party and the country since the 18th CPC National Congress. Furthermore, efforts must be made to equip the whole Party with this important idea and use the theories to guide its practice and advance its work.

Xi pointed out that in the 100-year endeavor, our Party has always made full use of the basic tenets of Marxism to analyze and get to know the historical trend, handled the relationship between China and the world in a proper manner, and made good use of every historical opportunity. We ought to educate and guide all Party members to bear in mind the strategic landscape of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the once-in-a-century major shift in the world landscape. By doing so, we can establish a macro conception of history, analyze the mechanism for changes and explore the law governing the evolution of history from the past history, the current trend and the international changes, as well as put forward adaptive strategies to make our work systematic, prescient and creative.

Xi pointed out that throughout its 100-year history, the CPC has been of one mind with the people, breathed the same breath as the people, and shared weal and woe with the people. People represent the nation, and nation is made up of people. The survival of a Party depends on the support of its people. With people’s confidence and support, the CPC is invincible in the face of any obstacles. We should educate and guide all Party members to have a deep understanding of the nature of our Party, keep in mind that the people come before all else and strive to help the people fulfill their desire for a better life. Besides, we should work to ensure that the gains of reform and development benefit all our people in a fair way and that more notable and substantial progress will be made in achieving common prosperity for everyone. Furthermore, the Party should cement the unity of 1.4 billion Chinese people to create an unstoppable force to push forward the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) launched a campaign on Party history learning and education among all of its members on Feb. 20 in Beijing. President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the campaign’s launch meeting and delivered a speech. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Xi noted that one important reason why our Party has gone from strength to strength is that it keeps summing up its experience and improving its skills and ability to deal with risks, rise to challenges and turn the corner. In order to better cope with all kinds of foreseeable and unforeseeable challenges in development, we need to gain from the history the inspiration for defeating enemies and winning the victory. Additionally, we ought to summarize and make use of the Party’s abundant experience of responding to challenges in different historical periods, make efforts, mentally and professionally, to prepare for changes in the external environment over a fairly long period of time, raise the awareness of struggle, enrich our experience, build our ability and improve the Party’s capacity for governance. The 100-year history of the CPC also represents the history where the Party maintains its advanced nature and purity and prevents itself from being corrupted and crumbled. It is of vital importance to educate and guide the whole Party by summing up the lessons of history and focusing on solving the problems in terms of Party building, so as to constantly improve the Party’s capacity for leadership and governance and enhance its ability to resist corruption and withstand risks.

Xi pointed out that to accomplish the glorious century-old history of CPC takes generations after generations of our Party members who have been fighting courageously and persistently, among whom are revolutionary martyrs who are determined to die, heroes who tenaciously struggle and advanced models who selflessly dedicate themselves. They have brought the great spirits into existence, built up the spiritual pedigree of the CPC members and provided abundant nourishment for us to build and strengthen the Party. We ought to guide and educate all Party members to carry forward the traditions from revolutionary times, maintain the brave spirit of the revolutionaries, and march toward a brand-new journey.

Taking a clear-cut political stand as well as safeguarding the Party’s unity and solidarity is the CPC’s lifelines, and the key to its endeavors of building a large political party with a 100-year history and making historic achievements, Xi noted. All CPC members should constantly improve their political judgment, understanding and execution, closely follow the CPC Central Committee in terms of the thinking, political stand and actions, and bring together the strength of the whole Party.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) launched a campaign on Party history learning and education among all of its members on Feb. 20 in Beijing. President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the campaign’s launch meeting and delivered a speech. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Launching a campaign on Party history learning and education among all members is an important event of the CPC’s political life, Xi said. The whole Party members must attach great importance to it, improve political consciousness, base on realities, keep to the right path and make innovation so as to perform various tasks of study and education with high standard and quality.. First, strengthen Party’s organizational leadership. Party committees at all levels should undertake the primary responsibility and major officials should set examples. The leading group should be established to implement the arrangements and meet the requirements made by Central Committee. The central leading group of Party history learning and education should provide effective guidance, and Party committees at all level and of competent departments in industries should strengthen their guidance and supervision to their regions, departments and agencies. Party members and officials, regardless of their level and position, should take the education seriously, and have tangible results. Second, develop an accurate understanding of Party history. In accordance with the two decisions on historical issues and Party’s spirits, we should accurately grasp the theme, main task, mainstream and nature of Party’s history, correctly understand and scientifically evaluate major events, meetings and figures in its history. We should unequivocally oppose historical nihilism, and enhance guidance and theory study to consolidate CPC’s foundation. Third, deliver services to the people and resolve their difficulties. We should combine Party history learning with summing up experience, taking realities into consideration and pushing Party work, as well as solving practical problems. To successfully carry out the activity “do practical work for people”, the studying effects should be converted into working motive. The results of the education and daily work should not be detached from each other. Fourth, highlight the importance of innovation in methods and means. The Party should foster a Marxist style of learning, clear studying requirements and tasks, and advance innovation in content, form and means to become more targeted and effective. Officials at and above the county/division level are the main group learning Party history. We should combine learning Party history as a group with learning it individually, combine compulsory and optional methods, and launch distinctive and various Party learning and education. The education campaign of histories of the Party, the People’s Republic of China, the reform and opening up and socialism development will be launched nationwide. We should popularize knowledge about Party’s history, promote the campaign on Party history learning and education deep among masses, and encourage artworks creation about Party’s history, especially film and television works. Meanwhile, solid work on promoting learning and education among juveniles should be made to pass on the traditions of revolution through generations. We should resolutely curb the practice of formalities for formalities’ sake and bureaucratism.

Wang Huning said that the important speech delivered by Xi had profound significance, which explained the significance of the campaign, pointed out its priorities and requirements, made arrangements and motivate all members, and provided us with the fundamental guidance to launch the campaign. Party committees at all levels should study the speech delivered by the General Secretary to understand its spirits. As all members step up “the four consciousnesses”, strengthen “the four confidences” and strengthen “the four confidences”, Party committees at all levels should improve members’ understanding and thinking, insist on the political stance, and carry out the learning and education campaign in respective regions, departments and agencies.

The campaign’s launch meeting was attended by Members of Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Members of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, CPC members of Vice Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, State Councilors, President of the Supreme People’s Court, Procurator-General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, CPC members of Vice Chairmen of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and members of the Central Military Commission.

The meeting was held via videolink. Members of the leading group of Party history learning and education, members of the leading groups of various provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, sub-provincial cities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, principal officials of various department of the central and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, central financial enterprises, central enterprises, vice-ministerial universities and military units, and members of the central publicity group for Party history learning and education were also present.