A meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has stressed strengthening the Party members’ historical confidence, unity and their fighting spirit.
The two-day meeting of criticism and self-criticism, themed on studying the Party’s history, stressed carrying forward the Party’s great founding spirit and upholding its historical experience from the endeavors over the past century.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting that ended on Tuesday and delivered an important speech.
The meeting reviewed a report on the implementa-tion of the eight-point decision on improving con-duct by the Political Bureau in 2021, as well as an-other report on addressing the practice of formalities for formalities’ sake and reducing burden at the grass-roots level in 2021.
Afterward, the Political Bureau members spoke one by one, conducting criticism and self-criticism. The meeting noted that 2021 is a milestone year in the history of the Party and the country.
The meeting noted that since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the complicated and grave circumstances and environment the Party has faced and the arduous tasks it has undertaken are rarely seen in the world.
The historic achievements and shifts in the cause of the Party and the country were made possible fun-damentally because General Secretary Xi Jinping, as the
core of the CPC Central Committee and the whole Party, has steered a steady course at the helm, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Character-istics for a New Era has provided scien-tific guidance, the meeting noted.
The past 100 years of the Party have shown that resolutely upholding the core of the CPC Central Committee and the whole Party is key for the Party to forge consensus and make a decisive choice at critical times, and provides an impor-tant guarantee for the Party to progress steadily in solidarity and unity, the meeting said.
Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee must take the lead in uphold-ing Xi’s core position on the CPC Central Commit-tee and in the Party and in studying and imple-menting Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the meet-ing noted.
Noting that the Party will convene its 20th na-tional congress next year, the meeting urged members of the Political Bureau to take the lead in implement-ing the CPC Central Committee’s decisions and plans.
In his speech, Xi summarized the self-assessment remarks by the members of the Po-litical Bureau.
Xi stressed that the CPC has al-ways attached impor-tance to the education on the Party’s history.
The more historical wisdom the Party accu-mulates, the greater initiative it will take to mas-ter its own future, Xi said.
Xi noted that the cam-paign on study-ing the Party’s history launched by the Party leader-ship this year within the Party and throughout the society is aimed at boosting confidence in history and enhancing solidarity and unity.
Over the past 100 years, the Party has been commit-ted to pursuing happiness for the Chi-nese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, to seeking progress for humanity and the common good for the world, Xi said.
He added that this is where the Party’s his-torical confidence is grounded and is the source of the Party’s confidence in exercising long-term govern-ance in China and in uniting the people and leading them in striding ahead.
Today, the CPC has proved itself worthy of the choice of history and the people, Xi said.He urged efforts to educate Party members, officials and the public, especially the young people, to en-hance their historical confidence and strive forward with full confidence.
Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the unity and solidarity of the Party, which is the Party’s lifeline, has reached a new high with the concerted efforts from the whole Party, Xi noted.— Xinhua
