CGTN: What Are Generations of Chinese Communists Striving For?
27 Febrero 2021 - 9:36AM
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The Communist Party of China (CPC), the ruling party of the
world's most populous nation and the second largest economy, is
turning 100 this year. What has been motivating the CPC to fight
against one challenge after another over the past century?
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"The original aspiration and the mission of Chinese Communists
is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for
the Chinese nation," General Secretary Xi Jinping of the CPC
Central Committee said in his report to the 19th CPC National
Congress in October 2017.
"This founding aspiration, this mission, is what inspires the
Chinese Communists to advance," Xi said.
Self-discipline, selflessness
In March 2018, Xi, also the Chinese president, further explained
the cause pursued by the CPC with a quote from an ancient poem: "A
virtuous person is as sharp-sighted as a clear mirror hanging high,
a selfless person is just like a lit candle giving all of its light
to others."
He made the quotation at a symposium to commemorate the 120th
birthday of late Premier Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), who joined the CPC
in 1921, the year when the Party was founded.
"The lofty character of comrade Zhou Enlai, who selflessly
pursued a just cause for the common good throughout his life,
vividly reflects the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation and
good moral qualities of the Chinese Communists, and will forever
earn the respect of future generations," said Xi.
The comments "not only aimed to remember the noble character of
Zhou who was self-disciplined, upright, honest and selfless, but
also to encourage today's Communists to stay true to their original
aspirations of the Party and shoulder their responsibilities," said
Meng Man, a history professor at Minzu University of China.
New challenges, same aspiration
The number of the CPC members has exceeded 90 million, and China
has become a much stronger nation than 100 years ago and the early
decades of the People's Republic of China, but the aspiration of
the Chinese Communists remains unchanged.
"To meet the people's desire for a happy life is our mission,"
Xi said when meeting the press after being elected as general
secretary of the CPC Central Committee in November 2012.
Three years later, the communique of the fifth plenary session
of the 18th CPC Central Committee underscored a people-centered
development philosophy, stressing that China's development must be
for the people and by the people, and its fruits shared among the
people.
The notion was highlighted again in the CPC Central Committee's
proposals for formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for
National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range
Objectives Through the Year 2035, which called for efforts to
promote common prosperity for everyone.
China, in recent years, has been striving to build a moderately
prosperous society in all respects and pursuing more balanced
development. The CPC members have played leading roles in a
nationwide poverty alleviation campaign to make sure nobody is left
behind.
Over the past eight years, more than three million public sector
officials were sent from cities and towns to villages to fight
against poverty on the front lines and over 1,800 people died
during the fight, Xi said on Thursday after announcing the
country's "complete victory" in eradicating absolute poverty.
Putting people's life and health first, China has taken strict
measures to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and effectively contained
the virus, thanks to people from all walks of life for their
efforts and sacrifices, particularly the CPC members.
More than 39 million CPC members fought the virus at the front
line, and more than 13 million volunteered their services. Nearly
400 CPC members have defended others' lives and safety at the cost
of their own.
When many parts of the country grappled with severe floods last
summer, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee
issued a circular to call on primary-level CPC organizations and
members to fully play their role in flood control and relief work,
urging them to ensure the safety of people's lives and
property.
As China embarks on a new journey to fully build a modern
socialist country, today's Chinese Communists – putting the
people's and the nation's interests above those of themselves – are
gearing up to take on their responsibilities as the older
generations did.
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