President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks at a key meeting to launch a campaign themed “staying true to our founding mission” among all Party members in Beijing, capital of China, May 31, 2019.[Photo/Xinhua]
BEIJING — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, reiterated the Party’s original aspiration and mission, which is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation.
Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech at a key meeting on May 31 to launch a campaign themed “staying true to our founding mission” among all Party members, especially officials at or above the county and director level.
Seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation is the fundamental driving force behind the heroic fight of generations of CPC members, Xi said.
Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng attended the meeting.
Wang Huning, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the leading group of the campaign, delivered closing remarks.
The launch of the campaign is an urgent need for arming the whole Party with the thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, advancing Party building in the new era, maintaining the Party’s close ties with the people, as well as achieving the goals and accomplishing the tasks put forward at the 19th CPC National Congress, according to Xi.
The Party’s fundamental purpose of whole-heartedly serving the people, and its historic mission of realizing national rejuvenation should be kept firmly in mind, he said.
Xi said the campaign should adhere to high standards and strict demands, push Party members to rectify and adjust themselves with a clear purpose, avoid the practice of formalities for formalities’ sake and bureaucratism, and help solve major problems that the people are strongly concerned about.