Lou Qinjian, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, has demanded improvements to ideological and political education at the grassroots levels for the promotion of high quality development. He made the remarks at the provincial ideological education working conference held Tuesday and Wednesday in Nanjing.
Wu Zhenglong, governor of Jiangsu, presided over the conference on Tuesday morning. Wu is also deputy secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee.
Wang Jiang, vice governor of Jiangsu, presided over the conference on Wednesday morning.
Wang Yanwen, member of the standing committee and head of the publicity department of the CPC Provincial Committee, delivered a speech concerning the implementation of the spirit of the conference.
Present at the conference were Li Xiaomin, Fan Jinlong, Zhou Naixiang and Zhang Jinghua, all members of the standing committee of the CPC Provincial Committee.
Lou Qinjian pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the National Conference on Publicity and Ideological Education is an important part of the Xi Jinping Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for the new era, showing a powerful force of truth, signifying the new leap in the theory of publicity and ideological education, reflecting the distinct value of the times and the programmatic document of the publicity and ideological education in the new era.
We must grasp the overall situation and guide the practice of publicity and ideological education in accordance with the spirit of the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Lou said, adding that to understand and grasp the complex situation of publicity and ideological education under the new situation, we must understand the risks and challenges in addition to come to be aware of the solid theoretical foundation, practical foundation, material foundation, and people's support foundation that the current publicity and ideological education has formed.
The CPC Provincial Chief spoke highly of the remarkable achievements Jiangsu has made in its publicity and ideological education since the 18th CPC National Congress and analyzed the shortcomings. He emphasized that the grand mission, good foundation and complicated situation have determined that Jiangsu must set up a higher goal for its publicity and ideological education.
According to Lou Qinjian, in the promotion of the publicity and ideological education across the province, Jiangsu will adhere to the Xi Jinping Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for the new era, strive to build a socialist ideology with strong cohesiveness and leadership, and focus on cultivating successors to national rejuvenation, measure up to the new expectations of the people's demand for spiritual and cultural life, boost the influence of the province’s culture, create a highland for morality promotion and literary and artistic creation so as to ensure that the province’s publicity and ideological education will rank among the best in the country and provide a strong ideological guarantee and spiritual support for the province's high-quality development.
Lou pointed out that the Xi Jinping Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for the new era is the latest achievement of the sinicization of Marxism and a guide to action for all work, adding that the enhanced publicity of the Xi Jinping Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for the new era should be carried out by upholding the "four consciousnesses" and the "four self-confidences", and safeguarding the core position of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the authority of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and its centralized and unified leadership, which is the most fundamental political task and most important political responsibility for the promotion of publicity and ideological education.
He stressed that greater efforts should be made to bolster the quality of publicity and ideological education in an overall manner and through various measures.
Wu Zhenglong demanded that the promotion of publicity and ideological education should be carried out in compliance with the Xi Jinping Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for the new era and the implementation of the important speech made by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the national conference on publicity and ideological work.
Upholding the "four consciousnesses" and the "four self-confidences", and safeguarding the core position of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the authority of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and its centralized and unified leadership is the most fundamental political task and most important political responsibility for the promotion of publicity and ideological education, the governor said.
He called for more efforts for the promotion of the cultural industry and the enhancement of international communication so as to boost the influence of the province’s cultural industry and provide a strong support to the province’s high quality development.
Wang Yanwen made specific requirements for the promotion of publicity and ideological education when giving a concluding speech at the conference.
Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored the importance of better fulfilling missions and tasks of the publicity and ideological work under new circumstances when addressing a national conference on publicity and ideological work held in Beijing in August.
He called for solid publicity and ideological work to unite the people to embrace shared ideals, convictions, values, and moral standards, thus making greater contributions to the overall situation of the Party and the state.
Xi said decisions and plans made by the CPC Central Committee since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012 are correct and that officials on the publicity and ideological front are reliable.
He asked for taking "unity of thinking and gathering strength" as the central part of publicity and ideological work.
In order to do a better publicity and ideological work under the new circumstances, Xi underlined holding high the banner of Marxism and socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Xi stressed the importance of taking a firm hold on maintaining the right tone in public communication to boost morale and raise people's spirits in the Party and across the country.
He called for efforts to promote socialist cultural-ethical progress and cultivate and observe core socialist values to foster a new generation capable of shouldering the mission of national rejuvenation.
He also stressed adhering to the path of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and developing a great socialist culture in China.
(Source: ourjiangsu.com)
