Any Attempt to Divide CPC from Chinese People Bound to Fail, Says Xi
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said yesterday that any attempt to divide the Party from the Chinese people or to set the people against the Party is bound to fail.
Mr Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when addressing a ceremony marking the centenary of the CPC.
“The more than 95 million Party members and the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people will never allow such a scenario to come to pass,” Mr Xi said.
Xi pays tribute to veteran revolutionaries, martyrs
Mr Xi called for cherishing the memory of veteran revolutionaries and revolutionary martyrs.
He said Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yun and other veteran revolutionaries had contributed greatly to China’s revolution, construction, and reform, and to the founding, consolidation, and development of the CPC.
Firm CPC leadership must be upheld
Mr Xi said the firm leadership of the CPC must be upheld.
The leadership of the Party is the defining feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics and constitutes the greatest strength of this system, Mr Xi said.
It is the foundation and lifeblood of the Party and the country, and the crux upon which the interests and wellbeing of all Chinese people depend, he added.
Calls for elevating Chinese military to world-class standards
Mr Xi said China will elevate its armed forces to world-class standards so
that “we are equipped with greater capacity and more reliable means for safeguarding our national sovereignty, security, and development interests.”
“We must accelerate the modernisation of national defence and the armed forces,” said Mr Xi.
The people’s military is a strong pillar for safeguarding the socialist country and preserving national dignity, and a powerful force for protecting regional and world peace, he noted.