CHINA-LEADERSHIP: ARTICLE EULOGISES ROLE OF HUA GUOFENG ON HIS 100TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

The state-run CCTV telecast (February 20) a report of a symposium to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Hua Guofeng held on February 20 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.  PBSC member and Secretary of the CCP CC Secretariat Wang Huning attended and delivered a speech. PBSC member and Vice Premier Han Zheng, Sun Chunlan and Zhang Youxia attended the meeting, over which Chen Xi presided. Describing Hua Guofeng as an excellent member of the CCP, "a time-tested and loyal communist fighter, a proletarian revolutionist" and one who has held important leadership positions in the party and the country, Wang Huning asked the people to "learn from his political character of firm party spirit and loyalty to the party, stick to the original aspiration, caring for the deep feelings of the people, be truth-seeking, pragmatic, and work hard, and be honest, honest and self-discipline. quality". He said "we must strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve the "two safeguards", closely unite around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, overcome difficulties, pioneer and innovate, and work hard. Create new achievements worthy of the times, worthy of the people, worthy of the ancestors". Qu Qingshan, Dean of the Central Party History and Documentation Research Institute, Ding Xuedong, Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council, Li Jun, Assistant Director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, and Hu Yuting, Member of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, also spoke. Relevant departments of the Party, government, and military groups of the Central Committee, responsible comrades from Beijing, Hunan, and Shanxi provinces, relatives of Comrade Hua Guofeng, friends during his lifetime, former staff members and representatives from his hometown attended the forum. Included among them were: Song Tao, Minister of the CCP CC International Liaison Department, Qi Yu, Party Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qu Qingshan, Dean of the Central Party History and Documentation Research Institute, Ding Xuedong, Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council, Chen Yixin, Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Commission, and Mao Xinyu, the grandson of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai's nephew Zhou Binghe, Liu Shaoqi's son Liu Yuan, He Long's daughter He Xiaoming, etc.

(Comment: As could be anticipated, Deng Xiaoping's family was not represented.)

The Chinese version of Caixin (February 19) published an article by Zhu Huaxin, Executive Council member and Director of Internet and New Economy Studies at China Society of Economic Reform, a national institute established in 1983 with a focus on China’s economic system reform, on the 100th birthday of former CCP CC General Secretary Hua Guofeng (华国锋) which was on February 16. It said an article titled “Life of Comrade Hua Guofeng” published by the People’s Daily on September 1, 2008, had stated that on October 6, 1976, Hua, Ye Jianying and other comrades, on behalf of the Politburo, carried out the will of the Chinese Communist Party and the people and took decisive measures to crush the Gang of Four. It said, "Hua Guofeng stood on the right side of history, responding to the call of millions of people in Tiananmen Square, allying with veteran cadres and using his position to end the nightmare of the Cultural Revolution — he is rightly seen as a hero". 






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