The People's Daily (April 22) published a 2712-word article by Ruan Chengfa, Party Secretary of Yunnan, captioned 'In-depth practice of the overall national security concept - Build a strong security barrier in the southwest of the motherland'. He asserted that "Yunnan is an important gateway and strategic channel to the southwest of the motherland, and it plays a particularly important role in the overall pattern of national security". The article praised Xi Jinping who had "creatively put forward the concept of overall national security, and scientifically answered "what kind of national security is achieved in the new era and how to ensure national security?" and urged the study of ""General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on national security work, effectively enhance the sense of responsibility, urgency, and mission in safeguarding national security, shoulder the political responsibility of preventing and resolving national security risks, and ensure the safety and stability of the “Thousand Miles Border” in Yunnan , To build a strong security barrier in the southwest of the motherland." It called on cadres to "Persist in taking political security as the fundamental. We will comprehensively strengthen anti-infiltration, anti-subversion, anti-terrorism, and anti-separatism struggles, strictly prevent and accurately combat infiltration and sabotage activities by foreign hostile forces, and firmly maintain regime security and institutional security". The Yunnan Party Secretary also spoke of strengthening "ideological and political work in colleges and universities" deepening "the normalization of political warning education, continuously optimize and purify the political ecology of the province, party organizations at all levels and the broad masses of party members, cadres and masses resolutely safeguard the core of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s Party Central Committee and the core position of the entire party, resolutely maintain the authority of the Party Central Committee and centralized and unified leadership". He stressed: "Adhere to the protection of social and cultural safety. Guided by the construction of "Safe Yunnan", we will resolutely maintain social security, explore new ways for safe construction in frontier ethnic regions in the new era, consolidate and deepen the achievements of the special struggle of "sweeping criminals and evils", and do a good job in the first phase of the nationwide pilot work for the modernization of urban social governance. Promote the Yunnan practice of "Fengqiao Experience" in the new era, and strive to achieve the goal of long-term and long-term governance. Relying on the construction of a demonstration zone for national unity and progress, in-depth publicity and education of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Chinese dream and socialist core values, in-depth development of various educational practices, and in-depth development of projects such as the "red flag fluttering" and the construction of the border cultural corridor Accelerate the popularization of the national common spoken and written language, vigorously promote the spirit of national unity, and build a sense of the Chinese nation’s community. Fully implement the party's basic policy on religious work, adhere to the sinicization of our country's religion, and actively guide religion to adapt to the socialist society." Border security was emphasised with the call to "Strengthen the protection of overseas interests and take all measures to protect the safety of our enterprises and personnel in neighboring countries. Increase law enforcement and security cooperation with neighbouring countries, carry out joint law enforcement operations on the Mekong River, effectively maintain the safety and stability of the river basin, and increase the sense of security and happiness of the people along the coast. Improve the joint defense and control mechanism of the party, government, military, police and civilians, improve the organizational system and institutional mechanism for joint efforts to strengthen the frontier defense, build a three-dimensional border prevention and control system, and crackdown on cross-border crimes in a strict, serious and rapid manner in accordance with the law."

(Comment: Ruan Chengfa is a member of the 19th CCP CC. He was born in 1957 and was till December 2020 the Governor and Deputy Secretary of Yunnan Province. The 2712 word article mentions Xi Jinping 8 times.)