The People's Daily published a commentary on August 30, on Chinese President Xi Jinping's
speech at the Central Ethnic Conference where he stressed that "forging of the Chinese nation’s
community consciousness must be the main line of the party’s national work in the new era, and
promote all ethnic groups to be firmly committed to the great motherland, the Chinese nation,
Chinese culture, and the Communist Party of China". It quoted Xi Jinping as saying only "by all
ethnic groups jointly safeguarding national security and social stability, can we effectively resist
the infiltration and subversion of various extreme and divisive ideologies. In order to continuously
realize the yearning of the people of all ethnic groups for a better life, and to realize, maintain, and
develop the fundamental interests of all ethnic groups; only with a strong sense of community of
the Chinese nation can we effectively deal with the risks that may occur in the ethnic field in the
process of achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. .... only by forging the sense of
community of the Chinese nation can the conscious identification of all ethnic groups with the
Chinese nation be strengthened." He asserted that "In the big family of the Chinese nation, only if
all ethnic groups hug each other like pomegranate seeds, kiss each other and help each other, can
the great dream of national rejuvenation be realized smoothly, and the flower of national unity and
progress can last forever".
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