Tianjin Daily (January 29) disclosed that Tianjin Party Secretary Li Hongzhong chaired a 'special democratic
life' and party history meeting of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee where he emphasised the "two
establishments". It said the Municipality, through special seminars, collective training, individual self-study,
etc., organizes all the comrades of the Standing Committee to deeply study Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism
with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC
Central Committee. They studied the important requirements of Tianjin's "three efforts" pointed out by
General Secretary Xi Jinping and the spirit of a series of important instructions, and studied the party
constitution and party regulations and the relevant requirements of the Party Central Committee on the
democratic life meeting. The team of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and the
comrades of the Standing Committee strictly followed the requirements of the central government, conducted
an in-depth analysis of the party spirit, and carefully wrote the inspection materials and speech outlines. The
meeting adopts a variety of methods, widely listens to opinions and suggestions, conducts in-depth heart-toheart conversations, communicates ideas and exchanges opinions. At the meeting, Li Hongzhong reported
on the solicitation of opinions at the special democratic life meeting and the implementation of the
rectification measures of the 2020 Democratic Life Meeting and Inspection and Rectification Special
Democratic Life Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, and made a
comparative inspection on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. He analysed
the cause of the problem, clarified the direction of future efforts and corrective measures. Afterwards, Li
Hongzhong took the lead in self-criticism, and "comrades" on the Standing Committee of the Municipal
Party Committee conducted personal comparison checks one by one, and criticized and helped each other.
Everyone put themselves in, put their responsibilities in, put their work in, got straight to the problem, pointed out the key points, dug deep into the root cause, and put forward opinions and suggestions in a frank and
honest manner. The improvement measures are clear and specific, and the expected goals have been achieved.
(Comment: 1956-born Li Hongzheng, when he was Hubei Party Secretary, on January 15, 2016, asserted
that "the Politburo and its Standing Committee are the core leaders [hexin] of the party, General Secretary
Xi Jinping is the core leader of the party center". He was the first Party Secretary to call Xi Jinping "hexin"
or core leader. He is in the running for elevation to the PBSC.)
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