Xinhua disclosed (October 27) that less than a week after the closing of the 20th Party Congress,
on October 27, CCP CC General Secretary Xi Jinping led the new PBSC comprising Li Qiang,
Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi, on "a special trip from Beijing to
Yan'an, Shaanxi, to pay tribute to the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Site by community bus,
to relive the glorious years of the Party Central Committee in Yan'an during the Revolutionary
War, to cherish the memory of the great achievements of the older generation of revolutionaries,
and to declare that the new central leadership group will continue to continue the red blood and
inherit the struggle". It called it "Spirit, and a firm belief in handing over a new excellent answer
sheet to history and the people on the new road to the test". "Xi Jinping emphasized that it is
necessary to carry forward the spirit of building the great party, carry forward the spirit of
Yan'an, strengthen historical confidence, strengthen historical initiative, carry forward the
spirit of struggle, and work together to achieve the goals and tasks set by the 20th National
Congress of the Communist Party of China”. The People's Daily (October 27) published an
article on the Politburo Standing Committee's visit to Yan'an and Chinese President Xi
Jinping's remarks on the occasion. When paying tribute to the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial
Site, Xi Jinping emphasized that "we should carry forward the great spirit of founding the Party
and the spirit of Yan'an, and work together to achieve the goals and tasks set forth by the 20th
National Congress of the Communist Party of China". He said, "I am here with comrades from
Politburo Standing Committee to declare that the new leadership will inherit and carry forward
the fine revolutionary traditions and styles formed by the Party during the Yan'an period, and
carry forward the Yan'an spirit". It "formed the ideological line of firm and correct political
direction, emancipated the mind to seek truth from facts, the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, and the entrepreneurial spirit of self-reliance and hard work". A
"firm and correct political orientation is the essence of the Yan'an Spirit". It said that Xi Jinping
pointed out 'All Party comrades must adhere to the correct political direction, resolutely
implement the Party's basic theory, basic line, and basic strategy, resolutely implement the
Party Central Committee's decisions and arrangements, and continue to push forward the great
cause created by the older generation of revolutionaries'. Emphasising that "All comrades in
the party must vigorously promote the spirit of self-reliance and hard work. No matter how rich
our material life is in the future, we must not lose the spirit of self-reliance and hard work. We
must be down-to-earth, work hard, concentrate on our own affairs, and put the development of
the country and the nation ahead. on the basis of one's own strength”. Xi Jinping emphasised
that when Comrade Mao Zedong and other revolutionaries of the older generation were in
Yan'an, they lived in caves, ate coarse grains, and wore common clothes, and defeated the
"Xi'an style" with the "Yan'an style". He also emphasised: (i) Party "put forward the
fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly and wrote it into the Party
Constitution"; (ii) Self-reliance and hard work; (iii) strict party governance; and (iv) fighting
spirit to overcome challenges. It said Liu Guozhong, Chen Xi and the responsible comrades of
relevant central departments and Shaanxi Province participated in the above activities.
(Comment: Yan'an was the site of the 7th Party Congress. The Seventh National Congress of
the Party has an extremely important position in the history of the Party. Through the Yan'an
Rectification Movement, the party united the whole party under the banner of Mao Zedong and
achieved unprecedented unity and unity of the party. Ideologically, the party established the
guiding position of Mao Zedong Thought in the whole party, and wrote Mao Zedong Thought
into the party constitution. Organisationally, the party formed a tried-and-true group of
politicians holding high the Mao banner.)
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