President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party
of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military
Commission, attends a gathering and conveys festive greetings to leaders
from non-Communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and
Commerce, as well as public figures without party affiliation, ahead of
the upcoming Spring Festival at the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing, on Feb 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central
Committee, called on Monday for efforts from non-Party members to
actively contribute their suggestions and opinions on improving the
country's governance in order to write a new chapter of multiparty
cooperation in the new era.
Xi, who is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central
Military Commission, made the remark at a gathering attended by
representatives of non-Communist parties, the All-China Federation of
Industry and Commerce and people without party affiliation.
On behalf of the CPC Central Committee, Xi extended his sincere
greetings and best wishes to non-Party members as well as those who are
engaged in united front work for the upcoming Lunar New Year, which
falls on Feb 12.
He said 2021 marks the first year for the country to implement the
14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) for National Economic and Social
Development and to start the new journey of fully building China into a
modernized socialist country. This year, the CPC will celebrate its
centenary, he added.
Xi urged non-Party members to firm up their belief in socialism with
Chinese characteristics, and uphold and improve the system of multiparty
cooperation and political consultation led by the CPC.
He also required them to fulfill their responsibility of pooling
wisdom and building consensus in implementing the new development
philosophy and building the new development paradigm of "dual
circulation" in the new development stage.
Xi praised non-Party members for their contributions in the past year
in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that they
unswervingly stood with the CPC, helped the Party fight the virus and
provided significant support to the CPC Central Committee in scientific
and democratic decision-making.
He underlined the need for non-Party members to continue to help the
Party and the government to build broader consensus, settle disputes and
uphold social stability in order to pool greater strength for adhering
to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
Xi also expressed hope that non-Party members could provide more
pragmatic approaches and suggestions to the CPC Central Committee in
policymaking and decision-making.
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