PLA Daily 2005-06-13
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A seminar on the life and thoughts of Chen
Yun, a late veteran leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was held here
Sunday. Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attended the seminar and made a keynote
speech, stressing that studying Chen's brilliant thoughts and virtues is of
great significance to strengthening the CPC's governing capability and
maintaining CPC member's advanced nature.
Li said Chen Yun devoted all his life to national independence and
liberation, the establishment and development of socialist system and the
exploration of a socialist road with Chinese characteristics.
Li said CPC members should strengthen the study of Chen's working
methods and economics thoughts, and how Chen applied Marxist views in solving
problems.
Li stressed that during CPC's more than 80 years' development, veteran
revolutionaries left numerous ideological treasures. To exploit those treasures
is one of the important duties for Party history researchers and theorists.
"Currently, China's reform and development enters a decisive period
with new issues and new problems emerging constantly. The international
political and economic situation is undergoing significant changes, and the
Party and government are facing new tests," said Li. "We should strengthen the
Party's theoretical building and the work of summing up and studying historical
experience, and devote more efforts to investigation and research of social
reality, so as to push forward the great cause of building a socialist society
with Chinese characteristics."
The seminar, which marked the 100th anniversary of Chen Yun's birth,
was jointly held by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Party
School of the CPC Central Committee, Party Literature Research Center of the CPC
Central committee, Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee, Ministry
of Education and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Chen, a native of Shanghai, was a veteran member of the Communist Party
of China (CPC) and had long held important leading positions in the CPC's
Central Committee. He died in 1995 in Beijing, at the age of 90.
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