Circular of the XUAR Party Committee Office

[2017] Issue 53

Speech at the First Plenary Session

(October 30, 2017)

This plenary session is a very important meeting held under the new situation, wherein the whole Party and the whole country are full of pride in studying and implementing the spirit of the 19th Party Congress. The main tasks are to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 19th Party Congress, study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and important instructions on Xinjiang work, implement the Strategy for Governing Xinjiang of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core (以习近平同志为核心的党中央治疆方略), especially the overall objective of social stability and long-term stability, and mobilize the vast ranks of Party members, and cadres and masses of all ethnic groups, in the region to unify their thoughts with the spirit of the 19th Party Congress, concentrate their strength to realize the tasks set by the 19th Party Congress, and write the Xinjiang chapter of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era.

Next, on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region, I will give opinions on four aspects.

I.      Fully understand the epoch-making and milestone significance of the 19th Party Congress and strengthen the sense of political responsibility and historical mission to study, propagate, and implement the spirit of the 19th Party Congress

From October 18 to 24, 2017, the 19th Party Congress was held in Beijing, attracting worldwide attention. This was a very important congress held at the decisive stage of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and at a critical period when socialism with Chinese characteristics had entered a new era. It was a congress that started a new journey for the cause of the Party and the country at a new historical starting point. It was a congress that did not forget our original intention, remembered our mission, held the banner high, and forged ahead in unity. It was a congress that was an extremely important event in the history of the Party and had a profound influence on the world. It was a major event in the political life of the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups nationwide. It was a great event of great concern to the international community. It was a milestone in the history of the Party, the history of the People’s Republic of China, and the history of the development of the Chinese nation and will surely be forever remembered in the annals of history.

The important report made by General Secretary Xi Jinping on behalf of the 18th Central Committee was given from a commanding height, was forward-looking, and mindful of the overall situation, grasped the general trends, reflected on the present in light of the past, looked to the future, and was profound, stunning, visionary, majestic, passionate, and inspiring. It gave an in-depth analysis of the development and changes of the international and domestic situation, a concise summary of the historic changes in the cause of the Party and the country since the 18th Party Congress, and scientifically-attained major political conclusions such as that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era and that the principal contradiction in our society has transformed into the contradiction between the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. It systematically expounded Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, clearly put forward the basic strategy for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and profoundly answered a series of major theoretical and practical questions about upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. It fully laid out the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and the great new project of Party building, further explicated the direction of advance for the undertakings of the Party and the country, and greatly inspired the high fighting spirit of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups nationwide to build a powerful modern socialist country in an all-round way. The whole speech shone with the light of the truth of Marxism. It is a good report that raises the flag, points the direction, clarifies the strategy, and draws a blueprint. It is a brilliant programmatic Marxist document, and it is the political declaration and action plan for our Party as we enter a new era, embark on a new journey, and write a new chapter. It is of great political significance. It solemnly declares to the world the answers to the important questions of what flag our Party will hold in the new era, what path it will take, what state of mind it will adopt, what historical mission it will undertake, and what goals it will fight for. It has unified the thinking and will of the whole Party, strengthened the “Four Consciousness” of the whole Party, firmed up the “Four Matters of Confidence” of the whole Party, and ensured that the cause of the Party and the country will always advance successfully in the right direction. It is of great theoretical significance. It proposes and expounds that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the biggest highlight and the greatest historical contribution of the report to the 19th Party Congress. It has comprehensively enriched and developed Marxism and opened up a new realm of Marxism. It has written a new chapter of the Sinicization of Marxism, established the ideological banner of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and provided a powerful ideological weapon for guiding all the work of the Party and the country. It is of great historical significance. It clearly proposes that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. It has calibrated the new historical orientation of China’s development, given the Chinese Communists a new historical mission in the new era, and issued marching orders to forge ahead in a new era and start a new journey. It is of great practical significance. It makes strategic arrangements for the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, makes overall plans and deployments for work in all fields, and has lifted the practice of the great struggle, the great project, the great cause, and the great dream to a new level.

The Work Report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection adopted by the congress thoroughly implements the spirit of the report to the 19th Party Congress and is permeated throughout with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It gave a comprehensive summary of the historic achievements in comprehensively and strictly governing the Party and conducting a deep-reaching struggle against corruption under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core. It scientifically summarized the valuable experience gained in the past five years and fully reflected the firm determination of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core to comprehensively and strictly govern the Party and win an overwhelming victory in the fight against corruption.

The amendments to the Party Charter adopted by the congress clearly proposed resolutely protecting the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core and established Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guiding thought that our Party must adhere to over the long term. They fully embodied the achievements of the Party’s theoretical innovation, practical innovation, and institutional innovation since the 18th Party Congress and reflected the major theoretical viewpoints and major strategic ideas established in the report to the 19th Party Congress. They provided the fundamental criteria and guide to action in order to build the Party to be more vigorous and stronger, and make sure that the Party is always the vanguard of the times and the backbone of the nation, and that the Party is always a Marxist ruling party.

At the First Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee, a new central leadership group with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core was elected. Comrade Xi Jinping was re-elected as General Secretary of the Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. This is the choice of history, the people, and the times. It is the good fortune of the Party, the country, and the nation. It fully reflected the common aspiration of the whole Party, the whole army, and the people of all ethnic groups nationwide. At the same time, a group of experienced, morally upstanding, talented, and hard-working comrades entered the central leadership institutions, fully demonstrating that the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics is flourishing and full of vitality.

The conscientious study, propagation, and implementation of the spirit of the 19th Party Congress are related to the overall situation of the work of the Party and the country, are related to the long-term development of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, are related to the fundamental interests of the majority of the people, and are related to the social stability and long-term stability of Xinjiang. It is of major practical significance and far-reaching historical significance for mobilizing the whole region’s Party organizations at all levels and its vast ranks of Party members, and cadres and masses of all ethnic groups, to work tirelessly under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, and under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, with full confidence to win a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, win the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

II.     Deeply comprehend the spirit of the 19th Party Congress and earnestly grasp the brilliance of Marxist truth that runs through it

To study the spirit of the 19th Party Congress, the key is to study the important report made by General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Party Charter, study Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and work hard on studying to understand, on comprehending in full, and on putting concretely into practice, so as to deeply understand the theme of the 19th Party Congress, deeply understand the historical status and rich connotations of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply understand the historic changes in the cause of the Party and the country since the 18th Party Congress, deeply understand that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, deeply understand the change in the principal contradiction in our society, deeply understand the historical mission of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the new era, deeply understand the achievement of the first centenary goal and the march toward the second centenary goal, deeply understand the major deployments such as those in socialist economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, and ecological civilization construction, deeply understand the important deployments in national defense and military construction, work related to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, and diplomatic work, deeply understand the major deployment of unswervingly implementing comprehensive and strict Party self-governance,  grasp the ideological essence and core essentials, and effectively make use of this to arm the mind, guide practice, and press ahead with work.

(i) A new era accomplishes historical changes. In his report, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the five years since the 18th Party Congress have been an extremely remarkable five years in the development process of the Party and the country. Over the past five years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core has scientifically grasped the development trends of today’s world and contemporary China, adapted to practical requirements and the aspirations of the people, raised the flag to set the orientation and devised strategies, taken command of the great struggle, the great project, the great cause, and the great dream, and holistically promoted the “Five Spheres in One” overall layout and coordinated the promotion of the “Four Comprehensives” strategic layout. With great political courage and a strong readiness to shoulder responsibility, it has proposed a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, issued a series of major principles and policies, introduced a series of major measures, and promoted a series of major tasks. It has solved many difficult problems that for a long time solutions were hoped for but not found, accomplished many great things that had previously been wanted but not accomplished, and promoted historic changes in the cause of the Party and the country. The face of the Party, the face of the country, the face of the people, the face of the military, and the face of the Chinese nation have undergone unprecedented changes. These historic changes are comprehensive and groundbreaking, they are deep-seated and fundamental, and they have a significant and far-reaching impact on the development of the Party and the country. After long-term efforts, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. This is a new historical orienting point in China’s development. The entrance of socialism with Chinese characteristics into a new era means that the Chinese nation, which since modern times has suffered so much, has welcomed the great leap from standing up and becoming rich to becoming strong and has welcomed a bright future for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It means that scientific socialism resounds with great vitality in 21st century China and has raised high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics on the world stage. It means that the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics continue to develop, and have opened up a path for developing countries to modernize, providing a brand-new choice for those countries and nations in the world who want to both accelerate their development and maintain their independence, and contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to solving the problems of humanity. This new era is an era of inheriting the past and ushering in the future, continuing the past and opening up the future, and continuing to win the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics under new historical conditions. It is an era of decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and from there building a powerful modern socialist country in an all-round way. It is an era in which people of all ethnic groups throughout the country will work together in unity, constantly create better lives, and gradually realize common prosperity for all the people. It is an era when all Chinese sons and daughters work together with one heart and strive to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is an era in which China is increasingly approaching the center of the world stage and continues to make greater contributions to mankind. With the entrance of socialism with Chinese characteristics into a new era, the principal contradiction in our society has transformed into the contradiction between the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development, which has introduced many new demands for the work of the Party and the state. That socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era is of major significance in the history of the development of the People’s Republic of China and the development of the Chinese nation, as well as in the history of the development of world socialism and the history of human society. We must deeply realize that the most important and critical reason that the Party and the country can achieve brilliant achievements and historic changes is that our Party has General Secretary Xi Jinping as the core leader at the helm and has the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core. We must resolutely protect the core position and authority of General Secretary Xi Jinping, resolutely protect the authority and the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and continuously push forward various undertakings in accordance with the requirements of the new era.

(ii) New thought leads the way forward. Since the 18th Party Congress, the members of the CCP, with General Secretary Xi Jinping as their main representative, focused on the major epochal question of what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics to uphold and develop in the new era and how to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, took a brand-new perspective to deepen understanding of the laws of Communist Party rule, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of the development of human society, carried out arduous theoretical explorations, and achieved major theoretical innovations, thereby forming Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the inheritance and development of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of “Three Represents,” and the Scientific Outlook on Development. It is the latest achievement of the Sinicization of Marxism. It is the crystallization of the practical experience and collective wisdom of the Party and the people. It is an important part of the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is the ideological beacon, spiritual pillar, source of strength, and magic weapon of victory for the Chinese Communists in the new era. It is the action plan for the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups nationwide to strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is the guiding ideology that our Party must adhere to over the long term. It is a concentrated demonstration of the great theoretical courage, extraordinary political wisdom, and profound original ideas of General Secretary Xi Jinping and will inevitably lead the ship carrying the great dream of the Chinese people as it breaks through the waves and sails victoriously to the glorious shore so as to make the Chinese nation stand more loftily in the forest of world nations. We must firmly grasp the main connotations of the “Eight Clarifications” of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the basic strategy of the “Fourteen Commitments,” unswervingly hold high the great banner of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, unswervingly unify thinking and arm the mind with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and unswervingly implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era throughout the entire process of promoting social stability and long-term stability in Xinjiang and of building a Chinese socialist Xinjiang (中国特色社会主义新疆), and embody it in all aspects of Party building.

(iii) The new mission brings together boundless strength. In his report, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the original intention and mission of the Chinese Communists was to pursue happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. Today, we are closer to achieving the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any other time in history, and are more confident and capable of doing so. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is not something that can be achieved easily, by just making a lot of celebratory noises. The whole Party must be prepared to make harder and more difficult efforts. To achieve great dreams, we must engage in great struggles. This struggle is a great struggle with many new historical features. We must more consciously uphold the Party’s leadership and China’s socialist system and resolutely oppose all words and deeds that weaken, distort, or deny the Party’s leadership and China’s socialist system. We must more consciously protect the interests of the people and resolutely oppose all acts that harm the interests of the people and separate from the masses. We must more consciously devote ourselves to the epochal trend of reform and innovation and resolutely eliminate all stubborn diseases. We must more consciously safeguard China’s sovereignty, security, and development interests and resolutely oppose all acts that split the motherland and undermine national unity and social harmony and stability. We must more consciously prevent all types of risks and resolutely overcome all difficulties and challenges in the political, economic, cultural, social, and other fields as well as in the natural world. We must fully understand the protracted, complex, and arduous nature of this great struggle, develop the spirit of struggle, improve our abilities for struggle, and continuously win new victories in the great struggle. To achieve great dreams, we must build a great project. This great project is the new great project of Party building that our Party is currently advancing in a deep-reaching way. We must more consciously uphold the principles of Party spirit, courageously face problems head-on, dare to scrape to the bone to remove the poison, eliminate all factors that damage the advanced nature and purity of the Party, clear away all the viruses that erode the Party’s healthy body, continuously enhance the Party’s political leadership, ideological leadership, mass organization capabilities, and social appeal, and ensure that our Party will always maintain strong vitality and strong combat effectiveness. To achieve great dreams, we must pursue a great cause. This great cause is the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is necessary to more consciously enhance self-confidence in this road, theory, system, and culture, rather than taking the old road of closure and rigidity or the wrong road of changing our banner. We must maintain our political steadfastness, insist on working hard to rejuvenate our country, and always uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics. We must firmly grasp the original intention and mission of the Chinese Communists and, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, integrate efforts to conduct the great struggle, construct the great project, advance the great cause, and realize the great dream, threading them together and advancing them in combination. With this, in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, we will better shoulder the historical mission of building a Chinese socialist Xinjiang.

(iv) The new goals draw a grand blueprint. In his report, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the period from the 19th Party Congress to the 20th Party Congress is the historical intersection of the Two Centenary Goals. We must both build to completion a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieve the first centenary goal, and also take advantage of this momentum to start a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and march towards the second centenary goal. In the comprehensive analysis of the international and domestic situation and China’s development conditions, the period from 2020 to the middle of this century can be arranged in two stages. The first stage, from 2020 to 2035, based on having built a moderately prosperous society in all respects, will basically achieve socialist modernization. The second stage, from 2035 to the middle of the century, will establish China as powerful modern socialist country that is rich, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious, and beautiful. This strategic arrangement shows that our Party will lead the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to complete the second centenary goal 15 years ahead of schedule, so that the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation presents a new picture. We must firmly grasp the new goal of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way in two steps. According to the blueprint drawn up by the 19th Party Congress, we will grasp the objective like deeply rooted bamboo in the wind refusing to let go, roll up our sleeves and redouble our efforts. With unrelenting hard work and perseverance, we will courageously forge ahead to new goals.

(v) The new deployments initiate a great journey. In his report, General Secretary Xi Jinping made comprehensive deployments for the economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, and ecological civilization construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. In terms of economic construction, we must implement the new development concept, build a modernized economic system, treat supply-side structural reforms as the main thread, and promote reforms in the quality, efficiency, and power of economic development, continuously enhancing the innovative capacity and competitiveness of the Chinese economy. In terms of political construction, we must uphold the organic unity of the Party’s leadership, the people as masters of the country, and the country’s law-based governance, improve the system of institutions for the people being masters of the country and develop socialist democratic politics, and promote the institutionalization, standardization, development of rule of law, and the proceduralization of socialist democratic politics. In terms of cultural construction, we must strengthen cultural self-confidence, promote the prospering of socialist culture, cultivate and practice the socialist core values, strengthen ideological and moral construction, promote the flourishing of socialist literature and art, and drive forward the development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries. In terms of social construction, we must raise the standards of guaranteeing and improving people’s wellbeing, strengthen and innovate social governance, continuously meet the people’s growing needs for a better life, and allow the fruits of reform and development to benefit all the people more equally and fairly. In the construction of ecological civilization, we must practice the concept that clean waters and green mountains are invaluable assets, accelerate the reform of the ecological civilization institutions, form spatial patterns, industrial structures, production methods, and lifestyles that save resources and protect the environment, and build a beautiful China. At the same time, the 19th Party Congress also made important deployments in areas including adhering to the path of strengthening the military with Chinese characteristics, comprehensively promoting the modernization of national defense and the military, adhering to “one country, two systems,” promoting the reunification of the motherland, and adhering to the path of peaceful development and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. We should further refine and concretize the goals and tasks set forth at the 19th Party Congress and implement them in all aspects of the work for Xinjiang’s stable development.

(iv) The new requirements provide strong guarantees. In his report, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and our Party must have a new look and take new actions. To unite and lead the people to carry out the great struggle, advance the great cause, and realize the great dream, the Party must unswervingly uphold and improve the Party’s leadership and unswervingly build the Party to be stronger. We must deeply grasp the general requirements of Party building in the new era, uphold and strengthen the Party’s comprehensive leadership, uphold the Party’s self-administration and comprehensive, strict Party self-governance, and adhere to the focal thread being strengthening the Party’s long-term governance capacity building and advanced nature and purity construction. With the Party’s political construction as the commander, firm ideals, beliefs, and aims as the foundation, and mobilization of the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the whole Party as the focus, we must comprehensively promote the Party’s political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, work style construction, and discipline construction, incorporate institutional construction throughout this process, promote the fight against corruption in a deep-reaching way, and continuously improve the quality of Party building. We must build the Party into a Marxist ruling party that is always at the forefront of the times, is sincerely supported by the people, has the courage to conduct self-revolution, can withstand the test of various storms, and is full of vigor. We must ensure that the Party is always at the forefront of the times in the historical process of profound changes in the world situation, that it always becomes the backbone of the people throughout the country in the historical process of coping with various risks and tests at home and abroad, and that it is always the strong leadership core in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics. We must ensure that the foundation of the Party’s rule in Xinjiang is more solid and the Party’s ruling position in Xinjiang is more consolidated.

III.   Conscientiously study, propagate, and implement the spirit of the 19th Party Congress and ensure that it is spread throughout the land and imprinted on the hearts of the vast ranks of Party members, and cadres and masses of all ethnic groups

The entire region’s Party organizations at all levels must give a high level of attention to, strengthen the leadership of, and carefully organize the study, propagation, and implementation of the spirit of the 19th Party Congress and the study, propagation, and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, treating this as the primary political task for the current and future period and a key task of the Party’s theoretical armament work. We must conduct multi-format, hierarchical, and full-coverage study and training for Party members throughout the region. We must adhere to completeness and accuracy, insist on reading the original work, studying the original text, and understanding the principles, study the original text in its original form and get the original flavor, carry out deep learning for full comprehension, and truly learn, truly understand, truly believe, and truly apply. Building on an overall grasp, comprehensiveness and systematicity, we must highlight the main points and grasp what is key. We must focus on the fact that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the guiding thought that the Party must adhere to over the long term, focus on the historic achievements and historic changes in the cause of the Party and the country in the past five years, focus on the far-reaching impact of major conclusions such as that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era and that the principal contradiction in our society has transformed into the contradiction between the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development, focus on implementing the major decisions and deployments of the 19th Party Congress, and focus on the fact that General Secretary Xi Jinping is the fully deserving leader of the Party who is supported by the whole Party and loved by the people.

(i) Study hard and effectively to ensure entering hearts and minds. The theoretical learning center groups of Party committees (Party groups) at all levels must focus on learning, take the study of the spirit of the 19th Party Congress as the top priority, formulate plans, list special topics, concentrate time and energy, and achieve deep and thorough learning and an understanding of the threads as a whole. Party members and leading cadres at all levels must take the lead in learning, study sentence by sentence, research and read carefully, making sure they are learning proactively, learning more, and learning more deeply, giving full play to their roles as examples for others. Party schools (academies of governance) at all levels must study systematically, view the study of the spirit of the 19th Party Congress as a compulsory course for education and training and as important content of thought-and-political education and classroom teaching, devoting a certain period of time to intensive rotation training for Party members and cadres at or above the county/section level region-wide, systematically training Party members and cadres in stages and in batches. All primary-level Party organizations should carry out in-depth study, organizing Party members to study earnestly through formats such as Party members’ meetings, Party branch general meetings, Party small group meetings, and Party lectures, clarifying learning objectives, learning methods, and learning requirements, and achieving the “four requirements of practical work” (四落实) of personnel, time, content, and effect. The vast ranks of Party members and cadres must take it upon themselves to study, using collective learning, self-study, participating in discussions, online extended learning, and other methods, and studying carefully, repeatedly, and by combining the theoretical with the practical, ensuring the full coverage of Party members and cadres.

(ii) Widely carry out propaganda to effectively ensure all know and all are aware. We must specially formulate a communication and propaganda plan for the spirit of the 19th Party Congress, make full use of various forms and means, adopt forms that are popular with the masses of all ethnic groups, quickly form propaganda momentum, and enhance the attractiveness, appeal, and pertinence of propaganda. We must carefully organize news propaganda, with Party newspapers, Party journals, and radio and television stations at all levels creating special columns and special programs. They must carefully plan and conduct focused reporting, vigorously communicate the great significance of the 19th Party Congress, communicate the great significance of the establishment of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guiding thought that the Party must uphold over the long term, communicate the historic changes that have taken place in the cause of the Party and the country in the past five years, communicate the series of important ideas, important viewpoints, major judgments, and major measures introduced by the 19th Party Congress, communicate the specific measures and practical actions studied and implemented by the various localities and departments throughout the region, communicate the new achievements, new atmosphere, and new progress of the cadres and the masses regionwide in the study and implementation of the spirit of the 19th Party Congress and the promotion of the stable development of Xinjiang, and create a strong public opinion atmosphere top to bottom throughout the whole region. We must carefully organize communications for the primary level, conducting deep-reaching activities under the “Bringing the Spirit of the 19th Party Congress into Ten Thousand Homes” campaign, and pressing for the spirit of the 19th Party Congress to enter enterprises, rural areas, institutions, campuses, communities, military camps, regiments, places of religious activities, and websites. We must compile the spirit of the 19th Party Congress into books and materials in the languages of the Han, Uyghur, Kazakh, Mongolian, Kirgiz, Xibo, and other ethnic groups, and print and distribute them regionwide to cadres and masses of all ethnic groups for study. We must give full play to the roles of forces such as primary-level Party organizations and convenience police stations, “visit, benefit, and gather the people” (访惠聚) village-stationed work teams, village-stationed cadres in charge of managing places of worship, village Party branch first secretaries, cadres sent down to villages (下沉包村干部), preschool bilingual education cadres, and cadres from working groups stationed in the interior and at ports, coming face-to-face with the masses to communicate and explain, striving to make sure that [the content communicated] becomes deeply rooted in hearts and is known to everyone. We must carefully organize propaganda talks, headed up by the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region, selecting backbone forces to form propaganda talk groups, and entering deeply into enterprises, rural areas, institutions, campuses, and communities to conduct propaganda talks. Especially in connection with the historical process of the Sinicization of Marxism, in connection with the historic achievements and historic changes in the cause of the Party and the country since the 18th Party Congress, and in connection with the thinking and work realities of the vast ranks of cadres and masses, we must enhance the pertinence, vividness, and ideological nature of the propaganda, effectively explain the spirit of the 19th Party Congress so it is clear and understandable, let the common people understand what they hear, comprehend the meaning, and be able to implement it, achieving the effect of unifying thought and concentrating efforts.

(iii) Thoroughly implement to effectively have it take root. We must persist in combining the study and implementation of the spirit of the 19th Party Congress and the study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era with the implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and important instructions on Xinjiang work; with the implementation of the Strategy for Governing Xinjiang of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, especially the overall objective of social stability and long-term stability; with work to normalize and institutionalize “Two Studies, One Be” study and education; with topical education on “remaining true to our original intention, keeping our mission firmly in mind”; and with doing current work, completing annual goals and tasks, and planning next year’s work. We must be deeply aware that the Strategy for Governing Xinjiang of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core and General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and important instructions on Xinjiang work are an important component of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Doing a good job of Xinjiang work under the new situation and achieving the overall objective of social stability and long-term stability constitutes the vivid practice of the great struggle with many new historical characteristics and constitutes the concrete performance of strengthening the “Four Consciousnesses,” resolutely implementing Party Central Committee decisions and deployments, and maintaining a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core. We must unswervingly follow the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, firmly establishing “one overall objective:” regionwide top to bottom we must raise the banner of the overall objective of social stability and long-term stability, take the overall objective as the focal point of attention and action, always ensure we are keeping the overall objective in our hearts, carrying it on our shoulders, and grasping it in our hands, be ever-focused on and resolute in implementing the overall objective, and use the overall objective to unify thinking, understanding, pace, and action, leading all items of work in Xinjiang. We must grasp the “two key points”: correctly handle the relationship between stability and development, grasp the two key points of stability and development, follow the requirement that the main responsible comrades of the Party and government at all levels take the lead, form two sets of work teams, one team that does all it can to maintain stability and another team that concentrates on development, and establish a responsibility system where each level is responsible for implementation at that level and all levels act. We must consolidate “one good mechanism”: coordinate and integrate various resources, and build a command system and working mechanism that coordinates and facilitates linked action of Party, government, military, police, militia, and people and that is unified and efficient. We must deliver a “set of combination punches”: unswervingly focus on the overall objective and deliver a good “combination punch,” adhere to the “Six Doing Goods” (doing a good job in the strike hard struggle [严打斗争], doing a good job in national unity, doing a good job of religious work, doing a good job in improving people’s wellbeing, doing a good job in ideology, and doing a good job in the primary-level foundation), achieve the “Five Controls” (control the networks, control the borders, control the societal setting, control the key areas, and control people of Xinjiang household registration in the interior [内地新疆籍人员]), promote the “Four Full Coverages” (full coverage by Party organizations, full coverage by mass work, full coverage by rapid handling, and full coverage by shifts in work style), lock in the “One Do Not Relax” (do not relax reform and development), maintain the “One Normalization” (normalization and long-term effect of anti-terrorism and stability maintenance), strive to realize the “Three Resolutes” (resolutely prevent large-scale violent and terrorist incidents, resolutely curb the trend of frequent violent and terrorist incidents, and resolutely prevent violent and terrorist activities from spreading to the interior), and effectively safeguard, stabilize, and develop Xinjiang’s vast territory of more than 1.6 million square kilometers.

IV.  Comprehensively and deeply implement the spirit of the 19th Party Congress, solidly promote social stability and long-term stability, and strive to create a new situation in all items of work for the stable development of Xinjiang

(i) Strive to create a new situation of harmony and stability. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that we must “ensure that the country enjoys enduring stability and the people live and work in peace and contentment” and “in the big chess game of maintaining national unity and security, we must treat stabilizing Xinjiang as the first move.” We must resolutely implement the General Secretary’s important instructions, focus on the strategic big picture of the Party and the country, and firmly grasp the scientific positioning by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core of social stability and long-term stability as the overall objective of Xinjiang-related work. With this we must be fully aware that there has not been a fundamental change in the situation of Xinjiang being in “convergence of three periods”—a period of active violent terrorist activities, a period of intense anti-separatist struggle, and a period of intervention, treatment, and growing pains; be fully aware of the protracted, complex, and acute nature of Xinjiang’s anti-separatist struggle; be fully aware that the fight to counter terrorism and maintain stability is a protracted and a formidable battle; and unswervingly treat maintaining stability as a political task that overrides all else and a political responsibility of immense importance. We must establish an awareness of the need for long-term dedication and long-term combat, at all times maintain a high degree of vigilance and remain constantly on our guard, at all times keep the stability maintenance string taut, resolutely overcome slacking, numbness, and war-weariness, and live up to the requirement that the grasp on stability does not relax for a moment or waver in the slightest, fighting battle after battle and addressing point by point, thereby establishing momentum toward long-term security and building long-term governance. Only in this way will we be genuinely implementing the Strategy for Governing Xinjiang of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core. Only in this way can the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang welcome in a happy and beautiful new life. We must adhere to the requirements of the “Four Sentences” (focus on the overall objective, strengthen implementation, promote normalization, and achieve the “Three Nos”), continue to do a good job in the “Four Matters” (absolute security of the vocational skills education and training centers and supervision sites, mass work, normalization of societal setting prevention and control, and military and police forces driving normalization), resolutely fight the “Three Tough Battles” (the strike hard struggle, mass work, and societal setting control), win “A People’s War” (prevent the return of persons, prevent harassing attacks, and prevent the inflow of hot weapons), achieve the “Three Linkages” (between areas inside and outside China’s mainland, areas inside and outside Xinjiang, and online and offline), apply the spirit of driving nails in conducting stability work, ensuring that the overall social situation in Xinjiang is one of sustained stability, long-term stability, and comprehensive stability.

(ii) Strive to create a new situation of reform and development. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that we must “implement the new development concept” and “unswervingly promote the better and faster development of Xinjiang.” We must resolutely implement the General Secretary’s important instructions, unswervingly implement the innovative, coordinated, green, open, and shared development concept, deepen supply-side structural reforms and continue to promote the “Three Eliminations, One Reduction, and One Supplement,” actively integrate into the “Belt and Road” and accelerate the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, cultivate and develop industries that leverage local strengths and improve and perfect the modern industrial system, strengthen the construction of infrastructure and break through the development bottleneck, vigorously promote rural revitalization and promote the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and ensure sustainable and healthy economic development.

(iii) Strive to create a new situation for improving people’s wellbeing. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that “we must keep firmly in mind that the people’s yearning for a better life is the goal for which we struggle” and “we must always put the interests of the people above all else.” We must resolutely implement the General Secretary’s important instructions, adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, grasp the interest-related problems that most concern and most directly and practically affect the people, solidly carry out projects for the benefit of the people focusing on free health examinations, free bilingual education in the 3 years before school, multi-channel promotion of employment and entrepreneurship, and poverty alleviation, strive to make new progress in education for children, teaching for all learners, compensation for workers, healthcare for the sick, care for the elderly, housing for residents, and support for the vulnerable, continue to meet the ever-growing needs of the people of all ethnic groups regionwide for a better life, allow the people of all ethnic groups to have a more fulfilling, more secure, and more sustainable sense of gain, happiness, and security, and make life better year by year.

(iv) Strive to create a new situation of unity among all ethnic groups. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that “ethnic unity is the lifeline of the people of all ethnic groups, the fundamental cornerstone of Xinjiang’s development and progress, and the common will of more than 1.3 billion Chinese people” and “the longest-term problem in Xinjiang is the issue of ethnic unity.” We must resolutely implement the General Secretary’s important instructions, comprehensively implement the Party’s ethnic policy, thoroughly carry out education on ethnic group unity and progress, continue to thoroughly carry out “ethnic group unity as one family” and ethnic group unity and friendship activities, promote the establishment of embedded social structures and community environments, encourage cadres and masses of all ethnic groups to interact, communicate, and integrate and to hold tightly together like pomegranate seeds, guide the masses of all ethnic groups to firmly establish the “Three Inseparables” thought, forge a common consciousness of the Chinese national community, strengthen identification with the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, the Chinese Communist Party, and socialism with Chinese characteristics, let the flower of ethnic unity always bloom and grow, and struggle in unity and enjoy prosperity and development together.

(v) Strive to create a new situation of religious harmony. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that we must “comprehensively implement the Party’s basic policy on religious work” and that “religious work must be done carefully.” We must resolutely implement the General Secretary’s important instructions, carry through the Party’s basic policy on religious work, adhere to protecting the lawful, stopping the illegal, curbing extremism, resisting infiltration, and cracking down on crime, adhere to the direction of the Sinicization of Islam in China, safeguard the normal religious needs of religious believers in accordance with the law, actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society, and ensure religious harmony. We must strengthen the education and management services for religious people, places of worship, and religious activities, do a solid job of village-stationed management of places of worship, continue to promote the “Seven Provisions and Two Possessions” (七进两有) and “Nine Facilities” (九配备) of mosques, and strengthen the care, protection, and training of patriotic religious people. We must govern illegal religious activities in accordance with the law, continue the in-depth promotion of “de-radicalization,” resolutely ban underground lectures on religious texts and study activities on religious texts, and continue to carry out the special rectification project for “rogue imams” in an in-depth manner and do a good job in the “Four Cutoffs” (cut off generations, cut off roots, cut off connections, and cut off sources). For those who use religious activities to spread extremist ideas, any such person discovered must be resolutely investigated and punished in accordance with the law, and we must completely eradicate the soil that allows religious extremism to breed, spread, and penetrate.

(vi) Strive to create a new situation of work in the ideological field. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that we must “firmly grasp the leadership of ideological work” and that
“strengthening the struggle against separatism in the ideological field has a decisive role to play in winning the hearts of the people and constructing a solid foundation for long-term stability.” We must resolutely implement the General Secretary’s important instructions, thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, extensively carry out propaganda and education on the socialist core values and the Chinese dream, and enhance self-confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture. We must conscientiously implement the spirit of the Summary of Research on Several Historical Issues in Xinjiang (新疆若干历史问题研究纪要) and guide cadres and masses of all ethnic groups to firmly establish correct views on the country, history, ethnicity, religion, and culture. We must implement a responsibility system for ideological work, strengthen ideological and moral construction, strengthen positional construction and management, promote the development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries, and make literary and artistic creation flourish. We must adhere to using both offense and defense in strengthening Internet management, strengthen the construction of Internet content, give play to the Internet’s positive role, and maintain cybersecurity and create a clear and bright cyberspace. We must thoroughly carry out anti-separatist struggles in the ideological field, continue to thoroughly carry out Speaking up and Brandishing Blade (发声亮剑) activities, champion the main theme and spread positive energy, and ensure the security of the ideological field.

(vii) Strive to create a new situation of frontier consolidation. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that we must “ensure the consolidation of the frontier and ensure border security” and that “the situation in Xinjiang is related to the reunification of the motherland, ethnic unity, and national security.” We must resolutely implement the General Secretary’s important instructions, fully implement the overall national security outlook, observe the principle of having responsibility, acting responsibly, and fulfilling responsibilities for defending our turf, adhere to the combination of human, physical, and technological defense and joint defense and control by the Party, government, military, police, militia, and people, give full play to the role of port working groups, resolutely block hidden dangers outside the country, and ensure border security and the stability of the northwest frontier of the motherland.

(viii) Strive to create a new situation of a healthy ecosystem. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that “building an ecological civilization is a thousand-year plan for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation” and “Xinjiang’s ecological environment is fragile, and ecological security relates to future generations.” We must resolutely implement the General Secretary’s important instructions, firmly establish and practice the concept that clear waters and green mountains are invaluable assets and ice and snow are also invaluable assets, firmly establish the concept of socialist ecological civilization, strengthen the awareness of bottom lines, red lines, and high-voltage lines, persist in treating the ecological environment as one would treat a life, and accept slower economic development as preferable to the unacceptable cost of sacrificing the ecological environment. Adhere to the strict prohibition on the entry of “Three High” (三高) projects into Xinjiang, adhere to the people’s government’s “one-pen” approval system for energy and mineral resources development in the autonomous region and the “one-vote veto” system for environmental protection, implement the strictest ecological protection system and space use management system and the most stringent water resource management system, strengthen ecological protection construction, strengthen comprehensive environmental governance, do a good job of implementing the feedback and opinions of the Central Environmental Protection Inspectorate, actively promote the formation of green development methods and lifestyles, promote the formation of a new pattern of modernization construction for the harmonious development of man and nature, and build a beautiful Xinjiang with blue skies, green fields, and clear water.

(ix) Strive to create a new situation of reform and development of the XPCC. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that “the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) is an important force for Xinjiang’s economic and social development” and “the XPCC can only be strengthened and must not be weakened.” We must resolutely implement the General Secretary’s important instructions, firmly establish the idea of “the XPCC and the Region as one game of chess” adhere to the idea that the development of the XPCC is the development of Xinjiang, the growth of the XPCC is the growth of Xinjiang, and the reform of the XPCC is the reform of Xinjiang, fully support the development and growth of the XPCC, support the XPCC in improving its ability to maintain stability and protect borders, support the XPCC in deepening reforms, and support the XPCC’s southward development, actively promote the integrated development of the XPCC and Region, and have the XPCC better play its special role as a stabilizer, melting pot, and demonstration area.

(x) Strive to create a new situation of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that “comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is an endless journey” and “the key to doing a good job of Xinjiang work lies in the Party.” We must resolutely implement the General Secretary’s important instructions, conscientiously implement the general requirements of Party building in the new era, unswervingly govern the party comprehensively and strictly, treat the Party’s political construction as the commander, comprehensively strengthen the Party’s political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, work style construction, and discipline construction, and incorporate institutional construction throughout this process. We must persist in giving political construction top priority, effectively strengthen political consciousness, big-picture consciousness, core consciousness, and alignment consciousness, and view protecting General Secretary Xi Jinping, the core, as the greatest politics and the most important political discipline and political rule. We must identify with the core ideologically, protect the core politically, obey the core organizationally, and follow the core closely in action. We must firmly defend the core, love the core, and be absolutely loyal to the core, ensuring that although Xinjiang is far from the capital Beijing, the hearts of the Party committee of the autonomous region, Party organizations at all levels regionwide, and the vast ranks of Party members, and of cadres and people of all ethnic groups, are always closely attached to and closely linked with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core. At all times and under any circumstances, we must maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core in ideology, politics, and action, maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core in terms of political position, political direction, political principles, and political path, resolutely protect the authority and the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, implement without compromise the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and obey the orders and commands of the Party Central Committee in all our actions. We must unswervingly arm the mind with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, achieve an in-depth understanding of the context of the era, historical status, scientific system, spiritual essence, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, achieve an in-depth understanding of the firm faith and convictions, the clear-cut people’s standpoint, the strong historical responsibility, the truth-seeking and pragmatic style, the brave innovative spirit, and the scientific methodology that run through it, consolidate the foundation of faith, take spiritual “calcium” supplements, and keep a steady hand on the rudder of thought, and consciously be firm believers and loyal practitioners of the lofty ideals of Communism and the common ideals of socialism with Chinese characteristics. We must strengthen the building of leadership teams and the ranks of cadres, adhere to the principle of the Party’s management of cadres, insist on both morality and talent with priority given to morality, insist on searching all corners of the country and appointing people on their merits, insist on putting the cause first and acting in a fair and upright manner, insist on good cadre standards, place special emphasis on political standards, and promote and appoint cadres who are firmly grounded in the “Four Consciousnesses” and “Four Matters of Confidence,” who resolutely protect the authority of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, who fully implement the Party’s theory, line, principles, and policies, and who are loyal, honest, and responsible. We must focus on cultivating and training, and selecting and using, cadres in complex environments and on the front lines of the anti-separatist struggle, in village-stationed work and village-stationed work for managing places of worship, at the county, township and primary levels, and in hardship and remote areas, treat village stationing, village stationing to manage places of worship, and work in inland working groups and port working groups as important conditions for selecting and appointing cadres, and strive to build a high-quality and professional team of cadres. We must strengthen the construction of primary-level organizations and primary-level state powers, adhere to the focus on improving organizational strength, highlight political functions, give full play to the role of the village-stationed work teams and first secretaries, continue to rectify weak and lax primary-level Party organizations, promote the full coverage of primary-level Party organizations, and effectively build primary-level Party organizations into strong fighting fortresses for propagating the Party’s propositions, implementing the Party’s decisions, leading primary-level governance, uniting and mobilizing the masses, and promoting reform and development. We must focus on the development and growth of the ranks of Party members, focus on industrial workers, young farmers, students, and other groups, develop [people into] Party members on the frontlines of anti-terrorism, stability maintenance, and anti-separatist struggles, pay attention to the development of [people] from ethnic minorities into Party members, and give full play to the vanguard and exemplary role of Communist Party members. We must deeply promote the construction of Party style and clean government and the anti-corruption struggle and firmly establish the thought that although Xinjiang is at the forefront of the anti-separatist struggle and is the main battlefield, and the task of countering terrorism and maintaining stability is heavy, it has no special status as regards the issue of building Party style and clean government and struggling against corruption. We must adhere to the struggle against separatism on the one hand and the construction of a clean government and the struggle against corruption on the other hand, conscientiously implement principal responsibility and supervision responsibilities, resolutely implement the spirit of the Central Committee’s Eight-Point Regulations, persevere with integrity, discipline, and unremittingly rectify the “Four Malfeasances” (四风) and “Four Energies” (四气). We must insist on no forbidden zones, full coverage, and zero tolerance, adhere to a focus on containment, strong pressure, and long-term deterrence, insist on the blade of inspections being raised high, and consolidate the overwhelming momentum of the anti-corruption struggle. We must strengthen deterrence so that people dare not be corrupt, build a tight cage leaving them unable to be corrupt, and strengthen self-consciousness so that people do not want to be corrupt, and create a clean and upright political ecosystem, providing a strong guarantee for the realization of the overall goal of social stability and long-term stability.

Comrades, studying, propagating, and implementing the spirit of the 19th Party Congress is greatly significant and a great responsibility. Let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 19th Party Congress, earnestly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and important instructions on Xinjiang work, implement the Strategy for Governing Xinjiang of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, especially the overall objective of social stability and long-term stability, do not forget the original intention, keep in mind the mission, forge ahead, overcome difficulties, unite hearts and work hard, and strive to build a Chinese socialist Xinjiang that is united, harmonious, prosperous, civilized and progressive, where people live and work in peace and contentment, and write the Xinjiang chapter of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era.

Speech at the Second Plenary Session

(October 30, 2017)

This plenary session sincerely conveyed and studied the spirit of the 19th Party Congress, reviewed and approved the Resolution of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Ninth Committee of the Chinese Communist Party of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Deeply Studying, Communicating, and Implementing the Spirit of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and Creating a New Situation for Xinjiang’s Social Stability and Long-term Peace and Security under the Guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (Draft) ¹, and successfully completed all points on the agenda. During the meeting, everyone showed a high degree of political consciousness, a strong readiness to shoulder responsibility for the mission, and a high-spirited state of mind, fully expressed their infinite support and love for General Secretary Xi Jinping as the entire Party’s core, the people’s leader, the military’s commander-in-chief, and the leader of the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, fully expressed their incomparable pride in the 19^th Party Congress’s decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and embarking on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, fully expressed their firm confidence and determination in building a beautiful Xinjiang and realizing the dream of the motherland together under the brilliant guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and achieved the purpose of unifying thought, gathering strength, inspiring hearts, and invigorating the spirit. This is a meeting of unity, a meeting of success, and a meeting of progress.

Since the 18th Party Congress, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, with great political courage and a strong readiness to shoulder responsibility, has promoted historic changes in the cause of the Party and the country, and socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. In such a great era and standing at a new historical starting point, Xinjiang, a land of more than 1.6 million square kilometers, is as vigorous and full of promise as the 9.6 million square kilometers of the country as a whole. The more than 1.5 million Party members in Xinjiang are as loyal, determined, and ambitious as the more than 89 million Party members nationwide. The more than 23 million cadres and people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are as high-spirited and full of pride as the more than 1.3 billion people of all ethnic groups in the country. A great cause calls to us, and a solemn mission inspires us. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, we will march forward with impassioned, sonorous, powerful, and vigorous strides on the great journey in this new era. With a more determined attitude, a greater air of confidence, more solid measures, and a more pragmatic style, we will strive to build a Chinese socialist Xinjiang that is united, harmonious, prosperous, civilized, and progressive, where the people live and work in peace and contentment.

In the new era, we must raise ourselves to a new position. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that: “it is the fundamental requirement of our Party as a Marxist party to speak politics with a clear-cut stand.” Resolutely protecting the authority and the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core is the primary task in the Party’s political construction. General Secretary Xi Jinping has the heroic grand strategy, far-seeing vision, firm beliefs, and lofty qualities of a Marxist statesman, thinker, and strategist. He possesses extraordinary strategic determination, excellent leadership capabilities, outstanding charisma, and lofty strategic vision. He has won the heartfelt love and support of the whole Party, the whole military, and the people of all ethnic groups of the whole country. He is the core and leader of the Party that we deserve, the core and leader of the Party desired by the people, the core and leader of the Party that everyone hopes for, and the core and leader of the Party with high prestige. It is a blessing for the Party, the country, and the nation to have General Secretary Xi Jinping as the core and leader of our Party to lead the giant ship named China to ride the wind and waves, set sail to pursue dreams, and create brilliant glory. We must be sure to speak politics with a clear-cut stand, establish the “Four Consciousnesses” more firmly, and regard protecting General Secretary Xi Jinping’s position as core and authority as leader as the greatest politics and the most important political discipline and political rule. We must resolutely and firmly identify with the core ideologically, protect the core politically, obey the core organizationally, and follow the core closely in action. We must firmly defend the core, love the core, and be absolutely loyal to the core, ensuring that although Xinjiang is far from the capital Beijing, the hearts of the Party committee of the autonomous region, Party organizations at all levels regionwide, and the vast ranks of Party members, and of cadres and people of all ethnic groups, are always closely attached to and closely linked with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core. At all times and under any circumstances, we must maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core in ideology, politics, and action. At all times and under any circumstances, we must maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core in terms of political position, political direction, political principles, and political path, resolutely protect the authority and the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, implement without compromise the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and obey the orders and commands of the Party Central Committee in all our actions.

In the new era, we must implement new thought. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “ideological construction is the Party’s foundational construction.” Thought is the precursor of action, and scientific thought is the guiding light that shows the path. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the biggest theoretical gain and achievement of our Party since the 18th Party Congress. It is the greatest highlight and the biggest historical contribution of the report to the 19th Party Congress. It is another historic leap in the integration of Marxism-Leninism with China’s reality. It is a guide to action for the whole Party and the whole people to strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Shining bright and dazzling with the light of Marxist truth, it has opened up a new realm of the Sinicization of Marxism. We must be sure to treat Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the ideological soul that guides all work, the beacon of progress, and our scientific guide; as a fixed star, compass, and navigator in managing the fundamentals, the direction, and the long-term; and as the spiritual pillar, source of strength, and victory-securing magic weapon of all Party members and cadres. We must unswervingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to unify thought and action, and open up a brighter and more beautiful future in the new practice of Xinjiang’s stable development, letting Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era shine across the Tianshan Mountains and radiate a powerful force of truth.

In the new era, we must keep the new mission in mind. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that: “the original intention and mission of the Chinese Communists were to pursue happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation.” The sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are important members of the big family of the motherland, possessing pure feelings of love for the Party and the great motherland, the glorious tradition of safeguarding the unity of the motherland and unity of all ethnic groups, and an outstanding character of diligence, courage, and self-improvement. They are dear, lovable, and respected members of our family. We must be sure not to forget our original intention and keep our mission in mind, adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, always keep the people of all ethnic groups in the highest position in our hearts, always take the people’s yearning for a better life as the goal of our struggle, and always desire to be together, and work together, with people of all ethnic groups, caring for them passionately and loving them. With the readiness to shoulder responsibility of “hoping that everyone is full and warm” and with love for the people like “caring for each branch and each leaf,” we must do more heart-warming projects that improve production and living conditions, do more practical deeds that benefit the people, solve more practical difficulties of concern to people of all ethnic groups, and focus on the interest-related problems that most concern and most directly and practically affect the masses. We must do one thing and then turn to the next thing, working year after year, continuously enhancing the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the people of all ethnic groups and maximize the unity of the people of all ethnic groups around the Party and the government.

In the new era, we must present a new atmosphere. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “a good mental state is an important prerequisite for doing all work well.” Situated in a great era and keeping up with the pace of progress, we must always maintain an indomitable and energetic mental state. We must be sure to be high-spirited, forge ahead, have the courage to change, and have the courage to innovate, never be rigid and never be stagnant, dare to tackle tough problems, dare to foray into dangerous shoals, open a tunnel upon meeting a mountain and build a bridge upon meeting a river, continuously promote innovation in ideas, work, institutions, and mechanisms, strive to walk well the road of the long march in the new era, and always become the backbone in leading people of all ethnic groups to build Chinese socialist Xinjiang (中国特色社会主义新疆) and the bellwether in promoting social stability and long-term stability. We must promote righteousness and advocate new styles, champion values such as loyalty, sincerity, fairness, decency, seeking truth from facts, honesty, and integrity, resolutely oppose being two-faced and double-dealing, firmly and resolutely declare war on the “Four Malfeasances” and “Four Energies,” and always ensure we are loyal to the Party, perform duties and responsibilities fully, and be full of sincerity toward the masses. No matter the occasion or circumstance, we must always act in strict accordance with the principles and policies of the Party, maintain a vigorous, zealous, and righteous spirit, genuinely live up to being as the General Secretary requires of us, needing not the compliments of others, but only to spread positivity (不要人夸颜色好，只留清气满乾坤). We must have the courage to take responsibility and dare to act, insist on being loyal, honest, and responsible, vigorously champion the spirit of daring to take responsibility, forge the character of daring to take responsibility, dare to reveal one’s stance in the face of matters of great right and wrong, dare to step forward in the face of contradictions, dare to stand up in the face of danger, dare to take responsibility in the face of mistakes, and dare to struggle resolutely in the face of wrong and evil, being a vanguard and a model in the great struggle with many new historical features.

In the new era, we must demonstrate new actions. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is not something that can be achieved easily, by just making a lot of celebratory noises. The whole Party must be prepared to make harder and more difficult efforts.” Empty talk harms the country, hard and practical work makes it thrive. Building a harmonious and beautiful Xinjiang requires hard work and sweat, and it must be done step by step. We must work hard and keep our noses to the grindstone, constantly fight both day and night and act vigorously and resolutely, practice perseverance and dedication, spend all our time at our posts and lose ourselves in the work, keep our feet firmly planted in the reality on the ground, conscientiously implement the strategic deployments proposed by the Party Central Committee, implement the work arrangements made by the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region for implementing the spirit of the 19th Party Congress, take practical actions, formulate to-do lists, timetables, and roadmaps, progress one time-point by time-point on the schedule, accomplish our tasks in the spirit of grasping iron with the vigor to leave hand prints, stepping on stones with the vigor to leave footprints, and driving in nails, work with the tenacity of deeply rooted bamboo that is able to withstand the buffets of the wind from all directions, implement with an attitude such that failure to do a job well leaves our food seem tasteless and keeps us up at night, ensure the smooth realization of the goals, tasks, and strategic deployments set by the Party Central Committee, and never fail to live up to the high trust placed in us by the General Secretary and the Party Central Committee.

In the new era, we must write a new chapter. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “history will only favor those who are determined, those who strive, and those who fight. It will not wait for those who hesitate, those who are slack, and those who fear difficulties.” The vast land of great and beautiful Xinjiang provides a broad stage for exhibiting talents and a vast world for making achievements. Every one of us as members of the Communist Party must bravely be a pioneer, participant, and writer at the forefront of the times and insist on seeing our posts as a position to guard, seeing our work as a profession, and seeing dedication as a duty. We must take the initiative to integrate the pursuit of our personal ideals into the grand cause of the country and the nation as well as into the concrete practice of social stability and long-term stability in Xinjiang. We must firmly and resolutely implement the Party Central Committee’s Strategy for Governing Xinjiang, focus on the overall objective and deliver a good “combination punch,” unswervingly safeguard overall social harmony and stability, unswervingly promote sustainable and healthy economic development, unswervingly guarantee the improvement of people’s wellbeing, unswervingly consolidate ethnic unity, unswervingly promote religious harmony, unswervingly do a good job in ideological work, unswervingly ensure the consolidation of our frontiers, unswervingly protect the ecological environment, unswervingly promote the reform and development of the XPCC, unswervingly implement comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, create a new situation of continuous, long-term, and comprehensive stability and of healthy economic and social development in Xinjiang, hand in a passing exam sheet that can stand the test of practice, the people, and history, and take big strides towards a promising future.

Comrades, the beautiful blueprint drawn by the 19th Party Congress inspires us, and the sacred mission of the new era summons us. Let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, uphold Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as our guide, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 19th Party Congress, implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and important instructions on Xinjiang work, implement the Strategy for Governing Xinjiang of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, especially the overall objective of social stability and long-term stability, strive to compose the Xinjiang chapter of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era, and make unremitting efforts to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects, to win the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

(This issue is to be delivered to the county and regiment level)