Publicity Work Should Support West Development Strategy: OfficialA senior Party official has called for focusing on and supporting China's ambitious strategy to develop the vast western areas.Ding Guangen, head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, told a meeting of publicity heads at provincial levels that publicity organs should attach more importance to the west development program. The meeting was held in this capital city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China from August 16 to 18. Ding said that the west development strategy is a major decision made by the CPC Central Committee. "The strategy is of great significance to promoting the country 's reform and development and to the unity of all ethnic groups and social stability of the country," he said. Efforts should be taken to ensure that more people know about the country's west, and participate in developing the vast region, he said. He also urged publicity officials to conduct grass-root investigations and put forward strategic, forward-looking and feasible proposals for developing the west. |
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