China to Build Popular United FrontChina will strengthen the united front work, a magic weapon of the Communist Party of China (CPC), in the new century, said the top official in charge of CPC united front work.Wang Zhaoguo, head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, said in an interview that it is not enough to solely rely on the 60 million CPC members to develop the socialist democratic politics, promote socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, and realize the reunification of the motherland. Therefore, it is necessary to consolidate and develop the most popular patriotic united front and to fully activate all walks of society to achieve more victories, said Wang, who is also vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The society has become more diversified since China started its reform and opening up drive in the late 1970s. A diversified China requires a more comprehensive united front work to obtain unity to utmost. The national conference on united front work of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened in Beijing last December 4. Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese president, made an important speech at the conference, stressing that the Party's united front work should be consolidated in the 21st century. |
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