Jiang's Speech on Party BuildingJiang Zemin, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, called for redoubled efforts to enhance Party building in the new century to improve the Party's work style, solve the problems within the Party organization and fight against corruption.Jiang made the remark in his speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 15th CPC Central Committee, which is carried in the latest edition of the Qiu Shi magazine. Jiang said that the essence of Marxism is to emancipate the mind and seek truth from fact, saying that this is the fundamental ideological weapon to enable the Party members to understand new things, adapt themselves to the new situation and accomplish new tasks. He also urged the whole Party to keep studying Marxism, Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, and abide by the fundamental theory of Marxism in building socialism. On the Party's style of work, Jiang said that the Party must be resolute in combating formalism and bureaucracy. Jiang urged Party members, especially leading officials, to resolutely implement the Party's guide lines and policies and work hard for the benefits of the people. |
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