People's Daily Marks CPC 80th AnniversaryThe People's Daily held a grand gathering in commendation of CPC grassroots advanced units, model Party members and Party affair workers on Tuesday afternoon to solemnly mark the 80th anniversary of the CPC. Sonorous songs such as "Dear Party Mama", "Unity is Strength" and "March into the New Age", etc echoed in the Conference Hall, pushing the commemoration to a new high.Bai Keming, president of People's Daily, turned up and addressed the gathering. In his speech, he said that in the past 80 years the CPC, at the head of the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, has achieved one and another great successes in leading China's revolution, construction and reform. It has arduous and indefatigable struggles carried out which composed a glorious canto of Chinese history and won the devout love and esteem of the Chinese people, he said. The CPC's 80-year glorious history strikes home to people that from a combination of basic Marxist theories with the practice of Chinese revolution and construction, a firm reliance on the vast majority of people's masses and a tightening of Party ranks there has been the rise of today's China. People's Daily released the "Decision on Commending Advanced Party Organizations at the Grassroots Levels, Excellent Party Members and Workers for Party Affairs" by People's Daily Organ Committee. Twenty-one CPC organizations at grassroots level, 90 excellent Party members and 37 excellent Party workers for Party affairs were honored. Twenty-six new CPC members made their pledges under the bright-colored Party flag. More than one thousand staff members from various subsidiaries of the press formed into 17 choruses in singing praises of China's achievements, their aspirations and heartfelt wishes to the CPC. At the end, the whole gathering joined in a standing chorus of "The New China would be nonexistent without the Communist Party!". Leaders of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and other departments participated in the gathering. By PD Online Staff Du Minghua |
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