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People Celebrate CPC's Anniversary Nationwide
A high-level forum attended by well-known Chinese sociologists was held here Thursday at the People's University of China to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Peng Peiyun, vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Song Ping, a former member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, were among the 100-strong participants.
In related developments, the office workers of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held a conference Thursday afternoon for the same purpose. Vice chairmen of the CPPCC National Committee Chen Junsheng, Zhu Guangya, Wan Guoquan, Chen Jinhua, Zhao Nanqi, Jing Shuping, Luo Haocai, Zhou Tienong and Wang Wenyuan attended the gathering.
Zheng Wantong, the secretary-general of the CPPCC National Committee, made a speech saying that history proves that the CPC is creditably a great, glorious and correct party, and that the leadership of the Party is the choice of history and the Chinese people.
In recent days, people across the country have been celebrating the 80th birthday of the CPC in various forms.
Local organizations of the Chinese Communist Youth League in this national capital have launched a series of programs including symposiums, art performances and other kinds of activities to mark the occasion.
In Hunan Province, home province of late Chinese leaders Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi, local publishers are taking the opportunity to publish a large number of books and other publications on the history of China and the Party.
Local people in Jilin Province, in the northeast, have been involved in various kinds of large-scaled art performances and exhibitions in celebration of the Party's anniversary.
The students of Shanxi University, in Taiyuan City, the capital of Shanxi Province, are being entertained with a film week to mark the Party's anniversary.
Private entrepreneurs in Shenyang, the capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, recently sponsored a concert, with all programs written, directed and performed by these private business people.
At the headquarters of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), in Beijing, and at army barracks around the country, artists and amateurs in uniform have been rehearsing or performing a large number of concerts and other forms of art performances to mark the anniversary of the CPC.
The media are among the busiest groups celebrating the Party's anniversary. Xinhua, the People's Daily, China Central Television, the Guangming Daily, the Economic Daily and other major media units have published a large number of commentaries, articles and news stories to promote the festive mood among the public.
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