Premier Zhu Rongji Meets HistoriansZhu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Political Bureau, met with members of the institute and people who were here attending a symposium on work of the nation's research institutes of culture and history. Zhu congratulated CRICH on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, saying that the establishment of CRICH reflects the government's policy of respecting knowledge and talents. He expressed the hope that the scholars will further give full play to their specialty and make more efforts to develop the outstanding culture of the Chinese nation. CRICH was established in Beijing in 1951, with the approval of late Chinese leaders Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and other veteran proletarian revolutionaries. The new institute aims at carrying out the CPC's policy of maintaining a united front, and bringing together senior intellectuals with expertise in researching culture and history. |
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