Qiushi Journal Issue Preview: No.2, 2024

An article on the Party's united front work in the new era by General Secretary Xi Jinping was published on Issue No. 2, 2024, Qiushi Journal.

The most important achievement of the Party's united front work since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012 is the development of the important thought on improving the Party's united front work in the new era. The thought has provided a set of new concepts, ideas and strategies to enhance and improve the united front work, the article notes.

The article summarizes the thought into 12 aspects:

-- The important role of the united front should be given full play;

-- Efforts should be done to pool support and strength;

-- Efforts should be done to balance commonality and diversity;

-- China's new type of political party system should be upheld, developed and improved;

-- The Party's work on ethnic affairs should focus on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation;

-- The principle that religions in China must be Chinese in orientation should be upheld;

-- Better work should be done to unite intellectuals who are not Party members and people from emerging social groups;

-- Efforts should be made to facilitate the healthy development of the non-public sector and those working in it;

-- United front work in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan and among overseas Chinese should be improved to rally support;

-- The ranks of non-Party representative figures should be strengthened;

-- The laws underlying the united front work should be better understood;

-- The Party's overall leadership over the united front work should be enhanced.

The article calls on the whole Party to fully and faithfully implement the thought.

Readers will find in this issue an editorial piece, inspired by General Secretary Xi’s vision, on how to build a strong socialist country and rejuvenate the Chinese nation through the Party's united front work.

Wang Yi’s article offers insights on how to implement the guidelines of the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs, so as to create new achievements in major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.

The article by the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee elaborates on how to promote the high-quality development of united front work in the new era under the guidance of the CPC's new theoretical innovations.

One Qiushi commentary studies and reviews the important thoughts on the Party’s self-reform by Xi Jinping, and the other delves into the guidelines of the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs.

Hu Changsheng, Secretary of CPC Gansu Provincial Committee, provides his views on how to ensure government officials perform in the interests of people.

The article by the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group expounds on the advancement of rural revitalization in a vigorous and effective manner.

The article by the CPC Leadership Group of the Ministry of Civil Affairs illustrates strategies for high-quality development of civil affairs in the course of achieving Chinese modernization.

The CPC Leadership Group of the State Administration for Market Regulation discusses about what efforts can be made to ensure fair competition in market which is of vital importance to our socio-economic development.

Jiang Yi's article introduces how the electric-power industry supports China’s high-quality development by pursuing green and low-carbon development.

The articles of Zhang Zheng and Zhao Cheng both delve into Xi Jinping thought on culture. Zhang elaborates Xi Jinping thought on culture from the perspective of meeting people’s expectations and earning their approval, while Zhao introduces Zhejiang Province’s initiatives to promote the development of modern civilization of the Chinese nation in the new era.

The CPC Leadership Group of the National Health Commission tells stories of China’s medical aid teams dispatched abroad.

The issue closes with diagrams released by the National Bureau of Statistics which show Yangtze River Delta Regional Development Index (2015-2022).

Editor: Yi Xiaowei