Qiushi Journal Issue Preview: No.7, 2024

An article by General Secretary Xi Jinping on the CPC's commitment to placing the people above all else was published in this year's seventh issue of Qiushi Journal.

The article emphasizes that the people are the true heroes, for it is they who create history. The CPC comes from the people, has its roots among the people, and is dedicated to serving the people. It has in the people its foundations, its lifeblood, and its source of strength. In other words, the people represent the deepest foundation of our country and the greatest source of confidence for our Party. Hence, it is our immutable goal to satisfy the people's yearning for a better life.

This country is its people; the people are the country. As the CPC has led the people in fighting to establish and develop the People's Republic, it has really been fighting for their support. Standing on the people's side represents the fundamental political stance of the CPC, and it is what distinguishes a Marxist political party from other political parties, says the article, adding that everything the Party does is to realize, safeguard, and advance the fundamental interests of the greatest possible majority of the people.

Upholding the Party's fundamental purpose of wholeheartedly serving the people, we should implement the Party's mass line, respect the people's principal position and creativity, and ensure Party's ties with the people are closer than before. We will always stand together with our people and share a close affinity with them. By making their priorities our own and putting their wishes into action, we will continue working to realize their aspirations for a better life.

We will continue to develop whole-process people's democracy by improving the system of institutions through which the people run the country, thus stimulating the people's enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity.

The article emphasizes a people-centered development philosophy and calls for efforts to resolve the pressing difficulties and problems that concern the people most as well as more notable and substantive progress in promoting common prosperity for all, so as to ensure that the gains of modernization benefit all the people fairly.

Readers will find in this issue an editorial piece inspired by Xi's vision.

Other contributors to this issue also offer their insights into the topic of placing the people above all else from different perspectives. They are the Executive Council of the Central Party School (National Academy of Governance), the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, and reporters with Xinhua News Agency.

Wang Ning, Secretary of the CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee and Chairman of the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, shares his vision for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, based on the practice of ethnic work in Yunnan Province.

The article by Yin Hejun, Minister and Secretary of the CPC Leadership Group of the Ministry of Science and Technology, explains how the scientific and technological advances boost the development of new quality productive forces.

The CPC Leadership Group of the Ministry of Justice studies and illustrates General Secretary Xi Jinping's statements on strengthening the rule of law in foreign affairs.

China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration expounds on how to present to the world true and objective stories about Chinese modernization.

The CPC Leadership Group of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration introduces the notable results made through the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program (TSFP) and valuable experience of combating desertification in the TSFP.

The article by Liu Jingzhen, President of China National Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. and Secretary of the Group's Party Committee, outlines the Group's steps to advance the Healthy China Initiative through high-level scientific and technological innovations.

The article by Liu Yuanchun, President of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, interprets how to understand “it is essential to further supply-side structural reform and focus on coordinated efforts to expand effective demand,” which was put forward at the Central Economic Work Conference held from December 11 to 12, 2023.

This issue closes with a diagram released by the National Bureau of Statistics which shows major indicators of China's national economy from January to February in 2024.

Editor: Yi Xiaowei