History
In 2013,a meeting of the National Conference on Publicity and Ideology Work was held. In his speech,which later became known as the August 19 speech,General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping mentioned that "ideological work is an extremely important task of the Party","consolidating the guiding role of Marxism",and "the propaganda and ideology departments must fulfill their responsibilities". [1] [2] Xi also said that "we must tell the story of socialism with Chinese characteristics,the story of the Chinese dream,the story of the Chinese people,the story of China's excellent culture,and the story of China's peaceful development". [3] CCP Politburo Standing Committee member Liu Yunshan mentioned that "a small group of reactionary intellectuals use the Internet to spread rumors,attack and slander the Party's leadership,the socialist system and the state power. We must severely crack down on them." [4]
In August 2018,a meeting of the National Conference on Publicity and Ideological Work was held. CCP Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Huning chaired the meeting,while CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech. [5] [6] Xi stated the importance of "telling China's stories well and disseminating a positive Chinese narrative." [7] [8]
In 2023,the meeting was renamed to the National Conference on Publicity,Ideology and Cultural Work. [9] During the conference meeting held on 7–8 October 2023,CCP members put forward the Xi Jinping Thought on Culture. CCP Politburo Standing Committee member Cai Qi,who chaired the meeting,read an instruction from Xi,which called on cultural,ideological,and propaganda work to focus on the "primary political task of arming the whole party and educating the people with the party's innovative theories". [10]
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