On September 1, 2022, the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (Chinese Academy of Governance) held an opening ceremony for the fall semester of 2022, which was attended by China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong (CELAP), China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong Jinggangshan (CELAJ), and China Executive Leadership Academy Yan’an (CELAY) through a video conference system. Chen Xi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, President of the Central Party School (Chinese Academy of Governance), and President of CELAP, CELAJ, and CELAY, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech, in which he emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s guiding principles put forward at the Thematic Seminar for Main Provincial-Level Leaders. He stressed the importance to acquire a deep understanding of the decisive significance of the establishment of both Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (“Two Establishments”), boost our consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment with the central Party leadership (“Four Consciousnesses”), stay confident in the path, the theory, the system, and the culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics (“Four Confidents”), and firmly uphold Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and uphold the Central Committee’s authority and its centralized, unified leadership (“Two Upholds”). On that basis, he proposed to use concrete actions to celebrate the opening of the 20th National Congress of the CPC in the second half of the year.
Chen Xi noted that the “Two Establishments” are the most significant political achievements of the Party in the new era drawing upon historical experience and that they are the fundamental guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the new journey to fully build a modern socialist China. He encouraged the Party leaders to explore the theoretical, historical, and practical logic of the “Two Establishments” by drawing wisdom from Marxist theories, the Party’s century-long endeavors, and the historic achievements and changes the Party has made in the new era. He also stressed the need to firmly uphold the “Two establishments” and resolutely implement the “Two Upholds” as the overarching political principles and fundamental political responsibilities, so that they are reflected in the daily work and in everything the leaders say and do. Chen Xi urged the Party leaders to unswervingly safeguard the authority and centralized leadership of the CPC Central Committee, and further learn, understand, and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, as part of an effort to improve their political judgment, awareness, and execution. Overall, the leaders must dare assume responsibilities and make hard efforts to contribute to China’s endeavor to comprehensively build a modern socialist country.
The ceremony was attended by Zhuge Yujie, Deputy Secretary of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and First Vice President of CELAP, Yan Shuang, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Sun Ganlin, Deputy Director-General of the Organization Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Li Zhimin, Deputy Director of the Research Office of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Prof. Cao Wenze, Executive Vice President of CELAP, and other leaders of CELAP. All the participants, faculty and staff of CELAP, and the responsible persons of the Kunshan branch, watched the ceremony live at the branch venue in CELAP.