Foreign Media Concern: The CCP's New Journey in the Next Hundred Years "Successors"

Looking ahead, the Chinese Communist Party has stepped up efforts to recruit young people into the party, with more than 80 percent of newly developed party members since January 2020 being 35 and under, according to a july 2 report on the website of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post.

On Thursday, the day before its 100th anniversary, the Chinese Communist Party announced that its total membership reached more than 95 million, up 3.5 percent from the end of 2019.

The report noted that from January 1, 2020 to June 5, 2021, more than 4.7 million party members were developed, most of them young people.

According to reports, the People's Daily pointed out: "In terms of the construction of the contingent of party members, party organizations at all levels have always insisted on putting political standards in the first place, strictly checking, ensuring quality, optimizing the structure, continuously absorbing advanced elements from all walks of life into the party, and at the same time strengthening the education, management, and supervision services for party members." ”

Xiao Zhong, a 22-year-old university graduate from Guangzhou, was sworn in in november last year. Xiao Zhong said: "I feel that I should join the party, because the outstanding students have joined the party, and I also want to be one of them." It's the same as going to a good business and going to a good university. ”

Xiao Li, 20, said the process for recruiting party members was strict and not everyone could get approval. The sophomore in Shanghai submitted an application to join the party two years ago but has been under "inspection." Xiao Li said: "The standard is very strict. ”

According to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, many party members are well educated, professionally qualified, and elites in their respective fields. At present, 52.0% of party members with college degree or above account for 52.0%.

The report quoted scholars as saying that efforts to develop more young party members are closely linked to the party's next centennial goals.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has set two goals for the Chinese Communist Party: to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way this year and to build a "socialist modern power" by 2049.

Scholars said: "These young people will be the ones who will achieve the second centenary goal, and developing them into the party will ensure that there will be successors to the party's cause, and they will become the backbone of our future socialist modernization." ”

Xiao Zhong said that although group study and other activities take up a lot of her personal time, as a party member, she has a sense of mission. "My classmates and I believe that the Chinese Communist Party can constantly innovate itself and lead China to a better future," she said. ”

Scholars pointed out: "The party's anti-epidemic achievements have greatly enhanced the image and further demonstrated that the Chinese Communist Party is the people's political party, which also explains why many people want to join the party since last year." ”

According to a white paper released in June last year, more than 39 million party members and cadres across the country are fighting on the front line of the fight against the epidemic.

In addition, the Associated Press also published an observation report on July 2 that training centers like the Jinggangshan Cadre College played a key role in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Cpc.

Zhou Xiaojing, who works at a bank, said Jinggangshan was "a shock to the soul and a baptism." "When I came here, I felt that my faith as a Communist Party member had become stronger."

According to the report, the CPC Central Committee decided to carry out party history study and education in the whole party in 2021.

The report pointed out that the Jinggangshan Cadre College is one of three cadre colleges in the country for senior professionals and Communist Party officials. Located in the mountains of Jiangxi Province, this campus has dormitories, auditoriums, libraries and restaurants.

According to the report, students who attend the two-week "Jinggangshan Spirit" course spend 6 and a half hours a day in class, starting at 8:30 a.m. and occasionally having activities in the evening.

Chen Shenghua, director of the Party History Education Research Center of Jinggangshan Cadre College, said: "General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out that the centenary of our party is a hundred years of dedication to practicing the original mission. ”

He said that studying party history is "the obligation of every party member cadre, the masses and young people."

Source: Reference News Network