On the morning of January 27, the first executive council meeting of the 8th Council of The China Soong Ching Ling Foundation was held in the former residence of Soong Ching Ling. Li Bin, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, presided over the meeting and made a speech.
Before the meeting, a ceremony to commemorate the 129th anniversary of Song Qingling's birth was held in the prologue hall of Song Qingling's life exhibition. Li Bin presented flower baskets to the statue of Song Qingling, and led the vice chairman and executive director of the new council to stand solemnly and bow three times in front of the statue of Song Qingling, expressing deep remembrance and high respect.
Li Bin pointed out that the purpose of holding the meeting on the occasion of the 129th anniversary of Soong Ching-ling's birth is to deeply remember Comrade Soong Ching-ling's outstanding contributions to China's revolution, construction, and reform, to the cause of world peace and human progress, to inherit and carry forward Soong Ching-ling's lofty spirit of "always being with the party," to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Eighth Council Meeting, to study and deploy the key work of the Eighth Council to start the first stage, to strive to practice the purpose of "peace, reunification, and the future," and to continuously promote the high-quality development of the foundation cause in the new era.
Li Bin stressed that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on the work of the foundation to always grasp the theme of the times, study and implement the speech requirements of Comrades Wang Yang and You Quan at the eighth council meeting, and promote the work of the eighth council to a new level. It is necessary to strengthen political consciousness and uphold and strengthen the party's overall leadership over the foundation. Deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", persistently promote the party's innovative theoretical armament, continuously improve political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, enhance the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", achieve "two safeguards", and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core in ideological and political actions. Always grasp the fundamental requirements of the theme of the times, and take the important instructions and requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the work of the foundation as the fundamental observance of the development of the foundation's cause in the new era. It is necessary to take the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Association as an opportunity to carry forward the lofty spirit of Soong Ching-ling and actively carry out commemorative activities. It is necessary to focus on the center and serve the overall situation, and conscientiously do a good job in all the work of the opening year of the eighth council. We should regard greeting the Twentieth National Congress of the Party and studying, publicizing, and implementing the spirit of the Twentieth National Congress of the Party as a major political task throughout the year, consolidate and expand the achievements in the study and education of party history, carry forward the great spirit of party building, and transform the political enthusiasm radiated by the study and education of party history into a powerful driving force for promoting the development of the cause. Adhere to the general tone of steady words and steady progress, and promote the active integration of foundation work into the overall situation of party and state work. Deepen people-to-people exchanges between China and foreign countries, focus on improving the layout of work; expand exchanges with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and strive to improve the effectiveness of work; persist in educating talents for the party and the country, and strive to give full play to their unique advantages; deepen public welfare charity and strive to improve the level of specialization. It is necessary to strengthen the role of the main body and gather the wisdom and strength of the vast number of directors. The director is a valuable resource of the foundation and an important force to promote the development of the foundation's cause, and the executive director should take the lead in performing his duties and fulfilling his responsibilities. The foundation should build a platform carrier for the directors to play a role, effectively strengthen the contact with the directors, strengthen activities and project planning, further enrich the form of director participation, broaden the channels for directors to participate, and strive to enable each director to display his talents and realize his own value on the foundation platform, work together to promote the new development of the foundation in the new era, make new and greater contributions to the realization of the second centenary goal and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and greet the party's 20th victory with practical actions!
The vice chairmen and executive directors attending the meeting combined with the study and implementation of the spirit of the speeches made by Comrade Wang Yang and You Quan at the Eighth Council Meeting, and actively offered suggestions and suggestions for doing a good job in the future work, especially the work in 2022, and put forward opinions and suggestions. The meeting deliberated and adopted the "Working Rules of the Standing Council of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation" and the "Key Points of the Work of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation in 2022".
Vice Chairmen Long Mingbiao, Wang Ning, Hang Yuanxiang, Jing Dunquan, Yu Qun, Ding Jie, Deputy Secretary-General Wu Dianwu, Li Anjin and other executive directors attended the meeting.