Yan Hua, secretary of the Yongzhou Municipal Party Committee. Photo by Liu Man
Yongzhou, March 3 (Liu Man) "We must understand the role of the united front magic weapon from a political height, do a good job in winning people's hearts, rallying people's hearts, and uniting people's hearts, and continue to integrate the advantages of the united front into the overall situation of the service center." Yan Hua, secretary of the Yongzhou Municipal CPC Committee in Hunan Province, said in an interview with reporters a few days ago on the study and implementation of the newly revised "Regulations on the Work of the United Front of the Communist Party of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") that he would earnestly shoulder the responsibility of the "first responsible person," further strengthen the overall planning of united front work in various fields, enhance the level of institutionalization, standardization, and proceduralization of the city's united front work, continue to exert force, precise force, and exert great efforts in building a large united front pattern, give full play to the role of the united front as an important magic weapon, and implement the "three highs and four new" strategy. Building a modern new Hunan contributes to the strength of Yongzhou.
Located in the south of Hunan Province, Yongzhou is an important gateway to Guangdong, Guangxi and southwestern Hunan. In recent years, the Yongzhou Municipal CPC Committee has attached great importance to united front work, continuously built a pattern of unified united front work under the unified leadership of the party committee, coordinated by the United Front Work Department, and each party concerned is responsible for its own responsibilities, conscientiously fulfilled the main responsibility of the united front work, and solidly promoted the in-depth integration and resonance of departmental functions with the united front work, releasing a powerful effect of promoting the cause of the united front and helping high-quality economic and social development.
In Daxu Town, Yongzhou Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Caochuan Natural Village, cement roads lead to every household. Photo by Liang Tiansheng
Yan Hua introduced that in 2020, Yongzhou's private economy achieved an added value of 154.028 billion yuan, accounting for 73.1% of GDP, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year; the democratic parties around vocational education, biomedicine, and the development of big data industry came up with a number of high-quality research reports, most of which were transformed into practical results to promote the high-quality development of Yongzhou; 38 municipal leaders and 287 united front members carried out friendship and friendship activities, in order to promote the economic and social development of Yongzhou, a group of good counselors, good helpers, and good colleagues were gathered. "Fully embody the role of the united front as a magic weapon and the importance of united front work."
Yongzhou is also a multi-ethnic area, with 48 ethnic minorities such as Yao, Zhuang and Miao in its jurisdiction, accounting for 11.6% of the city's total population, and is one of the key cities and prefectures in Hunan Province for ethnic work. All along, the Yongzhou Municipal Party Committee has fully implemented the party's ethnic theory and ethnic policy, and done a solid job in all aspects of national unity and progress.
At present, 21 ethnic township administrative villages in Yongzhou City have achieved 100% of the four 4G network coverage, optical fiber access rate, bus connection rate, and (asphalt) cement roads; all poor villages in ethnic minority areas have been lifted out of poverty, and 36,400 households and 149,700 ethnic minorities have been comprehensively lifted out of poverty; all schools above primary schools in ethnic minority areas have been built into qualified schools, and the standardization of compulsory education, township health centers, and village clinics has achieved full coverage, laying a solid foundation for the comprehensive construction of a well-off society in ethnic minority areas.
Since the promulgation of the Regulations on December 21, 2020, Yan Hua has continuously led the members of the leading group of the Municipal Party Committee to study in depth and repeatedly. He said: The conspicuous feature of the revision of the "Regulations" is that the party's centralized and unified leadership over united front work runs through the whole text, and special stipulations have been made on building a pattern of unified leadership by party committees, coordination by united front work departments, and each party concerned shouldering its own responsibilities.
Yan Hua said that in the next stage, efforts will be made from five aspects: consolidating the main responsibility of the party committee, compacting the responsibility of the first responsible person of the party committee secretary, attaching importance to giving play to the leading role of the members of the leading body of the party committee, giving full play to the functions and roles of the united front work department, and forming a joint force for joint management and joint management, thoroughly implementing the provisions of the "Regulations", earnestly strengthening the party's centralized and unified leadership over united front work, building a pattern of united front work, extensively gathering consensus, rallying people's hearts and minds, and condensing forces, and uniting and leading the vast number of united front members. Contribute wisdom and strength to Yongzhou's efforts to accelerate the construction and integration into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Leading Zone, the Shonan Xiangxi Industrial Transfer Demonstration Zone, the ASEAN Pilot Zone for Opening Up and Cooperation, the National Regional Comprehensive Transportation Hub City and the Famous Cultural and Eco-tourism City. (End)
Source: China News Network