A meeting was held in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Monday to celebrate the 70th founding anniversary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the State Council, and Central Military Commission (CMC) sent a congratulatory letter to the Corps on its milestone.
The letter highlighted historic contributions made by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps over the past seven decades, especially its progress in promoting development in Xinjiang, enhancing ethnic unity, maintaining social stability, and strengthening national border defense.
Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the Corps has deepened exchanges and interactions with local communities and ethnic groups to work together for common prosperity. It has made comprehensive progress and historic achievements in various undertakings, playing an irreplaceable strategic role in achieving social stability and long-term peace in Xinjiang, the letter noted.
Standing at a new historical starting point, it is hoped that the Corps, while focusing on the overall objectives of work in Xinjiang, will prioritize forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, continuously enhance their stability and border defense capabilities, closely address people's livelihoods to promote high-quality development, and further deepen reforms comprehensively while advancing the integrated development between the Corps and local communities.
The Corps is also expected to make new and greater contributions to advance the construction of a strong nation and the great rejuvenation of the nation through Chinese modernization, the letter added.
Entrusted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting and extended warm congratulations to the Corps over its 70th founding anniversary on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, and the CMC.
He pointed out that in the new era, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps should continue to serve social stability and national security in Xinjiang, promote high-quality development, and create a golden passage between Asia and Europe and a gateway of the country's westward opening up.
He also encouraged the Corps to strengthen itself and play a greater role in building a beautiful Xinjiang and achieving the overall objectives of Xinjiang's work.
China marks 70th founding anniversary of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
