On May 10th, a seminar for theoretical studies was held via Tencent Meeting Application by the Party Committee of the university, which is intended to relay the spirit of the meetings launched by the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Standing Committee of the Municipal Government of Shanghai. Li Mingfu, Party secretary of the university, chaired the seminar and claimed that all of us should make an in-depth, thorough and complete gist of the policies and principles promulgated by the Party Central Committee for the prevention and control of the Pandemic and maintain a high degree of unity with the Party morally, ideologically and politically; we must strive to consolidate the hard-won achievements in confronting against the Covid-19 Pandemic by conforming to the strategic decisions made by the Party Central Committee and the Municipal Government of Shanghai; we must unite together to win the war to defend Shanghai and the battle to carry out the dynamic zero-COVID policy.
With a full attendance of the Theoretical Studies Center of the University Party Committee, all the members focused on the spirit of the two speeches President Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Party Committee, delivered respectively on March 17th and May 5th, the address he gave when he inspected Renmin University of China, as well as the spirit of the enlarged meeting held by Shanghai Municipal Party Committee on May 5th and conducted a hot discussion.
A common understanding was achieved in the seminar that now we are at a critical point in fighting against the Covid-19 Pandemic and like rowing upstream, we would have to suffer a setback if we didn’t advance. President Xi convened the meeting attended by all the members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, making an analysis of what to do next for the prevention and control against the Pandemic with a significant deployment. This provided us with a guideline to help us win the war to defend our city, infuse us with much courage and enhance our confidence and determination. All of us must study and further implement the concerning policies presented by the Party Central Committee and the Municipal Government for the prevention and control against the Pandemic with an iron hand to carry out the relevant tasks so as to form a barricade decisively to shield our university from the Pandemic and make our contribution to defeat it and defend our city.
While sparing no pains to protect our university from the Pandemic, the administration has been taking into first consideration the safety and health of all the teachers and students in the spirit of the speeches delivered by President Xi Jinping.
All of us united together, exhausted our strength, and worked hard day and night to overcome the current difficulties. Thanks to the joint efforts of all the involved parties, now the situation has been much improved with stability. What the university will have to do next is to enhance our competence to deal with emergencies in the New Normal to prevent and control the Pandemic, to urge all to develop a sense of responsibility and an awareness of self-protection, and to stay alert all the time and keep a close watch on our campuses. We, especially the administration at different levels, have to realize the complexity and arduousness of the war against the Pandemic, spread positive energies, play our roles as vanguards and set good examples for all, and take the lead to implement the policies made for the prevention and control of the Pandemic in various communities and on the campuses of this university.
The spirit of the address President Xi gave at Renmin University of China was relayed to all at the meeting. It was agreed that President Xi has been thinking very highly of the educational cause with great hopes on the vast majority of young people, which will help us fulfill the fundamental missions in morality education and talent training and steer us to cultivate talents with a strong sense of social responsibility in the new era. Now notably, we must make good use of the ideological courses in the broad sense to help the teachers and students develop their patriotism, promote their dauntless fighting spirit and take the initiative to shoulder the responsibilities in their social practice to confront against the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Li Hexing, president and deputy secretary of the Party committee of SUEP, argued that the decisions made by the Central Party Committee and the Municipal Government of Shanghai are no other than the fundamental guidelines for us to designate a plan in entirety to engage the Pandemic and seek further development. He stressed that all of us should enhance our political awareness, arouse our dauntless fighting spirit, unite together to fight against the Pandemic and hold firm the faith to win the final battle by making full of the present advantages. Meanwhile, further measures should be taken with an iron hand and a meticulous routine to show the actually deep concern to all the teachers and students so that a strong barricade will be formed to shield us all from the external threats and dangers and a benign atmosphere will be created for the administration to make a plan in entirety to serve the purposes of preventing and controlling the Pandemic and seeking further development for all at the same time.
Li Mingfu concluded that the mobilization of the Central Party Committee was a great inspiration and encouragement for the whole city and the whole university to strive to win this tough war. He argued that we must try to reach an agreement to remove all the barriers, keep alert all the time and take immediate actions to implement the tasks to prevent and control the Pandemic on the campuses. He also urged that all the faculty and students make active response to the requirements set forth by President Xi oriented to higher education and the growth of youth so as to welcome the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with that factual actions and political awareness to run education well enough to meet the demands of the people.
Contributor: Division of Publicity Affiliate to the University Party Committee