Chinese President Hu Jintao
instructed the country's leading officials and Party cadres to
place "building a harmonious society" top on their work agenda,
when addressing a high-level Party seminar Saturday held in
Beijing.
"The CPC and the central government have made it an important
task to build a harmonious society, which served the fundamental
interests of the people," said Hu, who is also general secretary of
the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
He made the remarks at the opening ceremony of a 7-day training
course, which was offered by the Party School of the CPC Central
Committee and attended by major provincial- and ministerial-level
leaders.
Hu said those senior officials should meet the goal by adopting
a step-by-step approach but he stressed the importance of
establishing a fine-tuned management system and the capacity of
dealing with serious problems.
Hu said currently it was important to balance the interests
between different social groups, to avoid conflicts and to make
sure people live a safe and happy life in a politically stable
country.
A harmonious society will feature democracy, the rule of law,
equity, justice, sincerity, amity and vitality, he said.
Such a society will give full scope to people's talent and
creativity, enable all the people to share the social wealth
brought by reform and development, and forge an ever closer
relationship between the people and government. These things will
result in lasting stability and unity, he said.
Chinese Vice President and President of the Party School Zeng Qinghong
presided over the opening ceremony. Members of the Standing
Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Wen Jiabao,
Wu
Guanzheng, and Li Changchun
were also present at the seminar.
(Xinhua News Agency February 20, 2005)