Shanghai Non-Party Intellectuals Ideological and Political Work Exchange Meeting was held

China News Service, Shanghai, November 11 (Fan Yubin) On the 10th, the 2026 Shanghai Non-Party Intellectuals Ideological and Political Work Exchange Meeting was held. The meeting summarized and exchanged experiences and practices in the ideological and political work of non-party intellectuals in Shanghai, and studied and promoted the next step. Chen Tong, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

The meeting emphasized that the work of intellectuals outside the party is the basic and strategic work of the united front. In the new era, the domestic and international environment has undergone profound and complex changes. The strategies of rejuvenating the country through science and education, strengthening the country through talent, and innovation-driven development are in-depth advancement. Intellectuals outside the Party have become an important source of support and valuable human resources for the Party’s governance of the country.

The meeting pointed out that the united front departments at all levels in Shanghai must grasp the overall situation, think strategically, comprehensively enhance their sense of mission and responsibility, and keep pace with the times to do a good job in the united front work of non-party intellectuals. It is necessary to further strengthen the construction of the Federation of Knowledge and Information Technology and promote the upgrading of platform carriers from "tangible coverage" to "effective coverage". It is necessary to accurately grasp the positioning, strengthen standardized operation, and undertake the functions of learning and education, talent training, advice and suggestions, social services, and friendship and friendship; it is necessary to deepen ideological guidance, strictly implement the "first issue" system, make good use of scene teaching, implement hierarchical and classified learning, and implement the friendship and friendship system; it is necessary to consolidate Organizational construction, optimizing the membership structure, selecting and matching a strong leadership team, improving the organizational structure, and strengthening horizontal linkage; it is necessary to give full play to the group's advantages, implement daily management, strengthen guarantee support, continue to create a social service brand, organically integrate into social development and grassroots governance, and better serve economic and social development. It is necessary to further improve the whole-chain training mechanism, strengthen political theory training, on-the-job training, and job rotation exchanges, organize participation in political party consultations and special democratic supervision, actively create conditions for the growth of non-party people, and strive to build a team of non-party people with a sufficient number, a reasonable structure, and high quality.

At the meeting, three units including the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, the United Front Work Department of Minhang District Committee, and East China University of Science and Technology made exchange speeches.

The Party Committee of Shanghai Municipal Government Agencies adheres to the principle that "Party building leads the united front, and united front integrates into Party building", guiding the federation of intellectuals to shoulder its main responsibilities, build a strong brand, provide education, make friends, and serve the overall situation. It guides non-party intellectuals in municipal agencies and the Communist Party of China to work in the same mind and in the same direction, draw the largest concentric circles and gather the strongest centripetal force.

Minhang District relies on the Minhang Practical Training Base for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Returned Overseas Students from Shanghai to create an integrated training platform for ideological tempering, practical experience, and performance of duties for non-partisans and non-party intellectuals, and build a work pattern that cultivates talents in innovative practice and gathers talents in serving the overall situation.

East China University of Science and Technology insists on placing the work of non-party intellectuals in the overall development of the school's career. Through the establishment of innovative carriers such as "bi-monthly symposiums", "concentric lecture halls", "lunch exchange meetings" and "suggestion workshops", it guides the majority of non-party intellectuals to work together and take on their responsibilities, and promotes the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the work of non-party intellectuals.