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The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China reviewed and approved the decision on comprehensive and strict governance of the party. The meeting aims to deploy the whole party's study and implementation of the spirit of the plenary session.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 29th: The Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a video and telephone conference in Beijing on the evening of the 29th to study, publicize and implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
The meeting pointed out that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party was a very important meeting held during a critical period for basically realizing socialist modernization. The "Decision" adopted by the plenary session is guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implements Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, systematically summarizes the great achievements of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the new era, summarizes and applies the valuable experience of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the new era, conducts an in-depth analysis of the new situations, new tasks and new challenges faced by Party building, and makes strategic arrangements for persevering in advancing comprehensively and strictly governed the Party. The programmatic document that continues to promote the new great project of party building in the new era fully embodies the historical initiative of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core to strengthen the party and the country. It is of great practical significance and long-term guidance for further opening up a new situation of governing the party in the new era, rejuvenating the party and strengthening the party, and uniting and leading the people of all ethnic groups across the country to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.
The meeting emphasized that in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party is a major political task for the entire party at present and in the future. The publicity, ideological and cultural front must deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve "two safeguards", do a solid and pragmatic job in publicity, research and interpretation, and implementation of the spirit of the Plenary Session, and go all out to promote the rise of a craze for studying, publicizing and implementing the spirit of the Plenary Session.

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