[Our Long March] Xi Quote | The General Secretary once again talked about "half quilt"

China News Service, October 23: Title: The General Secretary once again talked about "half quilt"

On October 22, General Secretary Xi Jinping mentioned the "warmth of a 'half quilt'" at a meeting commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March.

This touching story that happened in 1934 has been told by the General Secretary many times.

"In Shazhou Village, Rucheng County, Hunan, three female Red Army soldiers stayed at the home of an elderly man named Xu Jiexiu. Before leaving, they cut off half of their only quilt and left it with the elderly man."

"The Communists themselves will cut off half of a quilt and give it to the people. This is by no means a slogan or a show. This is what we do."

Spanning more than 90 years, the story of "Half Quilt" remains timeless.

The victory of the Red Army's Long March relied on the support of the broad masses of the people.

General Secretary Xi Jinping once profoundly pointed out: "Being with the people through thick and thin, sharing the same blood, and sharing life and death is the fundamental guarantee for the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Army to achieve victory in the Long March, and it is also the fundamental guarantee for us to overcome all difficulties and risks."

A history of the Red Army's Long March is a history that reflects the deep friendship between the army and the people. During the Long March, the Party and the Red Army did not commit any crime wherever they went. Along the way, they defeated local tyrants, divided fields, opened warehouses to release grain, and helped poor people. They won the masses and won the hearts of the people with practical actions.

From the reluctance of "ten to send the Red Army off", the protection of Yudu at night, to the warmth of "half quilt", the vow of "Yihai alliance"...these stories mentioned by the General Secretary at the meeting commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March vividly explain the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the people.

"Whoever takes the people into consideration will be taken into consideration by the people." The Chinese Communist Party has overcome one obstacle after another and won one victory after another, and the "victory code" behind it is contained in it.

To successfully carry out today's Long March, we must put the people at the highest position in our hearts.

Every generation has its own long march. Over the years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited the places passed by the Long March many times and repeatedly emphasized the original intention and mission.

In June 2015, while inspecting Huamao Village in Zunyi, Guizhou, he heard villagers happily telling them that the party's policies to enrich the people were good. He pointed out, "Whether the policies of the Party Central Committee are good or not depends on whether the villagers laugh or cry."

In May 2019, when he came to Yudu, Jiangxi Province, where the Central Red Army's Long March gathered, he saw that the development of the vegetable industry had helped villagers get rid of poverty and become rich. He emphasized, "What the Party Central Committee wants to do is to do everything possible to enable the people to live a good life."

In April 2021, in Maozhushan Village, Guangxi, on the bank of the Xiangjiang River, he said affectionately to the villagers, "The one who makes the people's lives happy is the 'greatest country'."

The Communist Party of China has its foundation, blood and strength in the people.

Ten years ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at a meeting commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army’s Long March: “If we forget the people and become separated from the people, we will become water without a source and a tree without roots, and we will accomplish nothing.”

At this meeting to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army’s Long March, the General Secretary emphasized that “the people will always be the source of strength and strong backing of the Party and the People’s Army. As long as we are deeply rooted in the people and always maintain flesh-and-blood ties with the people, the Party’s cause will be invincible.”

This is the inspiration given by history and the motivation for us to walk the Long March in the new era.