From April 16 to 17, the selection round of the 14th NEAC Youth Reading and Speech Competition, themed “Taking Solid Action and Forging Ahead in the 15thFive-Year Plan, Writing a New Chapter in Consolidating the Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation”, was held at the University. Wang Shouli, Deputy Secretary in charge of routine work of the Party Committee of Directly Affiliated Institutions under the NEAFC; Li Junjie, Deputy Secretary of the University Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee; Xu Shaowen, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of Northwest Minzu University; Wang Jianwei, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of North Minzu University; Wang Hui, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of Dalian Minzu University; Song Lulu, member of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Central Institute of Ethnic Administrators; Ren Tao, member of the Party Committee and Chief Accountant of the China Ethnic Languages Translation Center; Yu Hui, member of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of Ethnic Unity Press; Zhang Jikang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of China Pictorial; and Dong Lei, Deputy Secretary of the Youth League Committee of the People’s Daily — attended and served as judges. Song Fajun, Deputy Secretary of the University Party Committee and Vice President of the University, presided over the opening ceremony. More than 3,000 faculty and student representatives from across the University watched the competition on site.
Contestants Deliver Speeches. (Photo by Huang Qifan)
Fifty young cadres from various departments of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, its affiliated units, and specially invited colleges and universities closely adhered to the theme of the event. They took The Study Book on the Thoughts of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Strengthening and Improving Ethnic Work, General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20thCentral Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Outline of the 15thFive-Year Plan as the core learning materials. Based on their actual work situations, they passionately narrated, using vivid language, real-life examples, and sincere emotions, the stories of responsibility and dedication of young cadres in the ethnic affairs system in the new era in the work of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. The contestants, some passionate and stirring, others calm and eloquent, fully demonstrate the fine conduct of young people who are good at learning and thinking, skilled in taking action and delivering results, as well as their uplifting and aspiring spirit.
In his speech, Wang Shouli stressed that the Party Leadership Group of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission has always attached great importance to youth work, building the Youth Reading and Speech Activity into a key platform for theoretical learning among young people, an innovative forum for intellectual exchange, and a vivid classroom for fostering the sense of community for the Chinese nation. The Commission is committed to cultivating a high-caliber team of young ethnic affairs officials who are eager and adept at learning. He sincerely hopes that young people will persist in reading the original texts, reading in light of practical realities, reading with specific questions in mind, reading with deep commitment, and reading beyond the books — truly internalizing theoretical learning and putting it into practice. On the new journey at the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan period, he urges them to contribute, with the vigor of youth and the spirit of hard work, to consolidating the sense of community for the Chinese nation and advancing the building of the Chinese national community.
Wang Shouli Delivers a Speech. (Photo by Huang Qifan)
In his speech, Li Junjie gave a comprehensive account of our university’s revolutionary heritage in running a university firmly rooted in China’s realities, its distinctive educational features, and the achievements attained since its founding. He pointed out that this event serves as a key initiative to systematically advance education on consolidating the sense of community for the Chinese nation within the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, enhance the Party spirit development of young officials, and foster new trends and a healthy atmosphere. The University will take this opportunity to further encourage and guide all faculty, staff, and students from all ethnic groups to unwaveringly follow the Party’s leadership, and to strive unremittingly to accelerate the building of a high-level modern comprehensive university, aim for inclusion in the national “Double First-Class” university construction initiative, and blaze a new path toward a world-class university with Chinese characteristics.
Li Junjie Delivers a Speech. (Photo by Huang Qifan)
During the event, faculty and students from our university’s School of Music and Dance presented artistic performances including dance and instrumental accompaniment. The programs integrated the essence of various ethnic cultures and arts, vividly showcasing the inclusive and assimilative nature of Chinese culture, and artistically presenting the shared spiritual home where people’s hearts come together and spirits support each other. The performances received an enthusiastic response from the audience.
Event Scene. (Photo by Huang Qifan)
This trials were hosted by the Youth League Committee of the organs directly under the National Ethnic Affairs Commission and organized by our university. The university’s Party committee attached great importance to the event and made meticulous preparations. All departments worked in close coordination, providing solid and strong guarantees for the smooth running of the competition. It is reported that the National Ethnic Affairs Commission Youth Reading and Speech Competition, through various forms such as self-study, special tutorials, writing study reflections, and organizing reading and speech events, has fostered a strong learning atmosphere within the commission system. It has played a positive role in cultivating young talents for ethnic affairs work in the new era who have ideals, a sense of responsibility, the ability to endure hardship, and a willingness to strive, as well as in advancing the work of consolidating the sense of community for the Chinese nation to achieve tangible and lasting results.
