Xi Jinping sent a letter to congratulate the China Federation of Literary and Art Associations on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Writers Association, emphasizing unity and leading the majority of literary and art workers to record the new era, write the new era, and eulogize the new era.
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CCTV Network News(News broadcast): on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the China Federation of Literature and Art and the China Writers Association, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, state president, and chairman of the Central military Commission, sent a congratulatory letter to express warm congratulations on behalf of the CPC Central Committee. I would like to extend sincere greetings to the broad masses of writers and artists throughout the country.
Xi Jinping pointed out in his congratulatory letter that the cause of literature and art is an important cause of the party and the people, and the literary front is an important front of the party and the people. In the 70 years since the founding of New China, the majority of literary and art workers have responded to the call of the party and actively participated in the great practice of socialist revolution and construction, reform and opening up, creating batches of well-known outstanding literary and artistic works, and shaping batches of classic art. image. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the majority of literary and art workers have adhered to the people-centered work orientation, went deep into life, rooted in the people, and continuously enhanced their feet, eyesight, brain power, and pen power, and promoted the development of my country's literary and artistic undertakings to show a good development trend. Drama, film, television, music, dance, art, photography, calligraphy, acrobatics, folk art, literary criticism, etc. have all achieved fruitful results, it has carried forward the national spirit and the spirit of the times, and made very important contributions to the realization of the country's prosperity, social progress, and people's happiness.
Xi Jinping stressed that the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics calls for outstanding writers and artists. The China Federation of literary and art circles and the China Writers Association are the bridge and link between the party and the government to connect with the literary and art circles. They shoulder important responsibilities in uniting and leading literary and art workers and prospering and developing socialist literary and art undertakings. I hope that the China Federation of Literary and Art Associations and the Chinese Writers Association will thoroughly study and implement the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era and the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, consciously assume the mission and tasks of raising the banner, gathering people's hearts, cultivating new people, promoting culture, and exhibiting image, and earnestly perform unity and guidance, The functions of liaison and coordination, service management, self-discipline and rights protection, unite and lead the majority of literary workers to record the new era, efforts should be made to create excellent works worthy of the times, the people and the nation, so as to make new and greater contributions to the prosperity and development of socialist literature and art, the construction of a socialist cultural power, the realization of the "two centenary" goals and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
On the morning of the 16th, a symposium to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the China Federation of Literary and Art Associations and the Chinese Writers Association was held in the Great Hall of the People. Huang Kunming, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Central Propaganda Department, read out Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter and delivered a speech at the meeting. He said that the congratulatory letter from General Secretary Xi Jinping fully reflects the great importance of the Party Central Committee to literary and artistic work and the care and love for literary and art workers. It is necessary to keep in mind the entrustment, engrave the original intention, and assume the mission, and more consciously raise the banner of spirit and cast the soul of the times., With more masterpieces that demonstrate the Chinese spirit and strength, give back to the times and contribute to the people.
Relevant persons in charge of the China Federation of Literary and Art Associations and representatives of writers and artists spoke at the symposium.
Both the China Federation of Literature and Art and the China Writers Association were established in July 1949. The China Federation of Literature and Art is composed of 56 group members, and there are 135000 individual members of the National Association of Literature and Art. The Chinese Writers Association has 46 group members and 12000 individual members.
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