Xi Jinping Visits CNU to Inspect Learning and Practices of Scientific Development Concept

Xi Jinping, a member with the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, secretary of the secretariat, the vice Chinese President, and the head of Central Leadership Group on Activities of Learning and Practicing Scientific Development Concept, visited CNU on May 6 afternoon to inspect the progress of learning and practicing of scientific development concepts and delivered an important speech research study and practice of school activities, and delivered an important speech.

Liu Qi, a member with the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the Beijing party secretary, Ouyang Song, the head of Office of the Central Leadership Group on Activities of Learning and Practicing Scientific Development Concept, Zhou Ji, Minister of Education, He Yiting, the Central Policy Research Office deputy director, Li Jianhua, vice minister of the Central Organization Department, Zhao Fengtong, a standing member with Beijing Communist Party Committee and the general-secretary of municipal education works, and other leaders accompanied Xi s visit.

Zhang Xue, CNU s party secretary, and Liu Xincheng, the President, accompanied the visit as well.

Xi and other leaders visited CNU s laboratory of cognitive learning, student career center, student activity center and held an informal discussion with some teachers and cadres.

After listening to the report by school party secretary Zhang on study and practice of Scientific Development Concept at CNU, Xi made an important speech. He said that CNU is one of the first normal universities established after the founding of the People s Republic and has been there for over half a century.

CNU has seriously implemented the Communist Party's education policies and persisted on the glorious tradition of learning, dedication to education, truth-seeking and innovation, and CNU has trained a large number of qualified talents for Beijing s education system and has made important contribution to the reform and development of education in Beijing.

Since reform and opening up, especially since the 16th Party Congress, CNU has held the concept of for modernization, for the world and for the future and adhered to the socialist direction to innovate with pioneering spirit, for which CNU has considerably enhanced its strength and influence and reported huge achievements in both normal and non-normal education.

Xi pointed out that, since the start of study and practice activities, with guidance from the Leadership Group on Learning and Practicing Scientific Development Concept at Beijing Colleges, CNU has seriously implemented the central sprits and has matched the program with the current situation and CNU s own reform and development with enhanced organizational leadership and highlighted characteristics to promote a healthy development of the program.

Xi said the Learning and Practicing Scientific Development Concept program at CNU has three distinct characteristics: the first is full preparation. CNU s leadership has started ground research as soon as the end of the 17th Party Congress and has listed 13 challenges in restricting the CNU s scientific development.

In last April, CNU has organized trips to 16 colleges in 10 provinces and had done initial research on how to address the listed problems. Secondly, CNU has been learning while changing. As for the 117 problems listed as the mostly concerned by CNU students and teachers, responsibilities and timelines were set at the very beginning and so far 52 problems on the list were solved.

Thirdly, the guidance was clear and thorough. All faculties, student communist party members and communist party member retirees all participated in the program in a flexible manner.

Finally, he said he hoped that CNU can seriously study and implement Hu Jintao's important speech to put more emphasis on the analysis, inspection and rectification processes and to conduct wider, deeper, and more effective efforts to make the Learning and Practicing Scientific Development Concept program a true power for CNU s development and to accelerate development of a unique and high-level normal school as a way to greet the 60th anniversary of the founding of new China with new performance in Learning and Practicing Scientific Development Concept.