This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the National People's Congress.
70 years of trials and hardships, 70 years of forging ahead. Countless deputies to the National People's Congress and workers of the National People's Congress have practiced the mission of serving the people with practical actions, and witnessed the development of the National People's Congress with years without regrets.
On October 9, Yunnan Province celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the National People's Congress in Kunming. At the meeting, Wang Hongbin, deputy to the 14th Provincial People's Congress and director of the Standing Committee of the Pu'er Municipal People's Congress, launched the answer sheet for us to create Pu'er national unity and progress.
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Over the past 70 years, under the leadership of the party, the people's congress system has been continuously consolidated and developed, making tremendous contributions to the prosperity of the country and the happiness and well-being of the people. At the important historical juncture of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the National People's Congress, Pu'er City ushered in a milestone event - General Secretary Xi Jinping sent a letter to the Pu'er National Unity Oath Monument on behalf of future generations, cordially encouraging them and putting forward ardent hopes. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important reply letter is full of the people's leader's deep feelings of love for the people, which is not only a great encouragement and encouragement to the people of all ethnic groups in Yunnan's border areas, but also a spiritual guidance for us to build a demonstration area for national unity and progress and promote the practice of Chinese-style modernization in Yunnan.
The Monument to the National Unity Oath of Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Pu'er City Photo courtesy of Ning'er County Rong Media News Center
We are all recipients, and we are also respondents. The Standing Committee of the Pu'er Municipal People's Congress will always keep in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's important reply to the letter, thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the National People's Congress, adhere to the organic unity of the party's leadership, the people being the masters of the country, and governing the country according to law, and grasp the "trilogy" of work in accordance with the "trilogy" of "taking the initiative to think, work hard, and see the effect", closely focus on the overall situation of the central service, practice the whole process of people's democracy, and make greater contributions to promoting the practice of Chinese-style modernization in Pu'er.
We will always keep in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's reply to the letter, "I hope you will carry forward the glorious traditions of your ancestors, better continue to write the story of the oath monument, and let the good story of national unity be passed on from generation to generation", adhere to the rule of law to govern ethnic affairs, and use the rule of law to protect ethnic unity.
Since the enactment of the first autonomous regulations in 1988, Pu'er City has promulgated and implemented a total of 53 local regulations, autonomous regulations and special regulations, including 9 autonomous regulations, 41 separate regulations and 3 adapted regulations, accounting for 31%, 23% and 50% of the province's total respectively. At present, we are orderly advancing the legislative work of the "Regulations on the Protection and Inheritance of the Culture of the Ethnic Unity Oath Monument in Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province", and use the power of the rule of law to protect, inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition of the ancestors of the oath of "following the party with one heart and one mind, and unswervingly rejuvenating the frontier".
We will always keep in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's reply to the earnest teaching that "the people of all ethnic groups should keep the sense of community of the Chinese nation in mind and integrate it into their blood", organically integrate the sense of community of the Chinese nation into the work of the National People's Congress, make good use of all kinds of supervision methods, promote the improvement of the living standards of people of all ethnic groups, and strive to paint a wonderful picture of "national unity and harmony, social harmony and stability".
We have carried out inspections on the enforcement of the Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy on many occasions, and have continuously consolidated the foundation of the rule of law for the sense of community of the Chinese nation. In the future, we will continue to uphold correct, effective, and lawful supervision, gather our strength on building a demonstration zone for national unity and progress in an all-round way, and promote all ethnic groups to embrace each other like pomegranate seeds in the big family of the Chinese nation.
We will always keep in mind the important entrustment of General Secretary Xi Jinping in his reply to the letter of "jointly defend the territory of the motherland, build a beautiful homeland, and let the flowers of national unity and progress bloom more and more brilliantly", unite and lead the deputies to the people's congresses at all levels, unswervingly promote the "one leap" and "three positions", anchor the "3815" strategic development goals, vigorously develop the "three major economies", and promote the new development and new leaps in the border ethnic areas.
We have continuously improved and perfected the "high-standard assignment, all-round supervision" mode of handling the representatives' suggestions, effectively solved the problems of a number of people of all ethnic groups, and won universal praise from all walks of life. In the future, we will continue to promote the resolution of practical matters of people's livelihood put forward by the deputies to the National People's Congress, and use the solution of people's livelihood problems to water the flowers of national unity and progress and bear fruitful fruits.
Villagers from Ali Shangzhai Village, Nuofu Township, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu'er City, are helping each other to make Lahu costumes. Photo by Wang Yi
Standing at a new historical starting point, we will continue to draw strength from General Secretary Xi Jinping's important reply, continue to deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important ideas on upholding and improving the people's congress system, adhere to, improve and operate the people's congress system well, guide the people of all ethnic groups to firmly establish the community concept of sharing weal and woe, weal and woe, life and death, and destiny, and gather the majestic force to promote the practice of Chinese-style modernization of Pu'er.
Co-ordinator: Zhao Juan, Song Jinyan
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