Egret: Strive to open up a new situation in the work of counterpart assistance to Tibet in the new era

Source: Economic Daily

The work in Tibet has a bearing on the overall situation of the work of the party and the state, and has a special and important position in the governance of the border areas and the country. In July 1994, the Third Central Forum on Work in Tibet made a major policy decision for counterpart assistance to Tibet, and clearly put forward the work principle of "taking responsibility for each section, providing counterpart support, and rotating regularly". Over the past 30 years, the CPC Central Committee has persistently regarded counterpart assistance to Tibet as a major measure to safeguard the unification of the motherland, strengthen ethnic unity, and forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, as well as a major strategic arrangement for promoting the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has planned and promoted the work of counterpart assistance to Tibet with greater efforts and more practical measures, creating a new situation in the work of counterpart assistance to Tibet. General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to it, and personally plans, deploys, and promotes counterpart assistance to Tibet. The relevant central units, relevant provinces, municipalities and enterprises have worked together with the people of all ethnic groups in Tibet to work together, work hard and dedicate themselves to building a new pattern of all-round, multi-level and wide-ranging assistance to Tibet, and inject strong impetus into promoting Tibet's long-term stability and high-quality development in the new era.

1. Profoundly understand the great significance of counterpart assistance to Tibet

Counterpart assistance to Tibet is an important achievement of the Sinicization and modernization of Marxist ethnic theory. In response to the special situation and needs of Tibet, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has creatively put forward a policy of counterpart assistance to Tibet, focusing on addressing the needs of the Tibetan people for a better life, focusing on the liberation and development of productive forces, and forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, so as to embark on a correct path of resolving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics. In the new era, the counterpart assistance to Tibet has continued to innovate and develop in theory and practice, and has become a vivid practice of Xi Jinping's economic thought, ecological civilization thought, important thoughts on strengthening and improving ethnic work, and important expositions on border governance in Tibet, and has written the "Tibet Chapter" of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

Counterpart assistance to Tibet is a concentrated embodiment of the superiority of the socialist system. No other ruling party in the world has devoted such efforts to the development of a frontier region as the Communist Party of China. There is no other country like China, which has been able to give full play to its institutional advantages, pool the strength of the whole country, and unremittingly support the construction and development of Tibet for 30 years. Counterpart assistance to Tibet is not only an inevitable choice for the Communist Party of China to fulfill its original mission and reflect the people's position, but also the only way for the first to help the latter to become rich, ultimately achieve common prosperity, and build a new socialist Tibet.

Counterpart assistance to Tibet has contributed to China's plan for the governance of a multi-ethnic country to the world. As a systematic governance project led by the central government, counterpart assistance to Tibet has not only solved the problem of unbalanced regional development, taken into account development and balance, realized the transformation of institutional advantages into governance efficiency, further cultivated the awareness of a "community with a shared future" in which people of different regions and ethnic groups share weal and woe and help each other, strengthened national and institutional identity, and contributed to the world China's solutions, Chinese experience and Chinese wisdom to solve the problems of the development of ethnic regions and the governance of multi-ethnic countries.

2. Profoundly grasp the successful experience of counterpart assistance to Tibet

Over the past 30 years, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee, all relevant parties have worked closely around the Tibet Center, focusing on the four major issues of "stability, development, ecology and strengthening the border", and have worked together to continue to struggle. The cause of counterpart assistance to Tibet has been passed down from generation to generation, and the thinking has become more pragmatic, the mechanism has been smoother, the forms have been richer, and the results have been more obvious. Tibet's ethnic unity and long-term peace and stability have been further consolidated, leapfrog development has been made in all aspects of social, economic and cultural development, great progress has been made in ecological and environmental protection, and national security and border stability have been effectively guaranteed. Practice has fully proved that the major policy decision on counterpart assistance to Tibet is completely correct, and it must be persisted in for a long time as a project of great strategic significance. Standing at a historical juncture, reviewing the process of aiding Tibet and conscientiously summing up experience are of great theoretical and practical significance for promoting the high-quality development of counterpart aid to Tibet in the new era.

We must uphold and strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: "To do a good job in Tibet in the new era, we must adhere to the party's leadership and comprehensively strengthen party building. "History has fully proven that without the Communist Party of China, there would have been no socialist new Tibet, and the people of all ethnic groups in Tibet would not have lived happily today. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the historic changes and achievements in Tibet's work are, in the final analysis, due to the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping at the helm and the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Adhering to the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core is the fundamental guarantee for doing a good job in counterpart assistance to Tibet.

We must adhere to the party's strategy for governing Tibet in the new era. At the Sixth Central Forum on Work in Tibet, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the strategic idea of "governing the country must govern the borders, and first stabilize Tibet", and creatively put forward the Party's strategy for governing Tibet in the new era at the Seventh Central Forum on Work in Tibet, scientifically answering a series of directional, overall and strategic questions, leading Tibet into a historical period with the greatest changes and the best development. Comprehensively and thoroughly implementing the party's strategy for governing Tibet in the new era is the fundamental principle for doing a good job in counterpart assistance to Tibet.

We must adhere to the main line of work to forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. Forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation is a major original assertion of Marxist ethnic theory put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping, an outline of the party's ethnic work in the new era, and a strategic task for Tibet's work. Profoundly understanding and comprehensively grasping the great significance and key tasks of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation is an inevitable requirement for doing a good job in counterpart assistance to Tibet.

We must adhere to the fundamental stand of putting the people at the center. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, so that the people of all ethnic groups can have a more fulfilling sense of gain, a more sustainable sense of happiness, and a more secure sense of security. Adhering to the people-oriented principle and people's livelihood orientation embodies the CPC's sense of purpose and is the starting point and end point of doing a good job in counterpart assistance to Tibet.

We must persistently promote the innovation of the system and mechanism of aid to Tibet. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), under the special care of the CPC Central Committee and in light of Tibet's special situation and actual needs, relevant parties have actively explored innovative measures such as "group" assistance to Tibet, so as to inject new vitality into Tibet's development. Persist in promoting innovation in the system and mechanism of aid to Tibet, continuously improve and enhance the targeting, adaptability, and effectiveness of aid received, and provide institutional guarantees for counterpart aid to Tibet.

We must persistently carry forward the spirit of aiding Tibet. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that the spirit of aiding Tibet is a noble spirit of the Communist Party of China, and there is no shortage of spirit, which is that the revolutionary ideal is higher than the sky, and it is also the core connotation of the spirit of aiding Tibet. From the spirit of the "two roads," the spirit of old Tibet, the spirit of Kong Fansen, and the spirit of aiding Tibet, all of them are the imprints left by the Chinese communists in Tibet and are also an important part of the party's spiritual pedigree. Only by persistently carrying forward the spirit of aiding Tibet and continuing to work hard can we provide inexhaustible impetus for the work of aiding Tibet.

3. Strive to open up a new situation in counterpart assistance to Tibet in the new era

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphatically pointed out at the Seventh Central Forum on Tibet Work: "It is the consistent policy of the CPC Central Committee to support Tibet and the whole country to support Tibet. "In the new era and new journey, we must stand at a new historical starting point, thoroughly implement the spirit of the General Secretary's important instructions and the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, firmly grasp the main line of forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation, grasp the fundamental position of people-centered, grasp the primary task of high-quality development, and grasp the national security barrier of the border areas of Tibet.

Unswervingly uphold and strengthen the party's overall leadership. It is necessary to put the party's political construction in the first place, put a clear stand on politics throughout the entire process of counterpart assistance to Tibet, thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on Tibet work, strengthening and improving ethnic work, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the party's strategy for governing Tibet in the new era, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", practice the "two safeguards", and consciously put the promotion of long-term peace and stability and high-quality development in Tibet in the overall situation of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernizationIt is necessary to ensure that the counterpart assistance work to Tibet will always move forward in the right direction and on the right road.

Comprehensively and accurately grasp the overall requirements for doing a good job in counterpart assistance to Tibet in the new era. Take the people's yearning for a better life as the unswerving goal, adhere to the main line of forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation, and do more work to lay the foundation, manage the fundamentals, and benefit the long-term, so that the people of Tibet and all ethnic groups across the country can share the fruits of reform and development, bask in the great glory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, jointly build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation, and promote the sense of community of the Chinese nation to take root and blossom on the snowy plateau.

Upholding integrity and innovating will promote the resolution of deep-seated problems in Tibet's economic and social development. Guided by the spirit of reform, on the basis of continuing to deepen the people's livelihood, industry, intelligence, and cultural assistance to Tibet, we will strive to optimize the working mechanism, promote the transformation of counterpart assistance to Tibet from one-way "blood transfusion" and "assistance" to a two-way model of mutual benefit and common development, achieve coordinated regional development, accelerate the formation of new quality productive forces with Tibetan characteristics, promote Tibet's integration into the national unified market and the new pattern of development and opening up, strive to create a new situation in the cause of aid to Tibet, and write a new chapter in Tibet's long-term peace and stability and high-quality development!

[Source of this article: Economic Daily The author is a researcher at the Xi Jinping Research Center for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at the Central Party School (National Academy of Administration) Bai Lu]