国内英语新闻:Chinese official vows to extend national unity campaign

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC)and the government are to deepen the educational campaign on national unity, Liu Yunshan, head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, said Monday.

    At a televised conference held by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Education, and the State Ethnic Affairs Commission in Beijing, Liu said strengthening education on national unity was necessary "for safeguarding national unification and opposing separatism", as well as "for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."

Liu Yunshan, head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, addresses the televised conference held by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Education, and the State Ethnic Affairs Commission to deepen the educational campaign on national unity, in Beijing, China, on Aug. 24, 2009

    Liu called for the educational campaign to be combined with the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

    The campaign should highlight the fact that national unity serves the supreme interests of all Chinese people from different ethnic groups, he said.

    China's regional autonomy system was one of the country's basic political systems that was appropriate for the country's realities and could resolve ethnic problems, said Liu, also a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau.

    The history of China was a history of unity and progress for the Chinese nation, while the past 60 years had witnessed great achievements and changes in ethnic regions, he said.