国内英语新闻:CPC stresses "history wealth," calls for more education of Party history

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held its first-ever, high-level national conference on the work concerning Party history on Wednesday, prior to the 90th anniversary of its founding in July 2011.

Vice President Xi Jinping called for more research and education about the history of the CPC, especially among young people.

Xi, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks during a keynote speech delivered at the conference.

He said the history of the 89-year-old Party is a "lively and vivid textbook," which should be well-studied, and research results should be used to "educate Party members, officials and the masses, especially the youth."

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) speaks as He Guoqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, listens during the national work conference on the history of the CPC, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 21, 2010.

He said Party history should be included in schools' curriculums and publicized via the Internet.

Further, researchers should study the Party's history "in a practical and realistic manner," Xi said, adding that the Party's glory, experiences, traditions and fine work style should be publicized.

He added that the CPC strongly opposes any tendency that "distorts or smears the Party's history."

Xi said the Party, having experienced the tests of revolution, development and reform, "successfully united and led the Chinese people to achieve miracles under an extremely complicated circumstance."

"Over the past 89 years, the CPC contributed greatly to the nation's independence, unification and the people's well-being," he said.

President Hu Jintao, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, met with the delegates, mainly Party historians, ahead of the conference. The country has more than 17,000 Party history researchers working in more than 2,800 research institutes nationwide.