The CPC Central Committee held a symposium with non-CPC figures to hear their opinions and suggestions on the decision.
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CCTV News (Xinwen Lianbo): On August 21, the CPC Central Committee held a symposium with non-CPC figures at Zhongnanhai to hear opinions and suggestions on the CPC Central Committee Decision on Several Major Issues Concerning Persistently Advancing Full and Rigorous Party Self-Governance from the heads of the central committees of the democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of unaffiliated individuals. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the symposium and delivered an important speech. He stressed that to govern the country well, one must first govern the Party well; to make the country strong, one must first make the Party strong. The longer a party is in power, the longer peace and stability endure, and the more complex the environment becomes, the more it must strengthen its sense of potential danger and remain alert in times of peace, persistently advance full and rigorous Party self-governance, and ensure that the Communist Party of China always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Original Chinese quote
中共中央8月21日在中南海召开党外人士座谈会
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