Striving for New Achievements on the New Long March—General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech at the Meeting Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March Draws Enthusiastic Responses

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): Only by remembering history can we create the future. In an important speech at the meeting commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued a call to the entire Party, the entire military, and people of all ethnic groups across the country: The new journey is an expedition filled with glory and dreams, a new Long March for the Party and the people. Reflecting on the past and present and looking toward the future, we must vigorously carry forward the great spirit of the Long March and work together to advance along the new Long March. The general secretary's important speech has brought together the tremendous strength of hundreds of millions of Chinese people, united as one and forging ahead on the new journey. People said they would unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and strive for new achievements on the new Long March.

At the commemorative meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping recalled with deep feeling the great journey of the Long March undertaken by the Red Army under our Party's leadership more than 90 years ago. He noted that the Red Army's Long March, an earth-shaking revolutionary feat, holds great significance in the history of our Party, country, and military and has had a profound influence on the process of the Chinese nation's great rejuvenation. Listening to the general secretary's important speech, 108-year-old Red Army veteran Du Guobang was deeply moved.

General Secretary Xi Jinping noted that the path to the great victory of the Red Army's Long March was forged through the Party's correct leadership, firm revolutionary will, independence and self-reliance coupled with seeking truth from facts, and the support of the broad masses of the people. People said that the general secretary's important speech revealed the principles for victory embodied in the Long March's triumph that enabled the Party and the people's armed forces to advance resolutely. These principles belong not only to the Long March but also offer insights that transcend time and space.

The great spirit of the Long March fully demonstrates the strength of loyalty, truth, justice, and unity. Transcending time and space, it remains ever fresh. At rice harvest sites on saline-alkali land in Jilin, on the front lines of rural revitalization in Guizhou, at computing center construction sites in Inner Mongolia, and in laboratories tackling new-generation communications technologies in Jiangsu... the general secretary's important speech is inspiring people in every walk of life. On the new Long March, every Chinese person has a leading role to play.

General Secretary Xi Jinping set out clear requirements in the form of "five musts" for carrying forward the great spirit of the Long March and advancing along the new Long March. People said that on the new journey, they must unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and work together to advance along the new Long March.