Top Party leader vows to carry on predecessors' will

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held a workshop at the Great Hall of the People, in central Beijing, Friday, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ren Bishi, one of the first-generation leaders.

Chinese President and CPC Central Committee General Secretary Hu Jintao addressed the meeting and pledged to carry on the will of the older-generation revolutionaries, by studying and displaying their revolutionary spirit, lofty moral and excellent style.

In his speech, Hu called Ren a great Marxist, an outstanding proletarian revolutionary, politician and organizer, an extraordinary leader of the CPC and the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and one of the important members of the CPC's first-generation leadership.

Ren has dedicated his all to the liberation of the Chinese people and the birth of New China and he is worshipped and esteemed by the whole Party, the whole Army and the whole people, Hu said. He termed Ren as a man who is good at combining the basic principles of Marxism and the realities of the Chinese revolution.

Zeng Qinghong, vice president and member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, also spoke at the workshop and urged people to study and have good understanding of Hu's address.

Source: Xinhua