On October 25^th, the theoretical learning central group of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism held a thematic session for party history study. The aims were to learn the spirit of the important speech delivered by the general secretary Xi Jinping on July 1^st and to start a study symposium on thematic research of the education of party history. Hu Heping, minister and secretary of the leading party group of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, hosted and spoke on the session. Other spoke on the session included Li Qun, Zhang Xu, La Yifan, Lu Yingchuan and Du Jiang. Attendees also included people from the 15^th central guidance group.

    Hu Heping said that building a socialist country with strong culture was a strategic decision made by the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping as it’s core based on the history and the reality as well as on the development and the long-term plan. The goal was an indicator that China had entered a new historical stage in the process to meet the “two centenary goal”. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism must learn the speech of Xi Jinping, and had a clear understanding that building a socialist country with strong culture was a goal for Chinese led by the CPC in the long-term struggle; a strategic task to build a socialist modern country in all aspect; a basic support to realize the great rejuvenation of Chinese nation as well as a necessary demand to build a community for mankind with a shared future.

    Hu Heping stressed that the government should have a clear understanding of the content and definition of building a socialist country with strong culture and fully present the advancement of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, people-centered principle, cultural construction result shared by people and the contribution of Chinese civilization to human civilization. In the process to build a socialist country with strong culture, China must guided by Xi Jinping thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era; step on the cultural developing road of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era; see people as the center, satisfy their need and enhance their spiritual strength; protect and inherit outstanding traditional Chinese culture, inherit revolutionary culture and develop advanced socialist culture; make socialist art more prosperous and develop cultural industry and cultural program as well as enhance national cultural soft power and the influence of Chinese culture.

    Hu Heping required that the cultural and tourism system held the 6^th plenary session of the 19^th Central Committee at an important time at which we needed to value and improve education of party history, follow working plan and to promote the education. The government needed to have theoretic innovation; use Xi Jinping thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era as a guide and to instruct our work; help party members to learn and follow these thoughts, as well as transform learning result into the capacity to solve problems and driving forces to do job well and to promote high-quality development for culture and tourism. China needed to continue to start investment and research and stick to scientific research method, judge by only fact instead of doctrine and authority. The party member should inherit the outstanding tradition to value research. More result should be achieved in the event named “doing real thing for people”, so as to solve things bothering people and to improve people’s senses of gain, happiness and satisfaction.