Chinese President Hu Jintao (R), also
general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,
together with other members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of
the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, shakes hands with
representatives of the party's grassroots organizations and members who
had been honored for their roles in the rescue and relief campaign after
the May 12 earthquake prior to their meeting in Beijing, June 30,
2008.(Xinhua/Li Xueren) Photo Gallery>>>
BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao said Monday that supervision over the use of hefty quake relief fund and
materials should be intensified to guarantee they would be exclusively used for
what they were intended to.
"We must ensure that the quake relief fund and
materials will be veritably used for quake relief and the people affected by the
earthquake," Hu, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Central Committee, told a workshop marking the 87th founding anniversary of the
CPC.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the
Party's grassroots organizations and members who had been honored for their
roles in the rescue and relief campaign after the May 12 earthquake. Top leaders
Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin and others were also present.
The death toll of the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan
earthquake reached nearly 70,000, and more than 18,000 were reported missing
Monday. Government relief fund totaled 54.72 billion yuan (about 7.82 billion
U.S. dollars), while domestic and foreign donations hit 55.3 billion yuan in
cash and goods.
Hu told the meeting that education and supervision of
Party members and leading officials in regard to clean governance should be
strengthened, the system of punishing and preventing corruption further be
improved, and efforts in the anti-corruption drive be increased.
These measures are essential for the Party members
and leading officials "to maintain their original political color, and be clean
in doing their jobs and behaving themselves," Hu said.
He also promised that officials who "passed tests and
showed extraordinary capability in the rescue, relief and rebuilding work"
should be promoted to leading positions.
Chinese President and general secretary
of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Hu Jintao (C)
delivers a speech at a workshop marking the 87th founding anniversary of
the CPC in Beijing on June 30, 2008. The meeting was attended by
representatives of the Party's grassroots organizations and members who
had been honored for their roles in the rescue and relief campaign after
the May 12 earthquake. Top leaders Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin and
others were also present.(Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) Photo Gallery>>>
Hu called on all the CPC members to study and
practise the great "earthquake rescue and relief spirit" displayed by the local
Communist heroes, which he summarized as "all people of one mind", "unity in
strength", "fearlessness of hardship", "people first", and "respect for
science".
"The spirit was a concentrated display and new
development of the national spirit of modern China," he said.
Hu attributed the major achievement of saving lives
in the first stage of the earthquake relief campaign to the firm leadership of
the Party, stressing that Party organizations at all levels and members played a
vital role.
The earthquake relief campaign was a test of the
leadership and capabilities of the Party as well as a test for the capabilities
of Party organizations and the nature of all Party members, he said.
Now, he said, was the crucial period for achieving
the goal of the country's economic and social development as the earthquake
relief effort entered into the stage of settling the affected people by
restoring normal life and rebuilding homes.
Hu urged the whole Party to display excellence in the
earthquake relief, in order to maintain the Party's flesh-and-blood link with
the people.
He urged Party organizations of all levels to
increase their capabilities for handling emergencies, by establishing and
perfecting the working mechanism with concentrated leadership, unified command,
sensitivity in response, and high efficiency.
