Tongdao Dong Autonomous County’s 70th anniversary celebration grandly held at the Cultural and Performing Arts Center
Gorgeous scenery spreads around the land of Wuxi, and revives engaging Dong villages. On the morning of October 18th, 2024, the 70th anniversary celebration of the establishment of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County was held at the Cultural and Performing Arts Center of Tongdao County. The People’s Committee of the National People’s Congress and the National People’s Committee sent congratulatory messages, and provincial and municipal delegations presented souvenirs to Tongdao County. Zhong Tingxiong, the head of the congratulatory delegation of the National People’s Congress and the National People’s Committee, and the deputy director of the Department of Cultural Propaganda of the National People’s Committee, delivered a speech. Sui Zhongcheng, leader of the provincial congratulatory delegation, standing committee member of the Provincial Party Committee, and head of the Provincial United Front Work Department, and Xu Zhongjian, leader of Huaihua Municipal Congratulatory Delegation and secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, delivered speeches. Li Jianzhong, deputy leader of the Provincial Congratulations Delegation and Vice Governor, He Zunqing, deputy leader of the Municipal Congratulations Delegation, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and secretary of the Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Li Wanwan, deputy leader of the Municipal Congratulations Delegation and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress, attended the event. Comrades in charge of relevant central and provincial departments, as well as city leaders Li Weilin, Yin Peiguo, Zheng Xiaohu, Hu Chen, Huang Xuehong, Yu Jianyong, Li Yitang, and others were in attendance.
Qin Xiemin, secretary of the County Committee of Tongdao, presided over the celebration ceremony, and Tian Gang, deputy secretary of the County Committee and County Mayor of Tongdao, delivered a speech.
Zhong Tingxiong, on behalf of the People’s Committee of the National People’s Congress and the congratulatory delegation of the National People’s Committee, extended warm congratulations and cordial condolences to cadres and people of all ethnic groups and people from all walks of life in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County. He said that since the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, people have adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a new era, deeply implemented Xi’s important ideas on strengthening and improving ethnic work, fought against poverty, achieved comprehensive prosperity, comprehensively promoted rural revitalization, rapidly developed the county’s economy, comprehensively advanced social undertakings, greatly improved people’s living standards, and revitalized urban and rural areas. All undertakings have achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes, and the sense of gain, happiness, and security of people of all ethnic groups has significantly enhanced. Standing at a new historical starting point, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County should take the strengthening of the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line of all work in the county, running through all aspects of the “Six Major Construction”, endowing all reform and development with “three significances”, and continuously creating new situations for high-quality development of various undertakings. It is hoped that cadres and masses of all ethnic groups in the county can base themselves on the long history of the Chinese nation, tell good stories of the Chinese nation, and vigorously promote the sense of community of the Chinese nation. It is also hoped to focus on building modern civilization of the Chinese nation and continuously constructing a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation, promote extensive exchanges, comprehensive communication, and deep integration among all ethnic groups, and work together to realize the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Zhong Tingxiong delivers a speech.
Sui Zhongcheng, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People’s Congress, Provincial Government, and Provincial Political Consultative Conference, warmly congratulates the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County and extends sincere greetings to all ethnic groups in Tongdao. He said that since the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the shining national policies of the Party and the correct leadership of the Provincial Party Committee and Government, the Tongdao County Committee and Government have united and led the people of all ethnic groups in the county to work hard and forge ahead, promoting the development of the economy and society, the prosperity of social undertakings, and the unity of people of all ethnic groups in Tongdao. This has achieved a great transformation from remote mountainous areas to new land sea routes, and from poverty and backwardness to comprehensive prosperity. It is hoped that Tongdao County will take the 70th anniversary of its establishment as a new starting point, adhere to the mainline of forging a sense of community for the Chinese nation, follow the deployment requirements of the 7th Plenary Session of the 12th Provincial Party Committee, adhere to the unwavering leadership of the Party, and ensure that all undertakings always move forward in Xi’s direction. It is a must to strive to promote high-quality economic and social development, polishing beautiful business cards such as the red Tongdao, vitality Tongdao, and cultural Tongdao. It requires to practice the people-centered development philosophy and strive to make the lives of all ethnic groups better year by year, always strengthen the sense of community of the Chinese nation, continuously consolidate and deepen the achievements of the creation of national ethnic unity and progress demonstration counties, promote exchanges and integration among various ethnic groups, and work together to paint a magnificent picture of ethnic unity.
Sui Zhongcheng delivers a speech.
Xu Zhongjian, on behalf of Huaihua Municipal Party Committee, Municipal People’s Congress, Municipal Government, Municipal Political Consultative Conference, and Military District, warmly congratulated the 240,000 cadres and masses of all ethnic groups in Tongdao County. He said that since the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, the people of all ethnic groups have been enjoying the brilliance of the Party’s ethnic policies. With the care and support of the Party Central Committee, the State Council, and the party committees and governments at all levels of the province and city, and under the unity and leadership of previous county leadership teams, they have always continued to move forward along the correct path of ethnic regional autonomy, painting a grand picture of the vicissitudes and great changes on the land of Dong Township, and playing a magnificent song of triumph that swallows mountains and rivers. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Xi as the core, cadres and masses of all ethnic groups in the corridor have united as one, worked with gratitude and made progress, comprehensively built a moderately prosperous society, and achieved historic achievements in promoting the economic and social development of the entire county in an epoch-making and all-round manner. It is hoped that the Tongdao County will take the 70th anniversary of the county celebration as a new historical starting point, adhere to and strengthen the comprehensive leadership of the Party, take the strengthening of the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line, gather the concerted efforts of all, continuously create a new situation for the cause of national unity and progress, and make new and greater contributions to anchoring the beautiful blueprint of “Three Highlands and Four News” and deeply implementing the strategy of “Five Missions and Four Orientations”.
Xu Zhongjian delivers a speech.
At the celebration ceremony, Liang Zhenfeng, a grassroots representative of Tongdao, and Wu Junchen, a representative of sister counties (cities, districts), deputy secretary of the Jianghua Yao Autonomous County Committee, and county mayor, delivered speeches.
After the celebration, a themed cultural and artistic performance titled “Building a New Tongdao and Advancing into a New Era” was held, vividly showcasing the spirit of unity, integration, gratitude, and progress of all ethnic groups.
On-site cultural and artistic performance with the theme of "Building New Tongdao and Advancing in the New Era” (Photos by Pan Yu and Yang Zhiwei)
(Translated by Tian Xia)