A major new training program for cadres will be launched after
the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to
improve the quality of party cadres, said a senior CPC
official.
Zeng Qinghong, a member of the Standing
Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee,
made the remarks during a visit to the Jinggangshan Cadres'
Institute located at a former revolutionary base in east China's
Jiangxi Province.
The Party's 17th National Congress will be held in Beijing in
the second half this year.
It is the third time, Zeng, also vice president of China, has
visited the Jinggangshan Cadres' Institute.
He also visited two other cadre training institutes in
Shanghai's Pudong and Yan'an in northwest Shaanxi Province.
China built the three high-profile cadre training institutes
after the Party's 16th National Congress to improve the quality and
skills of leading cadres and conduct international training
exchanges.
Pudong is the most developed area in China. The Pudong-based
institute runs courses on international affairs, and helps trainees
keep pace with the times and become more open. The other two
institutes gives officials the opportunity to learn more about
revolutionary traditions and about conditions in the country.
So far, nearly 8,000 top and middle level CPC cadres have been
trained at the Jinggangshan Cadres' Institute.
Zeng urged the institute to ensure that training courses draw
from real life but also from revolutionary traditions.
He also called on the teachers and trainees in the institute to
learn from Fang Yonggang, a professor of politics from Dalian Naval
Academy. He said that Fang, who is fighting a terminal illness, has
had an illustrious career in education and has contributed greatly
to spreading the Party's new theories.
Zeng took a particular interest in infrastructure in the places
he visited. In Shanghai, he praised workers for their efficiency
and skill in building Donghai Bridge and Yangshan Deep-water
Harbour. In Jiangxi, he applauded the public benefit of a
newly-built railway station.
Zeng also urged local governments to pursue the scientific
concept of development to boost society and the economy.
(Xinhua News Agency May 15, 2007)