Guangming Daily:

As a specialized institution for the Party's history and theoretical research, what role does the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee play in Party history learning and education? What specific work have you participated in? Thank you.

Qu Qingshan:

I'll take your questions. Since the campaign on Party history learning and education began, the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee has supported Party history learning and education as our major political task. We have fully leveraged our professional advantages and resources to provide all-around services for Party history learning and education. We have been working on the following aspects.

First, we have edited and compiled authoritative textbooks for Party history learning and education. For example, as I introduced just now, we have compiled General Secretary Xi Jinping's book on the history of the CPC as well as the book of selected remarks of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, on the Party's history. We have also participated in editorial work on A Concise History of the Communist Party of China. To our knowledge, the total circulation of these three books has amounted to 140 million so far, winning widespread acclaim from all sectors of society.

Second, we have selected and appointed our experts to give lectures on Party history. Fourteen Party history experts from our institute have been appointed to join the central lecturing group and give lectures on Party history across the country. Fourteen out of a total of 25 group members are from our institute. Our experts have traveled to 15 provincial-level regions and held 110 lectures either under the arrangement of the CPC Central Committee or upon the invitation of central ministries or local government bodies. Group members also went to universities, neighborhoods, enterprises, factories, and villages and interacted, discussed, and communicated with Party members, cadres, and the public, regarding questions that they had about Party history learning and education. In addition, other Party history experts from our institute have also held over 200 lectures for various regions, departments, and government bodies upon their invitation.

Third, we have organized the writings of key theoretical articles. The leaders and some experts of our institute wrote more than 10 important articles for People's Daily, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, and Qiushi magazine, while others also wrote dozens of articles for other newspapers and periodicals. I myself wrote two articles for Guangming Daily in its CPC History page, both were featured prominently. In February this year, I published an article titled "A Hundred Years of Glory of the Communist Party of China," which spanned a whole page. In June, I published another article, "A Hundred Years of History and Its Historical Initiative of the Communist Party of China," which spanned another whole page. As far as I know, these two articles have played a positive role in the Party history study and education and have greatly enriched people's knowledge of the Party's history.

Fourth, we have launched various new media products, including products delivered over the internet. We produced a large-scale original column titled "Daily Readings: A Hundred Years of CPC History" online, which was featured by many media platforms. So far, more than 1,700 websites and 43,000 accounts on new media platforms such as WeChat and Weibo across the country have reposted it and total views have reached 2.13 billion. We also worked with the National Radio and Television Administration, and the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee to produce the micro-documentary series "A Will of Iron," which features 100 episodes in total and every episode is several minutes long. The series received many positive reviews and its current views total 2.46 billion, providing rich materials for carrying out the Party history learning and education.

Fifth, we have done a good job in reviewing and quality control. In the first half of this year, we reviewed as many as 768 manuscripts submitted by relevant departments, with a word count of about 268 million and more than 33,000 pictures. Reviewing these manuscripts required a heavy workload. Party history experts have worked overtime and were strict and responsible for completing the review of a large number of book manuscripts in time for the celebration for the centenary of the founding of CPC. In addition, we also examined more than 80 major themed exhibition projects, and more than 30 films and TV works regarding significant themes. At present, more than 200 people in our institute have undertaken more than 100 tasks concerning compiling, writing, and producing themed exhibitions, books, and film and television works for the centennial of the founding of the CPC.

Sixth, we have coordinated and guided the local-level Party history and literature departments to better perform their functions. In order to help the Party history and documentation departments of local level act in a coordinated manner, our institute provided professional guidance for them. The local party history and literature departments accelerated the compilation of local Party history works and the Party history educational textbooks. Additionally, they actively participated in the local party history publicity work and used local red resources to play an active role. These are my answers. Thank you.