Citizens inspired by CPC鈥檚 centennial celebration
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Retired People鈥檚 Liberation Army soldiers, senior Party members and local model workers watched the live broadcast of the Communist Party of China鈥檚 grand centennial celebration this morning.
They gathered at historical Party sites and neighborhoods as well as the North Bund waterfront to listen to the important speech delivered by President Xi Jinping at Tian鈥檃nmen Square in Beijing.
鈥淚鈥檓 so thrilled and feel like returning to the battlefields of decades ago,鈥 said Bao Qi, former deputy chief of staff of PLA naval base in Shanghai, after watching the live broadcast at the Memorial of the Fourth National Congress of the CPC. 鈥淭he celebration showcases to the world the greatness of the CPC, which led the Chinese people to make outstanding achievements in the last century.鈥
The 97-year-old Shanghai native joined China鈥檚 revolution in 1941, and fought in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-1945), the Liberation War (1946-1949) and the Korean War (1950-1953).
鈥淚鈥檓 sure the Party will lead the Chinese people to another century of glory,鈥 Bao said.
He led other attendees at the memorial to review the vows they made when joining the Party, including many senior members who have recently been awarded commemorative medals to honor their five decades of Party membership.
Zhou Weidong, one of the medal recipients, said he was greatly inspired by Xi鈥檚 speech and pledged to keep fighting for the country鈥檚 development goals for the next century.
鈥淯nder the leadership of the CPC, China has become a great country within seven decades, progress that took Western countries more than 200 years,鈥 said Zhou, 92.
He joined the New Fourth Army in the fight against the Japanese invasion in February 1945 and joined the CPC in December 1947. After retiring, he took an active role in community work in Hongkou鈥檚 Jiangwan Town Subdistrict and often gave speeches to young people.
Dai Jiawei, a senior official with the Hongkou Fire Station and winner of the city鈥檚 May Fourth Medal, said he must keep improving himself to safeguard the economic development and urban safety of Hongkou.
鈥淭he new round of development on the North Bund, known as Shanghai鈥檚 鈥榳orld-class sitting room,鈥 will be the best opportunity for young people鈥檚 progress,鈥 Dai said.
In the nearby Hengfengli neighborhood, a heritage shikumen (stone-gate) community and historic Party site, residents set up a large television in the public space and watched the celebration together.
Hengfengli at Lanes 69 and 85 of Shanyin Road was built in the 1920s. It has nearly 100 three-story shikumen houses, which are listed as the city鈥檚 heritage structures.
The liaison office of the headquarters of the third uprising of local workers in 1927, led by the Communist Party of China against warlords occupying Shanghai, was based there. The Party School of the CPC鈥檚 Central Committee and the CPC鈥檚 Jiangsu Province Committee were also once located in the neighborhood.
The street was once home to literati and revolutionaries, including writer Lu Xun.
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