The central government delegation headed by senior leader Luo
Gan attended a meeting held in Urumqi on Thursday to listen to the
government work report of the Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region.
Luo, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of
the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, confirmed the
achievements Xinjiang made in the past 50 years, saying that the
progress represents a "great victory" of CPC's ethnic policies and
the system of regional ethnic autonomy.
He encouraged local officials to continue carrying out the
Party's ethnic policies to strengthen national solidarity and
resolutely combat separatists, religious extremists and
terrorists.
He also demanded local governments to stick to and improve the
system of regional ethnic autonomy and implement the Law on
Regional Autonomy for China's Minority Nationalities to address
issues of public concern.
Deputy heads of the delegation, including Vice-Premier Hui
Liangyu and Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress
Standing Committee Ismail Amat,Vice-Chairpersons of the CPPCC
National Committee Liu Yandong and Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit, and Li
Jinai, member of the Central Military Commission, also attended the
meeting. The delegation also attended a forum with personages of
all walks in Xinjiang .
(Xinhua News Agency September 30, 2005)