DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Wednesday, June 30, 2021 | 3 TOP NEWS ‘Red Building’ Medals: New era will surely give rise to heroes, Xi says From page 1 great cause of national rejuvena- and its original inspirations and will continue to devote herself to tion as long as they have firm ideals mission and to fight without com- the cause of education. Xi noted that the recipients of the and beliefs, resolute willpower and placency and enduringly. Before the award ceremony, Xi and July 1 Medal are everyday people steadfast perseverance, he added. Zhang Guimei, a recipient of the other leaders met recipients of the who are heroes. They come from “This is a new era that calls for medal and the founder of a high titles of outstanding Party members, opens doors the people and are deeply rooted in heroes and will surely give rise to school that offers free education for exemplary Party workers and model the people, he said, adding that heroes. If the Communist Party of girls in a less-developed area in community-level Party organizations they are humble, unassuming and China always wants to be the van- Yunnan province, said at the cere- from across the country, and had a dedicated people. guard of the era and the backbone of mony that the medal was a great group photo taken with them. He called on Party members to the nation, its members must be held encouragement to her. The meeting to award these titles to the public learn from the deeds and the spirit to the highest standards,” Xi said. “What we did was merely what was held on Monday and was of the medal recipients. He highlighted the need to many CPC members are doing attended by and Through their actions they have encourage Party members to every day, and yet the Party and the Zhao Leji, members of the Standing proved that every Party member always remember the Party’s char- people have given us such a great Committee of the Political Bureau Former site of Peking University central to can make accomplishments in the acter and fundamental purpose honor,” she said, adding that she of the CPC Central Committee. pivotal moments in revolutionary history By Wang Kaihao A time to honor national role models is at hand [email protected]

After undergoing renovations, a The site recorded t was with a sense of solemni- key site of early Communist revolu- the glorious history ty and awe that I witnessed tionary activities in Beijing opened , general secretary to the public on Tuesday to mark of how Marxist ideas of the Communist Party of the centenary of the founding of IChina Central Committee, confer- were spread and the Communist Party of China, ring the July 1 Medal on the honor- which falls on July 1. the Party was ees on Tuesday. The “Red Building” was the incubated, The process also had grandeur main campus of Peking University and at times was emotionally from 1918 to 1952 and the four-sto- represented by touching. ry red brick structure witnessed a a group of Before the ceremo- series of pivotal moments around ny, the recipients of 1920 that marked a surge of the predecessors to the medal were Communist movement in the city. the revolution.” received with courte- “The site recorded the glorious sy on par with that history of how Marxist ideas were Zhang Aijun, deputy head of given to visiting the Publicity Department of spread and the Party was incubat- the Beijing Committee of the heads of state: a ed, represented by a group of its Communist Party of China Xu Wei motorcycle escort, a predecessors,” Zhang Aijun, depu- Reporter’s warm welcome from ty head of the Publicity Depart- log pupils waving bou- ment of the Beijing Committee of ment — 500 in the morning and quets and rolling out the CPC, said. 500 in the afternoon — are of the red carpet. An exhibition of 1,357 cultural arranged every day, Huang said. They also arrived, side by side relics, 958 photos and graphics, 40 The site mainly receives group vis- with Xi, at the Great Hall of the Peo- artworks and other items are on its, but it will soon open for indi- ple, a place that has also seen the display in rooms of the former vidual visitors who can make an president conferring the Friendship Above: Zhang Guimei waves to children campus, to illustrate the panorama online reservation for free. Medal on Russian President Vlad- upon her arrival at the Great Hall of the of revolutionary history in Beijing Due to its status, the “Red Build- imir Putin and presenting the Med- People in Beijing on Tuesday. Zhang is during the early 20th century. ing” was listed as one of China’s al of the Republic to honorees such the principal of a senior high school in Zhang noted that Beijing was national-level key cultural heri- as the “Father of Hybrid Rice” Yuan Lijiang, Yunnan province, that offers the hub for the New Culture Move- tage sites in 1961, one of the earli- Longping and Nobel Prize winner free education to girls from impoverish- ment, which lasted from 1915 to est entries on the list. Tu Youyou. ed families. YUE YUEWEI / XINHUA the early 1920s, and was where the It was once used as a govern- Many of the recipients arrived at Left: A motorcade carrying July 1 May Fourth Movement, a patriotic ment office building and then as a the hall in wheelchairs, some being Medal honorees is escorted by mass movement of students, origi- memorial hall for the New Culture attended to by a close relative. motorcyclists to the Great Hall of nated in 1919. Movement in recent decades. The Some of the medals were conferred the People in Beijing on Tuesday. A Both movements prepared the newly completed renovations posthumously. Chen Hongjun, ceremony was held in the morning to way for the birth of the CPC and started in March 2020. commander of a People’s Liberation award the July 1 Medal to outstanding Peking University played a key role “A leading principle in the reno- Army infantry battalion, died in a Party members. ZHAI JIANLAN / XINHUA in the momentous events, as the vation work was to keep its origi- border conflict with India in 2020 newly opened exhibition shows. nal look,” said Peng Yuehui, a and Huang Wenxiu, a college grad- For example, copies of all issues deputy director of the department uate who led poverty alleviation of La Jeunesse, an influential mag- in charge of revolutionary- efforts, lost her life in a flash flood azine operated by scholars at themed relics under the National in 2019. Peking University, showed how Cultural Heritage Administration. But all the medal recipients share fession and tackled hundreds of Mongolia autonomous region. “It what a CPC member is. scholars enlightened the public “Protection is the priority, and one common characteristic: They technological challenges through is an honor that belongs to the The timing of the event, two days through advanced ideas of the real-time monitoring of the relics are all ordinary Party members five decades of dedicated work. CPC members from my region. ahead of the 100th anniversary of New Culture Movement. is in place.” making extraordinary achievements “I have been a front-line worker Many Party members at the grass- the Party’s founding, is significant. Letters and other manuscripts According to Peng, a large num- in their everyday lives and work. for 53 years. I see welding as a roots are equally hardworking, The CPC wrote in its charter that of scholars and Communists also ber of historical files, design blue- They come from various occupa- source of joy. I will continue to and I am only here on their members of the Party will forever show how their understanding of prints and old photos were tions, different ethnic groups and work on the front line as long as behalf,” he told me in a calm voice. be ordinary working people, and revolution developed. Various ver- collected during the renovation. diverse education backgrounds. my company keeps me there,” he Some winners of the July 1 they must wholeheartedly serve the sions of The Communist Manifesto Scholars also launched detailed And during the ceremony they all told me. Medal have received less recogni- people. translated into Chinese are includ- research of architecture in com- struck me with their modesty, sim- Ting Bater, born in 1955, has tion in the media for seemingly The ceremony, the list of honorees ed in the exhibition. munities neighboring the build- plicity and down-to-earth manner. spent more than 40 years improv- having undistinguished titles and and what they have accomplished, Peking University was also the ing to aid the renovations. Ai Aiguo, 71, is a welder who ing the lives of people in an impov- positions. However, they are hero- best exemplify that statement, and first Chinese college to introduce As the “Red Building” was reno- became a leading figure in his pro- erished village in the Inner ic in a way that truly explains the character of the Party. Marxism to its students thanks to vated from 1961-62, conservators Li Dazhao, a professor at the uni- who worked back then were also versity and a leader of the Commu- interviewed to obtain more his- nist movement. After the founding torical information. Canada urged to reveal truth over abuses of indigenous people of the CPC in July 1921, Beijing “There must be solid reference continued to be a revolutionary points, ranging from restoring the center in North China, where surrounding environment to fill- By CHINA DAILY were expelled from their land and said this month that he now in order to ensure that they are not active labor movements were led ing a crack in the wall,” Peng said. slaughtered during the so-called believed the number was “well left behind in terms of vaccinations by the Party. Other historical buildings in Bei- China’s Ambassador to the United Westward Expansion in the 19th beyond 10,000”. and remote learning, Zhang added. jing with an important place in the Nations Zhang Jun has called on the century. Their population dwindled Zhang urged the international UN Secretary-General Antonio Comprehensive exhibits CPC’s early revolutionary activities Canadian government to fulfill its from 5 million at the end of the 15th community to take practical meas- Guterres, who briefed the meeting, According to Huang Chunfeng, are also being opened to mark the responsibility to let the world know century to 250,000 at the beginning ures to stop grave violations against called on all parties to conflict “to deputy director of the administra- Party’s centenary. According to the truth about violations of indige- of the 20th century, he said. children, reduce the impact of prioritize the prevention of viola- tion of the “Red Building”, high- Zhang from the Publicity Depart- nous people’s rights in Canada. On Thursday, weeks after the armed conflicts on boys and girls, tions against children and to engage lights of the exhibition include six ment of the Beijing Committee of Zhang made the call at the UN remains of 215 children were found and help realize their comprehen- in dialogue, cease-fires and peace rooms renovated to appear as they the CPC, 31 such sites across five Security Council open debate on in unmarked graves on the grounds sive development. processes”. did in the 1920s. Communist lead- districts of Beijing have been ear- children and armed conflict, which of a former indigenous residential “Grave violations against children During 2020, almost 24,000 grave ers including Li, Chen Duxiu and marked for the program. was held via video link on Monday. school in British Columbia, Canada, must be stopped immediately. The violations were committed against Mao Zedong worked and taught in Nine of them — including the This year marks the 25th anniversa- the remains of as many as 751 people, six grave violations against children 19,300 children in the 21 situations the rooms. Chen was dean of former office of Jingbao, a pio- ry of the UN mandate on children mainly indigenous children, were identified in the council resolutions covered by the UN mandate on chil- humanities and Mao worked in neering newspaper, the office of La and armed conflict. discovered at the site of a former resi- break through the boundaries of dren and armed conflict, according the university library. Jeunesse and Li Dazhao’s former He said the protection of children dential school in Saskatchewan. international humanitarian law, to Guterres. “Visitors can thus feel more con- residence — have been opened as is the responsibility of all states and According to the Truth and Recon- challenge the bottom line of human The UN chief identified the most nected with history in the environ- satellite exhibition halls of the governments and should be the “top ciliation Commission of Canada, a conscience and should be a no-no prevalent verified violations as the ment,” Huang said. “Red Building” to highlight the priority” under any circumstances. body mandated to tell Canadians the for all parties to the conflict,” Zhang recruitment and use of children, the Up to 1,000 visits by appoint- era’s history. “The recently exposed abuse and truth about the residential schools, pointed out. killing and maiming of children violence against indigenous chil- more than 150,000 indigenous chil- China condemns all grave viola- and the denial of humanitarian dren in Canada at boarding schools dren were required to attend the tions against children, including the access to them. that led to the loss of over 4,000 lives state-funded Christian schools as killing of civilians and children in There has also been an exponen- is shocking and horrific. We cannot part of a program to assimilate them Afghanistan by foreign troops. tial increase in both the number of let this dark page stay in history into Canadian society from the 19th Those who perpetrated such acts children abducted and in sexual vio- books only,” said Zhang. century until the 1970s. should be held responsible, he said. lence committed against boys and “We urge the government of They were forced to convert to girls, Guterres said. Canada to earnestly fulfill its Christianity and not allowed to Cooperation needed According to the UN secretary- responsibility to let the world know speak their native languages. Many China calls on parties to the con- general’s annual report covering the truth, and to give justice to the were beaten and verbally abused flict to sign and implement the child 2020, the overall number of grave victims, so as to prevent the recur- without any contact with their par- protection action plan with the UN, violations against children stood at rence of such tragedies.” ents, and thousands are said to have the envoy added. 26,425. Of those violations, 23,946 Jiang Duan, minister of the Chi- died, which the commission called a The international community were committed in 2020, and 2,479 nese mission to the United Nations “cultural genocide”. should also urge all countries to rati- were committed earlier but only in Geneva, said, “This is only the tip Some former students at the fy and implement the Convention verified in 2020. of the iceberg in the number of schools have said that some infants on the Rights of the Child and The highest number of grave vio- indigenous people who died of gen- born to girls impregnated by priests increase financial and technical lations took place in Afghanistan, ocide in Canada.” and monks were incinerated. support to help the countries con- the Democratic Republic of the Con- Speaking at the Interactive Dia- The commission estimated that cerned improve their child-protec- go, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, the logue with UN Special Adviser on about 4,100 children went missing tion capacity, Zhang said. UN chief said in his report. Students from Beijing No 65 Middle School view an exhibition the Prevention of Genocide Alice nationwide from the schools. But an In the context of the current pan- about early Communist revolutionary activities at the “Red Wairimu Nderitu, Jiang said that in indigenous former judge who led demic, special attention should be Liu Yinmeng in Los Angeles and Building” in Beijing on Tuesday. ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY the United States, Native Americans the commission, Murray Sinclair, given to children affected by conflict, Xinhua contributed to this story.