Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the memorial hall for the Siping battle in the Chinese People's War of Liberation and pays his tribute to revolutionary martyrs in northeast China's Jilin Province, July 22, 2020. (WANG YE / XINHUA)

CHANGCHUN - Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed upholding the great socialist cause founded by the CPC and carrying it forward from generation to generation.

Xi made the remarks Wednesday afternoon during his visit to the memorial hall for the Siping battle of the Chinese People's War of Liberation

Xi made the remarks Wednesday afternoon during his visit to the memorial hall for the Siping battle of the Chinese People's War of Liberation in northeast China's Jilin province.

During the war, the people's army, led by the CPC, emerged victorious from the Siping battle at the cost of nearly 20,000 lives.

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From the Nanchang Uprising to the fighting in the Jinggang Mountains, from the extraordinarily formidable Long March to the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and from the Chinese People's War of Liberation to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, it was the lives of revolutionary martyrs that ensured the success of the revolution, Xi noted.

"We must keep firmly in mind that New China did not come easily," Xi said.

The 1.4 billion people in the country, including over 90 million CPC members and leading cadres at all levels in particular, should earnestly study the history of the CPC and that of New China, Xi added. 

Xi Jinping encouraged the development of farmers' cooperatives suited to local conditions across the country

Encouraging farmers' cooperatives

Xi Jinping encouraged the development of farmers' cooperatives suited to local conditions across the country during the inspection tour in Jilin. 

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After learning about the benefits brought by the cooperative to its members, Xi commended their meaningful efforts in finding a development path suitable for themselves, advancing agricultural mechanization and giving full play to the local advantageous land conditions, with improved agricultural technology and its application, and higher agricultural benefit.

The Chinese president encouraged the farmers to continue promoting their experience and called for more efforts to further explore ways to develop specialized cooperatives nationwide. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, learns about grain production, the protection and use of black soil at a demonstration zone for green food production in Lishu County of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 22, 2020. (WANG YE / XINHUA)

Protecting black soil

Xi also stressed that effective measures must be taken to protect black soil while visiting a demonstration zone for green food production and learning about the improvement of soil quality of chernozem and the growth of corn in Siping's Lishu county.