Shanghai holds symposium to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Whampoa Military Academy
On the morning of June 23, a symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Whampoa Military Academy was held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. Chen Tong, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, Minister of the United Front Work Department, and President of the Shanghai Overseas Friendship Association, attended the meeting and met with representatives of Whampoa classmates and their relatives. Xu Yisong, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee and Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and Lu Xiaofeng, Secretary-General of the Whampoa Military Academy Alumni Association, attended the meeting.
The meeting pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Whampoa Military Academy and the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy Alumni Association provides a fundamental guideline for doing a good job in the work of the Whampoa Military Academy Alumni Association in the new era. Shanghai has a deep connection with the Whampoa Military Academy and a long-standing relationship with the teachers and students of Whampoa. We must accurately grasp the contemporary connotation of the Whampoa spirit, lead compatriots at home and abroad to cultivate their patriotism, uphold national justice, and widely build consensus on unity. Continue to use the Whampoa relationship as a bond to contribute the strength of Whampoa classmates and relatives to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and the reunification of the motherland. The Shanghai Whampoa Military Academy Alumni Association must bear in mind the purpose and political mission of the association, give full play to its unique advantages, always remember this history, conduct in-depth research on this history, firmly continue to write this history, and widely gather hearts and minds to work together to realize the Chinese dream.
At the symposium, Xu Xiaoyan, son of Xu Xiangqian, a graduate of the first term of Whampoa Military Academy and the first president of the Whampoa Military Academy Alumni Association, Xin Ping, professor at Shanghai University and president of the Shanghai Chinese Communist Party History Society, Xie Jimin, son of Xie Jinyuan, a graduate of the fourth term of Whampoa Military Academy and consultant of the Shanghai Whampoa Military Academy Alumni Association, Hu Baolin, daughter of Hu Jing'an, a graduate of the second term of Whampoa Military Academy and president of the Hong Kong Greater China Association, Zhu Yuexia, founding president of the Macau Xinhai Huangpu Association, and representatives of the Taiwan Huangpu organization made exchanges of views and speeches respectively.
After the symposium, a themed event “A New Journey of a Century: Huangpu Spirit and the Reunification of the Motherland” was held. Four pairs of guests from Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan shared the “patriotic and revolutionary” deeds of Huangpu predecessors around the main theme of “inheritance”, and told stories about using Huangpu’s bond to promote cross-strait exchanges.
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