习近平回信勉励普洱民族团结誓词碑盟誓代表后代

习近平回信勉励普洱民族团结誓词碑盟誓代表后代

发扬先辈光荣传统更好续写誓词碑故事

让民族团结的佳话代代相传

新华社北京9月25日电 近日,中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平给普洱民族团结誓词碑盟誓代表后代回信,对他们予以亲切勉励并提出殷切希望。

习近平指出,1951年,包括你们先辈在内的各族代表立碑盟誓,郑重许下同心同德跟党走的誓言。70多年来,各族群众一心向党、团结奋斗,推动边疆地区经济社会发展取得历史性成就,书写了民族团结进步生动篇章。

习近平强调,中华民族是一个大家庭,五十六个民族就是相亲相爱的一家人。希望你们发扬先辈光荣传统,更好续写誓词碑故事,让民族团结的佳话代代相传。各族人民都要把中华民族共同体意识牢记心间、融入血液,共守祖国疆土、共建美好家园,让民族团结进步之花越开越绚烂。

1950年,云南普洱专区各族代表应邀到北京参加新中国成立一周年庆祝活动,受到毛泽东等党和国家领导人亲切接见。1951年元旦,普洱专区各族群众举行盟誓大会,以少数民族的风俗习惯立下誓词碑,表示“一心一德,团结到底,在中国共产党的领导下,誓为建设平等自由幸福的大家庭而奋斗!”48名各族代表碑上签名。近日,普洱民族团结誓词碑盟誓代表后代给习近平总书记写信,汇报当地各族群众在党的领导下过上幸福生活的情况,表达牢记誓言跟党走、为民族团结和边疆繁荣发展贡献力量的决心。

Xi urges continuously promoting ethnic unity across generations

BEIJING, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of continuing the endeavors to promote ethnic unity from generation to generation.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a reply letter to descendants of the representatives from diverse ethnic groups who erected a monument in 1951 in southwest China's Yunnan Province and made a solemn pledge to stay united and follow the Party.

For over 70 years, people from all ethnic groups have stood in solidarity with the Party and worked in unity, making historic achievements in the economic and social development of border areas, Xi said in the letter.

Calling the Chinese nation "a big family where 56 ethnic groups love and care for each other," Xi stressed that people of all ethnic groups should sharpen the sense of community for the Chinese nation and work for greater ethnic unity and progress.

In 1950, representatives of different ethnic groups in Pu'er, Yunnan, were invited to Beijing to participate in celebrations marking the first founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China. On Jan. 1, 1951, the people of Pu'er held an oath-taking rally to put up the monument in accordance with their customs. A total of 48 representatives signed their names on the monument.

Their descendants recently wrote to Xi, providing an update on the lives of local ethnic communities under the Party's leadership.