Xi Jinping’s late father lauded by Communist Party ahead of 110th anniversary of birth

Guangdong officials hail late Communist Party elder Xi Zhongxun for contributions that helped lead to the development of the Greater Bay Area

Provincial party chief Huang Kunming earlier urged cadres to use the revolutionary spirit to reform and innovate

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Cadres in Guangdong province are being urged to follow the revolutionary spirt of Xi Jinping’s father, Xi Zhongxun, centre, as they work to promote the Greater Bay Area.

Published: 9:16pm, 13 Oct 2023Updated: 11:02pm, 13 Oct 2023

The late father of Chinese President Xi Jinping has been hailed as a spiritual icon by officials in Guangdong province for his role in contributing to the development of the Greater Bay Area, ahead of the 110th anniversary of his birth.

Xi Zhongxun was born on October 15, 1913. Xi Jinping is the third child of Xi Zhongxun and his second wife Qi Xin.

Party committees in major cities in the province have held recent meetings to follow up on provincial party chief Huang Kunming’s call earlier this month urging the province’s cadres to “carry forward the spirit of reform and opening up” of Xi Zhongxun.

Huang made the call as he presided over the provincial party committee’s study group session, in which Guangdong’s top leadership discussed the development of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone.

“To promote the reform and opening up of Guangdong in the new era … we must carry forward the spirit of reform and opening up, and inherit the fine revolutionary traditions of the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries like Comrade Xi Zhongxun,” Huang was quoted by Nanfang Daily, Guangdong’s party newspaper.

Hailing the senior Xi as “an outstanding member of our party, a great communist fighter, and an outstanding proletarian revolutionist”, Huang praised what he described as Xi Zhongxun’s groundbreaking work, which showed his “foresight and revolutionary courage to seek truth from facts, to trailblaze and innovate”.