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Editor’s Note:

Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, led a central delegation to attend a grand gathering in celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. On September 24, while listening to work reports from the CPC Xinjiang regional committee and the regional government, President Xi once again stressed that "it is imperative to foster a strong sense of the Chinese nation as one community in Xinjiang and promote the construction of the community."

Just about a month earlier, while attending a grand gathering to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the Xizang Autonomous Region, President Xi delivered the same requirement after listening to work reports from the CPC Xizang regional committee and the regional government. President Xi attaches great importance to the work of ethnic unity in Xinjiang and Xizang. He has convened a number of important meetings and articulated the original and pioneering conclusion of "reinforcing the sense of the Chinese nation as one community," establishing it as the focus of our Party's work on ethnic affairs and indeed for all our endeavors in ethnic minority areas in the new era.

Multiple important speeches included in the book series Xi Jinping: The Governance of China reflect President Xi's ideas for strengthening and improving the Party's work on ethnic affairs. For example, in the article "Heighten a Sense of Chinese Identity" in Volume III, President Xi pointed out: "We must fully implement our Party's theories and policies concerning ethnic groups, work together for common prosperity and development, and help all ethnic groups remain as closely united as the seeds of a pomegranate, so that the Chinese nation will become a more inclusive and cohesive community." In the article "Unite the Chinese Nation as One Community" in Volume V, Xi emphasized that "heightening the sense of national identity is a shared mission of the entire Party, the whole country, and the people of all ethnic groups."

In the 13th installment of the special series "Decoding the Book of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China," the Global Times, along with People's Daily Overseas Edition, continues to invite Chinese and foreign scholars, translators of Xi's works, practitioners with firsthand experience and international readers to discuss the theme of "fostering a strong sense of the Chinese nation as one community and promoting the construction of the community," in a bid to explore its profound practical significance and value in action.

Here are the stories:

1. Readers’ Reflections: CPC showcases exceptional wisdom, governance ability in fostering ethnic harmony

2. Practitioners’ Insights: Primary school principal in Xinjiang sows seeds of ethnic unity via language education

3. Scholars’ Perspectives: Formation, development of the Chinese nation as one community follow the will of people, irresistible tide of history: ethnic expert

4. Translators' Voices: The sense of the Chinese nation as one community a source of inspiration for multi-ethnic countries

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