From March 22 to 24, Peng Qinghua, Secretary of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee, visited Mianyang’s Beichuan County, Pingwu County, Jiangyou City, Zitong County, Youxian District, and the New District of China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City, to inspect the progress in study and education of the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and call upon efforts for a good start of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Peng stressed the need to study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important remarks and the guiding principles of the “Two Sessions”, to comprehensively put into action the major policies of the CPC Central Committee and the decisions and plans made by the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee, to tap resources on the revolutionary history for first-class education about the Party’s history, and to drive high-quality economic and social development by pressing home comparative advantages.

　　According to the general guidelines laid out by the CPC Central Committee and the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee, the study and teaching of Party history are in full swing across Sichuan province. Peng showed great interest in how all levels of government in Mianyang are performing in this respect. On the morning of March 22, Peng expressed his condolences over the people and rescue workers who lost their lives during the May 12 Wenchuan Major Earthquake at the earthquake relic in the old-town area of Beichuan County, and listened to stories about the Party organizations at all levels, Party members, officials, and people who worked together in earthquake relief operations under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee. The tranquil, solemn earthquake relic in the old-town area of Beichuan County was shrouded in rocky peaks and verdant pines and cypresses. As the mournful Flower Offering Song was played, Peng walked respectfully to the cemetery of the earthquake victims, tidied the ribbons on the flower baskets, and gave three formal bows to offer his condolences over those who passed away in the earthquake. Later, he inspected the dredging and reinforcement of earthquake relics, including the former Maoba High School and the former buildings of the Public Security Bureau and the Forestry Bureau, as well as mountain hazards management. The objects and pictures on display in the 5. 12 Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum prove how the disaster areas grappled with post-quake reconstruction under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee. Peng said that the resounding victory we pulled off in earthquake relief and post-disaster reconstruction after the Wenchuan Major Earthquake has shown the strength of our Party and the superiority of socialism with Chinese characteristics. We should vigorously carry forward the great spirit of earthquake relief and urge the officials and people to overcome difficulties, forge ahead, and record new victories in new endeavors in the new era. Wang Youmu was a pioneer of Marxism movements in Sichuan and one of the founders of Sichuan’s Communist Party organizations. On the morning of March 23, Peng arrived at Wang Youmu Memorial Hall, where he listened to the life story of Wang Youmu who searched for the recipe for saving old China and spread revolutionary ideas, and gave credit to the local practice of running reading clubs and holding themed Party-day activities in the memorial hall that involved Party members and officials. He said that Mianyang has played a major role in the Party history and that we should tap this wealth, to educate Party members and officials, especially teenagers, about the revolutionary elements within it, and further inherit the revolutionary genes it carries.

　　On the afternoon of March 23, Peng held a symposium at the Zitong County Conference Center, where he was briefed on the learning and education of the Party history and made a speech. He pointed out that we should raise our awareness of the significance of education about the Party history at the centenary of CPC, tell Party members and officials that the “red political power”, new China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics are hard-won achievements, make them recognize the strength of CPC, the practicability of Marxism and the advantages of socialism with Chinese characteristics, bolster their “confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics,” help them establish connections between the painful, glorious past, the ever-changing present and the bright future, urge them to overcome the obstacles ahead resolutely, and encourage them to make unremitting efforts towards new goals. We must make constant efforts towards a perfect command of the Party’s innovative theories, understand the message behind the words, delve into the reason, link theory with practice, and steadily improve our ability to transform the subjective world and the objective world. We should leverage the resources on the revolutionary history in Sichuan and Mianyang, tell the stories of the Party, revolution, heroes and martyrs, help Party members and officials keep alive their faith, strengthen their ideology, and promote practical innovations with the power of thought. We should seek to solve real problems, serve the people wholeheartedly, address the issues facing the people, promote economic and social development, and test the effectiveness of education with achievements in reform and development. Leaders and officials at all levels should play an exemplary role in learning, lecturing on, understanding, and using the Party history, draw on historical experience, meet the requirements laid down in practice, and inaugurate new chapters in development.

　　Innovation-driven development is the top priority of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee this year. China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City, established with the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, should accomplish the important mission of promoting innovation-driven development in Sichuan. As part of his inspection tour, Peng visited the 2nd-phase project of the Innovation Center of the New District of China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City. He watched the innovative products on view, observed the demonstration operation of the large scientific instrument sharing platform and the technology trading platform as well as real-time transaction data, and listened to a report on the planning and construction of the New District and the Pilot Demonstration Science and Technology Innovation Zone of China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City. After that, he learned about the progress made in major special national science and technology projects, corporate innovations in science and technology, and the materialization of achievements in the China Academy of Engineering Physics, the Sichuan Gas Turbine Research Institute of the Aero Engine Corporation of China, Sichuan Hushan Electric of Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric Group, Sichuan Yonggui Technology Company and the construction site of Beichuan Navigation Industrial Park. According to Peng, the 14th Five-Year Plan and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 put scientific and technological innovations first. We should accelerate the building of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle and assign Sichuan and Chongqing the historical task of building a leading center for scientific and technological innovation in China. Mianyang should press home its advantages, seize opportunities, play a greater role in building up strategic strength in science and technology, build the New District and the Pilot Demonstration Science and Technology Innovation Zone of China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City by high standards, roll out more high-grade innovation platforms, improve the overall efficiency of the innovation chain, and further promote China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City.

　　It is of great significance for accelerating the modernization of agriculture and rural areas to hook rural vitalization up to the consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements. Huangping Village in Suojiang Qiang Township of Pingwu County is a scenic area at the foot of a hill and on the bank of a stream. Thanks to poverty alleviation efforts in tourism and health care, it has embarked on a new path to prosperity. Peng visited this remote Qiang village after a long, arduous trip to see the people who have been lifted out of poverty. He talked with He Yanli and her family, figuring out their income and planning for development with them, and encouraged He Cheng, who had just begun to work, to start a business and serve his hometown. The village Party secretary introduced the achievements in the two rural reforms with a jingle coined by the villagers: “Three villages are integrated to expand space and resources; based on agriculture and tourism, signature Qiang homestay develops”. This was pleasing to the ear of all including Peng. He said that comprehensive rural vitalization after the victory over poverty is a historic shift of the focus of the work on agriculture, rural areas, and farmers. We must hook rural vitalization up to the consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements, give further help to those who have been lifted out of poverty, motivate the people, and encourage them to become better off independently. Reform is crucial to rural vitalization. We should wrap up the two reforms, reform the rural collective property rights system, innovate the forms of the new rural collective economy, revitalize rural collective assets, and ensure that all villagers share the benefits of the development of the collective economy. Fuxin Food Company in Zitong County adopts the “company + cooperative + farmer” operation model. Last year, it purchased over 5,000 tons of raw materials, such as vegetables, and developed more than 80 ha of raw material supply bases locally. This move increased the income of over 3,500 farmers and won the recognition of Peng. He pointed out that we should regard industrial development as the pillar of rural vitalization, start from the construction of modern agricultural parks, encourage the deep processing of agricultural products, promote high-quality agricultural brands, make the shift from the sales of raw materials to the sales of finished products, and inject vitality into rural vitalization.

　　Peng Qinghua also went to Laohegou Nature Reserve, Gaocun Township, Pingwu County, to inspect the construction of the Giant Panda National Park and the prevention of forest and grassland fire. He emphasized that the protection of the eco-environment and green development should take priority and we should step up the construction of the Giant Panda National Park so that we will have a secure ecological barrier. We should constantly keep alert, be ready to fight, manage sources of fire hazards properly, identify and eliminate fire hazards, make sure the situation is under supervision, ensure that no one causes forest or grassland fire, and keep fire casualties at a minimum.

　　Provincial leaders Gan Lin, Wang Yihong and Yu Lijun as well as heads of relevant departments under the People’s Government of Sichuan Province went on the tour of inspection with Peng.