Both Xi Jinping and his father Xi Zhongxun are members of the Communist Party of China with firm beliefs.
In people's eyes, Xi Zhongxun, the "mass leader who came out of the masses," will always stand with the people.
His life is a life of revolution, a life of glorious battle, and a life of serving the people wholeheartedly.
Xi Jinping is proud of his father, and has inherited and absorbed many precious and noble qualities from his father.
Connect with the masses
"Lao Bai, how old are you this year?" "66 years old."
"What do you belong to?" "Horse."
"Then you are one year younger than me."
On May 11, 2020, in the new village of Fangcheng, Datong, Shanxi, General Secretary Xi Jinping sits on the edge of the villager’s Baishan Jiakang and makes homework with the villagers. The moment he opens his mouth, he feels cordial.
On May 11, 2020, Xi Jinping was in Fangcheng New Village, Xiping Town, Yunzhou District, Datong City, Shanxi Province, together with his relocation household Bai Gaoshan and his family sitting on the kang.
From the loess land to Zhongnanhai, Xi Jinping's shots of walking into the village and entering the house and "chagging" with the masses for decades have been deeply imprinted in the hearts of the masses.
A farmer who received Xi Jinping at home in the 1980s said: “Many cadres who went to the countryside couldn’t drink the tea cup I brought out, but Comrade Xi Jinping took the cup and drank it. The villagers were very moved. Say everything to him."
Like his father Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping has always adhered to the mass line of "all for the masses, all rely on the masses, from the masses to the masses".
Li Dunbai, an American scholar who had dealt with Xi Zhongxun, once recalled: "Where he went, it seemed that every village had someone he knew. He met this person and said whether your mother-in-law’s illness is cured, and he met that person and said, "You Dad's back pain is healed."
From the end of August to the beginning of September 1980, Xi Zhongxun (first from left) had a cordial conversation with young people during an inspection in the rural areas of Zhanjiang, Guangdong.
Xi Zhongxun believes: "Leading cadres and the masses are equal. There is no distinction between high and low. They must live among the masses forever." In Yan'an, in Guangdong, in the countryside, in the factory... this outstanding Communist is always with the masses. Together, talking and laughing are warm.
Xi Jinping inherited his father's style.
He said: "Any party member or cadre has only the responsibility and obligation to serve the people, and has no right to be an official or a master."
When Liangjiahe jumped in, he set up a literacy class to teach the villagers to read and read; when working in Zhengding, he fought for farmers to reduce or exempt the annual grain purchases; when he was in charge of Fuzhou, he vigorously promoted "to enter thousands of families, know thousands of families, and help them Family worries, do everything." After becoming a party and state leader, he was asked "how to call you". He introduced himself "I am the people's serviceman"... Along the way, Xi Jinping vividly explained what "close contact with the masses" means. .
Pay attention to investigation and research
In 1978, 65-year-old Xi Zhongxun moved south to govern Guangdong.
Xi Zhongxun, who has lived in the north for decades, is not well adapted to the humid and sultry climate in the south.
But in July and August, he ran through 21 counties in the three regions of Meixian, Shantou, and Huiyang in eastern Guangdong under the scorching sun.
Xi Jinping, who was studying at Tsinghua University at the time, used summer vacation to participate in social practice activities in Guangdong, and also went to the countryside with his father.
In August 1978, Xi Zhongxun (third from left) made a survey in the rural areas of Huiyang, Guangdong.
Xi Jinping (first from left) took part in social practice activities during the summer vacation and went to the countryside with his father.
Xi Zhongxun always attaches great importance to investigation and research, and advocates going out of the "yamen", going deep into the masses, going deep into reality, and finding the most appropriate, truest, and correct way through the masses.
Xi Jinping's father's way of working has been fascinated by Xi Jinping.
During the more than 1,000 days and nights working in Zhengding, he traveled to 25 communes and 221 brigades throughout the county; when he first arrived in Zhejiang, he worked more than 12 hours a day, and the basic research time accounted for his effective working days. More than 40% of people...he said: "If there are more investigations and studies, if the grassroots level runs all over, runs deep, and runs through, our skills will increase, our understanding will leap forward, and our work will be better. it is good."
On November 3, 2020, the full text of the "Proposals" of the "14th Five-Year Plan" was announced.
This document of far-reaching historical significance was completed under the personal leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping.
To this end, he successively went to Jilin, Anhui, Hunan, Guangdong and other places to investigate and research, and presided over seven special symposiums... He said: "Without investigation, there is no right to speak, let alone decision-making power."
On September 17, 2020, Xi Jinping visited the Yuelu Academy of Hunan University to learn about talent training and cultural inheritance.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, I have gone into the deep mountains to visit the poor, set foot on the black land to observe food production, went to the front line of enterprise production to investigate production operations, and went to the resettlement points of the affected people to understand the recovery of production and life... General Secretary Xi Jinping Lead by example to promote the investigation and research style of the whole party.
Be diligent and thrifty
What Xi Jinping learned from his father is the quality of diligence and thrift.
"The clothes we usually wear, not to mention the patch stacks, but also the clothes of brothers and sisters..." Xi Jinping once recalled his childhood life in an exclusive interview with CCTV's "Oriental Time and Space" program.
Xi Zhongxun's frugality is almost harsh, and the strict tutoring of Comrades He and his wife Qixin is also well known.
When the children were young, he chanted "Precision for the Nong" aloud while having dinner with their families. The children sitting around the table would also respond childishly: "Plant a millet in spring, and harvest tens of thousands of seeds in autumn. If there is no idle land, the farmer will still starve to death." Xi Zhongxun would pick up and eat the rice grains that fell on the table accidentally while eating, without wasting a little bit.
In 1958, Xi Zhongxun was with his sons Xi Jinping and Xi Yuanping.
Under his father's words and deeds, Xi Jinping has developed the habit of diligence and thrift since he was a child.
"In his living room, there is no TV, there are a few old sofas, and nothing else." Wang Youhui, who worked with Xi Jinping in Zhengding, visited Xi's house in 1983. He recalled many years later, "This is called me. Understand what is frugal."
General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited places over the years. In order to reduce the burden on the place, he has repeatedly taken morning breaks and overnight stays on special trains to reduce the reception standard; for outbound activities, he has repeatedly instructed to calculate the number of stays in the delegation’s hotel. Don't live in luxury, just clean and comfortable.
"Frugality, simplicity, and freedom from extravagance are the heirlooms of our party. Now that our living conditions are better, but the spirit of hard work is indispensable at all, we must persist in self-cultivation with frugality, thrifty business, and persistence in doing everything with frugality and diligence. "The general secretary practiced.
This is Xi Jinping's family of three with Xi Zhongxun.
The power of role models is endless.
His father's words and deeds taught Xi Jinping how to be a purely beneficial person to the people.
The mass line, investigation and research, diligence and thrift... These centuries-old party heirlooms are also the relay, inheritance and promotion of the two generations of Communists Xi Zhongxun and Xi Jinping.
China Central Radio and Television Station CCTV Network