The July 5th bloody riot has caused an immense loss of lives and property to the people of all ethnic groups in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and wrought havoc upon the normal order and social stability in the region. In recent days, remaining problems left behind by the riot have been tackled in an orderly way, those people injured are receiving proper treatment, and social order has been resuming rapidly.
All this has been attributed to a great deal of arduous work done by the Xinjiang regional Party committee and government, organs of the Communist Party of China (CPC) central authority and relevant government institutions, the People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police under the leadership of the CPC and the State Council and through firm reliance on the multi-ethnic people in Xinjiang.
The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will take the safeguarding and maintenance of social stability as its top priority and most urgent issue on hand. Stability is the basis of a happy and contended life for all people. If society bogs down in disorder and turmoil, people will lose their prime dignity and basic living conditions and can hardly guarantee their personal safety. So, social stability is a basic norm the humanity widely acknowledges, a vital objective for the governance of a nation and also the fundamental right and obligation of every citizen.
To maintain social stability, it is imperative to isolate the extremely few, and to unite, educate and win over the majority. Severe penalties will be meted out in line with law to the riot's plotters, organizers, backbone or "core" elements, and perpetrators of serious crimes. Meanwhile, those who were instigated and hoodwinked should be educated and looked after viably and effectively. As for the families or close relatives of victims, the injured innocent people and those who suffered property damage should be visited, consoled, and helped to tide over their practical difficulties.
Party and government leading bodies at various levels in Xinjiang should get to ensure the basic livelihood for local people, to do policies publicity among them and to help assure overall social stability. The CPC members and cadres, especially leading officials at all levels, should play an exemplary role, rely on the multi-ethnic people to maintain social stability and socialist judicial justice, to safeguard their fundamental interests and guide them in implementing requirements of the Party and government, so as to form a powerful strength and lay a solid basis for social stability.
Law provides a crucial, vital guarantee for the maintenance of social stability. While maintaining the unity, dignity and authority of the socialist legal system, every citizen is demanded to abide by national laws. Cadres and people of all ethnicities should keep sober-minded and be reasonable, carry out their civil duties, treasure all the more the excellent situation of ethnic unity and common prosperity in the region; they should "proceed first from themselves", neither to spread or blindly believe in rumors or hearsay, nor to partake in any activities in violation of law; they should wage resolute struggles against outlaws' activities and consciously work for ethnic unity and social stability.
"Living a stable and harmonious life is the greatest expectations" – This utters the common voice of the people of all ethnic groups. After the July 5th riot occurred in Urumqi, many family members or close relatives of victims, enduring their great grief and bearing an overall situation in mind, have exerted their best to defend social security, and this precisely epitomizes their super moral quality of sagacity, good sense and integrity.
Social stability is closely related to everyone and, only when an overall social security is viably and effectively safeguarded, can there be a reliable guarantee for the people's happy life.
By People's Daily political commentator and translated by PD Online
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2009-07/10/content_293030.htm
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