The report of the 20th Party Congress stated that "Starting from now on, the central task of the Chinese Communist Party is to unite and lead the people of all nationalities to build a strong socialist public country. We will achieve the goal of the second hundred years of struggle and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese style publicization. The 20th Report further stated that Chinese-style publicization is the publicization of common prosperity, and called for the "solid promotion of common prosperity". Against this backdrop, it is of great practical significance to explore in depth the path to common prosperity and the focus of practice.
On 14th December 2022, Director Wang Jiexiu of the Policy Research Centre of the State Ministry of Civil Affairs was invited to deliver an academic lecture to IIDPF as well as to staff and students across the University. Under the title of "The Role of Philanthropy in Promoting Common Wealth", Director Wang elaborated on the important role of philanthropy in promoting common wealth and Chinese style publicization and the ways to achieve it from four perspectives, namely, grasping the basic meaning and significance of common wealth, the current situation of philanthropy development in China, the opportunities and challenges faced by philanthropy development in China, and how to promote the role of philanthropy in promoting common prosperity.
The lecture was chaired by IIDPF researcher Yu Changyong, followed by a speech by Professor Yang Canming, President of ZUEL and Director of IIDPF, and concluding remarks by Professor Lv Guoying, Executive Deputy Director of The Co-Innovation Center for Social Governance of Urban and Rural Communities in Hubei Province.
In his speech, President Yang expressed his warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to Director Wang for giving an academic lecture to all the faculty and students of the University. President Yang stated that Director Wang has long been deeply involved in theoretical and practical issues such as philanthropy, social policy and community governance. Director Wang is an expert leader and has a reputation for innovation in civil affairs policy theory and practice. Director Wang's talk this evening both provided new insights into the theoretical interpretation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress and added to the IIDPF's series of academic events.
Professor Lu Guoying summarised Director Wang's excellent speech with "three profound" and "one ambitious". "The "three profound" aspects are reflected in Director Wang's profound grasp of the spirit of common prosperity as stated by General Secretary Xi Jinping and the 20th National Congress of the Party, his deep understanding of the industry and his profound theoretical insights formed by his unique work and research experience; "One ambitious" reflects Director Wang's ambitious theoretical vision of building a charity with Chinese characteristics to promote the successful achievement of the goal of common prosperity.
The academic lecture attracted faculty members from Beijing University of Technology and Business, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Henan University of Economics and Law, Zhongnan University for Nationalities and 62 young faculty members and students from ZUEL.The whole lecture was innovative, logical, detailed, vivid and exciting, and the participants were full of rewards!