On the morning of November 17, 2018, the National Spiritual Civilization Commendation Conference was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Qinhuangdao was awarded the honorary title of National Civilized City. Meng Xiangwei, Secretary of the CPC Municipal Committee and director of the Municipal Civilization Commission, representing Qinhuangdao City, was warmly received by President Xi Jinping. He also went on to the stage to receive the medal of the National Civilized City and was honored, which marks that Qinhuangdao City officially entered the rank of civilized cities nationwide in its 13th place.
At this moment, the lauded honorary title made the people of Qinhuangdao very inspired.
With the indomitable perseverance after five failures in the Civilized City evaluation every three years, passionate hard work night and day of the city's communists and cadres, together with the expectation of the city's 3.09 million people, made the dream come true at last. As early as a few days ago, after the announcement of the list of Civilized Cities nationwide, this good news has become the focus of the people’s hot discussion in Qinhuangdao. Good news also covered everyone’s WeChat circle of friends. “Ours is an amazing city, and we are great workers of the civilized city!” “I am proud of being a Qinhuangdao resident!” “This honor belongs to every Qinhuangdao resident, and this is also a fresh start for us!”... Messages on WeChat represent the pride and joy of the whole city.
National Civilized Cities have been evaluated and commended every three years. The first group of National Civilized Cities was selected in 2005. The selection of this year has been the fifth. Our city was awarded the “Advanced Working City for National Civilized Cities” in the first and second selection and nominated for “National Civilized Cities” in the third and fourth selection. In order to gain the card of the nation’s civilized city, in 2016, the CPC Qinhuangdao committee and the municipal government issued the mobilization “working for the civilized city with perseverance in spite of thousands of hardships” before the people of the city, making the target of being a National Civilized City an impetus and landmark event to benefit the people and speed up development. The city has formed a high expectation of “City-civilization involves everyone” and “Leaders take the lead, everyone participates, and every requirement should be reached”.
Measures have been implemented one after another in Qinhuangdao. On the way to becoming a National Civilized City, the people of Qinhuangdao pooled their efforts in ridding off one and another “fortress”. With 15 years of perseverance, although the road to the goal has been long and bumpy, it is only after the twists and turns that it is possible to taste the sweetness of success. The diligent and intelligent people of Qinhuangdao have built a beautiful and civilized city with painstaking efforts, so that more people can share the fruits of the society.
The flowers of civilization blossom and the city is full of happiness. The title of National Civilized City is not only a lofty honor but also a responsibility. It is also a spur for continuous progress. It carries a new promise of "tomorrow will be better" for the people of the city. Our efforts to achieve and uphold this objective will be unceasing.