Delegates at the workshop (Photo: VNA)The Vietnamese delegation to the event was led by Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburomember, Chairman of the Central Theory Council and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA), while the Chinese side was headed by Li Shulei, Politburo member, Secretaryof the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and head of its PublicityDepartment.
Speaking at the workshop, Thang said that the CPV alwaysattaches importance to and upholds social management in the information age, aswith many new technology fields, the information age has a strong impact on all aspects of the sociallife, bringing great opportunities to promote the modernisation process in eachcountry, and changing methods and ways of leading and managing the societybased on new technologies.
In addition, the fourth Industrial Revolution and the boomin new technologies result in many new matters to the Party leadership inthe management of social development, requiring the Party to innovate socialmanagement to adapt to drastic changes of the information age, he added.
Li stressed that innovation in social management issignificant to the two Parties and countries in both theoretical and practicalaspects, and in accordance with each country’s current situation.
The two officials stressed that social management in theinformation age must persistently put the people at the centre, while affirmingthe importance of strengthening theoretical exchanges between the two Partiesin the new situation./.
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