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More than a hundred pupils, teachers and parents from the Changgang Zhonglu Primary School in Guangzhou participated in a musical socialist values drive Monday to rebuild faith in China's moral compass.
This comes in the wake of a doctrine issued by the Communist Party of China's 18th Congress in 2012 which evolved into a nationwide campaign to promote core socialistic values including national prosperity, civility, democracy and harmony.
Also considered part of the country's core values are the social goals of freedom, justice, equality and the rule of law as well as individual values of dedication, patriotism, integrity and friendship.
The program was initiated after local officials of Guangdong in the province of Guangzhou decided to launch a local campaign to rekindle people's faith in China's definition of morality.
"We have launched the campaign in kindergartens, primary and high schools since April last year. This semester has witnessed more socialist values-oriented activities in various forms," a Guangzhou education bureau official told China's state news agency the Global Times.
All participants, both young and old members of the education community, sang ballads based on "socialist core values" in their respective classrooms at the Changgang Zhonglu Primary School.
"Clap, clap, clap! Prosperity and democracy rank top. Clap, clap, clap! Happy with civility and harmony," they sang joyfully while bringing their hands together, applauding for a morally upright community.
Aside from the musical extravaganza, local authorities of Guangzhou also compiled textbooks on core socialist values and later handed them out to students.
Also, teachers discuss them as incorporated in classes such as Chinese, music, art, history and physical education, while the school made sure to provide all necessary visual aids all around the campus such as posters and bulletin boards about the topic.
Despite this, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Guangzhou Committee delegate Han Zhipeng still believes that the children would hardly understand the slogans incorporated into the songs.
