10月27日,中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席胡锦涛在会见中国红十字会第八次会员代表大会代表时指出,红十字事业是一项造福人类的崇高事业。红十字会作为国际人道主义组织,在发挥人道主义精神、保护人的生命与健康、促进人类和平与进步事业等方面发挥着积极作用。五年来,中国红十字会服务服从于党和国家的中心工作,致力于改善 On October 27, Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, pointed out when meeting with the delegate of the Eighth National People’s Congress of the Chinese Red Cross that the Red Cross cause is a lofty cause for the benefit of mankind. As an international humanitarian organization, the Red Cross plays an active role in giving play to its humanitarian spirit, protecting human life and health, and promoting the cause of human peace and progress. In the past five years, the service of the Chinese Red Cross obeys the central work of the party and the state and is committed to improving