President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the closing meeting of the first session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s national legislature.
He said in his speech that I will faithfully fulfill my responsibilities bestowed by the Constitution, with the nation’s needs as my mission and the people’s interests my yardstick.
Xi pledged to perform his duty scrupulously, do his utmost, and prove worthy of the trust of all NPC deputies and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups.
From this day forward to the mid-21st century, the central task of the entire Communist Party of China (CPC) and all Chinese people will be to build China into a great modern socialist country in all respects and to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts, he added furthur.
He called for fully implementing the strategy for invigorating China through science and education, the workforce development strategy and the innovation-driven development strategy.
He reiterated that it is a must to put the people first on the new journey of building China into a great modern socialist country and advancing national rejuvenation.
The people are the decisive force in building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects, he said.
Xi underscored the need to pursue a holistic approach to national security, improve the national security system, strengthen China’s capacity for safeguarding national security, enhance public safety governance, improve the social governance system, and safeguard China’s new development pattern with a new security architecture.
He stressed the need to fully, faithfully and resolutely implement the policy of “one country, two systems,” and actively promoting the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations, resolutely opposing external interference and “Taiwan independence” separatist activities, and firmly advancing the process of national reunification.
China’s development benefits the world and China cannot develop in isolation from the rest of the world, he said.
“We will be dedicated to peace, development, cooperation, and mutual benefit, stand firmly on the right side of history, practice true multilateralism, and uphold the shared values of humanity,” he said.
He highlighted the importance of always having the courage to carry out self-reform, self-governance unceasingly, and fighting corruption rigorously.
