Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted China's solid progress in advancing Chinese modernization over the past year, despite facing complex and challenging situations. Speaking at a high-level reception on Monday to ring in the Chinese New Year, Xi commended the nation's vitality and resilience during the Year of the Dragon.
\"In the Year of the Dragon, we demonstrated vitality and a can-do spirit. We endured storms and saw the rainbow,\" said Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Addressing over 2,000 attendees at the reception held by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to usher in the Year of the Snake, which begins on January 29, Xi emphasized China's composed response to challenges. \"Faced with complex and challenging situations, China responded with composure and implemented a range of comprehensive measures, overcame difficulties, and forged ahead with determination,\" he noted.
Xi extended Spring Festival greetings to the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, compatriots in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese. He acknowledged the collective efforts that contributed to the nation's achievements over the past year.
Over the past year, China effectively implemented existing policies and proactively introduced a package of incremental policies, which helped promote the recovery of the economy, Xi said. The country achieved remarkable progress in technological and industrial innovation, with new quality productive forces advancing steadily. According to Xi, China's employment and consumer prices also remained stable.
As China enters the Year of the Snake, Xi called on the nation to continue its pursuit of modernization and overcome any forthcoming challenges with the same spirit demonstrated in the previous year.
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Xi lauds China's solid progress despite challenges in Year of Dragon
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