Chinese President Xi Jinping praised China's solid progress over the past year despite facing \\"complex and challenging\\" situations, at a high-level reception on Monday to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year.
\\"In the Year of the Dragon, we demonstrated vitality and a can-do spirit. We endured storms and saw the rainbow,\\" Xi said. He is also the 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 highlighted China's achievements in advancing Chinese modernization.
\\"Faced with complex and challenging situations, China responded with composure and implemented a range of comprehensive measures, overcame difficulties and forged ahead with determination,\\" Xi said.
He 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.
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 noted.
\\"China achieved remarkable progress in technological and industrial innovation, with new quality productive forces forging ahead steadily,\\" he said. \\"China's employment and consumer prices also remained stable.\\"
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