At a high-level reception on Monday to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year, President Xi Jinping praised China's remarkable progress in advancing modernization over the past 12 months, despite facing complex and challenging circumstances.
\\"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 event organized by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, Xi highlighted the nation's composure and determination in the face of adversity. \\"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 said.
The reception was held to usher in the Year of the Snake, which begins on January 29. 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.
Over the past year, China effectively implemented existing policies and proactively introduced a package of incremental measures, which helped promote economic recovery, Xi noted. He emphasized the country's achievements in technological and industrial innovation, stating that new quality productive forces are steadily forging ahead.
\\"China's employment and consumer prices remained stable,\\" Xi added, underscoring the nation's economic resilience amid global uncertainties.
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Xi lauds China's solid progress despite challenges in Year of Dragon
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