Xi Jinping and top leadership tell press:
China made indelible contribution to progress of human civilization
CHINA: Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of China (CPC), led the other newly-elected
members of the Standing Committee of the 18th CPC Central Committee
Political Bureau to meet the press Thursday morning at the Great Hall of
the People.
“I am very glad to meet friends from the news media here today,” Xi
said, citing that the 18th CPC National Congress “came to a successful
conclusion.”
“During the past several days, you have extensively covered the
congress and let the world hear China’s voice. On behalf of the
Secretariat of the congress, I wish to express our sincere thanks to you
for your professionalism, dedication and hard work,” Xi said. “We have
just held the first plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the
Communist Party China and elected a new central leadership,” Xi said.
“I was elected General Secretary of the Party Central Committee by
the plenary session. Now, I wish to introduce to you the other six newly
elected members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau,” he
said.
“They are: Comrade Li Keqiang, Comrade Zhang Dejiang, Comrade Yu
Zhengsheng, Comrade Liu Yunshan, Comrade Wang Qishan, and Comrade Zhang
Gaoli. Comrade Li Keqiang was a member of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the 17th Party Central Committee, and all the others
were members of the Political Bureau of the 17th Party Central
Committee. I believe their names are familiar to you,” Xi said. “On
behalf of the members of the newly elected central leadership, I wish to
express our heartfelt thanks to all other members of the Party for the
great trust they have placed in us. We will strive to be worthy of their
trust and fulfill our mission,” Xi said.
“We are greatly encouraged by both the trust all the comrades of the
Party have placed in us and the great expectation the people of all
ethnic groups in China have of us, and we are keenly aware that this is
also an important responsibility for us,” he said.
“We have taken on this important responsibility for our nation. Ours
is a great nation. Throughout five thousand years and more of evolution
as a civilization, the Chinese nation has made indelible contribution to
the progress of human civilization,” he said.
In modern times, however, China endured untold hardships and
sufferings, and its very survival hung in the balance. Countless Chinese
patriots rose up one after another and fought for the renewal of the
Chinese nation, but all ended in failure, Xi said.
Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has made great
sacrifices and forged ahead against all odds. It has rallied and led the
Chinese people in transforming the poor and backward old China into an
increasingly prosperous and powerful new China, thus opening a
completely new horizon for the great renewal of the Chinese nation, he
said.
“Our responsibility now is to rally and lead the entire Party and the
people of all ethnic groups in China in taking over the relay baton
passed on to us by history, and in making continued efforts to achieve
the great renewal of the Chinese nation, make the Chinese nation stand
rock-firm in the family of nations, and make even greater contribution
to mankind,” Xi said.
AFP |