BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday prolonged Spring Festival greetings at a reception in Beijing to usher within the Chinese New Year — the Year of the Horse.
At the Great Hall of the People, Xi, additionally common secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, conveyed New Year greetings on behalf of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to all Chinese individuals at house and overseas.
Describing the ending Year of the Snake as extraordinary, Xi mentioned China met difficulties head-on and made new progress within the face of a posh and risky surroundings at house and overseas, elevating China’s financial energy, scientific and technological capabilities, nationwide protection capabilities, and composite nationwide energy to new heights.
Over the previous yr, China’s economic system withstood strain and sustained development, demonstrating sturdy resilience and vitality, Xi mentioned.
Addressing the reception attended by over 2,000 individuals, Xi famous China’s stable progress in varied fields, together with law-based governance, cultural undertakings, ecological conservation, and protection, over the previous yr.
Xi emphasised a number of milestones, comparable to outlining the blueprint for the fifteenth Five-Year Plan interval (2026-2030), commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the victory within the Chinese People’s War of Resistance towards Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, establishing the Taiwan Recovery Day, celebrating the founding anniversaries of the Xizang Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and holding the fifteenth National Games in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao.
China put ahead the Global Governance Initiative, efficiently hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women. These efforts, he mentioned, introduced much-needed certainty and optimistic vitality to a world fraught with modifications and turmoil.
Anti-corruption efforts yielded notable outcomes because the CPC steadfastly exercised the total and rigorous self-governance, Xi mentioned.
He attributed such massive achievements to the concerted efforts of the whole occasion and other people of all ethnic teams throughout the nation.
The yr 2026 marks the a hundred and fifth anniversary of the founding of the CPC and the launch of the fifteenth Five-Year Plan. Xi known as for advancing high-quality improvement, sustaining social concord and stability, and persistently exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance, in order to try for a sound begin for the subsequent 5 years.
The Spring Festival marks the start of the normal Chinese New Year. The Year of the Horse will start on Feb. 17.
In Chinese tradition, the horse embodies vigor, energy and resilience, symbolizing regular progress and lasting prosperity, Xi mentioned.
Xi inspired the Chinese individuals to keep up excessive morale and forge forward on the brand new journey of Chinese modernization within the Year of the Horse.
Li Qiang presided over the reception. Senior officers Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng have been additionally current on the occasion.