Xi calls for greater confidence, resolve
Exhibition aims to boost efforts by entire nation
President Xi Jinping called on people of all ethnicities to have strong confidence and resolve to deepen reform and opening-up under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark on Tuesday while attending a major exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up at the National Museum of China in Beijing.
The Chinese people, led by the CPC, have made great achievements through hard work in the past four decades since reform and opening-up began, Xi said. Great changes have taken place in China since then, he added.
The Party’s 19th National Congress, held in October last year, drew up the blueprint for the country’s future development, Xi said, adding that socialism with Chinese characteristics will definitely have a better future as long as China continues to deepen reform and opening-up.
The exhibition uses historical photos, texts, videos, miniature models and interactive activities to show visitors the great process during which the Chinese nation has stood up, grown more prosperous and become stronger.
The exhibition should be used to educate officials and people to better understand the great power of the Party, the people, and socialism with Chinese characteristics, Xi said.
Through the exhibition, officials and the people
President Xi Jinping,
should have a better understanding of the Party’s theories, reform and opening-up policy, and the strategic measures of reform, Xi said.
The exhibition is expected to encourage Chinese people and boost their confidence and resolution toward socialism with Chinese characteristics and reform and openingup, Xi added.
On Tuesday morning, Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, announced the opening of the exhibition.
Wang called for efforts to rally more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Xi at the core, hold high the banner of reform and opening-up in the new era, and deepen reform and openingup with greater confidence and stronger measures.
China will not stop its reform and opening-up. Reform and opening-up have brought China to where it is today, and China will only deepen its reforms and open its doors wider as it pursues its development.
While this is essential for the country to achieve its goals of realizing a moderately well-off society and national rejuvenation, it will also benefit the world. In today’s globalized world, China’s development is closely related to that of other countries and vice versa. So its ongoing reform and opening-up will propel not just its own economic growth and social progress, but also contribute tremendously to the world economy as they will create fresh opportunities for the world.
An exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up this year opened in Beijing on Tuesday. It shows what this country has achieved over the past four decades, and demonstrates why China will continue to open up to the outside world. Speaking while visiting the exhibition, President Xi Jinping said that the country will implement the thought for a new era and follow the blueprint for the future that has been drawn up. Its deployment demonstrates the leadership’s resolve to continue reform and opening-up and create advantageous conditions to realize their full potential.
As he said on Nov 5 in his speech at the opening of the import expo, history shows that openness and cooperation are the driving forces for dynamic international economic and trade activities.
That is not just because of how economic reform and opening-up have transformed China over the past four decades, but also because of what they have contributed to the world.
It is the reform and opening-up over the past 40 years that have made China’s economy the ocean that it is, and Xi said that China will further tap its potential for imports, continue to widen access to its market and create a top class business environment, which promises even greater contributions to the prosperity of the world economy.
And as China continues to advance reforms, such as streamlining bureaucratic procedures and further opens up through initiatives such as the expansion of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, it hopes other countries will join it in opposing unilateralism and trade protectionism.
For, as Xi said, the practices of the law of the jungle and winner takes all are just a dead end. Inclusive growth for all is surely the right way forward.