Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Conference Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence on Friday in Beijing. Source(s): CGTN
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday extended congratulations on the complete success of the Chang’e-6 mission, which brought back the world’s first samples collected from the moon’s far side. On behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission (CMC), Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CMC, extended warm congratulations and sincere greetings to the Chang’e-6 mission headquarters and all those who participated in the mission in a congratulatory message. The return capsule of the Chang’e-6 probe, carrying the moon samples, landed precisely in its designated area in Siziwang Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 2:07 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Tuesday. Xi noted that Chang’e-6, for the first time in human history, collected samples from the moon’s far side and returned to Earth, marking another landmark achievement in China’s endeavor to build a strong country in space as well as in science and technology. Over the past 20 years, all those involved in the lunar exploration project have scaled the heights of science and technology, and made remarkable accomplishments that have captured worldwide attention, Xi said. « The outstanding contributions you have made will always be remembered by the country and the people, » he said. Xi called for meticulous research on the lunar samples, the continued implementation of the country’s major space projects, including deep space exploration, and enhancement of international exchanges and cooperation. He also urged efforts to make new contributions to revealing the mysteries of the universe, to promoting the well-being of humanity, and to building a great country and advancing national rejuvenation on all fronts through Chinese modernization. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, observed the landing and recovery of the Chang’e-6 returner at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center. Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, read out Xi’s congratulatory message at the center. Launched on May 3, the Chang’e-6 mission went through 11 flight stages in 53 days. It made key-technology breakthroughs in such areas as lunar retrograde orbit design and flight control, intelligent and rapid sampling, and takeoff and ascent from the far side of the moon. Carrying four international payloads, the Chang’e-6 probe also facilitated practical and efficient international cooperation. Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, observes the landing and recovery of the Chang’e-6 returner at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, June 25, 2024. The return capsule of the Chang’e-6 probe, carrying the moon samples, landed precisely in its designated area in Siziwang Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan) Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, reads out a congratulatory message of Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, June 25, 2024. On behalf of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the CMC, Xi extended warm congratulations and sincere greetings to the Chang’e-6 mission headquarters and all those who participated in the mission in the congratulatory message. The return capsule of the Chang’e-6 probe, carrying the moon samples, landed precisely in its designated area in Siziwang Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan) Source: Xinhua
For years, « Kuliang, » a word uttered by Milton Gardner on his deathbed, had remained a puzzle for his wife, Elizabeth Gardner. She knew that it was a place in China where her husband, an American physics professor, had spent his childhood, but she was unsure of its exact location. Despite this hurdle, following his passing in 1986, Elizabeth sought to honor Milton’s long-held wish to return to his childhood home. Her quest to find this elusive place led her on several fruitless journeys to China, until a Chinese student in the United States finally decoded the mystery. Kuliang, or « Guling » in Mandarin, was a hillside resort among foreign expatriates in the suburbs of Fuzhou, capital of east China’s Fujian Province. The student penned the American couple’s story and published it in the People’s Daily in April 1992. The article was noticed by Xi Jinping, then Fuzhou’s Party chief. Touched by the story, Xi decided to help. He asked his subordinates to contact Elizabeth and invite her to Fuzhou, particularly Kuliang, where her husband had spent his childhood for 10 years in the 1900s. Kuliang’s beautiful landscape and fresh mountain air etched themselves into Milton’s memory. Throughout the decades after returning to the United States in 1911, he longed to revisit this childhood home, but never got the chance. In August 1992, Elizabeth, at the age of 72, finally arrived in Fuzhou. Xi welcomed Elizabeth on the evening of her arrival. He said he was moved by her husband’s attachment and longing for Fuzhou and Kuliang, and that was the reason for inviting her there. « You can see for him the place he had missed all his life, » Xi told Elizabeth. During her stay in Fuzhou, Elizabeth, with the help of the municipal government, went to Kuliang and met nine of Milton’s childhood friends. They shared memories of Milton and his family with Elizabeth. Elizabeth said the trip allowed her to understand why her husband had missed China so much, and she was determined to continue to pass on the friendship between the two peoples. For decades, Xi kept the American couple’s story close to his heart. In 2012, Xi, as China’s vice president, shared this story when addressing a welcoming luncheon in Washington. « I believe there are a lot of touching stories like this between Chinese and American people, » he said. It isn’t just the Gardners who have a profound bond with Kuliang. Many American families share a profound connection with China through the hillside resort. Their descendants have formed the « Kuliang Friends » group to remember and maintain this enduring friendship. In 2023, they wrote a letter to Xi, now Chinese president, sharing their ties to the place. Impressed by the efforts of the group’s members to bolster China-U.S. people-to-people exchanges, Xi said their stories once again highlight that « the Chinese and American peoples can transcend differences in system, culture and language to forge deep friendships. » Xi has made more efforts to enhance exchanges between the two peoples, particularly among the youth. In November 2023, during his trip to San Francisco, Xi announced an initiative to invite 50,000 young Americans to China for exchange and study programs over the next five years. On Monday, as part of the initiative, hundreds of young people from both China and the United States gathered in Fuzhou to launch the « Bond with Kuliang: 2024 China-U.S. Youth Festival. » Together, they planted saplings in Kuliang as a symbolic gesture of friendship. « I am pleased to see young people from all walks of life in China and the United States gather in Fuzhou to relive the story of Kuliang, pass on the love of Kuliang, and help enhance exchanges and understanding between the two peoples, » Xi said in a letter to the event. Source: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to promote high-quality development and advance common prosperity in areas with large ethnic minority populations. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a reply letter to people in Jingning She Autonomous County in Zhejiang Province. Established in 1984, Jingning is the country’s sole autonomous county of the She ethnic group. Source: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh in Beijing on Wednesday. Source: Xinhua
Peng Liyuan (R) and Agata Kornhauser-Duda visit an art exhibition on Beijing’s intangible cultural heritage that showcases Chinese craftsmanship, at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China, June 24, 2024. /Xinhua Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Agata Kornhauser-Duda, wife of Polish President Andrzej Duda, visited China’s National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing on Monday. Agata Kornhauser-Duda is accompanying the Polish president on his state visit to China. Peng and Agata toured the facilities of the NCPA, and visited an art exhibition on Beijing’s intangible cultural heritage that showcases Chinese craftsmanship. Peng said both China and Poland boast a long history and profound cultural traditions, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two sides have become increasingly active in recent years. With enriched cultural exchanges, the mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples will also be deepened. Peng and Agata also enjoyed performances, including traditional Chinese folk music, Peking Opera, and piano compositions from both countries. Agata praised the performances by Chinese artists, saying that Chinese traditional culture is wonderful and impressive. She said she looks forward to more exchanges and cooperation between the two countries and enhanced friendship between the two peoples. Source: CGTN
The words and deeds of Xi Jinping’s father, Xi Zhongxun, run deep in the Chinese president’s outlook on life, work and philosophy, prompting him to solemnly honor his duties to the nation and the people. From rural beginnings to leadership roles, Xi Jinping has consistently prioritized the people’s aspirations for a better life as his guiding ethos. Source: CGTN
Fifty-five years ago, a 15-year-old Xi Jinping, as an « educated youth, » went to Liangjiahe Village in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. He later spent seven years in the countryside, working and living alongside farmers. Those years helped foster his unchanging belief in doing practical things for the people, Xi recalled. After being elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee in November 2012, he pledged his continuous dedication to serving the people. « The people’s wish for a happy life is our mission. » From a rural Party branch secretary to the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, Xi Jinping always has the country in mind and sees himself as the people’s servant. Man of the people Xi arrived in Liangjiahe as a slightly bewildered teenager and left as a 22-year-old man determined to serve the people. He later went to Zhengding, a poor county in north China’s Hebei Province. Li Yaping, then a Zhengding County official, recalled that Xi said China had many things waiting to be done and needed some people to shoulder responsibility. From his early years, Xi seemed uninterested in the trappings of offices. He would travel for days, sometimes into the mountains, to talk with people at the grassroots, learn about their difficulties, and help solve their problems. In Zhengding, Xi rode an old bicycle all over the county and noticed that the annual grain procurement quota of 38 million kilograms by the state had left local people hungry. He wrote to the CPC Central Committee, suggesting local farmers’ difficulties were caused by the high procurement quota. After the investigation team learned about the situation, they reduced the quota from 38 million kilograms to 24 million kilograms. Cheng Baohuai, then secretary of Zhengding County CPC Committee, recalled that people appreciated Xi’s work, saying they finally had enough food. Xi really rooted himself in the people and took to heart the hardships of the people, Cheng said. ‘For the good of my people’ Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, Xi has made over 100 visits at the grassroots level, including to both urban and rural areas. He voiced concerns about the food markets’ holiday supply sufficiency, residents’ access to medical care and migrant workers’ pay. Addressing people’s pressing needs is on the agenda of the central authorities and has become the driving force behind reforms. « We are now practicing a people-centered development philosophy, » Xi said during a symposium on eradicating extreme poverty on June 23, 2017. « People-centered development must focus on what the people need most. » Under Xi’s leadership, China has witnessed historic changes, with absolute poverty wiped out and moderate prosperity attained for the country’s 1.4 billion people. China’s per capita disposable income in 2023, for instance, increased by 6.1 percent year on year, and the income gap between urban and rural residents continued to narrow. The gains of poverty elimination were consolidated and expanded, with per capita income in rural areas that have been lifted out of poverty growing by 8.4 percent last year. « Chinese modernization aims to ensure that development is for the people and by the people and that its fruits are shared by the people, » Xi said at a seminar in February 2023. Asked about his feelings on being elected president of China during a visit to Italy, Xi acknowledged the huge responsibility and arduous task to govern such a big country, but expressed his devotion to China’s development. « For the good of my people, I will put aside my own well-being, » Xi said. source: CGTN
Chinese President Xi Jinping has always stuck to a people-centered development philosophy, maintaining his original governance vision and sparing no effort in improving people’s livelihoods. Source: CGTN
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Cyril Ramaphosa who was reelected as president of South Africa on Friday. In his message, Xi noted that China and South Africa have profound political mutual trust and fruitful practical cooperation in various fields, which is a model of solidarity and cooperation among developing countries and the Global South. Xi said that, during his fourth state visit to South Africa in August last year, he and Ramaphosa reached important consensus on a wide range of issues, marking a new chapter in building a high-level China-South Africa community with a shared future. Xi also said that he attaches great importance to the development of China-South Africa relations and stands ready to work with Ramaphosa to elevate the China-South Africa comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level and contribute to world peace, stability and prosperity. Source: CGTN