Covid in China: Western propagandists look set to be disappointed again
If there’s one quality that defines Western civilization, it is racism. Western culture is often filled with bigotry and intolerance.The following article by Indian commentator Maitreya Bhakal, originally published in the Global Times, addresses the latest round of Coming Collapse of China hysteria in the imperialist media. Bhakal observes that, having relentlessly mocked China’s dynamic Zero Covid strategy for the last three years, the West is now hoping beyond hope that the lightening of Covid restrictions will trigger a massive public health crisis which will in turn foment widespread dissatisfaction with the Communist Party of China-led government. In these hacks’ fantasy world, the ensuing instability could deliver a mortal blow to Chinese socialism.
Bhakal concludes that the West’s journalists and politicians are destined for frustration: “As with many of their other predictions, whether China’s economy that’s been collapsing for thirty years, or the Communist Party that will be overthrown any time now, Western propagandists look set to be disappointed again.”
Few things demonstrate this better than the West’s propaganda around COVID-19. After all, people generally don’t die in China like the way they do back home. Children aren’t shot in schools, civilians aren’t randomly killed by the police, and drug deaths and violent crime are extremely rare. As a result, any event that causes Chinese deaths is warmly welcomed by Western propagandists.
As usual, all of this is blamed on China’s political system. Western propaganda is as one-sided as it is lazy: anything wrong in China – from an initial setback against a new disease, to bad weather – is always blamed on China’s supposed “authoritarianism.”
Today, almost three years into the pandemic, Western “democracies” lie devastated. China has four times the population of the US, and its COVID death toll is about 5,200. So far, America’s death toll is 211 times higher, Britain’s 37 times higher, Italy’s 34 times higher, Germany’s 30 times higher, Spain’s 22 times higher, and Canada’s 9 times higher. All these “rich” “democracies” are at the forefront of criticizing China on “human rights”, but they can barely provide their own populations with the most basic human right: the right to live.
So much for the superiority of “democracy.”
Last month, China witnessed a few small-scale protests. The aims and political persuasion of the protestors varied. Some had genuine questions on the direction of China’s COVID policy. Some were protesting local lockdowns in their localities or cities. Some were university students. Some were Westernized liberals. Others were Western propagandists and provocateurs – Western “journalists” or “NGO workers” or “English teachers”, who somehow always seem to materialize at Chinese protest sites.
The Western media pounced. One would be forgiven for assuming that China was undergoing a revolution, that the whole nation was on fire, and that every other Chinese citizen was out on the streets rioting. The protests were described as “widespread civil unrest”, and the “biggest threat to the Party since decades.” Every trope in the book was deployed.
This month, China announced that the dynamic zero-COVID policy was going to become less stringent. This was in accordance with the newer variants of the virus such as Omicron, which are milder in nature.
This was to be expected. After all, there is a reason why the policy is called “dynamic” zero-COVID. When variants become milder, restrictions may be eased and calibrated as required. Moreover, most of China’s population is vaccinated, and the remaining are being jabbed at a record pace. Only Western propagandists can fail to see through this common-sense approach.
And they failed. The same people who had once criticized China’s zero-COVID policy as excessive, are now criticizing its moderation. When yesterday China prepared too much and was over-reacting – today, as The Economist agued, it had “not done enough to prepare”. If everything China does is wrong, the opposite is also wrong too.
Hoping against hope
Western propagandists are desperate. The schadenfreude is palpable. For them, China’s recent “rollbacks” bring back memories of the initial Wuhan wave, and they hope failed COVID-19 fights in their own countries will be repeated in China, which they seek to enjoy.
Yet, China’s socialist system has shown again and again that it is capable of unprecedented resilience and adaptability. It was the first in the world to handle a pandemic of this scale, it was the first to impose lockdowns (other countries then followed suit), and it was the first in the world to manufacture vaccines en masse and even export them.
What makes this combination even rarer is that China managed to keep its death rate amongst the lowest in the world despite having the largest population on Earth – an extraordinary combination of nimbleness and flexibility.
As with many of their other predictions, whether China’s economy that’s been collapsing for thirty years, or the Communist Party that will be overthrown any time now, Western propagandists look set to be disappointed again.
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On the work of young communists in China
I am Li Na from the Bureau for North American, Oceanian and Nordic Affairs of IDCPC. I am very honored and grateful to have this opportunity to speak here with you all.We are pleased to publish here the text of a speech by Ms Li Na, Communist Youth League branch secretary of Bureau VII of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC), given on 17 December at the second of two online seminars on the theme ‘The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its World Significance’, organised jointly by Friends of Socialist China and IDCPC.
Li Na’s speech gave a fascinating insight into the workings of the Communist Youth League at a branch level, including the league’s role in organizing study of Marxist theory and recruiting young members – “as the Party’s development needs new blood.”
The successful convocation of the 20th CPC National Congress marks a milestone in our Party’s history, as the whole Party and the entire nation embark on a new journey toward building a modern socialist country in all respects, and advance toward the Second Centenary Goal. As one of the youngest Party member of our Bureau’s Party branch and the Secretary of the Communist Youth League branch of our Bureau, today I want to share with you the CPC’s operation at primary-level and the Party’s youth work basing on our own practice.
I. Primary-level CPC organization
As is pointed out in the Report to the 20th CPC National Congress, “the Party’s advantage and strength lie in its close-knit organizational system”. As world’s largest political party of government with over 96 million members, the CPC attaches great importance to strengthening its over 4 million primary-level Party organizations, including those in Party and government offices and public institutions. Today I want to focus on 3 major functions of primary-level CPC organization, taking our Bureau’s Party branch as an example.
First, primary-level Party organizations play a key role in ensuring the Party’s leadership. The Director General and Deputy Director General of our Bureau are also the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of our Bureau’s Party branch, which guarantees that all our work is led by the Party and guided by the theories and policies of the Party.
Second, the Party branch organizes theoretical study in various forms to make sure that all of its members are well aware of the Marxist theories and the latest theoretical exploration and policy addresses of the Party leadership. For instance, recently our Party branch has held general meetings to study the 4th volume of Xi Jinping: Governance of China upon its publication, as well as General Secretary Xi Jinping’s address at the opening session of the 20th National Party Congress and the Report to the Congress. Besides, our branch organizes tours and visits to museum, exhibitions and institutions at least once a month. Recently we’ve visited the former residence of Li Dazhao, a founding member of the CPC who sacrificed his life for the revolution in 1920s. This month we also visited the exhibition “Forging Ahead in the New Era” at Beijing Exhibition Hall, which showcases China’s great achievements in the new era under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping. These activities have helped us broaden our horizons and learn more about the history and achievements of our Party.
Third, primary-level Party organizations are responsible for member recruitment, as the Party’s development needs new blood. It takes at least 2 years for an applicant to be granted full Party membership. After handing in a formal application letter to the Party organization, the candidate needs to undergo a strict procedure of training and tests. When the candidate is finally qualified to join the Party, the branch holds a general meeting for admission in which the candidate takes a solemn oath and becomes a probationary Party member. At the latest oath-taking ceremony of our Comrade Xin Yuzhou in September, all members of our branch renewed our oath together with him. With the standard and innovative operation of our primary-level Party organizations, the CPC continues to grow bigger and stronger.
II. Party’s Work Concerning the Young People
As you may know, people of my age are known as Generation Z. The Generation Z in China is indeed a very lucky generation, for we are born in a remarkable time of peaceful development and we grew up along with a strong and prosperous China. We are presented with incomparably broad stages to display our talents and bright prospects to fulfill our dreams.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out on the 20th CPC National Congress that “work concerning young people should be regarded as a matter of strategic significance”. Under the guidance of his instructions and the leadership of our Party branch, our Bureau’s Communist Youth League branch is committed to provide various platforms for young cadres under age 28 to exchange views and improve ourselves. We have a Marxist theory study group, an English study group and a reading club that hold activities on a weekly or monthly basis. Recently we have had workshops on Marxist classics including Communist Manifesto, Mao Zedong’s On Contradiction and On Practice, etc. which was greatly helpful for enriching our minds.
A lucky generation is also supposed to be a generation with historical responsibilities. We will always bear in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping’s words that we should steadfastly follow the Party and its guidance and strive to be a generation with ideals, sense of responsibility, grit and dedication to make our contribution to building China into a modern socialist country in all respects. We are also more than happy to compare notes with dear friends from the UK every so often and learn more about each other. Thank you.
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Telling the truth about China, and learning from China’s example
First of all, a warm hello to our comrades from the International Department of the Communist Party of China and a big thank you to Carlos and Keith and all of our comrades at Friends of Socialist China for the invitation to join this important discussion on the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its world significance. I hope to give a few of my own thoughts from watching the congress, the perspective of young communists in Britain that have grown up watching the rise of China, and a small call to practical action.We are pleased to publish the text of a speech by Eben Williams, a Glasgow-based member of the International Committee of the Young Communist League (Britain), given on 17 December at the second of two online seminars on the theme ‘The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its World Significance’, organised jointly by Friends of Socialist China and IDCPC.
Eben discusses the significance of the 20th Congress, in particular its relevance to young communists in Britain, contrasting Xi Jinping’s work report with the political pronouncements of Britain’s political leaders. The work of the CPC Congress reflects a profound orientation towards, and dedication to, meeting the needs of the masses of the people. The CPC’s adherence to the mass line couldn’t be more different to British parliamentary politics under the dictatorship of capital.
Eben calls on the progressive movement in Britain to learn from China’s experiences, to tell the truth about China, to take inspiration from the achievements of the Chinese people, to unite with Chinese people in the global struggle against imperialism, and to “redouble our efforts to strengthen the anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist resistance here at home.”
As communists, our work is obviously very broad, and we do all kinds of different things to help build power for the working class where we live, but one of the areas of our work that I’m most interested in is our work building relationships with other working class and communist organisations around the world through our membership of the World Federation of Democratic Youth and through our International Department. This includes both the Communist Party of China and its youth wing, the Communist Youth League.
Recently, comrades from the CYL invited us to watch the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress online, together with them and other comrades from around the world. Many of our members are inspired by the Chinese socialist project and this was an exciting opportunity to say the least, like staying up until 3am to watch some kind of communist Superbowl of historic importance.
I was astounded by the scale of it, with more than 2,200 party delegates, representing over 96 million party members, representing over 1.4 billion Chinese citizens, all gathering together at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to chart out the country’s future in one of the most advanced democratic exercises in the world.
I was moved by the Party’s commitment to ceremony and to its history, honouring the fallen martyrs of the revolution in a minute’s silence, including comrades Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, Zhu De, and Chen Yun.
But mostly, I was impressed with the care and precision put into the report from the outgoing committee delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping in his opening address. I learned that this report took painstaking efforts and many, many months to prepare, and the contrast to speeches given by our own political leaders here in Britain couldn’t be starker, and reveals core differences between our two countries.
For example, China’s ruling class will always stress unity, because, in the language of the Party, China is a “people’s democratic dictatorship under the leadership of the working class based on an alliance of workers and farmers.” In China, the will of the majority forms the basis of the Communist Party’s mandate to govern, whereas Britain’s ruling class survives by sowing division and turning us against each other. Fundamentally, this is because it is a dictatorship of capital that does not have that same mandate and class basis.
Where our politicians will work hard to conceal their intentions and, where possible, only make them intelligible to the tiny, privileged elite at the highest echelons of our society who benefit, the rest of us will fumble in the dark. Many of us will become conscious of being lied to by our leaders, but instead of uniting against them, we will fall into political apathy, escapism, dead-end philosophies for our liberation, or even the clutches of the far-right. Meanwhile, a fierce anti-communist agenda works to prevent us from finding real solutions.
In total contrast to this, China’s leaders aim for clarity, ensuring that all citizens, regardless of education or background, are able to understand where China has come from, where it is now, and where it is going. How does China aim to improve the lives of the masses? What are the barriers it faces and how will it overcome them? The answers given in the outgoing report and produced during the Congress will now be studied and analysed by Party cadres in cadre schools and discussion groups throughout the country, so that they can perform their work better. Meanwhile, the media will work to make these complicated political strategies intelligible to the masses through TV and radio programmes and newspaper articles, right down to bitesize infographics on social media and Marxist education apps on your phone. Anyone seeking to understand the most powerful communist government and socialist country in the world (and people from across the political spectrum must surely want to do this) must also dedicate themselves to studying and understanding the impact of the 20th National Congress, the meaning behind President Xi’s speech, and the theoretical basis of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.
The YCL are no exception, with our members often raising questions about China’s socialist road. We therefore have a responsibility to educate our members so that they can go on to tell China’s story to more working-class people here in Britain, and help rebuild the defence against this new wave of McCarthyism and the US-led “New Cold War”. I myself joined the YCL partly because of what I saw as a much more credible view of China compared to other organisations and parties on the Left. Indeed, the so-called “crimes” of China seem to be the only thing that all of these other different groups can agree on.
It’s worth mentioning that our membership is all aged between 12 and 29, which means that it is entirely made up of people born after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. We are the generation born after “the end of history” when capitalist hegemony seemed eternal and any viable alternatives seemed on the brink of collapse. There are therefore comrades who watch the National Congress and see China as taking up the mantle of a new Soviet Union, a new socialist superpower capable of challenging US imperialism and offering hope to working class people around the world that live under capitalist oppression.
Although there are parallels, China is, of course, not the Soviet Union. And despite the West’s high hopes and best efforts, China has not taken the same path towards dissolution, nor has opening up to capital allowed it to succumb to capitalist restoration. Instead, it has survived into the 21st century to hold its 20th Congress, to celebrate its many achievements over the past 5 years, such as achieving its First Centennial Goal and eliminating absolute poverty, and China is now well on the way to becoming a powerful country with countless achievements for humanity closely allied with the Global South and other socialist nations.
The Chinese government is deeply aware of the lessons learned from the Soviet Union so that it can avoid the same fate, and is therefore extremely self-critical of its work. As a point of improvement in the opening report, President Xi raises concerns of serious internal issues facing the Party of ten years ago, including what he calls “deeply shocking cases of corruption.” An honest assessment of these contradictions can only come from a position of revolutionary conviction, and Xi Jinping’s presidency has been defined by the Party leadership’s commitment to resolving them, waging a fierce battle against corruption that has struck down “both tigers and flies”, and ushering in a “new development philosophy” for the “New Era”, which places high quality and balanced development and tackling inequality alongside economic growth as vital priorities for the country. The YCL can only commend these efforts.
China may not be the Soviet Union, but it is much, much further removed from a country like the United States. As President Xi highlighted in his speech, China is proud to carve out a new path of development and “will not tread the old path of war, colonization, and plunder taken by some countries,” stating clearly that “[t]hat brutal and blood-stained path of enrichment at the expense of others caused great suffering for the people of developing countries.” China will therefore follow its own path of peace, self-reliance, and win-win cooperation.
So, as socialists, communists, and progressives here in the imperial centre, in countries that took that other path of development, what story should we tell about China when talking to our friends and our neighbours?
First and foremost, we must tell the truth, prioritising exposing the lies told by the capitalist media, but also letting the facts of China’s achievements speak for themselves without falling into the trap of arguing that China can do no wrong. We are materialists, not idealists, and we need only “seek truth from facts” to succeed in articulating how the China miracle has been a victory for socialism and Marxism-Leninism.
Secondly, our research into China’s journey must always be used primarily to inform the hard work to be done here at home. Our working class is suffering from a full-scale offensive from our oppressors, including a cost-of-profits crisis and an assault on trade union and protest rights, but it’s also fighting back with the biggest surge of trade union activity that has been seen for many years, and an escalating militancy which cannot go to waste. China’s achievements show us that it is through action, through throwing ourselves into working-class struggle in trade unions, tenant unions, and communities, through escalating their struggles, and through doing the hard work of building a militant and revolutionary Communist Party that’s fit to lead, that we too can follow the socialist road. As friends of China living in an imperialist country, the best way for us to show solidarity to our comrades abroad is by redoubling our efforts to strengthen the anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist resistance here at home.
So, to the young people who are aware of the devastating impacts of capitalism on our planet, who are ground down by the barbaric actions that capitalists are taking in our country, but who have not yet taken the necessary steps to fight back, we must remember: nobody is coming to save us, so we must learn from China’s example of self-reliance and train to become examples ourselves.
If not us, then who? If not now, then when?
Thank you very much.
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China stands on the right side of history and on the side of human progress
Good morning! I’m delighted to join you in this webinar. As old friends of China and experts on China, all of you have been following China and the CPC for a long time. I believe you’ve had deep understanding of the 20th CPC National Congress. Last weekend, I attended your online exchanges with Professor Liu Genfa of CELAP and Professor Qu Bo of China Foreign Affairs University. It is inspirational.We are honored to publish below the text of the speech by Ms Wang Yingchun, Deputy Director-General of the Bureau for North American, Oceanian and Nordic Affairs, International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC), given on 17 December at the second of two online seminars on the theme ‘The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its World Significance’, organised jointly by Friends of Socialist China and IDCPC.
Comrade Wang Yingchun’s speech provides an inspiring summary of the major decisions, themes and achievements of the 20th Congress, and outlines the CPC’s positions on issues of global importance – particularly the pursuit of world peace and security, and putting sustainable, sovereign development at the center of the international agenda. The decisions of the Congress reflect the CPC’s resolute opposition to hegemonism and Cold War, and its commitment to respectful and mutually-beneficial relations on the basis of international law and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. China seeks “to be a pillar of global progressive forces and inject strong positive energy into safeguarding world peace on its new journey to fully build a modern socialist country.”
The significance of the 20th CPC National Congress is self-evident. My colleagues and I are still in the process of studying. I think it can be understood from the following perspectives:
From the history of the CPC, the Congress was held at a crucial moment when our Party has successfully completed its century-long struggle and embarked on another journey to take new tests. For the CPC, the largest Marxist party of government in the world, moving from one century to the new one is a very important historical juncture.
From the course of the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Congress was convened at an important moment as the first decade of the new era came to an end and the second has begun. It has outlined the strategic plan for building China into a great modern socialist country. All the Party members and the Chinese people have high expectations and high hopes from the Congress.
From the perspective of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, the Congress elaborated in depth on major issues such as breaking new grounds for adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times and Chinese modernization. Xi Jinping Thought of socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the Marxism of contemporary China and the Marxism of the 21st century. The great changes in the new era over the past decade have fully demonstrated how true and practical this scientific theory is. So it greatly strengthened the conviction of the CPC and the Chinese people in upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Internationally, the Congress takes place at a critical time when the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century and the international situation is becoming more volatile. How our Party responds to the situation, creates new opportunities and breaks new grounds will not only have bearings on China’s reform and development in the future, but also on world peace and development.
Next, I would like to share some of my observations around the theme of this event, “The 20th CPC National Congress and its world significance”.
The Congress has provided strong positive energy for safeguarding world peace
People all over the world long for peace, so does the Chinese nation for more than 5000 years. When Zheng He led what was then the world’s largest fleet to make seven maritime expeditions going as far as the South Seas and across the Indian Ocean (the Western seas) more than 600 years ago, he brought silk, tea and porcelain instead of war, colonization and plunder. China always believes that all countries, big or small, strong or weak, developed or otherwise, should uphold and promote peace.
General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed the Global Security Initiative, stressing that security is the prerequisite for development and mankind is an inseparable security community. He calls for a vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security. We advocate that all sides should adhere to mutual respect and consultation on an equal footing, bridge differences through dialogue and resolve disputes through negotiation. We oppose hegemonism and power politics in all forms. We have decided our position on the merits of matters, pushed for the political settlement of hotspot issues, be it the Iranian nuclear issue, the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue or Afghanistan issue. And we have been playing a constructive role in the Ukrainian crisis in our own way. We stand firmly on the right side of history and on the side of human progress. China has actively promoted international security cooperation and sent more than 50,000 personnel to UN peacekeeping operations. China is the second largest contributor to UN peacekeeping and the largest contributor of peacekeepers among the permanent members of the UN Security Council.
The report of the Congress solemnly declares that China firmly pursues an independent foreign policy of peace and that “taking the road of peaceful development” is one of the five features of Chinese modernization. I believe comrades here will agree that China’s development is a growing force for world peace. China has always been a builder of world peace and will never seek hegemony or expansion. This is the solemn political commitment of the CPC. We are confident that China, the world’s second largest economy with a population of over 1.4 billion, will continue to be a pillar of global progressive forces and inject strong positive energy into safeguarding world peace on its new journey to fully build a modern socialist country.
The Congress has offered new opportunities for common development
Development is the eternal theme of human society and the top priority of the CPC in governance and in rejuvenating the nation. In the new era, we have continued to promote all-round material abundance as well as people’s well-rounded development, and created two miracles, namely rapid economic growth and long-term social stability. Over the past decade, China’s GDP has grown from 54 trillion yuan to 114 trillion yuan, contributing about 30 percent to global growth on average annually, more than the combined contribution of the G7 countries. Thus, China becomes the primary driving force for world economic growth. We have built the world’s largest education, social security, and healthcare systems, and Chinese average life expectancy has risen to 78.2 years. We have won the battle against poverty, lifting nearly 100 million people out of absolute poverty and contributing 70 percent of the global poverty reduction.
We have worked hard to put development at the center of the international agenda. General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the Global Development Initiative to accelerate the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieve stronger, greener and healthier global development. We have promoted high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and signed cooperation documents with 149 countries and 32 international organizations. The Belt and Road Initiative has become a popular international public good and a platform for international cooperation, providing a strong driving force for global development. More importantly, the great achievements China has made in economic and social development over the past 10 years have successfully promoted and expanded the Chinese modernization, created a new form of human advancement, provided other developing countries with valuable experience and set a successful example, and offered humanity a new choice for achieving modernization. The Congress has outlined an ambitious blueprint for advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization. We will adhere to the fundamental national policy of opening-up and adopt high-quality opening-up to help create a new development pattern and achieve high-quality development. China will provide new opportunities for the world with its own development. We will input more resource for global development cooperation, remain committed to narrowing the North-South gap, and firmly support and help other developing countries accelerate their own development.
The Congress has injected new impetus to win-win cooperation
As we meet, the world has entered a new phase of instability and transformation, with geopolitical tensions overlapping with the evolving economic dynamics. The COVID-19 pandemic keeps resurging. The global economy faces mounting downward pressure and growing risk of recession. Food, energy and debt crises are emerging together. The Cold War mentality, hegemonism, unilateralism and protectionism are mounting. Human society is facing unprecedented challenges, when no country can stand alone. This requires all countries to pull together in times of difficulty, replace division with unity, confrontation with cooperation and exclusion with inclusiveness, accommodate the legitimate concerns of others while pursuing their own interests, and promote common development of all countries while pursuing their own development.
China is committed to the belief that the future of the world lies in the hands of all countries that international rules be written by all countries, that global affairs be managed by all countries, and that the fruits of development be shared by all countries. China is both a strong voice and practitioner of win-win cooperation. Over the past decade, we have worked hard to build a community with a shared future for mankind, firmly upheld international fairness and justice, advocated and practiced true multilateralism, and unequivocally opposed all hegemonism and power politics, and all acts of unilateralism, protectionism and bullying. As a responsible major country, we have taken an active part in the reform and development of the global governance system, and carried out comprehensive international cooperation in the fight against COVID-19, which has won widespread international acclaim.
Since the 20th CPC National Congress, the world has witnessed a wave of China’s “head of state diplomacy”. General Secretary Xi Jinping met with many visiting leaders of foreign countries and international organizations, and attended the G20 Summit, the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, the first China-Arab States Summit, and the first China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit. He has been vigorously promoting global governance, setting comprehensive vision for regional cooperation, and ushering in a new era of comprehensively deepening bilateral and multilateral relations. This fully demonstrates China’s strategic choice and firm confidence in working with other countries to meet global challenges and strengthen solidarity and coordination. On its new journey, the CPC will strengthen exchanges and cooperation with political parties and organizations of other countries on the basis of the principles of independence, complete equality, mutual respect and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs. China will continue to develop friendly cooperation with other countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, promote the building of a new type of international relations, deepen and expand global partnerships of equality, openness and cooperation, and strive to expand converging interests with other countries.
China has been and will always be a defender of the international order. We stand ready to strengthen solidarity and cooperation with other progressive forces in the world and jointly create a better future for mankind.
Comrades and Friends,
The 20th CPC National Congress has outlined an ambitious blueprint for China’s future development. On the new journey, we will unswervingly continue to uphold and strengthen the overall leadership of the Party, adhere to Marxism and follow the path of socialism based on our national conditions, so as to safeguard and deliver the fundamental interests of the people and make new and greater contribution to the noble cause of peace and development of mankind. A China that continues to modernize itself will provide more opportunities for the world, inject greater impetus into international cooperation and the world socialist movement, and make greater contribution to the progress of mankind!
On the journey ahead, we are also ready to maintain exchanges and cooperation with you, true friends of China, Chinese people and the CPC.
Thank you!
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