Xi Jinping and other 47 leaders of Communist Party of China (CPC) membership have been elected delegates to the Party’s 19th National Congress that is to open on Oct. 18. Xi, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairm… read more
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Compared with the delegates to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), more CPC members from frontline production and women have been elected as delegates to the 19th congress. Graphics shows that delegates to the 19th Na… read more
China will open wider to create and share development opportunities with other countries, Premier Li Keqiang said in Beijing on Saturday.
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses a reception held by the State Council to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 30, 2017. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang) |
Li made the remarks one day ahead of China’s National Day on Oct. 1, when addressing a reception at the Great Hall of the People.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, together with other senior leaders including Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli, as well as some 1,200 people from home and abroad attended the reception.
China will make new contributions to global governance and the promotion of world peace and development, said Li.
Li summarized the major events in 2017 and highlighted the improvement in economic structure, drop in overcapacity and booming entrepreneurial and innovation activities.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (C), Premier Li Keqiang (3rd L), and other senior leaders Zhang Dejiang (3rd R), Yu Zhengsheng (2nd L), Liu Yunshan (2nd R), Wang Qishan (1st L) and Zhang Gaoli (1st R) attend a reception held by the State Council to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 30, 2017. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang) |
“All these are testimony to the great vitality, potential and resilience of the Chinese economy,” said Li.
Looking forward, he said China will work to maintain steady and sound economic development, strive for greater social progress and deliver an ever better life to the people.
“We will ensure that people’s essential needs are well met, and that our people will have fewer worries and complaints and lead a more fulfilling and happier life,” Li said.
Li also reiterated the “one country, two systems” policy in Hong Kong and Macao affairs.
Regarding ties across the Taiwan Strait, Li said the Chinese mainland will continue to uphold the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus as the political foundation, and firmly oppose “Taiwan independence.”
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A reception is held by the State Council to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 30, 2017. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao) |
“[We will] work with our compatriots on Taiwan and all those who support the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations to move toward the complete reunification of the motherland,” said Li.
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At day break, more than 115,000 people from across China gathered at the Tian’anmen Square at the heart of Beijing to watch the raising of the National Flag.
Sunday marked the 68th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China.
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A national flag-raising ceremony is held at the Tian’anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 1, 2017. People from across the country gathered at the square to watch the national flag-raising ceremony on the morning, marking the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang) |
At 6:07 a.m., the national flag was escorted by guards into the square. The crowd stood in silent as the national anthem “March of the Volunteers” was played, and the five-star national flag was raised. When the flag spread out at the top of the flagpole, 10,000 Peace Doves were released into the sky.
At the backdrop was a 17-meter-tall giant display in the shape of a floral basket, which holds flowers and fruits such as persimmons, pomegranates, apples, peonies and Chinese roses. It symbolizes a thriving and prosperous country.
Watching the national flag raising ceremony at the Tian’anmen Square has been a way of Chinese celebrating the National Day. Some joined the gathering for sightseeing, and others came to express the feeling of patriotism.
“We really got emotional when we sang the national anthem on this occasion,” said Yang Yuanyang, a freshman from the Beijing Information Science and Technology University.
According to China’s national anthem law which took effect on Sunday, the national anthem can only be allowed at formal political gatherings, including flag raising ceremonies and major celebrations.
The National Day is celebrated with a week-long holiday, while the Chinese traditional Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Cake Festival,featuring family gathering, falls on Oct. 4 this year.
Major parks in Beijing have been decorated with around 1.6 million potted flowers of 150 different species, according to Beijing Municipal Administration Center of Parks.
Traffic information from the Ministry of Transport showed that traffic on highways in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai became heavy from 6 a.m. on Sunday morning, as holiday goers rushed to scenic spots.
On Sunday, the scenic area of the landmark Badaling section of the Great Wall in northern Beijing was opened earlier than normal days to welcome holiday tourists.
Badaling, where the oldest sections of the Great Wall have been dated back to the Northern Qi Dynasty (550 – 557), is decorated with over 100,000 flowerpots to add the festive air for the National Day.
The ancient Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal opened its first transport hub on Sunday, marking the start of a modern transport era on the 2,500-km manmade waterway, the longest in the world.
With the hub in operation in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, passengers can travel by boat for sightseeing on the Grand Canal and conveniently transfer from water traffic to other road transport means.
Over 1,000 km of the Grand Canal has been recognized as a world heritage site in 2014.
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