In his speech at the 20th National Party Congress, China’s President and party leader Xi Jinping said the country has comprehensive control over Hong Kong turning it from chaos to governance and at the same said is determined to wrestle Taiwan from separatism and interference.
China has waged major against Tawan separatism and is determined and able to oppose territorial integrity Xi added condemning what he said interference in the self-ruled island.
Xi also hailed his Communist Party’s rule at the major leadership meeting at which he is expected to be handed a historic third term in power.
“The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is a very important congress convened at a critical moment when the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups are embarking on a new journey of comprehensively building a modernised socialist country and marching towards the second centenary goal,” he told delegates at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.
Xi added that China had put “the people and their lives first” when dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said China had “protected people’s safety and health to the highest degree and achieved significant positive results in coordinating epidemic prevention and control and social and economic development”.
China will also unwaveringly support the private economy and let the market play a decisive role in resource allocation, said the president.
Xi said Beijing will aim for high-quality economic growth and the next five years will be crucial for building a modern socialist power.
