Unlike in previous years, Mr. Xi did not talk about China’s gross domestic product in his speech.
Beijing:
Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of maintaining a “strategic focus” in his 2022 New Year’s speech and noted the “potential risks” of the Communist Party’s long-term vision to turning China into a global power.
In 2021, Mr. Xi announced that China had achieved its goal of building a so-called “moderately prosperous” society, an important milestone on the road to becoming a global leader by 2049. 100th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
We must always keep a long-term perspective, keep an eye on potential risks, maintain strategic focus and determination, and ‘achieve our goals,’ Xi said in a televised address. generous and great while dealing with delicate issues’,” Xi said on television.
China, where the coronavirus was first identified in late 2019, has focused on its past and present achievements, including quickly bringing COVID-19 under control as the economy continues to grow. The country’s economy gradually lost steam after recovering from the pandemic and when relations with the United States plummeted. new low.
Xi said the complete reunification of the “motherland” was an aspiration shared by people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, referring to the self-governing island of Taiwan, which the country considers “sacred” territory.
“I sincerely hope that all the sons and daughters of China will join forces to create a brighter future for our country,” he said.
Earlier this week, a Beijing official warned that China would take “drastic measures” if democratic Taiwan takes drastic steps towards formal independence.
Mr. Xi also stressed the importance of stability in Hong Kong, a former British colony and surrounding Macau formerly administered by Portugal, which was returned to China in 1997 and 1999 respectively. .
Under the transfer agreement, Hong Kong was promised that its wide-ranging individual liberties, including freedom of expression, would be protected.
However, activists complain that those freedoms have been eroded since China passed a new national security law in 2020, quashing dissent following violent protests. pro-democracy, anti-China force a year earlier.
Chinese and Hong Kong officials have defended the law as needed to restore order.
Unlike in previous years, Mr. Xi did not talk about China’s gross domestic product in his speech.
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