Jiang Jinquan:

Friends from the media, I will brief you mainly from two aspects.

First of all, I would like to briefly introduce the report to the 20th CPC National Congress.

The 20th CPC National Congress is a meeting of great importance. It took place at a critical time as the entire Party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups embark on a new journey to build China into a modern socialist country in all respects and advance toward the Second Centenary Goal. It holds high its banner, pools all the strength, and promotes solidarity and dedication. Based on an analysis of the international and domestic environments, the report adopted at the congress sets out the theme of the congress, reviews the work of the past five years and the great changes in the first decade of the new era, and elaborates on major topics including a new frontier in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, the essential requirements of Chinese modernization and its features that are unique to the Chinese context, among others. It draws up a grand blueprint and practical path for building a great modern socialist country in all respects, and formulates policies, guidelines, and overall plans for advancing the cause of the Party and the country in the next five years. It is a political declaration and a program of action for the Party to unite the Chinese people of all ethnic groups and lead them in striving for new success of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era. It is a programmatic document of Marxism.

The report, produced by fully carrying forward intra-Party democracy and whole-process people's democracy, is a crystallization of the wisdom of the whole Party and the Chinese people. The CPC Central Committee conducted two rounds of appropriate intra-Party consultations, soliciting opinions from over 4,700 people, and carried out extensive consultations among the public via online channels, collecting over 8.5 million opinions. The report is a collection of practical experience and theoretical innovation of the Party and the people in the new era and a crystallization of the wisdom of the whole Party and society. It meets the expectations of the people, and will undoubtedly make significant and far-reaching impacts on the endeavor of the Party to rally the people and lead them in building a modern socialist country in all respects and advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts. It will inevitably help the international community further understand the Party's governance philosophy, approaches, and capacity.

Next, I would like to share with you my understanding of the great changes in the first decade of the new era set forth in the report.

Part I concisely summarizes the work of the past five years since the 19th CPC National Congress, and reviews in detail the great changes in the first decade of the new era. Over the 10 years, China has moved onto a great new step in development, the cause of the Party and the country has broken new ground, and we have stepped up efforts to advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Over the 10 years, the Party has united and led the Chinese people of all ethnic groups to adopt a number of strategic measures, develop a range of transformative practices, and make a series of breakthroughs and landmark advances. We have withstood risks and challenges in the political, economic, ideological, and natural domains, secured historic achievements and seen historic changes in the cause of the Party and the country, and taken China on a new journey toward building a modem socialist country in all respects.

The great changes in the first decade of the new era, which are all-round, fundamental and critical to the whole landscape, are reflected in various respects including reform, development, stability, internal affairs, diplomacy, national defense, as well as running the Party, the country, and the military. The report to the 20th CPC National Congress, stirring and inspiring, summarizes the great transformation in the past decade in 16 respects, fully demonstrating the momentous journey we have traveled in achieving the great changes in the new era. For me, six respects are of most significance. First, we have secured the major political achievement of establishing Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and establishing the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The establishment of both Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has been a significant political choice of our Party since the 18th CPC National Congress. It is the most important political achievement in the first decade of the new era that underpins the great transformation. It is of decisive significance for developing the cause of the Party and the country as well as advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Second, the CPC has tempered itself through revolution and grown stronger. Over 10 years of exercising full and rigorous governance over the Party, the problem of lax and weak self-governance in Party organizations has been addressed at the root, serious hidden dangers in the Party, the country, and the military have been removed, the Party's bond with the people has become ever closer, and the Party has made profound headway. These are of critical and far-reaching significance to ensuring that the Party will never change its nature, its conviction, or its character and that the Party remains the strong leadership core in building socialism with Chinese characteristics. Third, we have successfully achieved the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. Over the past decade, we have implemented the new development philosophy, remained committed to high-quality development, deepened the supply-side structural reform, and accelerated the efforts to create a new pattern of development. We have mobilized the whole country and won the battle against poverty, resolved once and for all the problem of absolute poverty in China, and completed the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects as scheduled. We have fostered a great era unprecedented in China's history where across-the-board progress has been made in society and the economy and benefits have been enjoyed by all the people, providing more solid material foundations for achieving the Second Centenary Goal and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Fourth, our capacity for safeguarding national security has been significantly enhanced. Over the past decade, we have pursued a holistic approach to national security, ensured both development and security, improved the national security system, not yielded any ground on matters of principle, effectively addressed the provocation and sabotage by external forces concerning Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Xizang, the South China Sea, and other matters, and resolutely safeguarded China's sovereignty, security, and development interests. National security has thus been strengthened on all fronts. Fifth, our international standing has been remarkably increased. Over the past decade, we have pursued major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics on all fronts, promoted the development of a human community with a shared future, and stood firm in protecting international fairness and justice. We have advocated and practiced true multilateralism, taken a clear-cut stance against hegemonism and power politics in all their forms, and never wavered in our opposition to unilateralism, protectionism, and bullying of any kind. We have actively participated in the reform and development of the global governance system. China's international influence, appeal, and power to shape have risen markedly. Sixth, the strengths of our systems have been further unleashed. Over the past decade, we have comprehensively deepened reform with tremendous political courage, and firmly removed institutional obstacles in all areas. This has enabled us to put in place foundational institutional frameworks in all sectors, and to achieve historic, systemic, and holistic transformations in many fields. The system of socialism with Chinese characteristics has become more mature and well-defined, and China's system and capacity for governance have been further modernized, providing stronger institutional underpinnings for the long-term stability of the Party and the country as well as the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

We owe these great changes to the firm leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the united efforts and indomitable struggle of the whole Party, the entire military, and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, as well as the collective dedication and hard work of our Party and our people. These great changes will go down in history with lasting glory.

Thank you.