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On Sunday morning, Xi Jinping kicked off the 20th National Congress of the CPC with areport from the outgoing 19th CPC Central Committee. Here’s a thread of some highlights and key quotes. #20thNationalCongress 1/10 📷 Xinhua

“A decade ago this was the situation we faced: Great achievements had been secured in reform, opening up, and socialist modernization…At the same time, however, a number of prominent issues and problems…demanded urgent action.” 2/10 📷Xinhua

“We have identified the principal contradiction facing Chinese society as that between unbalanced & inadequate development & the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life, & we have made it clear that closing this gap should be the focus of all our initiatives.” 3/10 📷Sina

“We must put the people first. People-centeredness is an essential attribute of Marxism. Our Party’s theories are from the people, for the people, & beneficial to the people. The people’s creative practices are the inexhaustible source of our theoretical innovations." 4/10 📷BJD

“From this day forward, the central task of the CPC will be to lead the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in a concerted effort to realize the Second Centenary Goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects" 5/10 📷Xinhua

“We will take stronger action against monopolies and unfair competition, break local protectionism, and administrative monopolies, and conduct law-based regulation and guidance to promote the healthy development of capital.” 6/10 📷Xinhua

“Corruption is a cancer to the vitality and ability of the Party and fighting corruption is the most thorough kind of self-reform there is. As long as the breeding grounds and conditions for conditions still exist, we must keep sounding the bugle and never rest" 7/10 📷Xinhua

"Resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese, a matter that must be resolved by the Chinese…The wheels of history are rolling on toward China’s reunification & the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Complete reunification of our country must be realized" /8

“China is…committed to narrowing the North-South gap and supporting and assisting other developing countries in accelerating development…China upholds true multilateralism, promotes greater democracy in international relations" 9/10 📷GOV-ZA

"This country is its people; the people are the country. As the CPC has led the people in fighting to establish & develop the People's Republic, it has really been fighting for their support."

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