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Xi Jinping hails China modernisation miracle as path for developing countries
- China’s progress breaks the myth that modernisation means westernisation, Chinese leader tells government officials
- Speech comes one month before Xi kicks off his third presidential term at the two legislative sessions in March
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In a landmark speech on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping said China had debunked “the myth that modernisation means westernisation” and hailed the Chinese model as a paradigm for developing countries to follow.
Addressing top Communist Party cadres and government officials at a study session to follow up on the key decisions taken at the 20th party congress in October, Xi said China’s path “showed a new modernisation model, different from the West”, which he called a “brand new form of human civilisation”.
Xi urged party members to “grasp the idea correctly” and promote Chinese modernisation which “presents another picture of modernisation, expands the path choices for developing countries … and provides China’s solution for human beings to explore a better social system”.
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The speech was delivered one month before the “two sessions” – China’s annual parliamentary meetings – take place in Beijing, completing the power reshuffle announced at the party congress, when Xi secured an unprecedented third term.
New appointments include some of the most senior positions, among them premier, head of the legislature, and head of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, as well as several key ministerial posts.
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Xi will begin his third presidential term during the sessions, the first Chinese leader to do so in decades.
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