Gather the strength of endeavor and write a new chapter. The First Session of the 14th National People's Congress successfully completed its agenda on 13 August and concluded successfully. NPC deputies have fulfilled their trust, fulfilled their duties, and gathered majestic forces to forge ahead for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country.
At the Third Plenary Session of the First Session of the 14th National People's Congress, Comrade Xi Jinping was unanimously elected President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China. This fully reflects the common aspirations of the whole party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups in the country, fully reflects the high degree of unity of the party's will, the people's will and the country's will, and greatly encourages and motivates hundreds of millions of people to rally more closely around the party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, strengthen confidence, work with one heart and one mind, and forge ahead courageously towards the grand goal of building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
During the meeting, Xi Jinping and other party and state leading comrades participated in the deliberation of the delegation and discussed national affairs and common development with the delegates. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly answered a series of major theoretical and practical questions from the perspective of the overall development of the cause of the party and the country, and further provided important follow-up and injected strong confidence and strength into us on our new journey. At the closing meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech. The speech adhered to the people's position, strengthened historical self-confidence, demonstrated its mission and guided the way forward, issued a mobilization order to accelerate the promotion of Chinese-style modernization, and encouraged the people of all ethnic groups in the country to work hard and forge ahead courageously in the new journey of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
The people's congress system is a fundamental political system arrangement for upholding the party's leadership, the people being masters of the country, and governing the country according to law, and is an important institutional carrier for realizing people's democracy in the whole process of our country. The congress deliberated and adopted the decision on the State Council's institutional reform plan and the revision of the Legislation Law, the resolutions on the government work report, the implementation of the 2022 national economic and social development plan and the 2023 national economic and social development plan, the implementation of the central and local budgets in 2022 and the central and local budgets in 2023, the work report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the work report of the Supreme People's Court, and the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and elected and decided to appoint the members of the new state organs in accordance with the law. The successful completion of the agenda was a democratic, united, truth-seeking and enterprising conference. During the meeting, the deputies to the people's congress faithfully represented the interests and will of the people, participated in the exercise of state power in accordance with the law, put forward a large number of truth-seeking and pragmatic motions and suggestions on promoting high-quality development, improving the quality of people's lives, enhancing cultural self-confidence, and improving the social governance system, telling stories of performing duties, responding to people's concerns, and condensing development consensus through the "representative channel". The vast number of people's congress deputies performing their duties and fulfilling their mission fully embodies the advantages of people's democracy in the whole process of our country and the strong vitality and remarkable superiority of the people's congress system. Adhering to and improving the fundamental political system of the people's congress system will certainly provide a strong institutional guarantee for promoting high-quality development and comprehensively building a modern socialist country.
This year is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the first year for the 14th NPC and its Standing Committee to perform their duties according to law. To make a good start in building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, the people's congress has a glorious mission and heavy responsibility. It is necessary to take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as a guide, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousness", strengthen the "four self-confidence", and achieve "two safeguards" to ensure the correct political direction of the work of the people's congress. It is necessary to adhere to the organic unity of the party's leadership, the people's mastery of the country, and the rule of law, adhere to and improve the people's congress system, practice the people's democratic concept in the whole process, and support and guarantee the people's exercise of state power through the people's congress. It is necessary to focus on the center and serve the overall situation, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, implement the new development concept in a complete, accurate and comprehensive manner, and exercise the legislative power, supervision power, decision-making power, appointment and removal power entrusted by the Constitution and laws in accordance with the law. People's congress deputies come from the people and are rooted in the people, and are the bridge between the party and the state and the masses. By further enhancing the ability and level of people's congress deputies to perform their duties, and inspecting the people's feelings, listening to the voices, and accepting the people's opinions, we will certainly be able to better unite the hearts and minds of the people, pool the efforts of the people, and pool the wisdom of the people for the Chinese-style modernization construction.
Spring warms Shenzhou with every passing day, and we set sail again. Let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, work as one city, roll up our sleeves and work hard, and make unremitting efforts to build a modern socialist country and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!