In the evening of September 30th, 2021, the State Council of China held a national day reception to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng, Wang Qishan and other heads of the party and government as well as 500 guests from home and abroad get together and celebrate the anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.
The Great Hall of the People was covered by shining lights and festival atmosphere. Above the platform were the national emblem and a banner with large numbers of “1949-2021” which caught people’s attention easily against bright red flags.
Around 17:30, a cheerful song named “welcoming guests” was played while heads of the CPC and China step into the reception hall, accompanied by applause.
At the beginning of the reception, the military band played “March of the Volunteers” and all guests stand up to sing the national anthem. Li Keqiang, prime minister of the State Council, delivered a speech. First, on behalf of the State Council and the CPC Central Committee, he extended his festival congratulations to people from every ethnic group in China; cordial greetings to Chinese in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as well as overseas Chinese and sincere gratitude to foreign friends who cared and supported China’s construction for modernization.
Li Keqiang said that this year witnessed us celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Under the leadership of the CPC, people from all nationalities united and worked hard, leading to attention-catching achievement at the 72nd anniversary of China, especially the realization of the first centenary goal which started a new journey to build a socialist modern country in all aspects. We were in the starting year of the “14th five year plan”. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping as it’s core, the whole nation coordinated pandemic control and prevention and economic and social development; coped with multiple challenges of complex international environment, pandemic and flood; enhanced the driving force of reform and opening-up; implemented effective macro policy to help enterprises to overcome difficulties; promoted new driving force of innovation and entrepreneurship and supported Chinese economic recovery, and as a result, sport competitors achieved excellent result in the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and the National Games of the People's Republic of China; people’s living standard had been improved and all kinds of social sectors had new progress.
Li Keqiang pointed out that there were a lot of challenges on the way toward the second centenary goal and that development was the foundation and the key to solve all problems in China. The government needed to do the following. first, it needed to follow the guidance of Xi Jinping thoughts for socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era and meet requirements of new development stage, ideas and structures to push forward high-level development. Second, it needed to pay attention to regular pandemic control and prevention as well as enhance adjustment in different cycles. Third, it needed to apply macro policy according to market participators and stabilize an reasonable expectation. Forth, it needed to value priorities of domestic demand expansion, rural rejuvenation and scientific and technological innovation. Fifth, it needed to improve the ability to progress in a green and safe way and be sure that the economy would maintain in a reasonable way, so as to promote economy to develop promisingly for a long time. Reform and opening up was a basic national policy and a fundamental driving force for China's future development. The authority needed to improve reform and aimed for more progress in the reform of key areas and key processes. Relating government should stick to the reform direction of socialist market economy; follow the principle of "two unswervinglys"; create a legal, international and market-based business environment; enable the main market participators to be stronger; attach equal importance to all kinds of market players; safeguard fair competition and stimulate more market vitality and social creativity. The high-level and institutional opening up should also be promoted to expand space for win-win cooperation. People's hope indicated the direction of policies, so the government should introduce more measures to meet people's expectation. There should be multiple methods to increase employment and to solidify the result of poverty alleviation. There needed to be annual progress in the guarantee of basic living standard, including care for senior people, medical care and house, all of which influenced tons of millions of households. The burden of birth giving, bringing up children and education should be lowered. The authority was supposed to promote fairness in opportunities; encourage employment, innovation and creation; improve urban and rural income in hard work and improve people's living standard in continual development.
Li Keqiang said that China would continue to follow principles of “one country, two systems”, “the people of Hong Kong governing Hong Kong”, “the people of Macaw governing Macao” and high degree of autonomy; to safeguard national sovereignty, safety and development interest; to support joint development of Hong Kong, Macao and the interior land of China; to improve people’s livelihood and support long-term prosperity and stability. The general principle for work relating to Taiwan remained unchanged. The government should stick to “one China” principle and “1992 Consensus” and see the welfare of people on both sides of the strait as a goal to promote national unity and the peaceful development of the relationship between Taiwan and the mainland of China; oppose any action of separatist activities done by “Taiwan independence” and foreign interference. A beautiful future of the rejuvenation of all nationalities should be created by all. China was the largest developing country in the world. It would stick to it’s own cause; step on the road of peaceful development; construct a new type of international relationship; improve the global governance and push forward the construction of a community for all human with a shared future. China would improve it’s communication and cooperation with every country in the world; work hand in hand to tackle the international challenge and promote the recovery and growth of world economy.
In the end, Li Keqiang said that real work led to great achievement and hard work created future. Let us unite around the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping as it’s core, take up responsibilities and step forward, so as to meet the goal of building a strong, modern and socialist country that was prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful and of realizing the China dream of the great rejuvenation of Chinese nation!
In the cheerful melody, guests from home and abroad celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the people’s republic of China and wish China prosperous, people safe and happy and the relationship between people in China and the world last for a long time.
Han Zheng, vice prime minister of the State Council and member of the standing committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, hosted the reception.
Other attendees of the reception included: member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in Beijing, secretary of the central committee, vice chairman of the standing committee of national people’s congress, vice prime minister of the State Council, members of the State Council, director of the national supervisory commission, president of the Supreme People’s Court, chief procurator of Supreme People's Procuratorate, vice chairman of the national CPPCC, former heads of government and member and former member of the Central Military Commission.
Other attendees of the reception included heads of central departments of the party, the government, the armed forces and society, representatives of every party, heads of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, representatives of public figures without party affiliation, heads of Beijing municipal government, representatives of people awarded by honors and medals, representatives of honor receivers of the “two excellent and one advanced”, representatives of the delegation team of Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, representatives of national model worker and outstanding individuals, representatives of ethnic minorities contributing significantly to stability, development and solidarity in places inhabited by ethnic minorities, people from Hong Kong in Beijing, people from Macao, people from Taiwan, envoys to China, representatives of international organizations in China and foreign experts.