• We need to always put people and their lives first, adhere to the dynamic zero-COVID approach with science-based and targeted measures, and contain the spread of the virus as soon as possible. 

 

• In the face of the spread of COVID-19, the CPC has, from the very beginning, stated clearly that people’s life and health should be considered as the top priority. 

• We are willing to protect people’s life and health at all costs. 

• Authorities must make working for the people their primary political achievements. 

• The people are the main source of the Party’s confidence. 

— Excerpts of Xi’s speech in a deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at the third session of the 13th National People’s Congress in Beijing on May 22, 2020 2017 

 

• China follows a people-oriented development philosophy and is committed to bettering the lives of its people. Development is of the people, by the people and for the people. 

— Excerpts of Xi’s keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum 2017 in Davos, Switzerland on January 17, 2017 2016 

 

• Since the founding of the CPC in 1921, we have seen protecting public health as a part of the cause of pursuing national independence and people’s liberation. 

• We should advocate a healthy lifestyle, promote the idea of all-round wellness, shift the focus from treating ailments to healthcare, improve the healthcare education system, enhance the health awareness of the public, and integrate fitness and healthcare across the country. 

• Due to industrialization, urbanization, and an aging population, and with the changing spectrum of diseases, environment, and lifestyle, China is facing a complex situation in which threats from multiple diseases coexist and various factors affecting people’s health intertwine. We have to deal with health problems facing both developed and developing countries.

• The people-centered development philosophy is not an abstract, abstruse concept. We will not restrict ourselves to lip service or idle reflection, but put it into practice in all areas of social and economic development. 

• We should reflect the people-oriented development idea at every link of economic and social development, grasp and promote in reform whatever the people care about and expect, and give the people a stronger sense of gain by implementing reform. 

— Excerpts of Xi’s speech at a study session on implementing the decisions of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, attended by officials at the provincial/ministerial level on January 18, 2016 2013 

 

• Always put people’s lives first. 

— Excerpts of Xi’s speech in the Huangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone of Qingdao when addressing the relief effort following an oil pipeline leak explosion on November 24, 2013

 

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has led China, a large country with complex conditions and realities, to prosperity, which fully reflects the party’s governance capability, Massimiliano Ay, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Switzerland, has said. 

 

“China is a very large country, which is composed of many different ethnic groups” and “different economic situations ... All this makes it complicated to govern the country; that’s why the role of the Communist Party (of China) has proved to be very useful and very important,” said Ay in a joint interview with Chinese media. 

 

The year of 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the CPC's founding. Looking back at the party’s century-long history, Ay said the CPC has successfully united the nation and the people around socialism, and constructed a sense of national identity. 

 

China has been able to direct its national resources to where they are needed, and invest them in strategic fields, he said, noting that the country’s tremendous economic development has also lifted many people out of poverty. 

 

On the international stage, instead of interfering in other countries’ internal affairs, China is committed to advancing win-win cooperation, and helping countries and their people reduce poverty through the Belt and Road Initiative, he observed. 

 

Ay is also deeply impressed by China’s efficient management of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the country’s swift response to the outbreak. 

 

The unified command by the country, cooperation and solidarity among the people, as well as coordination and mutual help between different regions are all key factors to China’s success in the anti-virus fight, while the country also made international cooperation a priority when tackling the global health emergency, he noted. 

 

“While some countries were fighting over masks, that is, they were stealing each other’s masks at the borders, China was working with solidarity; it was providing medical supplies to other countries; it was providing health personnel -- this is a big difference,” he said. 

 

Looking to the future, Ay hoped the CPC would further strengthen and China's “path to socialism and a prosperous society will continue.”

 

Former General Secretary of Communist Party of Israel Highlights CPC’s Commitment to Serving People 

 

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has been committed to satisfying the common needs and interests of the Chinese people, a key reason why the CPC is able to embrace its 100th anniversary with full confidence, said Issam Makhoul, member of the political bureau and former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Israel. 

 

Recalling his two visits to China in 2006 and 2018 respectively, Makhoul said he was deeply impressed by the changes in the country as he saw a more flourishing, modern and technologically developed country during the second trip. 

 

Having witnessed China’s efforts to raise people’s living standards, Makhoul said he appreciated the country’s historical process to become fully modern and developed. 

 

Hailing the idea of “socialism with Chinese characteristics,” Makhoul expressed belief that at the core of Marxism is a socialism that develops in accordance with the changing historical, cultural, and social context of a specific place. 

 

Under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese people are moving towards the long-range objectives through 2035 and the goal of building a great modern socialist country by 2050. 

 

“This is a very important promise not for the Chinese people alone but for the whole of humanity,” he said. 

 

China has been promoting a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation, he said, adding that he appreciates China’s vision represents a new way of thinking about international relations highlighting “shared interests.” 

 

The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the joint construction of the Belt and Road reflect a harmony of interests and will benefit the world, said Makhoul.

 

 

Through continuous efforts, the final 98.99 million impoverished rural residents in China had all been lifted out of poverty, and all 832 impoverished counties and 128,000 villages had been removed from the poverty list by the end of 2020. 

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, addressed a gathering in Beijing on February 25, 2021 to mark the country’s accomplishments in poverty alleviation and honor its model poverty fighters. Excerpts of Xi’s speech follow: 

 

• China has scored a complete victory in its fight against poverty. 

 

• China has adopted a targeted poverty alleviation strategy and strives to eradicate poverty through development. 

• China has created a model of poverty reduction and made great contributions to global poverty alleviation. 

 

• Shaking off poverty is not the finish line, but the starting point of a new life and new endeavor. 

 

• China's struggle against poverty has forged a Poverty Alleviation Spirit, a spirit of pulling together, exerting all our strength, being precise and results-oriented, breaking new ground, braving challenges, and living up to the people’s expectations.