December 4 marks China's Constitution Day. President Xi Jinping has emphasized on many occasions that implementing the Constitution to the letter is the primary task for governing the country in accordance with the law and building China into a socialist country under the rule of law. Xi is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Edited excerpts of Xi's speeches on this topic since 2017 follow:

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the Meeting Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong's Return to China and the Inaugural Ceremony of the Fifth-term Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on July 1, 2017

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the second full assembly of the Second Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee on January 19, 2018

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the second full assembly of the Second Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee on January 19, 2018

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the first meeting of the Commission for Law-based Governance under the CPC Central Committee on August 24, 2018 

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the first meeting of the Commission for Law-based Governance under the CPC Central Committee on August 24, 2018 

Sources: Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (II & III) and Beijing Review