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NEVER FAIL THE PEOPLE

Source: Selected Readings from the Works of Xi Jinping Volume II Updated: 2025-09-08

NEVER FAIL THE PEOPLE*


March 22, 2019


Running such a huge country is a grave responsibility, and it brings arduous work. I will fully commit to the people and never fail them. I am ready to put aside my own interests and devote my all to China’s development.

A weightlifter can lift only a 50-kg barbell at the beginning. But through proper training he may achieve as much as 250 kg. I believe that through my work, through the concerted effort of more than 1.3 billion Chinese, we can definitely take on this weighty responsibility and build our country well. In this I am fully confident; the Chinese people are fully confident.


∗ Main points of the talk with Roberto Fico, president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, during a visit to Italy.

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