Deliver a Better Life for Each and Every Chinese

Deliver a Better Life for Each and Every Chinese*

November 15, 2023

We are committed to prosperity for all to deliver a better life for each and every Chinese. To eliminate poverty is the millennia-old dream of the Chinese nation, and the people’s great desire is prosperity for all. Before I turned 16, I found myself in a village in northern Shaanxi Province, where I lived and farmed with villagers and learned about their worries and needs. Now half a century on, I always feel strong and grounded when among the people. Serving the people selflessly and living up to their expectations is my lifelong commitment. When I became general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and president of the People’s Republic of China, 100 million people were still living below the poverty line set by the United Nations. Thanks to eight years of tenacious effort, all were lifted out of poverty. We realized the poverty reduction goal of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule. In the process, over 1,800 CPC members lost their lives in the line of duty.

Our goal is not to have just a few wealthy people, but to realize common prosperity for all. Employment, education, medical services, childcare, eldercare, housing, and the environment are real issues important to the people’s daily life and close to their heart. These are being steadily integrated into our top-level plans for national development, increasing the sense of gain, fulfillment and security of our people. We will continue to promote high-quality development and deliver the benefits of modernization to all. This was the CPC’s founding mission and it is the pledge we have made to the people. It is sure to be realized with the support of the people.

* Part of the speech at a reception held in San Francisco, the United States.

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