Following Xi Jinping’s recent talk during the 60th anniversary of the People’s Congress, People’s Daily published a commentary in which it reported on the statement that Xi made. Xi stated, “In order to uphold and improve the People’s Congress’s system, the Party must maintain the core leadership power in China.” The article commented that China has no prosperity without the Party and the Party’s leadership must be increased not diminished. The article concluded that the People’s Congress is important and irreplaceable in managing the country but only when it is under the Party’s leadership can it maximize its role.
Source: Guangming Daily, September 7, 2014
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