Xi Jinping delivers speech at Spring Festival gathering--China Economic Net

21 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council held a Spring Festival gathering at the Great Hall of the People on the morning of Jan.Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered a speech and extended Spring Festival greetings to the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council.Leading members and veteran comrades of the CPC Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council, the National Commission of Supervision, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Central Military Commission attended the gathering.Also present at the gathering are leaders of departments of the CPC Central Committee, central government, the military, people's organizations and leaders of Beijing Municipality, heads of the central committees of the non-CPC parties, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, representatives of public figures without party affiliation, retired veterans, famous experts and scholars, and people from all walks of life in the capital.

As long as we work hard with firm confidence, we will get off to a good start on our new journey.Xi stressed that the greatest truths are the simplest, and hard work is the key.