Xi s speech sets key goals for 2021 By Wang Mingjie and Han Baoyi in London, May Zhou in Houston, and Edith Mutethya in Nairobi | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-01-02 06:58 Share CLOSE President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year speech Thursday evening in Beijing to ring in 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
President Xi Jinping s New Year s address has emphasized the importance of people and set important national development and economic goals for 2021, global experts said.
Christopher Bovis, a professor of international business law at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, said Xi welcomed the New Year by praising the resilience and courage of the Chinese people and their efforts to combat the pandemic over the past year.
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