The First Session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's highest state organ of power, will open in Beijing on March 5. President Xi Jinping has underlined the importance of the system of the people's congress on multiple occasions. Xi is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Edited excerpts from Xi's speeches on the system since 2018 follow:

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the Central Conference on the Work of People's Congresses on October 13, 2021

 

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the Central Conference on the Work of People's Congresses on October 13, 2021

Excepts from Xi's speech at the First Session of the 13th NPC on March 20, 2018

 

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the Central Conference on the Work of People's Congresses on October 13, 2021

 

Sources: Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (III and IV) and Xinhua News Agency