Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 5 urged east China's Jiangsu Province, an economic powerhouse, to play a major role in the country's overall development. Xi, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when taking part in a deliberation with lawmakers from Jiangsu during the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature. Edited excerpts from his speeches on this topic since 2019 follow:

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Source: Xinhua News Agency, Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (III), China City News, and Beijing Review