President Xi Jinping called for mobilizing the whole society to participate in afforestation on Monday, urging sustained efforts to build a beautiful China and contribute to Chinese modernization.

A key meeting of the Communist Party of China on Friday stressed that local Party committees must ensure full and firm implementation of the decisions and plans of the Party Central Committee while adapting their work to local realities with greater initiative and creativity.

A light bulb is not something most people would associate with governance. Yet nearly four decades ago, while working in one of the poorest parts of East China's Fujian province as the Party chief of Ningde prefecture, Xi Jinping told local officials that ensuring access to everyday necessities for people living in remote areas, even items as basic as light bulbs and soap, was also a measure of good governance.

President Xi Jinping called on Monday for strategic resolve and historical patience to make efforts to build the Xiong'an New Area, dubbed China's "city of the future", into an innovation hub in the new era and a model of promoting high-quality development.

China and Turkmenistan pledged on Wednesday to strengthen the alignment of their development strategies, expand natural gas cooperation and broaden practical collaboration in non-resource sectors such as connectivity, as President Xi Jinping met in Beijing with National Leader of the Turkmen People Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Since its opening in 2018, the bridge has seen more than 100 million crossings. The project traces its origins to September 2014, when President Xi Jinping made a state visit to the Maldives, one of the earliest participants in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.

President Xi Jinping has replied to a letter from the students and teachers of the Chinese language class at an international school in France's Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, encouraging them to contribute to promoting China-France and China-Europe relations.

We should learn how to best carry forward our fine cultural traditions, and at the same time promote contemporary culture. We should put emphasis on both inheriting and development. ——Chinese President Xi Jinping

The fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body, held its closing meeting on Wednesday morning. Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders attended the meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

As China advances its Healthy China Initiative, successful efforts made to prevent and treat altitude sickness on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau prompted a heartfelt response from President Xi Jinping on Friday, when he joined national political advisers from the sector of medicine and health, among others, for a group discussion in Beijing.

President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for provinces serving as China's economic powerhouses to pilot efforts in analyzing new circumstances and solving new problems, while stressing the need to develop new quality productive forces and promote common prosperity.

The fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body, opened on Wednesday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, raising the curtain on this year's two sessions of China's top legislative and political advisory bodies.

When China's annual "two sessions" convene in Beijing each spring, the discussions of national lawmakers and political advisors extend well beyond macroeconomic targets and national blueprints.

Xi's profound commitment to public welfare at the two sessions was manifested as early as 2013, when he first participated in the gatherings as China's top leader. At that time, Xi made an earnest call for efforts to improve people's social security and well-being, paying special attention to caring for people living in hardship, and ensuring that the public gains concrete, tangible benefits.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. It was noted at the meeting that the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25) marked a momentous and extraordinary period in China's development.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, asked senior Party officials to ensure a good start to the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). Xi made the remarks after reading through the annual work reports of senior Party officials recently submitted to the CPC Central Committee and to him.

President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that the more volatile and turbulent the international situation becomes, the greater the need for China and Germany to strengthen strategic communication, enhance mutual trust and promote the continuous new development of their comprehensive strategic partnership.

The Xinhua Publishing House, the publishing arm of Xinhua News Agency, has released the first volume of "China's Governance Under Xi Jinping's Leadership." Compiled by Xinhua, the book is available in both Chinese and English versions and is being distributed to readers at home and abroad.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has congratulated Kim Jong-un on his reelection as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, emphasizing joint efforts to write a new chapter for China-DPRK friendship.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called on Wednesday for non-CPC political parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, or ACFIC, and personages without party affiliation to contribute to the development of the country's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30).