China-Xi/Working People

Xi encourages working people to strive for better life, national rejuvenation

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FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shots of farmlands
2. Various of farmers sowing seeds, throwing rice seedlings, checking ears of rice, basking grain, carrying, picking up fruits, harvesting soybeans
3. Sunshine penetrating through trees

FILE: Ningde City, Fujian Province, east China - 1988-1989 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Photo of Xi Jinping, then secretary of Ningde Prefecture Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC), participating in farm work

FILE: China - 2003 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Xi flipping through photo album

FILE: Ningde City, Fujian Province, east China - 1988-89 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Photo of Xi participating in farm work

FILE: China - 2003 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, then Party secretary of Zhejiang Province (with reporter asking question)(fully overlaid with shots 4-6):
"This photo album is about me in Ningde. You see I was on the farm for spring plowing. We had on-site meetings during the spring plowing period."
(Reporter: "How old were you?")
"35 or 36."

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Aerial shot of farmland
9. Photo of Xi as educated youth

FILE: Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Cave dwellings
11. Sign of old residence for educated youth
12. Snow on sorghums in front of cave dwellings

FILE: China - 2003 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, then Party secretary of Zhejiang Province (fully overlaid with shot 12):
"I worked with them to cut grass in the cave dwellings on rainy or windy days, look after the cattle at night, and herd sheep, doing all kinds of work."

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Photos of Xi participating in farm work
15. Aerial shots of trees, mountains, train moving

FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
16. Aerial shot of traffic
17. Various of flags, Great Hall of the People, Tian'anmen Square

FILE: Beijing, China - Nov 15, 2012 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
18. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, general secretary, CPC Central Committee (fully overlaid with shot 17):
"It is only hard work that creates all happiness in the world."

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
19. Sunshine penetrating through trees
20. Time lapse of land
21. Aerial shot of snow-covered land
22. Various of Xi visiting working people, on inspection tours
23. Various of vehicles moving
24. Various of Xi on train, visiting rural families, talking with villagers
25. Various of Xi taking shovel, participating in tree-planting events
26. Various of Xi talking to people, visiting sites on inspection tours

FILE: Santo Domingo, Heredia Province, Costa Rica - June 3, 2013 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
27. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (fully overlaid with shot 26):
"We have to spend a lot of time to meet the ordinary people in China's rural areas and factories."

FILE: Beijing, China - Feb 23, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
28. Construction site of Beijing Daxing International Airport
29. Various of builders cheering for Xi's visit, waving; Xi shaking hands with them
30. Construction site
31. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (starting with shot 30/ending with shots 32/33):
"Socialism is built through hard work, relying on the working class and working people."
32. Various of builders
33. Steel structure

FILE: Beijing, China - 2014-2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
34. Fast motions of airport under construction
35. Aerial shots of airport taking shape
36. Various of airplanes on apron, passengers in terminals

FILE: Beijing, China - Sept 25, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
37. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (starting with shot 36/ending with shots 38-40):
"The edifice of our Republic is constructed brick by brick. We have the confidence and the ambition to forge ahead. 'The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron, yet with firm strides, we are conquering its summit'. China can do it! What is the foundation for it? It's you. The people are real heroes. Building socialism requires joint efforts."
38. Various of airport representatives listening

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
39. Various of working people on posts
40. Various of construction facilities, oil rig platform
41. Aerial shot of cityscape in modern time
42. Sunset on barren land
43. Oilfield

FILE: Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, northeast China - 1950s-60s (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
44. Oil worker Wang Jinxi jumping into mud pool
45. Oil workers hauling drilling rig

FILE: Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, southwest China - 2010s (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
46. Various of Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) being installed

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
47. Various of deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe diving
48. Animations of China's Mars rover patrolling
49. Mountaineers climbing snow-capped mountain
50. Various of working people on posts

FILE: Beijing, China - March 5, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
51. Flags
52. Various of Xi joining Jiangsu delegation for deliberation, listening to welder worker Sun Jingnan's report

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
53. Various of rail workers working; train production plant

FILE: Beijing, China - March 5, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
54. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Sun Jingnan, NPC deputy; engineer, CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd. (fully overlaid with shot 53):
"High-speed rail workers of our generation have witnessed the entire development process of China's rail transit industry from a pursuer to a front-runner."

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
55. Various of trains moving
56. Various of welder working

FILE: Beijing, China - March 5, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
57. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (fully overlaid with shots 55-56):
"Since the founding of the People's Republic of China [in 1949], the transportation sector has been advancing step by step, taking the lead internationally. Artisans play a crucial role in it."
58. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Sun Jingnan, NPC deputy; engineer, CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd. (ending with shot 59):
"The General Secretary said 'Master craftsmen are the cornerstone and pillars of the Chinese nation's edifice.' He spoke so highly of it that we are greatly inspired."
59. Various of Sun donning working suit, welding

FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
60. Various of Xi honoring model workers, Xi's letters to workers

FILE: Beijing, China - Nov 9, 2016 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
61. Command center of China manned space program
62. Xi talking with Shenzhou-11 astronauts on phone

FILE: Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, south China - Oct 23, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
63. Aerial shots of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
64. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (partially overlaid with shot 65):
"You should be proud of yourselves, and we're proud of you, too. A country has endured hardships in its pioneer work, and rode over all the difficulties to where we're now. You fully embody the spirit of 'surmounting all obstacles'. It is in this way that socialism with Chinese characteristics has been developed."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
65. Various of workers
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
66. Various of people excavating mountain, drilling oil,

FILE: China - 1964 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
67. China's first atomic bomb detonating
68. People cheering

FILE: China - 1970 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
69. China's first satellite Dongfanghong-1
70. People dancing for successful launch of Dongfanghong-1

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
71. Woman sifting grain
72. Various of people working
73. Water gushing out sluices
74. China's homegrown C919 aircraft taking off
75. Rocket blasting off
76. Animation of moon lander making landfall
77. FAST telescope
78. Bullet train moving
79. Soldiers, military vehicles on parade
80. Various of working people, soldiers

FILE: Beijing, China - Dec 31, 2023 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
81. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (starting with shot 80):
"All of you, from farmers in the fields to workers on factory floors, from entrepreneurs blazing the trail to service members guarding our country -- indeed, people from all walks of life -- have done your very best. Each and every ordinary Chinese has made an extraordinary contribution!"

FILE: Beijing, China - Feb 8, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
82. Various of reception in progress; Xi speaking

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
83. Various of people working on different posts

FILE: Beijing, China - Feb 8, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
84. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (fully overlaid with shots 82-83):
"I hope that the people of the whole country will, inspired by the spirit of dragon, jointly write a new chapter in the cause of Chinese modernization in the coming year with pioneering efforts, endeavors and dedication."

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
85. Various of people cheering, running

Storyline


Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the working people from all walks of life to strive for a brighter future and the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation with unremitting efforts and an untiring spirit.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, extended festive greetings and best wishes to the country's working people on Tuesday, ahead of International Workers' Day, which falls on May 1. He emphasized the significance of hard work and the contribution of the working people.

He himself has acquired a down-to-earth approach and tenacious fighting spirit during seven years as an "educated youth" working and living with farmers and herdsmen in the small village of Liangjiahe in northwest China's Shaanxi Province in the 1970s.

"I worked with them to cut grass in the cave dwellings on rainy or windy days, look after the cattle at night, and herd sheep, doing all kinds of work," Xi recalled his past days in Liangjiahe.

During his meeting with Chinese and overseas journalists in November 2012, after he was elected general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Xi showed his firm determination to create a happy life for the Chinese people.

"It is only hard work that creates all happiness in the world," he said.

Xi earnestly practices diligence that he advocates. He has set foot on all of the 14 contiguous areas of extreme poverty, joined tree-planting activities for 12 years in a row, and visited the working people during his every grass-roots inspection tour.

"We have to spend a lot of time to meet the ordinary people in China's rural areas and factories," he once said.

In February 2017, Xi paid a visit to Beijing's new airport, which is located in Daxing District in the southern part of the capital city, to inspect the relocation work and the construction site of the airport's main terminal.

"Socialism is built through hard work, relying on the working class and working people," he said.

With the concerted efforts of over 100,000 builders, the Beijing Daxing International Airport opened in September 2019 after 54 months of construction.

"The edifice of our Republic is constructed brick by brick. We have the confidence and the ambition to forge ahead. 'The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron, yet with firm strides, we are conquering its summit'. China can do it! What is the foundation for it? It's you. The people are real heroes. Building socialism requires joint efforts," Xi said to the builders.

Xi stressed the development of vocational education and the spirit of craftsmanship when joining a Jiangsu delegation for deliberation at the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, in March this year and responding positively to the words of Sun Jingnan, a welder from CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., a subsidiary of a major Chinese rolling stock manufacturer.

"Since the founding of the People's Republic of China [in 1949], the transportation sector has been advancing step by step, taking the lead internationally. Artisans play a crucial role in it," Xi said.

"The General Secretary said 'Master craftsmen are the cornerstone and pillars of the Chinese nation's edifice.' He spoke so highly of it that we are greatly inspired," said Sun.

At conferences honoring workers, he called on the whole nation to take model workers as an example and create a future through hard work. In letters to workers, he praised the great working spirit and encouraged the most beautiful strivers in the new era. At the construction sites of mega projects, he injected confidence into builders to write miracles of struggle.

On Oct 23, 2018, Xi announced the opening of the 55-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, situated in the waters off Lingdingyang of the Pearl River Estuary. He praised the builders for breaking a number of world records, demonstrating the nation's spirit of striving to overcome any difficulties, the national strength, the innovative ability, and the aspiration to be the world's best.

"You should be proud of yourselves, and we're proud of you, too. A country has endured hardships in its pioneer work, and rode over all the difficulties to where we're now. You fully embody the spirit of 'surmounting all obstacles'. It is in this way that socialism with Chinese characteristics has been developed," Xi said.

The Chinese are known as a hardworking and inventive people. Just as work and creative activities built our glorious past, they have also contributed to our achievements today.

At his 2024 New Year Address on New Year's Eve in 2023, Xi extended his greetings to people from all walks of life and commended their extraordinary contributions.

"All of you, from farmers in the fields to workers on factory floors, from entrepreneurs blazing the trail to service members guarding our country -- indeed, people from all walks of life -- have done your very best. Each and every ordinary Chinese has made an extraordinary contribution!" he said.

At a Spring Festival reception in Feb 2024, the Year of the Dragon, Xi encouraged all Chinese people to jointly write a new chapter in the cause of Chinese modernization with tenacity and perseverance.

"I hope that the people of the whole country will, inspired by the spirit of dragon, jointly write a new chapter in the cause of Chinese modernization in the coming year with pioneering efforts, endeavors and dedication," he said.


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China-Xi/Working People

Xi encourages working people to strive for better life, national rejuvenation

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Location : China

Duration : 6'24

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FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shots of farmlands
2. Various of farmers sowing seeds, throwing rice seedlings, checking ears of rice, basking grain, carrying, picking up fruits, harvesting soybeans
3. Sunshine penetrating through trees

FILE: Ningde City, Fujian Province, east China - 1988-1989 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Photo of Xi Jinping, then secretary of Ningde Prefecture Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC), participating in farm work

FILE: China - 2003 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Xi flipping through photo album

FILE: Ningde City, Fujian Province, east China - 1988-89 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Photo of Xi participating in farm work

FILE: China - 2003 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, then Party secretary of Zhejiang Province (with reporter asking question)(fully overlaid with shots 4-6):
"This photo album is about me in Ningde. You see I was on the farm for spring plowing. We had on-site meetings during the spring plowing period."
(Reporter: "How old were you?")
"35 or 36."

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Aerial shot of farmland
9. Photo of Xi as educated youth

FILE: Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Cave dwellings
11. Sign of old residence for educated youth
12. Snow on sorghums in front of cave dwellings

FILE: China - 2003 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, then Party secretary of Zhejiang Province (fully overlaid with shot 12):
"I worked with them to cut grass in the cave dwellings on rainy or windy days, look after the cattle at night, and herd sheep, doing all kinds of work."

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Photos of Xi participating in farm work
15. Aerial shots of trees, mountains, train moving

FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
16. Aerial shot of traffic
17. Various of flags, Great Hall of the People, Tian'anmen Square

FILE: Beijing, China - Nov 15, 2012 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
18. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, general secretary, CPC Central Committee (fully overlaid with shot 17):
"It is only hard work that creates all happiness in the world."

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
19. Sunshine penetrating through trees
20. Time lapse of land
21. Aerial shot of snow-covered land
22. Various of Xi visiting working people, on inspection tours
23. Various of vehicles moving
24. Various of Xi on train, visiting rural families, talking with villagers
25. Various of Xi taking shovel, participating in tree-planting events
26. Various of Xi talking to people, visiting sites on inspection tours

FILE: Santo Domingo, Heredia Province, Costa Rica - June 3, 2013 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
27. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (fully overlaid with shot 26):
"We have to spend a lot of time to meet the ordinary people in China's rural areas and factories."

FILE: Beijing, China - Feb 23, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
28. Construction site of Beijing Daxing International Airport
29. Various of builders cheering for Xi's visit, waving; Xi shaking hands with them
30. Construction site
31. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (starting with shot 30/ending with shots 32/33):
"Socialism is built through hard work, relying on the working class and working people."
32. Various of builders
33. Steel structure

FILE: Beijing, China - 2014-2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
34. Fast motions of airport under construction
35. Aerial shots of airport taking shape
36. Various of airplanes on apron, passengers in terminals

FILE: Beijing, China - Sept 25, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
37. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (starting with shot 36/ending with shots 38-40):
"The edifice of our Republic is constructed brick by brick. We have the confidence and the ambition to forge ahead. 'The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron, yet with firm strides, we are conquering its summit'. China can do it! What is the foundation for it? It's you. The people are real heroes. Building socialism requires joint efforts."
38. Various of airport representatives listening

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
39. Various of working people on posts
40. Various of construction facilities, oil rig platform
41. Aerial shot of cityscape in modern time
42. Sunset on barren land
43. Oilfield

FILE: Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, northeast China - 1950s-60s (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
44. Oil worker Wang Jinxi jumping into mud pool
45. Oil workers hauling drilling rig

FILE: Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, southwest China - 2010s (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
46. Various of Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) being installed

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
47. Various of deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe diving
48. Animations of China's Mars rover patrolling
49. Mountaineers climbing snow-capped mountain
50. Various of working people on posts

FILE: Beijing, China - March 5, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
51. Flags
52. Various of Xi joining Jiangsu delegation for deliberation, listening to welder worker Sun Jingnan's report

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
53. Various of rail workers working; train production plant

FILE: Beijing, China - March 5, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
54. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Sun Jingnan, NPC deputy; engineer, CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd. (fully overlaid with shot 53):
"High-speed rail workers of our generation have witnessed the entire development process of China's rail transit industry from a pursuer to a front-runner."

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
55. Various of trains moving
56. Various of welder working

FILE: Beijing, China - March 5, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
57. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (fully overlaid with shots 55-56):
"Since the founding of the People's Republic of China [in 1949], the transportation sector has been advancing step by step, taking the lead internationally. Artisans play a crucial role in it."
58. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Sun Jingnan, NPC deputy; engineer, CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd. (ending with shot 59):
"The General Secretary said 'Master craftsmen are the cornerstone and pillars of the Chinese nation's edifice.' He spoke so highly of it that we are greatly inspired."
59. Various of Sun donning working suit, welding

FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
60. Various of Xi honoring model workers, Xi's letters to workers

FILE: Beijing, China - Nov 9, 2016 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
61. Command center of China manned space program
62. Xi talking with Shenzhou-11 astronauts on phone

FILE: Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, south China - Oct 23, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
63. Aerial shots of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
64. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (partially overlaid with shot 65):
"You should be proud of yourselves, and we're proud of you, too. A country has endured hardships in its pioneer work, and rode over all the difficulties to where we're now. You fully embody the spirit of 'surmounting all obstacles'. It is in this way that socialism with Chinese characteristics has been developed."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
65. Various of workers
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
66. Various of people excavating mountain, drilling oil,

FILE: China - 1964 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
67. China's first atomic bomb detonating
68. People cheering

FILE: China - 1970 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
69. China's first satellite Dongfanghong-1
70. People dancing for successful launch of Dongfanghong-1

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
71. Woman sifting grain
72. Various of people working
73. Water gushing out sluices
74. China's homegrown C919 aircraft taking off
75. Rocket blasting off
76. Animation of moon lander making landfall
77. FAST telescope
78. Bullet train moving
79. Soldiers, military vehicles on parade
80. Various of working people, soldiers

FILE: Beijing, China - Dec 31, 2023 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
81. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (starting with shot 80):
"All of you, from farmers in the fields to workers on factory floors, from entrepreneurs blazing the trail to service members guarding our country -- indeed, people from all walks of life -- have done your very best. Each and every ordinary Chinese has made an extraordinary contribution!"

FILE: Beijing, China - Feb 8, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
82. Various of reception in progress; Xi speaking

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
83. Various of people working on different posts

FILE: Beijing, China - Feb 8, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
84. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (fully overlaid with shots 82-83):
"I hope that the people of the whole country will, inspired by the spirit of dragon, jointly write a new chapter in the cause of Chinese modernization in the coming year with pioneering efforts, endeavors and dedication."

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
85. Various of people cheering, running


Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the working people from all walks of life to strive for a brighter future and the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation with unremitting efforts and an untiring spirit.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, extended festive greetings and best wishes to the country's working people on Tuesday, ahead of International Workers' Day, which falls on May 1. He emphasized the significance of hard work and the contribution of the working people.

He himself has acquired a down-to-earth approach and tenacious fighting spirit during seven years as an "educated youth" working and living with farmers and herdsmen in the small village of Liangjiahe in northwest China's Shaanxi Province in the 1970s.

"I worked with them to cut grass in the cave dwellings on rainy or windy days, look after the cattle at night, and herd sheep, doing all kinds of work," Xi recalled his past days in Liangjiahe.

During his meeting with Chinese and overseas journalists in November 2012, after he was elected general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Xi showed his firm determination to create a happy life for the Chinese people.

"It is only hard work that creates all happiness in the world," he said.

Xi earnestly practices diligence that he advocates. He has set foot on all of the 14 contiguous areas of extreme poverty, joined tree-planting activities for 12 years in a row, and visited the working people during his every grass-roots inspection tour.

"We have to spend a lot of time to meet the ordinary people in China's rural areas and factories," he once said.

In February 2017, Xi paid a visit to Beijing's new airport, which is located in Daxing District in the southern part of the capital city, to inspect the relocation work and the construction site of the airport's main terminal.

"Socialism is built through hard work, relying on the working class and working people," he said.

With the concerted efforts of over 100,000 builders, the Beijing Daxing International Airport opened in September 2019 after 54 months of construction.

"The edifice of our Republic is constructed brick by brick. We have the confidence and the ambition to forge ahead. 'The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron, yet with firm strides, we are conquering its summit'. China can do it! What is the foundation for it? It's you. The people are real heroes. Building socialism requires joint efforts," Xi said to the builders.

Xi stressed the development of vocational education and the spirit of craftsmanship when joining a Jiangsu delegation for deliberation at the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, in March this year and responding positively to the words of Sun Jingnan, a welder from CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., a subsidiary of a major Chinese rolling stock manufacturer.

"Since the founding of the People's Republic of China [in 1949], the transportation sector has been advancing step by step, taking the lead internationally. Artisans play a crucial role in it," Xi said.

"The General Secretary said 'Master craftsmen are the cornerstone and pillars of the Chinese nation's edifice.' He spoke so highly of it that we are greatly inspired," said Sun.

At conferences honoring workers, he called on the whole nation to take model workers as an example and create a future through hard work. In letters to workers, he praised the great working spirit and encouraged the most beautiful strivers in the new era. At the construction sites of mega projects, he injected confidence into builders to write miracles of struggle.

On Oct 23, 2018, Xi announced the opening of the 55-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, situated in the waters off Lingdingyang of the Pearl River Estuary. He praised the builders for breaking a number of world records, demonstrating the nation's spirit of striving to overcome any difficulties, the national strength, the innovative ability, and the aspiration to be the world's best.

"You should be proud of yourselves, and we're proud of you, too. A country has endured hardships in its pioneer work, and rode over all the difficulties to where we're now. You fully embody the spirit of 'surmounting all obstacles'. It is in this way that socialism with Chinese characteristics has been developed," Xi said.

The Chinese are known as a hardworking and inventive people. Just as work and creative activities built our glorious past, they have also contributed to our achievements today.

At his 2024 New Year Address on New Year's Eve in 2023, Xi extended his greetings to people from all walks of life and commended their extraordinary contributions.

"All of you, from farmers in the fields to workers on factory floors, from entrepreneurs blazing the trail to service members guarding our country -- indeed, people from all walks of life -- have done your very best. Each and every ordinary Chinese has made an extraordinary contribution!" he said.

At a Spring Festival reception in Feb 2024, the Year of the Dragon, Xi encouraged all Chinese people to jointly write a new chapter in the cause of Chinese modernization with tenacity and perseverance.

"I hope that the people of the whole country will, inspired by the spirit of dragon, jointly write a new chapter in the cause of Chinese modernization in the coming year with pioneering efforts, endeavors and dedication," he said.


ID : 8374820

Published : 2024-05-01 11:45

Last Modified : 2024-05-02 20:23:50

Source : China Central Television (CCTV)

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