Xi Jinping delivers an important speech at the first meeting of the presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct 15, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] 

Xi Jinping delivers speech

The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its first meeting at the Great Hall of the People on the afternoon of October 15.

Xi Jinping was present and delivered an important speech.

Presided over by the congress’ secretary-general Wang Huning, the meeting approved a list of the presidium’s 46-member Standing Committee including Comrade Xi Jinping.

Xi then presided over the meeting for the following agenda. Ding Xuexiang, Chen Xi, Guo Shengkun, and Huang Kunming were approved through vote by a show of hands as deputy secretaries-general of the congress.

Also approved at the meeting was a report on the examination of delegates’ qualifications by the delegate credentials committee of the 20th CPC National Congress.

According to the report, 2,296 delegates were elected from electoral units across the country, and the list had been published with the approval of the CPC Central Committee. After examination, qualifications of 2,296 delegates were confirmed valid, and they will attend the congress.

The CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core attaches great importance to the election of delegates to the 20th CPC National Congress, according to the report. Since November last year, under the strong leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the CPC Central Committee, all electoral units have adhered to the Party Constitution as their fundamental principle, upheld the Party’s nature and purpose, enhanced the Party’s leadership throughout the whole process of the election, and fully embodied intra-party democracy. They have set strict criteria for candidates, exercised rigorous and meticulous procedures, seriously enforced electoral discipline, and done a solid job in all election-related work.

All electoral units have adhered to an electoral method that is from the bottom to the top, combining the top echelon and grassroots, through repeated deliberation and been elected level by level. They have taken into full account the views of grassroots Party organizations, delegates to Party congresses at all levels, and Party members, the report said. The election procedure has enlisted the participation of all primary-level Party organizations and about 99.5 percent of the total Party members.