Xinhua News Agency ranked the top ten domestic news in 2023

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Xinhua News Agency has selected the top ten domestic news in 2023 (in order of the time of the incident)

1. The two sessions of the National People's Congress will implement the deployment of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and gather the strength to forge

In March, the National People's Congress and the National People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) convened to elect new leaders of state institutions and leaders of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. On March 10, at the Third Plenary Session of the First Session of the 14th National People's Congress, Comrade Xi Jinping was unanimously elected President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, fully reflecting the common aspirations of the whole party, the whole army, and the people of all ethnic groups in the country. The two sessions of the National People's Congress have gathered consensus and strength on building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation, greatly encouraging and motivating hundreds of millions of people to rally more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core and unite and strive to achieve the goals and tasks set by the 20th National Congress of the Party.

2. A new round of reform of the Party and state institutions has been basically completed

On March 16, the "Plan for the Reform of Party and State Institutions" was released. From the establishment of the Central Financial Commission to the Central Science and Technology Commission, and from the establishment of the Central Social Work Department to the establishment of the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration, the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee over major work has been strengthened through the establishment of new decision-making, deliberation and coordination organs of the Party Central Committee, the establishment of new functional departments and offices of the Party Central Committee, and the establishment of new organs dispatched by the Party Central Committee in important fields. The basic completion of the new round of reform of the Party and state institutions has promoted the Party's leadership over socialist modernization to be more scientific in its institutional setup, more optimized in its functional allocation, more perfect in its system and mechanism, and more efficient in its operation and management, so as to provide a strong guarantee for building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way.

3. The whole party has achieved remarkable results in carrying out in-depth thematic education

Since April, the whole party has carried out education on the theme of learning Xi implementing Xi socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era in two batches from top to bottom. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, all localities, departments, and units have firmly grasped the general requirement of "studying ideology, strengthening party spirit, attaching importance to practice, and making new contributions." Party members and cadres have profoundly comprehended the decisive significance of the "two establishments" and resolutely fulfilled the "two safeguards." They have achieved remarkable results in forging their souls with study, increasing wisdom with study, promoting healthy practices with study, and promoting work with study. It is of great significance to promote the development of the cause of the party and the country.

4. Major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics injects positive energy into a turbulent world

In May and October, the China-Central Asia Summit and the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation were successfully held in Xi'an and Beijing respectively. Over the past year, President Xi Jinping has attended a series of major home diplomatic activities, visited Russia, South Africa, the United States and Vietnam, held meetings, attended international conferences, and intensively carried out bilateral and multilateral head-of-state diplomacy at home and abroad. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations with Honduras in March, China has established diplomatic relations with 182 countries in the world. China has promoted peace talks on the Ukraine issue, facilitated historic reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and played an objective and just position and played a constructive role in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics has been steadily promoted, and the external environment for the mainland's development has continued to improve. At the end of the year, the Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference was held, which made comprehensive arrangements for adhering to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, and doing a good job in foreign affairs at present and in the future.

5. Scientific and technological innovation shapes new momentum and new advantages for development

On May 28, the C919 large passenger aircraft successfully completed its first commercial flight. Since the beginning of this year, from the completion of the 500th launch of the Long March series of carrier rockets, the complete success of the launch of the Shenzhou-17 manned spacecraft, the full completion of China's space station and the transition to a new stage of application and development, to the successful development of the "Jiuzhang-3" quantum computing prototype, the completion of the 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition, and the 40th Antarctic expedition, the mainland has achieved new breakthroughs in scientific and technological innovation, accelerated the integration of scientific and technological innovation resources, strong momentum in the development of strategic emerging industries and future industries, and accelerated the formation of new quality productivity.

6. Make every effort to carry out flood control, flood control, earthquake relief, and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction

At the end of July and the beginning of August, extreme rainfall occurred in North China, Northeast China, Huanghuai and other places, causing floods and geological disasters. On December 18, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, causing heavy casualties. General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been concerned about the people affected by the disaster, attached great importance to disaster relief and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, and issued important instructions on many occasions, requiring relevant localities and departments to make every effort to ensure the safety of people's lives and property, and restore normal production and life order in the disaster areas as soon as possible. All localities and relevant parties have gone all out to prevent floods, fight floods, and provide earthquake relief, and the people affected by the disaster have actively carried out self-help and jointly built a solid line of defense to stand together through thick and thin and protect their homes.

7. The Chengdu Universiade and the Hangzhou Asian Games were successfully held

From July to October, the 31st Summer Universiade, the 19th Asian Games and the 4th Asian Para Games were held in Chengdu and Hangzhou, and President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the Universiade and the Asian Games and announced the opening. China has earnestly fulfilled its commitments and successfully hosted international sports events one after another, promoting peace, solidarity and inclusiveness through sports, vigorously promoting exchanges and mutual learning, promoting the common values of all mankind, and making new contributions to the development of international youth sports and the development of the Asian and international Olympic Movements.

8. Xi Jinping's cultural thought was formally proposed

At the National Conference on Propaganda, Ideological and Cultural Work held on October 7 and 8, Xi Jinping Cultural Thought was formally proposed. This important thinking fully reflects the reality of General Secretary Xi Jinping's increasingly perfect theoretical achievements in cultural construction in terms of systematization, study, physics and chemistry, and marks that our party's understanding of the law governing the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics has reached a new height, and shows that our party's historical and cultural self-confidence have reached a new height. At the cultural inheritance and development forum held on June 2, General Secretary Xi Jinping clarified the "14 emphasis" in cultural construction, clearly put forward major innovative views such as adhering to the party's cultural leadership, deeply understanding the "two combinations", and shouldering new cultural missions, and put forward the major task of building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

9. The Central Financial Work Conference put forward the goal of becoming a financial power

From October 30 to 31, the Central Financial Work Conference was held, and General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech, summarizing the financial work since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, analyzing the situation facing the high-quality development of finance, and deploying the financial work for the current and future periods. The meeting clearly put forward the goal of accelerating the construction of a financial power, helping the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with high-quality financial development, and raising the financial work to a higher strategic height. Since the beginning of this year, the financial industry has strongly and effectively supported the stable growth of the real economy, resolutely adhered to the bottom line of no systemic financial risks, and strongly supported the overall situation of economic and social development.

10. The mainland's economy has rebounded and has been steadily promoted with high-quality development

Since the beginning of this year, with the smooth transition of epidemic prevention and control, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has united and led the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to withstand external pressure, overcome internal difficulties, comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, increase macro-control efforts, promote the development and growth of the private economy, the mainland economy has rebounded well, high-quality development has been solidly promoted, important progress has been made in the construction of a modern industrial system, the foundation for safe development has been consolidated and consolidated, and the GDP in the first three quarters increased by 5.2% year-on-year The total grain output reached a new high, and the growth of residents' income was faster than that of economic growth, and the main expected goals of economic and social development were successfully achieved. The Central Economic Work Conference held in December deepened the understanding of the regularity of doing a good job in economic work in the new era, emphasizing that next year it is necessary to adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, and continue to promote the economy to achieve qualitative and effective improvement and reasonable quantitative growth.