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ON BUILDING A HUMAN COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE

itself. We have constantly improved the system of socialism with Chinese
characteristics and overcome institutional and systematic obstacles to
development. This shows the great strength of institutional guarantees.
Ours is an enterprising and pioneering nation whose motivation,
initiative, and creativity are now rising higher than ever before. This
shows the great strength of the 1.3 billion Chinese people, who, as masters
of their nation and its real heroes, are driving history forward.
Over the last four decades, the Chinese people have embraced the
world with open arms and actively contributed to it. Reform and opening
up is a great process of China and the world achieving development
and progress together. The Chinese people have made opening up a
basic national policy, pursued development with an open door, and
accomplished a great transition from seclusion and semi-seclusion to all-
round opening up. In this process, China has lived up to its responsibility
as a major country. From “bringing in” to “going global,” from WTO
accession to the Belt and Road Initiative, China has made a significant
contribution to mitigating the effects of the Asian and global financial
crises. Contributing over 30 percent of global growth in recent years, it
has become a key anchor and driver for the world economy and a positive
force in advancing the noble cause of global peace and development.
Today, the Chinese people can say with great pride that reform and
opening up, China’s second revolution, has not only profoundly changed
the country but also greatly influenced the whole world.
An ancient Chinese classic teaches that Heaven has its own law and
those who embrace it will prosper. China’s reform and opening up meets
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its people’s aspirations for development, innovation, and a better life. It
also meets the global trend toward development, cooperation, and peace.
As such, China’s reform and opening up can and will be a great success!
Four decades of reform and opening up has provided many valuable
lessons. The most important of these is that for any country or nation to
achieve rejuvenation, they must follow the logic of history and the trend
of the times in their pursuit of progress and development.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Friends,
The world is now in the midst of a new round of major developments,

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