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We have made all-round efforts in the pursuit of major country diplomacy

with Chinese characteristics, thus advancing China’s diplomatic agenda in a
comprehensive, multilevel, multifaceted way and creating a favorable external
environment for China’s development. We have jointly pursued the Belt and Road
Initiative, initiated the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, set up the Silk Road
Fund, and hosted the First Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, the
22nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, the G20 2016 Summit in Hangzhou, the
BRICS Summit in Xiamen, and the Fourth Summit of the Conference on Interaction
and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. China champions the development of a
community with a shared future for mankind, and has encouraged the evolution of

the global governance system. With this we have seen a further rise in China’s
international influence, ability to inspire, and power to shape; and China has made
great new contributions to global peace and development.

 We have achieved remarkable outcomes in ensuring full and strict governance over
the Party.
We have made sweeping efforts to strengthen Party leadership and Party
building, and taken strong action to transform lax and weak governance over the
Party. We encourage all Party members to hold the Party Constitution in great
esteem. We urge them to strengthen their consciousness of the need to maintain

political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep
in alignment, and to uphold the authority of the Central Committee and its
centralized, unified leadership. We have tightened political discipline and rules to
ensure that political responsibility for governance over the Party is fulfilled at each
level of the Party organization.

We have committed to “examining ourselves in the mirror, tidying our attire,
taking a bath, and treating our ailments,” launched activities to see members
command and act on the Party’s mass line, and initiated a campaign for the
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observance of the Three Stricts and Three Earnests. We have regularized and
institutionalized the requirement for all Party members to have a solid
understanding of the Party Constitution, Party regulations, and related major
policy addresses and to meet Party standards. As a result, the ideals and
convictions of all Party members have been strengthened and their sense of Party

consciousness has deepened. We have adopted standards fitting for a new era to
assess the caliber of officials, and achieved a notable improvement in the way

1 The Three Stricts and Three Earnests are: to be strict with oneself in practicing self-cultivation, using
power, and exercising self-discipline; and to be earnest in one’s thinking, work, and behavior.
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