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interests. National security has thus been strengthened on all fronts. We have

further improved the social governance system based on collaboration,
participation, and shared benefits. We have effectively contained ethnic
separatists, religious extremists, and violent terrorists and secured important
progress in the campaigns to combat and root out organized crime. We have
responded effectively to major natural disasters. The Peaceful China Initiative
has entered a new stage.

—We have set the Party’s goal of building a strong military in the new era. We
have implemented the Party’s thinking on strengthening the military for the
new era, followed the military strategy for the new era, and upheld absolute
Party leadership over the people’s armed forces. We held a meeting on
military political work in Gutian in 2014 and improved political conduct
through rectification initiatives. Having established combat effectiveness as
the sole criterion, we have acted with resolve to focus the entire military’s

attention on combat readiness. We have coordinated efforts to strengthen
military work in all directions and domains and devoted great energy to
training under combat conditions. We have carried out bold reforms of
national defense and the armed forces, restructuring the military leadership
and command systems, the modern armed forces system, and the military
policy system. We have moved faster to modernize our national defense and
the armed forces and reduced the number of active service personnel by
300,000. With new systems, a new structure, a new configuration, and a new
look, the people’s armed forces have become a much more modern and

capable fighting force, and the Chinese path to building a strong military is
growing ever broader.
—We have fully and faithfully implemented the policy of One Country, Two
Systems. We have upheld the policy of One Country, Two Systems, under

which the people of Hong Kong administer Hong Kong and the people of
Macao administer Macao, both with a high degree of autonomy. We have
helped Hong Kong enter a new stage in which it has restored order and is set
to thrive, and we have seen both Hong Kong and Macao maintain good
momentum for long-term stability and development. We have put forward an
overall policy framework for resolving the Taiwan question in the new era
and facilitated cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation. We have resolutely
opposed separatist activities aimed at “Taiwan independence” and foreign
interference. We have thus maintained the initiative and the ability to steer in

cross-Strait relations.
—We have pursued major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics on all
fronts. We have promoted the development of a human community with a
shared future and stood firm in protecting international fairness and justice.

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