BEIJING (Global Times): At a grand ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing on Thursday (July 1), Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, solemnly declared the completion of the goal of building China into a moderately prosperous society.
He said this included progress in all respects, marking the culmination of a 2, 500-year journey of the Chinese people to pursue xiaokang - a peaceful and happy life, a century of earnest endeavor by the CPC and over four decades of relentless government efforts and Chinese ingenuity.