BEIJING: President Xi Jinping vowed oon Friday in his Chinese New Year speech to build China by the end of this year into a moderately prosperous society that is universally acclaimed by the people, standing the test of history and overcoming any problems that are inflicting the country.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark in his address to a gathering in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in celebration of Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year, which falls on Saturday.