China has realized the first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday.
President Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at the grand ceremony marking the centenary of the CPC in Beijing on Thursday.
"This means that we have brought about a historic resolution to the problem of absolute poverty in China, and we are now marching in confident stride towards the second centenary goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects," Xi said.
