Xi Concludes State Visit to Malaysia
On the morning of April 17, President Xi Jinping concluded his state visit to Malaysia. Upon his departure from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar, Foreign Minister Mohamed, Accompanying Minister and Minister of Transport Loke Siew Fook, and other high-ranking officials saw him off at the airport. Malaysian youth sang and danced, while local Chinese enterprise personnel, students, and overseas Chinese gathered along the roadsides, waving the national flags of China and Malaysia, warmly congratulating President Xi Jinping on the complete success of his visit to Malaysia.
Xi Arrives in Phnom Penh for State Visit to Cambodia
On the morning of April 17, local time, President Xi Jinping arrived in Phnom Penh by special plane for a state visit to Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni. Upon his arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport by special plane, King Norodom Sihamoni, accompanied by royal family members including Prince Chakrapong and Princess Arun, as well as Cambodian People's Party President and Senate President Hun Sen, First Vice President of the National Assembly Cheam Yeap, and five Deputy Prime Ministers (Keut Rith, Prak Sokhonn, Hang Chuon Naron, Sar Sokha, and Hun Many), warmly welcomed him at the airport. Honor guards stood in formation on both sides of the red carpet. Cambodian Princess Jenna presented a jasmine bracelet to President Xi Jinping, and young women scattered petals along the red carpet. King Norodom Sihamoni held a grand welcoming ceremony for President Xi Jinping at the airport. The two heads of state ascended the reviewing stand. The military band played the national anthems of China and Cambodia. President Xi Jinping, accompanied by King Norodom Sihamoni, reviewed the honor guard. The two heads of state shook hands with their respective accompanying personnel. Hundreds of local people waved the national flags of both countries and held red banners with slogans such as "Long Live Cambodian-Chinese Friendship, Unity, and Cooperation!" to warmly welcome President Xi Jinping's visit. President Xi Jinping delivered a written speech, extending his best wishes for the New Year to the Cambodian government and people on the occasion of the Cambodian traditional New Year. President Xi Jinping pointed out that China-Cambodia relations were personally forged and meticulously nurtured by the elder generations of leaders of the two countries, have withstood the tests of international vicissitudes, and have always remained rock-solid. The two countries were the first to build a bilateral community with a shared future and the first to carry out Belt and Road cooperation. They have supported each other in safeguarding their respective national stability and promoting development and prosperity, and have worked together in defending international fairness and justice, setting a model for building a new type of international relations and contributing to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. He looked forward to renewing friendship and seeking common development with Cambodian leaders, continuously enriching the "Diamond Hexagon" cooperation framework between China and Cambodia, deepening strategic coordination, bringing more benefits to the people of both countries, and injecting more positive energy into regional and even global peace and stability. Accompanying personnel, including Cai Qi, Wang Yi, and Wang Xiaohong, arrived on the same plane. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wenbin also welcomed them at the airport. As President Xi Jinping traveled from the airport to his hotel, the national flags of China and Cambodia fluttered in the wind. Over 20,000 local people, as well as representatives of overseas Chinese, Chinese enterprises, and students, gathered along the streets, waving the flags of China and Cambodia and holding photos of the leaders of both countries, warmly welcoming President Xi Jinping's visit.
Xi Meets Cambodian King
On the afternoon of April 17, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. Upon President Xi Jinping's arrival by car, King Sihamoni warmly welcomed him at the disembarkation point. Honor guards stood in formation on both sides of the red carpet. President Xi Jinping stated that he was delighted to be invited to visit beautiful Cambodia on the occasion of King Norodom Sihamoni's 20th anniversary of ascension to the throne and the Cambodian New Year, and extended New Year greetings to the Cambodian people. Cambodia's national construction is thriving, and he believed that under the blessings of King Norodom Sihamoni, the industrious and wise Cambodian people would certainly build their country into a more prosperous and strong nation. President Xi Jinping pointed out that the China-Cambodia friendship spans a thousand years, and the people of the two countries have always pursued each other and achieved mutual success. Regardless of how the international situation changes, China and Cambodia have upheld good faith and helped each other, firmly supporting each other on issues concerning their respective core interests and major concerns, setting a model for equal treatment, sincere mutual trust, and win-win cooperation between large and small countries. China and Cambodia have always been at the forefront of building a community with a shared future for mankind, bringing tangible benefits to the Cambodian people. President Xi Jinping emphasized that China cherishes its friendship with the Cambodian royal family and highly appreciates the important contributions made by the Cambodian royal family to the cause of China-Cambodia friendship over the years. Under the new circumstances, China and Cambodia should cherish and carry forward the ironclad friendship personally forged by the elder generations of Chinese leaders and King Father Sihanouk, endow the China-Cambodia community with a shared future with new contemporary connotations, serve the development of their respective countries and the well-being of their peoples, and make greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for neighboring countries and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. China firmly supports Cambodia in maintaining stability, accelerating development, improving people's livelihoods, and pursuing a development path that suits its national conditions. He believed that Chinese modernization would bring more opportunities to Cambodia and other neighboring countries, and that the building of a new era of all-weather China-Cambodia community with a shared future would surely write a magnificent chapter. King Norodom Sihamoni, on behalf of the Cambodian royal family, Senate, government, and all the people, extended a warm welcome to President Xi Jinping's visit. King Sihamoni stated that the Cambodia-China friendship was personally forged and nurtured by the elder generations of leaders of both countries, and with the joint efforts of both sides, cooperation in various fields has become increasingly close, and the building of a community with a shared future has continuously deepened, making progress month by month and yielding results year by year. Cambodia firmly adheres to the One-China principle, highly appreciates the three global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping, and thanks the Belt and Road cooperation for bringing huge development opportunities to Cambodia. President Xi Jinping's visit is a historic visit that will deepen the ironclad friendship between the two countries, enrich the "Diamond Hexagon" cooperation framework, and push Cambodia-China relations to a new level. Cambodia is also willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with China in multilateral mechanisms such as ASEAN-China cooperation and Lancang-Mekong cooperation, jointly promoting regional peace, stability, and prosperity. King Norodom Sihamoni conferred the "Grand Collar of National Independence of the Kingdom of Cambodia" upon President Xi Jinping. King Sihamoni stated that President Xi Jinping has a special friendly affection for Cambodia and has made outstanding contributions to promoting the development of Cambodia-China relations, and is a great friend of Cambodia. He believed that under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, China would achieve greater development achievements and play a more important role in international and regional affairs. President Xi Jinping stated that this medal fully embodies Cambodia's high regard for the development of China-Cambodia relations and carries the profound friendship of the Cambodian people for the Chinese people. This honor belongs not only to him personally but also to all friendly people who have worked for China-Cambodia friendship. That evening, King Norodom Sihamoni held a welcoming banquet for President Xi Jinping. Cai Qi, Wang Yi, Wang Xiaohong, and others attended the above events.
Xi Publishes Signed Article in Cambodian Media
On April 17, on the occasion of his state visit to Cambodia, President Xi Jinping published a signed article titled "Walking Together and Achieving Mutual Success: Promoting the Steady and Enduring Development of the China-Cambodia Community with a Shared Future in the New Era" in Cambodia's The Khmer Times, The Cambodia China Daily, and Fresh News website. The full text of the article is as follows: Walking Together and Achieving Mutual Success: Promoting the Steady and Enduring Development of the China-Cambodia Community with a Shared Future in the New Era. By Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China. I am delighted to be invited as a guest to the home of a good friend on the occasion of the Cambodian traditional New Year, and extend my best New Year wishes to the fraternal Cambodian people. This is my second visit to Cambodia after nine years, and I look forward to this visit leading to greater progress in the building of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future. Good neighborliness and friendship are the historical backdrop of the China-Cambodia community with a shared future. China and Cambodia are geographically close, and friendly exchanges can be traced back nearly 2,000 years. During China's Tang Dynasty, members of the Zhenla royal family visited Chang'an, China, and were honored as "guests from Han." Since then, the two countries have maintained close ties. Chinese porcelain and lacquerware were transported to Cambodia via the Maritime Silk Road, while Cambodian spices, raw silk, and other special products were deeply loved by the Chinese people. The bas-reliefs of Bayon Temple reproduce the prosperity of trade between the two countries in history. Many Cambodian eminent monks have traveled to China to spread Buddhist teachings, and Zhou Daguan's "The Customs of Cambodia" written in China's Yuan Dynasty has become an important document for studying Cambodian history. The great Chinese civilization and Khmer civilization have shone brightly across the long river of history, complementing each other. Loyalty and righteousness are the distinct characteristics of the China-Cambodia community with a shared future. Chairman Mao Zedong, Premier Zhou Enlai, and other elder generations of Chinese leaders and Prince Sihanouk were the co-founders of the China-Cambodia friendship. Seventy years ago, Prince Sihanouk and Premier Zhou Enlai hit it off at the Bandung Conference. Cambodia broke through many obstacles to establish diplomatic relations with New China in 1958, and China fully supported Cambodia's just struggle against foreign aggression and for safeguarding national sovereignty and independence. At times when they most needed help, both sides shared weal and woe and helped each other. Prince Sihanouk lived in China for nearly 40 years, regarding China as his second home, and his songs praising China-Cambodia friendship, such as "Nostalgia for China," are still widely sung today. King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk visit China every year, and I have met and chatted with Their Majesties many times. In 2020, I conferred the "Friendship Medal of the People's Republic of China" upon Queen Mother Monineath. This heavy medal represents the profound friendship of the Chinese people for the Cambodian people. In the face of the pandemic of the century, then-Prime Minister Hun Sen visited China despite the severe weather, and China dispatched multiple medical teams to aid Cambodia. Both sides provided a large amount of medical supplies to each other. In the face of complex international and regional situations, both sides supported each other in safeguarding core interests and worked together to defend international fairness and justice, forging an ironclad China-Cambodia friendship. Equality and mutual benefit are the strong driving force of the China-Cambodia community with a shared future. China has long been Cambodia's largest trading partner and largest source of investment, and cooperation in the industrial and supply chains between the two countries has continued to deepen. Riding the east wind of the China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement, high-quality Cambodian agricultural products such as bananas, mangoes, and longans have entered thousands of Chinese households. The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone, jointly developed by China and Cambodia, has attracted more than 200 international enterprises, laying a solid foundation for Cambodia's industrial modernization. Cambodia's first expressway, first cross-ridge viaduct, largest power station, and largest stadium, along with other infrastructure projects supported by China, have brought tangible benefits to the Cambodian people and provided strong support for Cambodia's long-term development. Chinese experts have also visited various provinces and cities in Cambodia to assist in compiling modern agricultural industry development plans. The China-Cambodia "Diamond Hexagon" cooperation has promoted Cambodia's development. Inclusiveness and mutual learning are the profound foundations of the China-Cambodia community with a shared future. China has sent a large number of experts in archaeology, geological exploration, cultural history, architectural art, and other fields to Cambodia for nearly 30 years, successively implementing restoration projects for the Chau Say Tevoda Temple, Ta Keo Temple, and the Royal Palace ruins of Angkor, allowing this human civilization treasure, the Angkor relics, to regain its splendor. More and more Chinese tourists are traveling to Cambodia to appreciate its rich history and culture. More and more Cambodian friends are learning Chinese and experiencing the charm of ancient Chinese civilization and Chinese modernization. Over the years, China has built "friendship roads" in Cambodia, dug "happiness wells," and created China-Cambodia friendship poverty alleviation demonstration villages. The Chinese medical team dispatched to Cambodia enabled a deaf girl to utter her first "mom" in her life and helped long-term wheelchair-bound patients stand up again. For nearly half a century, Asia has generally maintained peace and stability, and its economy has grown rapidly, creating the "Asian miracle" in the history of world development. The world is currently undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and Asia is standing at a new starting point for achieving overall revitalization. China will continue to adhere to the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness, and the policy of treating neighbors as friends and partners, deepen friendly cooperation with neighboring countries, allow the achievements of Chinese modernization to benefit its neighbors more, jointly safeguard regional peace and stability, and work together to advance the process of Asian modernization. As important members of the Asian family, China and Cambodia should conform to the historical trend and respond to the aspirations of the people, walk together and achieve mutual success, and be pioneers and role models in implementing the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative, promoting the steady and enduring development of the China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era. -- We should deepen political mutual trust at a higher level. Maintain close high-level exchanges and insist on drawing up a blueprint for the building of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era from a strategic perspective. China firmly supports Cambodia in independently choosing a development path that suits its national conditions, safeguarding national sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, and playing a greater role on the international stage. Both sides should strengthen strategic communication in diplomacy, defense, and other areas, resolutely oppose external forces interfering in internal affairs, sowing discord, and undermining China-Cambodia friendship, and jointly safeguard political security. -- We should expand higher-quality mutually beneficial cooperation. Adhere to development priority and people-centered approach, leverage the role of the China-Cambodia Intergovernmental Coordination Committee mechanism, promote the alignment of the Belt and Road Initiative with Cambodia's "Pentagonal Strategy," and deepen the construction of the "Industrial Development Corridor" and the "Fish and Rice Corridor." Jointly uphold the multilateral trading system, promote cooperation in industrial and supply chains, strengthen cooperation in advanced manufacturing, green development, digital economy, and other fields, making the "Diamond Hexagon" cooperation more dazzling and solid, and assisting in their respective modernization processes. -- We should build a higher level of security guarantees. Strengthen exchanges and cooperation in anti-interference, anti-separatism, and prevention and resistance of "color revolutions," deepen cooperation in joint exercises and training, security for Belt and Road projects, and emergency management, severely crack down on crimes such as telecom and online fraud, and create a safe environment for the development of both countries. Adhere to the common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security concept, actively promote the alignment of security concepts, and jointly promote peace and tranquility in the region and the world. -- We should carry out higher-frequency people-to-people exchanges. Adhere to working together in solidarity and living in harmony, strengthen civilization communication and dialogue, deepen exchanges of governance experience, carry out various forms of cooperation in cultural tourism, heritage protection and restoration, and youth exchanges, promote people-to-people bonds, and jointly promote Asian values and common values of humanity. -- We should strengthen strategic coordination at a higher standard. Draw wisdom from the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Bandung Spirit, accelerate the building of a Lancang-Mekong community with a shared future for peace and prosperity, and work together to build a peaceful, tranquil, prosperous, beautiful, friendly, and symbiotic Asian homeland. Jointly oppose hegemonism, power politics, and bloc confrontation, safeguard the common interests of both countries and developing countries, advocate for an equal and orderly multipolar world and inclusive economic globalization, and commit to maintaining world peace and stability and international fairness and justice, jointly resisting protectionism and maintaining an open and cooperative international environment. "True gold is refined by fire, and its color remains unchanged through a hundred trials." I firmly believe that with the joint efforts of both sides, the ironclad China-Cambodia friendship, tempered by time and tested by wind and rain, will surely remain as steadfast as ever and shine with its true colors. China is willing to work with Cambodia to jointly safeguard peace, seek common development, and create prosperity, solidly promoting the building of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era, and injecting more stability and certainty into a world intertwined with changes and turmoil.
Kenyan President to Visit China at Xi's Invitation
At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President William Ruto of the Republic of Kenya will pay a state visit to China from April 22 to 26.
"Classics Quoted by Xi Jinping" (Khmer Edition) Broadcast on Cambodian Mainstream Media
On April 17, on the occasion of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Cambodia, the launch ceremony for "Classics Quoted by Xi Jinping" (Khmer version), produced by China Media Group, was held in Phnom Penh. Hun Sen, President of the Cambodian People's Party and President of the Senate, sent a congratulatory message, extending warm congratulations on the program's broadcast. "Classics Quoted by Xi Jinping" (Khmer version) focuses on themes such as ecological and environmental protection, cultural heritage, civilization exchange and mutual learning, and modernization. It presents Chinese ancient classics and famous sayings quoted by President Xi Jinping from an international perspective and with vivid and authentic footage, showcasing the essence of excellent traditional Chinese culture to Cambodian audiences and explaining the profound historical and cultural roots of President Xi Jinping's governance philosophy. In his congratulatory message, Hun Sen stated that with the care and promotion of the leaders of both China and Cambodia, bilateral relations have entered their best historical period. He hoped that the successful broadcast of "Classics Quoted by Xi Jinping" (Khmer version), produced by China Media Group, in Cambodia would inject profound and lasting cultural power into enhancing mutual friendship and promoting friendly exchanges between the two sides, and also bring enlightenment to resolving hot issues faced globally. Guests attending the event, including Cambodian Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona, and Minister of Tourism Sok Soken, expressed their belief that the program's broadcast in Cambodia would enable the people of the two countries to truly share each other's rich and colorful cultures and promote even better Cambodia-China relations. "Classics Quoted by Xi Jinping" (Khmer version) began airing on Cambodia's National Television, Fresh News, and other mainstream media outlets from April 17. Local newspapers such as The Cambodia China Daily and The Metropolitan Daily published program broadcast notices. More than 20 mainstream Cambodian media outlets, including the Cambodian Ministry of Information website, the Cambodian News Agency, and The Phnom Penh Daily website, published related reports.
Li Qiang Presides Over 13th Thematic Study Session of the State Council
On April 17, the State Council held its 13th special study session on the theme of "Strengthening Expectation Management, Jointly Promoting Policy Implementation and Expectation Guidance." Premier Li Qiang, who presided over the study, emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments on stabilizing expectations and boosting confidence, striving to promote stable and positive social expectations, and forming a strong synergy to cope with risks and challenges and promote high-quality development. Gao Peiyong, Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a lecture. Vice Premiers He Lifeng and Zhang Guoqing, and State Councilor Wu Zhenlong, made exchange speeches. After listening to the lecture and exchange speeches, Li Qiang pointed out that economic development primarily depends on objective conditions, but also has strong subjective attributes, and market expectations are an important factor affecting economic activity. In macroeconomic governance, it is necessary not only to focus on supply-demand balance regulation, but also to focus on expectation management, achieving a virtuous cycle of stabilizing expectations, boosting confidence, and stabilizing the economy. Li Qiang stressed that in all aspects of policy formulation, implementation, and government work, there must be an awareness of stabilizing expectations. It is necessary to identify policy priorities, be good at grasping issues that serve as a weather vane, prescribe the right remedy, and implement concentrated policies. It is necessary to pay attention to policy timing, and at some key time windows, promote policy measures to be launched early and quickly. It is necessary to grasp the intensity of policies and dare to break conventions when necessary. It is necessary to strengthen policy publicity and interpretation, ensure precise policy delivery, and strengthen interaction and communication with the market. Li Qiang emphasized the need to accelerate the implementation of major strategies and reform measures, fulfilling commitments one by one, to guide the formation of clear and stable market expectations. It is necessary to create an inclusive atmosphere and a fair, stable, and predictable development environment, effectively protecting the legitimate rights and interests of various business entities. It is necessary to deeply grasp the objective laws of expectation management, continuously improve macroeconomic governance, and better promote economic and social development.
Zhao Leji Inspects Jiangsu and Anhui
Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, conducted research in Jiangsu and Anhui from April 14 to 17. He emphasized the need to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implement the spirit of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress, practice whole-process people's democracy, solidly promote comprehensive law-based governance, and promote the high-quality development of NPC work. Zhao Leji visited Yangzhou, Nanjing, Anqing, Hefei, and other places, going deep into communities, villages, enterprises, and scientific research institutions to understand the operation of NPC deputies' liaison stations and grassroots legislative contact points. He entered the homes of residents and farmers, communicated with deputies and the public, and listened to opinions and suggestions on NPC work and the rule of law. He also conducted research at the Standing Committee offices of the Jiangsu and Anhui Provincial People's Congresses, visited cadres, and presided over symposiums. Zhao Leji pointed out that we must earnestly study and implement the important speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping during the third session of the 14th National People's Congress and the deployment requirements of the session, consciously unify our thoughts and actions with the Party Central Committee's scientific judgment of the current situation and its decisions and deployments on various tasks, strengthen confidence, maintain composure, give full play to China's favorable conditions for development and institutional advantages, unswervingly manage our own affairs well, achieve the goals and tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan" with high quality, and lay a solid foundation for a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan." The NPC should perform its duties and responsibilities in accordance with the law around the overall situation, providing legal guarantees for promoting high-quality development and social harmony and stability. It is necessary to organize well the publicity, interpretation, study, training, and implementation of the newly revised Deputies Law, and continuously improve the institutionalization, standardization, and proceduralization of deputies' work. Zhao Leji emphasized the need to deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, adhere to the Party's leadership over comprehensive law-based governance, and unswervingly follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. It is necessary to give play to the functional role of the NPC in comprehensive law-based governance, strengthen and improve legislative work to adapt to the new era, new tasks, and new requirements, promote the timely advancement, scientific completeness, orderly connection, and harmonious unity of the legal normative system, and serve and guarantee reform and development with high-quality legislation. It is necessary to give play to the implementative, supplementary, and exploratory functions of local legislation, focus on reality, highlight characteristics, and strive to solve practical problems. It is necessary to earnestly fulfill the oversight responsibilities endowed by the Constitution and laws to ensure the effective implementation of the Constitution and laws. It is necessary to strengthen legal publicity and education, strengthen the publicity and interpretation of legislation and law enforcement, promote the spirit of the rule of law, and tell good stories of the rule of law. It is necessary to consciously adhere to the Party's leadership, practice whole-process people's democracy, and lawfully promote the solution of urgent and difficult issues concerned by the people. Zhao Leji emphasized the need to comprehensively strengthen the self-construction of the NPC in accordance with the requirements of "four organs," solidly carry out education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-point Decision, and promote new progress in Party building and various work of the NPC with new achievements in work style construction.
Li Xi Conducts Research in Hunan
Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, conducted research in Hunan from April 14 to 17. He emphasized that discipline inspection and supervision organs must thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thought on the Party's self-revolution, firmly uphold the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards," solidly carry out in-depth education on implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-point Decision, advance in depth the "Year of Standardized, Law-based, and Regularized Development of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Work" action, and strengthen efforts to integrate the "three noes" (not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt), ensuring that the deployments of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection are implemented one by one, providing strong guarantees for advancing Chinese modernization. Li Xi visited Qixing Village in Shaoshan Town, Xiangtan City, and Caisanghu Aquatic Breeding Base in Yueyang City, engaging in in-depth exchanges with cadres and the masses. He emphasized that discipline inspection and supervision organs must closely target unhealthy tendencies and corruption issues among the masses, especially focusing on specific and prominent problems for in-depth rectification, so that the masses can personally feel the changes in the Party's work style, government conduct, and grassroots political ecology. At the National Key Laboratory of Central South University, China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corporation Limited, and Hunan Petrochemical Company, Li Xi required strengthening political oversight focusing on "major national issues" and intensifying Party conduct and anti-corruption work in state-owned enterprises. At Chenglingji Hydrological Station and Hualong Wharf, Li Xi required in-depth implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization to contribute discipline inspection and supervision efforts to the ecological protection of the Yangtze River basin. Li Xi also visited Shaoshan Chong Police Station, emphasizing the need to uphold and develop the "Fengqiao Experience" in the new era, enhance grassroots governance efficiency, and maintain social security and stability. During the research, Li Xi presided over a symposium to learn about the progress of discipline inspection and supervision work and solicit opinions and suggestions. He pointed out that it is necessary to resolutely implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches and instructions and the Party Central Committee's major decisions and deployments, and continuously promote the high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work on the new journey. It is necessary to profoundly understand the significant guiding significance of integrating the "three noes" (not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt), summarize experiences, grasp laws, continuously improve work, and better and effectively prevent corruption from the source. It is necessary to effectively conduct in-depth education on implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-point Decision, further deepen the integrated approach of learning, investigating, and rectifying, further deepen the guarantee of the entire Party's learning education, and further deepen the promotion of work style construction, continuously solidifying the embankment of the Central Eight-point Decision. It is necessary to promote the organic combination and mutual promotion of the "Year of Standardized, Law-based, and Regularized Development of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Work" action and learning education, forging a discipline inspection and supervision team that is politically sound, capable, well-disciplined, and honest. Li Xi also paid respects to the bronze statue, former residence, and memorial hall of Comrade Mao Zedong, learning and commemorating the great achievements of revolutionary predecessors, and requiring discipline inspection and supervision cadres to remain true to their original aspirations, keep their missions firmly in mind, carry forward the noble spirit and demeanor of the older generation of revolutionaries, and escort Chinese modernization.
20th Central Committee's Fifth Round of Inspection Completed
According to the unified deployment of the Party Central Committee regarding inspection work, as of April 16, the fifth round of inspections by the 20th Central Committee has completed its deployment. Central inspection teams will conduct routine inspections of 15 provinces (autonomous regions) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, conduct an elevated inspection of Kunming City, Yunnan Province, and jointly conduct linked inspections with relevant provincial Party committee inspection agencies of five sub-provincial cities, namely Changchun, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wuhan, and Chengdu. As per the inspection work arrangements, the inspected regions held mobilization meetings for the inspection teams' entry. The heads of each central inspection team delivered mobilization speeches, putting forward requirements for in-depth study and implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches on inspection work and solid conduct of inspection work. At the scene of entry, the heads of each central inspection team pointed out that inspection is a strategic institutional arrangement for comprehensively strict Party governance. The central inspection teams will adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the second and third plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, earnestly implement the deployments of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, clearly uphold the "Two Safeguards" as the fundamental task, adhere to centering on the overall situation and serving the overall picture, adhere to problem orientation and a strict tone, adhere to systemic thinking and play a comprehensive supervisory role, adhere to seeking truth from facts, and act in accordance with regulations, disciplines, and laws, accurately and effectively conducting political supervision, providing strong guarantees for advancing Chinese modernization. The heads of each central inspection team requested an accurate grasp of the key points of political inspection supervision, focusing on the Party Central Committee's functional positioning and strategic deployment for the inspected regions, gaining an in-depth understanding of the implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's and the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments, the implementation of further comprehensive deepening of reform deployments, the coordination of development and security, the in-depth promotion of comprehensive strict Party governance, the strengthening of leadership teams, cadre and talent teams, and grassroots Party organizations, as well as the rectification of inspections, closely targeting power and responsibility, closely targeting "top leaders" and leadership teams, closely targeting problems strongly reflected by the public, vigorously identifying political deviations, and promoting the resolution of prominent problems. They must adhere to seeking progress while maintaining stability, emphasize common responsibilities, strictly enforce discipline and work style, and resolutely complete inspection tasks. The principal负责人s of the inspected Party organizations stated that they would deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's and the Party Central Committee's deployments and requirements for inspection work, enhance political stance, consciously accept supervision, actively cooperate with inspections, seriously grasp rectification, and take inspections as an opportunity to better fulfill the responsibilities and missions entrusted by the Party Central Committee, continuously promoting high-quality development, and demonstrating their firm upholding of the "Two Establishments" and resolute achievement of the "Two Safeguards" with practical actions. It is understood that each central inspection team will work in the inspected regions for about two and a half months, during which special hotlines and postal mailboxes will be set up to primarily handle letters, calls, and visits reflecting problems concerning the leadership teams and their members of the inspected Party organizations, the principal负责人s of their subordinate Party organizations, and personnel in key positions, focusing on reports and reflections concerning violations of political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, mass discipline, work discipline, and life discipline. The deadline for receiving public complaints by the inspection teams is June 23, 2025.
Domestic News in Brief
State Council Information Office Holds Press Conference with Chinese and Foreign Journalists on "Strugglers on the New Journey" Today (April 17), the State Council Information Office held a press conference with Chinese and foreign journalists on "Strugglers on the New Journey," inviting five representatives from ecological and environmental fields, including atmospheric pollution prevention and control research and nuclear facility safety supervision, to meet and exchange with Chinese and foreign journalists. The representatives interpreted the vivid practice of "guarding green mountains and clear waters and jointly building a beautiful China" based on their own experiences. People's Bank of China and Six Other Departments Jointly Issued Documents to Facilitate Cross-border Data Flow Recently, the People's Bank of China and six other departments jointly issued the "Compliance Guide for Promoting and Regulating Cross-border Data Flow in the Financial Industry," further clarifying specific circumstances for data outbound transfers and a list of data items that can flow across borders, facilitating cross-border data flow. At the same time, it requires financial institutions to take necessary data security protection management and technical measures to effectively ensure data security and promote more efficient and standardized cross-border data flow for Chinese and foreign financial institutions. 165.7 Billion Yuan in Medical Insurance Fund Instant Settlements from January to March This Year According to the National Healthcare Security Administration, as of March 31, 24 provinces across the country have implemented instant settlement of medical insurance funds, covering 246,700 designated medical institutions. From January to March this year, 165.7 billion yuan in medical insurance funds were settled instantly, effectively easing the pressure on medical institutions' capital operations. At the same time, various localities have implemented the medical insurance fund prepayment system, and as of now, 72.3 billion yuan of basic medical insurance funds for 2025 have been prepaid. Over 1 Billion Railway Passengers Transported in Q1 According to China Railway Group, in the first quarter, national railways cumulatively transported 1.074 billion passengers, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%, setting a new record for the same period in history; the national railways operated an average of 11,266 passenger trains daily, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%. In the first quarter, national railways cumulatively operated 187 tourist trains, a year-on-year increase of 30%. Shanghai Launches 26 Measures to Promote High-Quality Development of Private Economy Today (April 17), Shanghai issued "Several Measures for Promoting High-Quality Development of the Private Economy in the New Era and New Journey," introducing 26 measures across six major areas, including optimizing the development environment, improving investment and financing support, and promoting innovation and openness. Focusing on breaking market access barriers and ensuring fair competition, it explicitly supports private enterprises in participating in key scientific and technological breakthroughs and global layouts. Fifth Hainan Expo Opens to the Public Today Today (April 17), the fifth China International Consumer Products Expo (Hainan Expo) welcomed its public open day, with the newly established New Consumption Technology Exhibition Area becoming a focal point of attention. As of April 17, this Hainan Expo has attracted more than 4,200 consumer brands to participate, and the themed supply and demand matching activities achieved an intended cooperation amount of 92 billion yuan on site. The 137th Canton Fair Concentrates on Displaying China's New Quality Productive Forces The 137th Canton Fair entered its third day. The "Advanced Manufacturing" themed exhibition concentrated on displaying China's new quality productive forces, with 19 exhibition areas in 5 sections including electronic appliances, industrial manufacturing, and lighting electrical. Among them, "new three items," digital technology, and intelligent manufacturing related exhibition booths accounted for nearly 8,900, attracting many buyers for consultation and negotiation. China's Largest Diameter Shield Tunneling Machine for Export Rolls Off the Production Line Recently, China's independently developed ultra-large diameter shield tunneling machine rolled off the production line in Zhengzhou. The entire machine is approximately 113 meters long and has an excavation diameter of 15.7 meters, once again setting a new record for the largest diameter shield tunneling machine exported by China. It will be used in the construction of the Western Harbor project in Australia. Cambodia China Film Week Opens On the occasion of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Cambodia, the Cambodia China Film Week, co-hosted by the China National Film Administration and the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, opened today (April 17) in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Six excellent Chinese films will be screened for Cambodian audiences starting today, and relevant Chinese film directors and screenwriters had exchanges with Cambodian audiences and film industry professionals.
Malaysian Public Highly Praises President Xi's Visit
People from all walks of life in Malaysia highly praised President Xi Jinping's concept of building a high-level strategic China-Malaysia community with a shared future, believing that President Xi Jinping's visit has elevated bilateral relations to new heights, pointed the way for further deepening mutually beneficial cooperation between Malaysia and China, and brought more benefits to the people of both countries. Malaysian circles expressed that Malaysia-China cooperation has yielded fruitful results, and the friendship between the two countries has broad prospects, believing that President Xi's visit will promote the two countries to advance hand in hand and make greater contributions to regional peace and development.
President Xi's Signed Article Evokes Warm Response from All Sectors in Cambodia
People from all walks of life in Cambodia highly praised President Xi Jinping's signed article published in Cambodian media, and warmly welcomed President Xi Jinping's visit, believing that this visit will further consolidate the ironclad friendship between Cambodia and China and imbue the China-Cambodia community with a shared future with new contemporary connotations. Cambodian circles expressed their belief that under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, the comprehensive strategic partnership between Cambodia and China will achieve more positive results and better benefit the people of both countries.
California Sues US Federal Government Over Tariffs
California Governor Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit on April 16, seeking a court order to block the federal government's tariff policies. Newsom stated that the Trump administration's "illegal tariffs" have caused chaos for California families, businesses, and the economy, driving up prices and threatening jobs. The statement claimed that the unlawful tariffs disrupted supply chains, causing billions of dollars in losses to California's economy. According to U.S. media reports on April 16, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear criticized the Trump administration's tariff policy as a "terrible idea" on social media, which would lead to a significant increase in basic expenses for every ordinary family, equating to a tax on American households. Fed Chair Says U.S. Tariff Policy Could Drive Up Inflation Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on April 16 that the U.S. government's announced tariff increases far exceeded expected levels, and their economic impact could also exceed expectations. He also stated that additional tariffs would push up inflation and curb economic growth. On April 16, major U.S. stock indexes fell sharply, with the Nasdaq Composite Index dropping by 3.07%. In addition, the U.S. Dollar Index fell by 0.83% on the same day. WTO Report Says U.S. Tariff Policy Severely Worsens Global Trade Outlook The World Trade Organization released a report on April 16 stating that the U.S. tariff policy has severely worsened the global trade outlook. Under the current tariff situation, global merchandise trade volume is expected to decline by 0.2% in 2025. The decline in merchandise trade in North America is particularly significant, with exports expected to drop by 12.6%. The report stated that U.S. "reciprocal tariffs" and broader spillover from policy uncertainty pose severe downside risks and impact least developed countries dependent on exports. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told China Media Group reporters on April 16 that the escalating trade conflict's impact on the global economy is worrying. German newspaper Tagesschau.de published an article on April 16 stating that the U.S. government's recent tariff policies are full of variables, destroying U.S. credibility, and many countries are beginning to question the role of the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency. German experts also stated that the U.S. tariff policy is causing trouble for global investors.
International News in Brief
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed that Sana'a was hit by large-scale U.S. airstrikes. According to sources from Yemen's Houthi rebels, on the evening of April 16, U.S. forces launched another large-scale airstrike on several locations in Yemen. Yemen's capital, Sana'a, was hit by 14 airstrikes. According to U.S. media reports on April 16, anti-Houthi forces in Yemen are discussing launching a ground offensive against the Houthi rebels with the United States and relevant Gulf countries. The UAE and Saudi Arabia denied their involvement in the discussions on the same day. U.S. Media Reports U.S. Government Seeks to Close 27 Overseas Embassies and Consulates According to recent U.S. media reports citing internal documents from the U.S. State Department, as part of the Trump administration's federal spending cut plan, the U.S. State Department is considering closing 10 overseas embassies and 17 overseas consulates, mainly in Africa and Europe. The U.S. State Department declined to comment on this. According to reports, the Trump administration is considering cutting the U.S. State Department's budget for the next fiscal year by nearly half.