President cites Zhou Enlai's dedication to rejuvenation

The great goal of realizing China's modernization, as stated frequently by the late premier Zhou Enlai, will surely be achieved in the near future, said President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

Xi made the remark when addressing a symposium at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday that marked the 120th anniversary of the birth of Zhou in 1898.

The course has been charted for socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, and a giant vessel of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is riding waves and tides, Xi said.