President lays out nation's course for 2019

China will hold high the banners of peace, development, cooperation and win-win outcomes and push forward the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, President Xi Jinping said on Saturday.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark as he addressed a New Year's gathering held by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing.

In his speech, Xi pledged efforts to support Hong Kong and Macao in integrating their own development into the overall development of the country and maintain their prosperity and stability in 2019.