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Book of Xi's discourses on Party conduct published

A compilation of discourses by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on improving Party conduct has been published by the Central Party Literature Press.

The book, featuring nine themes, brings together 299 excerpts extracted from over 130 of Xi's speeches and written works from November 2012 to February 2025. Some of these works have been made public for the first time.

The series of discourses has great significance for consistently and sustainably improving Party conduct, governing the Party with the spirit of reform and strict standards, and ensuring that the Party remains the strong leadership core in building socialism with Chinese characteristics.

State Council vows to fulfill tasks for 2025

Premier Li Qiang chaired an executive meeting of the State Council, China's Cabinet, on Wednesday, which discussed and approved the plan for fulfilling key tasks of the State Council in 2025.

The meeting came after the Government Work Report was approved at the third session of the 14th National People's Congress, which concluded on Tuesday.

It was noted at the executive meeting that all departments and organizations should shoulder greater responsibilities and take proactive steps to fulfill all of the tasks set out in the Government Work Report.

Coverage of top legislature's annual session hailed

Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, met on Wednesday with leading officials and journalists who participated in covering the third session of the 14th NPC.

Zhao extended greetings and gratitude to all the journalists participating in reporting on the session.

Representatives from media outlets including People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China Media Group and China Daily attended the meeting.

Zhao called on the media outlets to continue to report about the people's congress system, its practice in China and the role performed by deputies, in order to ensure that the country's fundamental political system is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and to effectively make the stories of whole-process people's democracy in China well heard by the world.

CPC launches campaign on improving conduct

The CPC Central Committee has decided to launch an education campaign among all Party members to study and implement the guiding principles of the eight-point decision on improving conduct, which targets formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance, and seeks to rein in privilege-seeking attitudes and behavior, according to a Party meeting on Wednesday.

The education campaign, which began following this year's two sessions, runs until July, according to the meeting of the Central Leading Group for Party Building.

Cai Qi, head of the group, and Li Xi, the group's deputy head — both of whom are members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee — attended the meeting and delivered speeches.