Xi hails Olympians for winning glory for country

Chinese President Xi Jinping on August 20, 2024, hailed Chinese Olympians for their performance and sportsmanship at the Paris Olympics, saying they have won glory for the country and the people. Meeting China's Olympic delegation for Paris 2024 at the Great Hall of the People, Xi urged the Olympians to make further efforts to build China into a sports powerhouse. Team China clinched 40 gold, 27 silver and 24 bronze medals in Paris, marking their best performance at an overseas Summer Olympics. Xi noted that the Chinese delegation's excellent performance has fully demonstrated the country's strength in the new era. He stressed that the country will continue to promote the deep integration of national fitness and national health initiatives, and move constantly toward the goals of building China into a sports powerhouse and healthy nation.

Xi meets foreign guests attending commemoration of 40th anniversary of NPC's affiliation to Inter-Parliamentary Union

Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing on August 20 with foreign parliamentary leaders attending the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of China's National People's Congress' (NPC) affiliation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, as well as the 2024 interregional seminar on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals for parliaments of developing countries. Xi welcomed the speakers' visit to China, noting that they come from countries on different continents. "We are all members of the Global South," he said. Despite different national conditions, China and the countries are all good brothers and good partners with a shared vision, Xi added. Noting that the current global landscape is rapidly evolving, Xi said China is willing to work with other countries to advocate an equal and orderly multi-polar world and an inclusive economic globalization that benefits all, promote the building of a community with a share future for humanity, and build the Earth into a harmonious family.