China has invited foreign experts to help edit translated versions of the report delivered by Xi Jinping to the CPC's 20th National Congress.

One of these experts is Sean Slattery from Ireland, who was involved in copyediting the English translation. "I think it shows how much importance the Party placed on communicating with the outside world, how it wants to deliver its message to people abroad and tell them how the Party is going to develop and how China is going to develop going forward," he said.

"As for my own role, I feel very privileged to be involved in presenting China's voice to the world. But at the same time there is also a lot of pressure, because there is kind of a big workload and the timeline is very tight, so there are these two feelings mixing together," he added.

These foreign experts were also the report's first foreign audience. Sean said he believed the report shows how the Communist Party of China values its connection to the people.

"Terms like 'people-centered development' and 'this country is its people, the people are the country' really underscore how much the Party values its close relationship with the people, and is whole-heartedly committed to making their lives better and serving them," he said.

"At the start of the report, there is one line that says the Communist Party of China is dedicated to achieving a lasting greatness for the Chinese nation, and is committed to the noble cause of peace and development for the world. I think this is really a profound summary of the goals that the Party is trying to achieve. It also gave us an insight into how the Party views China's development and the development of the world," he said.

"The two are interlinked and they are self-enforcing. China needs a peaceful world in order to develop, and at the same time it hopes to contribute to world peace with its development," he added.

The Irish copy editor highlighted Chinese modernization, one of the key messages of Xi's report. "I think that the main message that readers will take from the report is that from this point on, where China is focused is on achieving modernization. It's modernization for a huge population. It involves common prosperity. It also promotes harmony between humanity and nature. It's also a path of peaceful development. I think these characteristics are really important and they are distinctively different to the paths that other countries have chosen in the past when pursuing modernization," said Slattery.

He also said he's gained an intimate understanding of the Communist Party of China through his interactions with the Party's members. "Through my job I obviously have common contact with many members of the Communist Party. It gives me a very intimate understanding of what the Communist Party is about. They are very dedicated and a very hardworking group of people, who are also very talented," he said.

As for his impression of President Xi Jinping, he says Xi is "somebody who has a very strong awareness of history."

"I also think this awareness of history, it doesn't just look back, it also looks forward into the future, and to China becoming a strong, modern country, and to achieving national rejuvenation. I get the sense from the report that President Xi feels a strong sense of historical responsibility for achieving this goal, and for bringing it to fruition. At the same time, he also has a clear vision about how to achieve this goal, what this goal involves, what the stages will be toward reaching that goal," he said.

Slattery has lived in China for about 11 years and is married to a Chinese woman. He thinks the report reflects what he's experienced in China over the last decade.

"I remember ten years ago, things like WeChat and Alipay were kind of new novelties and people were just learning how to use them. But now they are an integral part of our lives. The same goes for high-speed rail. These achievements in these two areas of communications and transportation are two areas of achievement that the report mentions," he said.

"Another area it mentions is air pollution, which is something that I kind of experienced myself. I remember years ago, when I first arrived, it was a major concern for a lot of people and it was something people talked about a lot from day to day – how's the air pollution? There have been huge changes and we don't really mention it that much anymore," he added.

"When I was reading the report, I was thinking I am really looking forward to seeing how China develops and what it will look like in 10 or 15 years. We know that China is working to achieve greater self-reliance in science and technology. I think the emphasis that is going to put on education and talent development is going to be a really important part of that," said Slattery.