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It is a must to put the people first on the new journey of building China into a great modern socialist country and advancing national rejuvenation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday.
Addressing the closing meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, Xi said the people are the decisive force in building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects.
Xi urged efforts to actively develop whole-process people's democracy and to uphold the unity of the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the running of the country by the people and law-based governance.
He said a people-centered philosophy of development must be implemented so that the gains of modernization will benefit all people fairly and that more notable and substantive progress will be made in promoting prosperity for all.