In the beautiful season of spring, the Third Session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was grandly opened, and more than 2,100 members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 34 sectors gathered in the capital to discuss national affairs. We extend our warm congratulations on the convening of the conference!

2024 is extraordinary, with the test of storms and storms, and the struggle without any resistance. Faced with the complex and severe situation of increasing external pressure and increasing internal difficulties, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core united and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to calmly respond and implement comprehensive policies, overcome difficulties, forge ahead, comprehensively deepen reforms, expand opening up to the outside world, steadily advance high-quality development, steadily develop new quality productivity, solid and powerful guarantees for people's livelihood, and the main goals and tasks of economic and social development throughout the year were successfully completed, and Chinese-style modernization took new solid steps. The achievements made in our country's development are hard-won and exciting, which fully proves that the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is the fundamental guarantee for doing all work well. As long as more than 1.4 billion people are firmly confident and united under the leadership of the Party, and strive to transform all positive factors into development achievements, Chinese-style modern ships will surely ride the wind and waves and move forward steadily.

The CPPCC, which has been in line with the times and striving for the motherland, has continued to show its vigorous vitality after 75 years of glorious history. In the past year, from organizing various consultation and political activities closely following the "major issues of the country" to carrying out more than 6,000 members' "Serve for the People" activities, the CPPCC adheres to the leadership of the Party, always takes Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guide, fully implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, thoroughly study and implements General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and important thoughts on strengthening and improving the work of the CPPCC, thoroughly study and implements the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the meeting celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, adheres to the nature and positioning of the CPPCC, insists on playing the role of a special consultative body, focuses on the central tasks of the Party and the country to perform duties, promotes the construction of capacity for performing duties with the spirit of reform and innovation, improves the level of political consultation, democratic supervision, and participation in politics, and makes new contributions to the development of the cause of the Party and the country. Practice shows that, as a political organization led by the Communist Party of China, the CPPCC is a scientific, effective and effective institutional arrangement, with a deep cultural, theoretical and practical foundation, with distinct Chinese characteristics and significant political advantages.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, "In the process of Chinese modernization, there will be not only sunny weather, but also stormy rains and even stormy waves. We must maintain strategic determination and gather the strong force of the unity and struggle of all Chinese people." At present, changes in the world, changes in the times, and changes in history are constantly extending to breadth and depth. The tasks of reform, development and stability in my country are unprecedentedly arduous and heavy. It is urgent to further unite our hearts and minds and efforts to continuously consolidate the great unity of the people of all ethnic groups in the country and strengthen the great unity of the Chinese people at home and abroad. As the broadest patriotic united front organization, the CPPCC has a glorious mission and responsibility. Adhere to the two major themes of unity and democracy, adhere to the organic combination of the Party’s leadership, united front, and consultative democracy, give full play to the significant political advantages of the CPPCC, and truly shoulder the political responsibility of implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the requirements for the work of the CPPCC, and gathering the wisdom and strength of the Chinese people at home and abroad, we will surely unite people’s hearts, build consensus, gather wisdom and gather strength more widely for promoting Chinese modernization.

To build broad consensus and gather strong synergy, the key is to focus on the center and serve the overall situation. This year is the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan. We must adhere to the general tone of work of seeking progress while maintaining stability, concentrate on high-quality development, promote high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, maintain a good momentum for economic and social development, complete the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan with high quality, and lay a solid foundation for achieving a good start to the 15th Five-Year Plan. This puts forward new and higher requirements for the CPPCC to perform its duties and play its role. The CPPCC has the advantages of gathering talents and intensive intelligence. CPPCC members are the bridge and link between the Party and the government and the people in different sectors. We look forward to the majority of CPPCC members upholding the spirit of performing their duties for the country and fulfilling their responsibilities for the people, taking their careers to heart and shouldering responsibilities, consciously devote themselves to the specific practices of uniting their hearts and efforts, making decisions, consulting, consulting for consulting, consulting for consulting, and deliberative democracy, and conducting in-depth research and discussions on further comprehensive deepening of reform and promoting high-quality development, and making truths, offering good ideas, and taking practical measures to promote Chinese-style modernization.

The unity splits the thousand-foot peaks and walks through the ten thousand passes together. Now, Chinese-style modernization is being promoted in an all-round way, and the Chinese nation is moving towards great rejuvenation at an unstoppable pace. The times call for responsibility and call on hundreds of millions of Chinese people to work together. We must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", enhance the "four consciousnesses", firm up the "four self-confidences", achieve the "two safeguards", unite one mind and one mind, and work together to continuously advance the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

I wish the conference a complete success!