May 14-15

The 1st Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held in Beijing. Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech, stressing that the Belt and Road should be built into a road to peace, prosperity, openness, innovation and civilization. From April 25 to 27, 2019, the 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held in Beijing. Xi Jinping was present at the opening ceremony and gave a keynote speech, emphasizing the need to follow the principle of achieving shaved growth through discussion and collaboration, adhere to the concept of openness, greenness and cleanliness, strive to achieve high standards, benefit people's livelihood and sustainable goals, and promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road. In the six years since Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, the volume of China's trade with countries along the Belt and Road totaled more than US$6 trillion and its direct investment in these countries exceeded US$90 billion. A general interconnection framework consisting of six corridors, six routes and multiple countries and ports had been put in place and a large number of cooperation projects have been established, with successful implementation of all the projects proposed at the 1st Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. 

 October 18-24

The 19th CPC National Congress was convened. It adopted the report entitled “Secure a Decisive Victory in Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects and Strive for the Great Success of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era," which came to the major political conclusion that socialism with Chinese characteristics had entered a new era, the principal contradiction facing Chinese society had evolved into the contradiction between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people's ever-growing needs for a better life, established the historical position of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, formed the basic policy of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and set the goal of securing a decisive victory in fully build a moderately prosperous society in all respects and embarking on a journey to building a modern socialist country. The Congress adopted the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (Revised) that included Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, along with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Important Theory of Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development, as the Party's guiding ideology.