BEIJING, Oct. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A report from China Daily:
The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a news conference to introduce the guiding principles of its fifth plenary session on Friday.
The first-ever news conference for the CPC Central Committee was presided over by Xu Lin, vice-minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and minister of the State Council Information Office.
Five officials answered nine questions from global media outlets, including Bloomberg, Reuters, and Xinhua News Agency. The officials were Wang Xiaohui, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee; Jiang Jinquan, deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee; Han Wenxiu, deputy head of the office of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs; Ning Jizhe, vice-minister of the National Development and Reform Commission; and Wang Zhigang, minister of science and technology.
Here are the highlights:
On the new press release system
On social and economic development
On science, tech and innovation
On dual circulation
On 2035 goals
On China-US relations
On macroeconomic policies
On cultural development
On developing economy amid pandemic
On CPC leadership
On Hong Kong
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