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Xi's 2025 New Year message inspires people to strive for brighter future

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Xi's 2025 New Year message inspires people to strive for brighter future

2025-01-01 20:52 Last Updated At:01-02 02:37

Chinese President Jinping's 2025 New Year address has greatly lifted and inspired people from all walks of life across the country to forge ahead and create a brighter future.

Xi delivered his annual New Year message which was broadcast by the China Media Group and on various online platforms on Tuesday evening.

In his speech, Xi reviewed China's achievements in various aspects in the past year and laid out the goals for the year ahead.

"President Xi mentioned in his New Year's message that our athletes have bravely striven to be the best, demonstrating the high spirits, confidence and positivity of the younger generation. As a young athlete, in the new year, I will work harder in my daily training and continuously strive to surpass myself, so as to achieve even better results in major international competitions," said Sheng Lihao, a Chinese shooter who won two gold medals at the Paris Olympics.

"In President Xi's New Year address last night, he said that young people will be given more opportunities for development. I was very impressed by this statement. I'm from Yunnan. It takes me eight hours by plane to come here. But I like snow very much, so I came to perform thanks to the development of the snow and ice tourism industry. This is a good job opportunity for me," said Zhang Can, a performer in Arxan City of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

"I read President Xi's New Year address yesterday. It conveyed wishes to every family that children should get a good education. And I hope that all the kids can get into their ideal schools," said Baoyindalai, a teacher.

As an inheritor of Chinese shadow puppetry, or shadow play, a time-honored Chinese folk art and an intangible cultural heritage, Wang Biao said that he will take pains to carry forward traditional Chinese culture by inheriting and protecting the aforementioned art.

"In his New Year's message, President Xi said that on the new journey of the Chinese path to modernization, everyone is the protagonist, every effort is precious, and every ray of light is shining. As a representative inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage, I shoulder a mission and responsibility to protect and inherit our intangible cultural heritage, involve more people in understanding our traditional Chinese culture and bring vitality to the new era," said Wang.

Xi's 2025 New Year message inspires people to strive for brighter future

Xi's 2025 New Year message inspires people to strive for brighter future

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned on Sunday that Tehran would view the United States and Israel's military bases and facilities in the Middle East as "legitimate targets" should Washington take military action against Iran.

At a parliamentary session convened to review an emergency proposal on assembly regulations, Qalibaf emphasized that, at this highly sensitive juncture, Iran must accurately and thoroughly identify the schemes of its adversaries.

Qalibaf said that Iran is currently confronting Israel and the United States simultaneously on four fronts: economic, cognitive, military, and counterterrorism. Of them, the economic warfare and the cognitive and psychological warfare began many years ago and have persisted to this day, growing increasingly complex and intense in recent years.

The remarks came as U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly "seriously considering authorizing a strike" against Iran, taking advantage of its nationwide unrest.

Protests have erupted in several Iranian cities since late December over the sharp fall of the rial and long-standing economic hardship. Iranian authorities have acknowledged the demonstrations and voiced willingness to address economic grievances, while warning against violence and vandalism.

Amid the ongoing protests, deadly clashes have been reported lately between police and what the government described as "rioters." However, no official death toll has been released.

Also on Sunday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will address the country's economic situation and political environment in a televised interview later that day.

Iran swears to counterattack if attacked

Iran swears to counterattack if attacked

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