Timeline

After the first plenary session of the 18th Central Committee elected the new leadership, Xi Jinping met Chinese and foreign journalists and set out the formulation that the people's aspiration for a better life is the goal of the leadership. (The base text carries no date for this piece; this is the date of the occasion.)

At the exhibition, the argument was made that national rejuvenation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times.

On an inspection in Guangdong, the point was made that resolving the contradictions facing further development requires pushing reform and opening up further.

On an inspection of poverty relief work in Fuping County, the instruction was to look at poverty seriously and to look at real poverty.

An address at the closing meeting, built around the idea of the Chinese Dream; the same piece pays tribute to Hu Jintao's ten years as president.

Speaking at the working meeting for the campaign, whose stated content was serving the people, working pragmatically and staying uncorrupted.

The session adopted the Decision on several major issues in comprehensively deepening reform; the book carries Xi Jinping's explanation of the Decision to the session and his speech at its second plenary meeting.

An address at the celebration, which also contains the formulation that the authority of law lies in its enforcement.

An address at an international academic symposium on Confucian thought and the contemporary value of Chinese culture.

An address at the symposium, which cites Engels on the Renaissance.

The session was devoted to comprehensively advancing law-based governance; the book carries the speech at its second plenary meeting. (The base text's publication date is 1 January 2015.)

The conference was held in Beijing; the book carries its communiqué.

The conference stated that the call to battle in poverty alleviation had sounded, and invoked the resolve of the foolish old man who moved the mountains.

An address to the national conference on innovation, the assembly of academicians and the ninth national congress of the China Association for Science and Technology, setting out the goal of building a world leader in science and technology.

Chaired the eleventh G20 leaders' summit and delivered the opening address.

A keynote at the opening of the World Economic Forum's 2017 annual meeting, responding to questions about economic globalization.

An address at the United Nations office at Geneva setting out the idea of building a community with a shared future for mankind. (The base text's publication date is 1 January 2021.)

The report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which concluded that socialism with Chinese characteristics had entered a new era.

A keynote at the opening of the annual conference, titled Openness for Prosperity, Innovation for the Future.

An address at the commemoration, proposing that the basic tenets of Marxism be combined with China's concrete realities and with its fine traditional culture.

Attended the opening in Shanghai and delivered a keynote titled Working Together for an Innovative and Inclusive Open World Economy.

An address at the celebration systematically reviewing forty years of the reform period.

An address at the commemoration, titled Working Together for National Rejuvenation and the Peaceful Reunification of the Motherland.

An address at the celebration held in Tiananmen Square.

An address at the celebration and the inauguration of the fifth government of the Macao Special Administrative Region.

An address at the meeting concluding the themed education campaign.

An address at the twentieth group study of the 19th Politburo on the significance and implementation of the Civil Code; the code was adopted by the third session of the 13th National People's Congress on 28 May 2020. (The base text's publication date is 15 June 2020.)

An address at the national commendation meeting for the response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

A speech at the second plenary meeting on the new stage, the new development philosophy and the new development dynamic; the session adopted the proposals for the 14th Five-Year Plan.

An address at the conference setting out what is now termed Xi Jinping thought on the rule of law.

An address opening the campaign, setting out arrangements for party history education across the party.

Announced the overall success of the poverty alleviation campaign and gave figures including the removal from poverty of all 832 impoverished counties.

An address at the celebration in Tiananmen Square reviewing the party's hundred years.

A speech at the second plenary meeting; the session adopted the Resolution on the major achievements and historical experience of the party's hundred years of struggle.

An address at the opening of the seminar on better grasping and applying the party's hundred years of historical experience.

An address at the celebration and the inauguration of the sixth government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which set out comprehensively advancing national rejuvenation through a Chinese path to modernization.

The Standing Committee of the 20th Politburo met Chinese and foreign journalists; the second volume closes with this.