Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, delivers a keynote report during the opening ceremony of the 18th CPC National Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 8, 2012. The 18th CPC National Congress was opened in Beijing on Thursday.

Key quotes from Hu Jintao's report to CPC national congress

Scientific Outlook on Development becomes CPC's theoretical guidance

Hu Jintao said Thursday that the theory of Scientific Outlook on Development is the most important achievement of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the past decade and it has become a theoretical guidance for the Party.

Hu asks leading officials to strengthen supervision over their families, staff

Hu Jintao on Thursday asked leading officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to exercise strict self-discipline and strengthen supervision over their families and staff.

Hu says China will not copy Western system in political reform

Hu Jintao said here Thursday that China will continue to carry out reform of the political structure, but the country will never copy a Western political system.

Hu suggests military security trust mechanism, peace agreement with Taiwan

Hu Jintao suggested on Thursday the Chinese mainland and Taiwan set up military security confidence-building mechanism and reach a peace agreement through consultation.

CPC pledges unremitting efforts to combat corruption

Chinese leader Hu Jintao on Thursday said the Communist Party of China (CPC) must make unremitting efforts to combat corruption, promote integrity and stay vigilant against degeneration.

Hu says CPC must strengthen governance capacity

Hu Jintao said on Thursday that the Communist Party of China (CPC) must strengthen governance capacity and resist corruption.

Hu says China committed to peaceful development

Hu Jintao said Thursday that China will unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development and firmly pursue an independent foreign policy of peace.

China to speed up military modernization

Hu Jintao said Thursday China will speed up the modernization of national defense and the armed forces.

"We should act to meet the new requirements of China's national development and security strategies and ensure that the armed forces fully carry out their historic mission in the new stage in the new century," Hu said in a report to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

China to speed up full military IT application

Hu Jintao said here Thursday that China will strive to basically complete military mechanization and make major progress in full military IT application by 2020.
Ecological progress incorporated into China's overall development plan

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has given ecological progress a more prominent position by incorporating it into the country's overall development plan together with economic, political, cultural and social progress.

Hu calls for efforts to build China into maritime power

Chinese leader Hu Jintao on Thursday called for more efforts to build China into a maritime power.

"We should enhance our capacity for exploiting marine resources, resolutely safeguard China's maritime rights and interests, and build China into a maritime power," Hu said in a report to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

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