Speech by President Xi Jinping at the Reception in Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China in the Great Hall of the People

Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends, In this golden season of autumn, we are gathered here to mark the 70 th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. For the Chinese people of all ethnic groups and Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad, this is a joyful moment-a moment to celebrate the 70 th birthday of our great People’s Republic and to salute the epic progress of our motherland during the past seven decades.