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This podcast explains how China really works. Exploring Xi Jinping Thought and how the Chinese president's approach has shaped the governance of China, the podcast decodes the country's growth story to help you truly understand its success and challenges.

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    • Apr 10, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    What are the goals of common prosperity?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 4:56


    Achieving common prosperity is a basic requirement of socialism and an important feature of the Chinese path to modernization.

    What are the goals of rural revitalization?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 2:30


    Rural revitalization is a major strategy for bringing about our national rejuvenation.

    What are five unique features of China's modernization drive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 2:54


    We should press ahead with our modernization to drive forward our national rejuvenation and contribute more to humanity.

    What is the principal challenge facing Chinese society?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 2:36


    It should be emphasized that during the new era and at the new stage we must follow the new development philosophy and ensure high-quality growth.

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    What is China prioritizing in its bid to build a modern socialist country?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 1:51


    To build a modern socialist country in all respects, we must, first and foremost, pursue high-quality development.

    Why is a deep understanding of capital and its functions vital?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 4:27


    With an enabling market environment, we will be able to attract more international capital to our country for investment and business growth. We should support and encourage domestic capital and enterprises to go global.

    How does China aim to grow and fairly share the ‘cake' of social wealth?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 3:03


    We should make the "cake" of social wealth bigger through the concerted efforts of all our people; then we should properly handle the relationship between growth and distribution by institutional means so as to share the cake fairly.

    How can China enhance its sci-tech and innovation capacity?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 3:18


    National strategic capacity in science and technology is the focus of international competition among scientific and technological powers.

    What's behind China's COVID-19 prevention and control policies?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022 2:53


    We should always be confident in our response strategy, pursue progress while ensuring stable performance, and promote economic and social development while containing COVID-19.

    How did China show its ‘inner strength' during the COVID-19 crisis?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 4:48


    We should promote the great spirit that we have forged in the battle against COVID-19 in our society and turn it into a powerful force for building a modern socialist country and realizing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

    What are the foundations of China's new development dynamic?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 5:22


    As long as we continue to adapt to changing circumstances and implement precisely-targeted policies, we have all the strengths to create a new development dynamic and gain a new competitive edge.

    What are the four priorities in China's efforts to contain COVID-19?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 2:32


    To contain the virus and win this battle we must race against time, fight with confidence, strength and unity, and adopt a science-based approach and a targeted response.

    What is China's ‘huge advantage'?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 3:02


    We must make full use of the huge advantage, China's market, and steadily consolidate it to make it a strong pillar of the new development dynamic.

    What three approaches are key to China's new development philosophy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2022 2:39


    Working for the wellbeing of the people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the root and essence of the new development philosophy.

    What is the path to building a modern socialist China?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 2:44


    Having realized the First Centenary Goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, China will build on this achievement and embark on a new journey towards the Second Centenary Goal of building a modern socialist country in all respects, thus signifying the beginning of a new stage of development.

    What has China's COVID-19 response achieved?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 0:59


    Putting the people and their lives first, China has built a strong line of defense against the virus, and…protected people's lives and health.

    How does the Party fight to earn the people's support ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 1:51


    The country is its people, and the people are the country. As we have fought to establish and consolidate our Party's leadership over the country, we have in fact been fighting to earn and keep the people's support.

    How does the Party plan to address issues of public concern?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 2:12


    The people's support is our top political priority.

    How does the CPC aim to fulfill its mission to improve people's lives?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 1:47


    To meet their desire for a happy life is our mission.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 0:25


    What are your most ardent wishes in life? Better education? A stable job, more income? or to live in a safe society? Such wishes are shared by people all over the world. And how are these wishes being met in China? All on the audiobook How China works-charting the future, brought to you by CGTN.

    What feature distinguishes the CPC from other parties?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 3:17


    The CPC has its foundations in the people and maintains a close bond with the people.

    Liangjiahe Episode 10: Don't forget our roots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 14:08


    Though their lives have changed tremendously in the past decades, Liangjiahe villagers treasure what they have and continue to work hard to improve their lives. Knowing Xi Jinping cares much about Liangjiahe, they've also kept Xi posted on these changes.

    Liangjiahe Episode 9: Leading by example

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 9:35


    During his seven years living and working in Liangjiahe Village, Xi Jinping's hard work and innovative thinking inspired many around him.

    Liangjiahe Episode 8: Moving on from village to university

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 9:29


    Before he moved on to study in Tsinghua University, Xi Jinping, with thorough understanding about government policy at the time, promoted businesses to enrich the villager's lives.

    Liangjiahe Episode 7: He builds things and changes lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 10:46


    During his seven years living and working in Liangjiahe Village, Xi Jinping kept looking for ways to improve the villagers' lives. He built a dam to provide irrigation water and succeeded in building the first methane tank in Shaanxi Province.

    Liangjiahe Episode 6: A farmer, teacher and fledgling leader

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 13:02


    While living and working at Liangjiahe Village in his teenage years and early adulthood, Xi Jinping worked hard both at the local construction projects and at gaining knowledge, experience and wisdom. After a few years, he became a proper farmer at home with his environment and a leader that people wanted to follow.

    Liangjiahe Episode 5: A city boy adjusting to village life part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 8:30


    This episode details the challenges that Xi Jinping, then a 15-year-old teenager from Beijing, had to overcome while trying to adjust to life in Liangjiahe Village. Food, climate and even language became hurdles for the young lad to jump through.

    Liangjiahe Episode 4: A city boy adjusting to village life part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 9:42


    This episode details the challenges that Xi Jinping, then a 15-year-old teenager from Beijing, had to overcome while trying to adjust to life in Liangjiahe Village. Food, climate and even language became hurdles for the young lad to jump through.

    Liangjiahe Episode 3: An enduring bond

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 9:28


    Xi Jinping visits his old friends, and together they reminisce on how he adjusted to the food, culture, and life in general in Liangjiahe Village. After more than 40 years, their friendship has endured even after Xi had left the village.

    Liangjiahe Episode 2: Meeting old friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022 8:03


    Xi Jinping meets his old friends in Liangjiahe Village, and revisits his old home in a cave house and a dam that he helped to build. As a young man, Xi spent seven years here, living and working side by side with the fellow villagers whom he has missed for 40 years.

    Liangjiahe Episode 1: The trip back to Liangjiahe Village

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022 7:16


    Since 1969, Chinese President Xi Jinping had lived and worked in Liangjiahe Village for more than seven years. In 2015 after being away for 40 years, Xi came back to the village. He recognized the fellow villagers and greeted them warmly as if he never left.

    What targeted measures are being taken to advance the BRI?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 2:47


    ​"Thanks to our efforts in the past few years, a general framework of cooperation has been put in place. It is like completing a drawing: The outline has been sketched; now we must fill in the fine details. And we need to do so with meticulous care." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit:http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/113094

    What are China's proposals to bring COVID-19 under control?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 6:07


    "We have shared control and treatment experience with the world without reservation." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit:http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/113095

    What is the BRI for?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 2:18


    "The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a major and transparent initiative with which China shares opportunities and pursues common development with the rest of the world." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit:http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/110853

    What are China's five proposals for enhancing the SCO's role?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 5:01


    "We should continue to advance the Belt and Road cooperation under the principle of delivering shared benefits through extensive consultation and joint contribution." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit:http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/110852

    What's the CPC's commitment on ‘the Taiwan question'?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2021 1:18


    "No one should underestimate the resolve, the will, and the ability of the Chinese people to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit: http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/112505

    Why should China continue adapting Marxism to its realities?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2021 2:00


    "At the fundamental level, the capability of our Party and the strengths of socialism with Chinese characteristics are attributable to the fact that Marxism works." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit:http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/112503

    What is China's path to national rejuvenation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 3:02


    "Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a fundamental achievement of the Party and the people, forged through innumerable hardships and great sacrifices, and it is the right path for us to achieve national rejuvenation." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit:http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/112502

    Which key achievements drove China toward national rejuvenation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 2:10


    "To realize national rejuvenation, the Party united and led the Chinese people in freeing the mind and forging ahead, achieving great success in reform, opening up, and socialist modernization." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit:http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/112501

    Which centenary goal has China accomplished?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 1:07


    "We have realized the first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. This means that we have brought about a historic resolution to the problem of absolute poverty in China." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit:http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/112500

    Why socialism is vital to China's past and future?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 1:37


    ​"To realize national rejuvenation, the Party united and led the Chinese people in endeavoring to build a stronger China with a spirit of self-reliance, achieving great success in socialist revolution and construction." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit:http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/112499

    What is the founding spirit of the CPC?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 2:30


    "All the struggle, sacrifice, and creation through which the Party has united and led the Chinese people over the past hundred years has been tied together by one ultimate theme—bringing about the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." If you want to see the full script of this episode, please visit:http://chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/detail/2/112498

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