A New Year s address delivered in Beijing by Chinese President Hu Jintao on January 1, 2005. The president s speech on New Year s Eve was a call for more concerted efforts from the Chinese people and the world to build a better future for mankind. Here are full contents of the speech:
The New Year s bell will soon toll to usher in the year 2005. At this special moment, in saying goodbye to the past and looking forward to the future, I d like to extend New Year s greetings to Chinese people of all ethnic groups, compatriots in the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, Taiwan compatriots, overseas Chinese, as well as our friends from all around the world, through China Radio International, China National Radio and China Central Television.
The year 2004 witnessed the Chinese people s incessant efforts to build an all-around well-off society, and push forward the socialist modernization drive. In this year, guided by Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of the "Three Represents", we have established and implemented the conception of people-based, comprehensively coordinated and sustainable scientific development. We continued to further reform and opening-up policies, and promote development, maintain social stability, and the National economy keeps a momentum of good development. New successes have been made in the construction of socialist political and spiritual civilizations. There is a new development in various social undertakings, and people s living standards have been further improved. The Communist Party of China held the fourth Plenum of its 16th National Congress, examining the experience of its governing over the past year, and mapping out an overall guidelines for strengthening its efforts to improve its governing capability. At present, Chinese people of all ethnic groups are joining their hands and striving to realize the country s prosperity, the nation s rejuvenation, and society s harmony as well as people s happiness.