Xi Jinping Celebrates Chinese Sports Delegation’s Success at Paris 2024 Olympics in Inspiring Ceremony

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, received all members of the Chinese sports delegation for the 33rd Summer Olympics at the Great Hall of the People on the evening of the 20th. . He confirmed that you united as one at the Olympics in Paris, fought firmly, fought bravely, and kept up with your mission the results of competition and spiritual civilization, and won great achievements for the motherland and your people. On behalf of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, he welcomed everyone on their triumphant return, extended warm congratulations and sincere condolences to everyone, and warmly welcomed comrades on the national sports front.

Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi and Li Xi, and Vice Chairman Han Zheng attended the ceremony.

The golden hall of the Great Hall of the People is filled with a warm and welcoming atmosphere. At about 3:20 in the afternoon, Xi Jinping and other party and state leaders approached the delegation members, and the audience burst into a long and warm applause. Xi Jinping warmly shook hands with everyone and took pictures with them.

Amid warm applause, Xi Jinping delivered an important speech. He said that the outstanding achievements of the Chinese sports delegation are not only a means for the development and progress of my country’s sports industry, but also an example of the achievements of China’s modernization drive, which demonstrates China’s full power in the new field. century When national fortune is prosperous, sports will prosper, and when the nation is strong, sports will be strong. Our country’s ability to be among the world’s sports powers and Olympic powers is basically the result of a continuous increase in comprehensive national strength, which provides advanced scientific and technological support and solid material guarantees for competitive sports training, and also ‘ creating a good growth environment and its mass and wide base for sports talents in different fields to stand out. In the new era and the new journey, the comprehensive promotion of building a strong nation and the great purpose of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization will certainly provide better conditions and give a strong impetus to the development of my country’s sports industry. We must continue to develop people-oriented sports, promote the deep integration of national fitness and national health, and continue to move towards the goal of building a sports power and a healthy China.

Xi Jinping pointed out that the outstanding achievements of the Chinese sports delegation have promoted the Chinese sports spirit and the Olympic spirit, allowed the Chinese national spirit and the spirit of the times to complement each other, and made the Chinese spirit clearly defined in the new era. On the field, everyone remembered the great trust of the party and the people, and made a strong vow such as “The honor of the country will always be higher than the individual” and “will I dedicate this gold medal to the great motherland. ” showed the sincere feelings of putting the motherland first and winning the glory of the country, and showing persistent hard work, victory belief in continuous self-improvement, showing the valuable qualities of unity, cooperate and fight side by side, and display the confidence, optimistic, warm and friendly, cheerful and sunny of China’s young generation. You have allowed the world to see a great collection of the great traditional Chinese culture, China’s open, inclusive and enterprising style, and the ambition, energy and courage of the Chinese people. The motherland and the people are proud of you and praise you.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the Chinese sports delegation wanted to win moral gold medals, style gold medals, and clean gold medals, which promoted the ethics of sports and won widespread respect and recognition, presenting the image of China in the new era. On the field, everyone obeyed the rules, respected their opponents, respected the referees, and respected the audience in terms of competition, morality, and style.

Xi Jinping indicated that a new Olympic preparation cycle has begun. I hope that everyone will guard against arrogance and impetuosity, continue to work hard, improve training levels and competition, use strengths to counter weaknesses, accelerate talent training, and prepare for high quality war. Competitive sports and mass sports complement each other, I hope that everyone will contribute to the comprehensive strength of competitive sports, promote the strong development of national fitness and youth sports, and make a great contribution to building the power of sports .

Wang Yi, Liu Guozhong, Li Shulei, Li Hongzhong, He Weidong, Chen Wu, responsible comrades of relevant departments of the major organizations and the state, responsible comrades of sports departments of various provinces, autonomous regions and cities and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps was present at the ceremony.