Xi Pledges 'Modern Socialist' Nation at China Congress Party

With the start of China's most anticipated national event, the 19th Communist Party Congress on 18 October, President Xi Jinping addressed the meet, stating his visions for the country's development in the next five years.

With movie releases being put on hold to shutting down a big market in Beijing, Chinese authorities took no chances with the security at the most important political event.

All eyes were on Xi Jinping as he talked about issues surrounding the country. From the Independence of Taiwan, to issues like corruption, military, independence, environment, economy - the Chinese President described how he plans to tackle all issues.

The Communist Party Congress will close on 24 October. Here are the key takeaways from Jinping's speech:

The Chinese President said China has firmly opposed and prevented Taiwan's independence over the past five years. Xi made the comments in a speech at the



beginning of a Communist Party congress. China considers self-ruled Taiwan to be a wayward province, to be brought under Beijing's control by force if necessary.

He went ahead and established the fact that any attempt to separate Taiwan from China will be thwarted.

Beijing considers self-ruled Taiwan a wayward province to be brought under its control by force if necessary and says that separatists are seeking to split the western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang from the rest of the country.

Xi further stated that "One-China" principle is to be maintained.

China's campaign against corruption has achieved overwhelming momentum, Xi said. Xi has waged a relentless fight against deep-rooted graft since assuming power five years ago, with more than one million officials punished and dozens of former senior officials jailed.

He further added that the corruption fight will "always be on the road".