Key facts
- Xi Jinping called for effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth in the economy.
- Xi Jinping emphasized the Communist Party of China's absolute leadership over the armed forces.
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth in the economy on Thursday, according to state news agency Xinhua. Xi also emphasized upholding the Communist Party of China's absolute leadership over the armed forces. The speech was delivered as part of commemorations for the 90th anniversary of the Long March, a series of retreats by the Red Army led by Mao Zedong to evade Nationalist forces under Chiang Kai-shek in 1934 and 1935.