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Fellow Deputies,

On behalf of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress
(NPC), I now present to you this report on its work for your deliberation.

Let me begin with a brief review of our major initiatives since the Second
Session of the 13th National People’s Congress.

The time that has passed since the Second Session of the 13th National People’s
Congress has been one of the most unusual and difficult periods in our country’s
history. The CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has
provided unified leadership for advancing our great struggle, great project, great
cause, and great dream, kept abreast of the times with a strong sense of

responsibility, effectively responded to major challenges, major risks, and major
issues, and achieved new breakthroughs in the undertakings of the Party and the
state. After the covid-19 outbreak began, the CPC Central Committee with
Comrade Xi Jinping at its core made epidemic prevention and control the absolute
priority. General Secretary Xi Jinping personally took charge of directing and
planning the response and put the health and safety of the people first as he led the
Party, the military, and people of all ethnic groups in China in an all-out people’s
war to curb the spread of the virus. Through arduous efforts, decisive victories

were achieved in the battle to defend Hubei Province and the city of Wuhan, and
major strategic successes were made in the fight against covid-19 across the
country, allowing us to secure positive results in advancing both epidemic
prevention and control and economic and social development. This once again
reflected the powerful guiding role played by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism
with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and demonstrated the outstanding

leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in
coordinating overall efforts, taking bold and decisive action, and charting the path
forward. It also spoke volumes to the marked advantages of socialism with
Chinese characteristics and the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and
showed how the Chinese people, with their brave and tenacious spirit, can
overcome any challenge, never succumbing to hardship but rather rising from it
and growing stronger.

Since the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak, the NPC Standing Committee
has acted promptly and performed its lawful duty while rigorously implementing
the decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee. We issued the decision to
completely ban the illegal trade and consumption of wildlife, thereby protecting

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