The Lunar New Year is just around the corner. Recently, it has snowed heavily in the south, but the bad weather can't stop everyone from rushing home. According to the Ministry of Transport, the cross-regional movement of people across the country will reach a record of about 9 billion this year. The desire for reunion, the attachment to the homeland, these are the emotions engraved in the bones of the Chinese, the reunion with relatives, the steaming Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, is the reward and comfort of the hard work of the year, and new hope is born on the Chinese New Year's Eve of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.
This year's Spring Festival has two special places compared to the past, adding more joy to the festival. First, the Lunar New Year is on the United Nations festival calendar for the first time. On behalf of the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres thanked China and the Chinese people for their unwavering support for the United Nations, multilateralism and global progress. Second, this year will usher in the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, which is a double happiness, and the Chinese's expectations for the happiness of the family and confidence in the prosperity of the country are deeply combined.
From a global perspective, the influence of the Spring Festival is increasing, nearly 20 countries have set the Spring Festival as a legal holiday, about 1 5 of the world's population celebrates the Spring Festival in different forms, the "Chinese Year" has truly become the "World Year", which is not only driven by the increasing influence of Chinese culture in the world, but also the charm of the Spring Festival itself is recognized and recognized by more and more people. The meaning of the Spring Festival is very good, "one yuan is renewed, all things are renewed", and the expectation of spring flowers and the recovery of all things is shared by all mankind. The customs of the Spring Festival - writing Spring Festival couplets, pasting window flowers, lion and dragon dances, have a vigorous vitality that makes people surge. The connotation of the Spring Festival - festivity, harmony and reunion contains deep humanistic care. The Spring Festival is closely linked to Chinese culture, and the Spring Festival is the most concentrated embodiment of Chinese culture. The charm and spirit of the Spring Festival is the charm and spirit of Chinese culture.
Coming up is the Year of the Dragon in the lunar calendar. The dragon has the ambition of the clouds, mighty but not hegemonic, blessed all over the world, and is the totem and unique cultural identity of the Chinese nation. Guterres said that the qualities in the dragon are exactly what we need to meet today's global challenges, and that's a truthful saying. When the world is once again standing at the crossroads of history, people of insight are consciously seeking courage, wisdom and strength from the Chinese nation, an ancient nation that has gone through ups and downs. In the past year, China has endured a lot of pressure in the face of various risks and challenges at home and abroad, but we have also strengthened our bodies and bones in the storm. There is no doubt that today's China plays a pivotal role in the world, and the Chinese's self-esteem and cosmopolitan sentiment can always provide more certainty and positive energy for the chaotic world.
As the general secretary pointed out at the 2024 Spring Festival group meeting, looking back on the hard work and struggle in the past year, we have more deeply realized that comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization is not only a bright road for the Chinese people to pursue a better and happy life, but also a just road to promote world peace and development. Chinese do not expect pie in the sky, but only believe that happiness comes from struggle; Chinese, whether weak or strong, poor or rich, pursue the practice of being kind to others, sharing beauty and beauty, and regard plunder and aggression as great evils. The Spring Festival, the oldest, grandest and most important traditional festival in China, embodies the most authentic spiritual and cultural bloodline of all the descendants of Yan and Huang and the sons and daughters of China, which is peaceful, harmonious, positive, tenacious and powerful.
The dragon flies for nine days, but China's development must be down-to-earth, and the Chinese know this truth deeply. The year 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and is a crucial year for achieving the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan. The challenges and difficulties facing China in the Year of the Dragon may not be less than in previous years, but as the saying goes, "the Year of the Dragon is a good luck". China's economy has stabilized and rebounded, and the new quality of productive forces has shown signs of "dragon rising", and our confidence is not empty talk, but comes from the most fundamental experience summary of the 75 years of development of New China, and from the majestic power of the Chinese nation and the spirit of unremitting self-improvement contained in the Spring Festival.