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Six key points from Xi Jinping’s speech wrapping up China’s national congress

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Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his closing address at the National People’s Congress. Photo: AP

China’s President Xi Jinping addressed the National People’s Congress on Tuesday as it ended its annual session in Beijing.

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The meetings have seen Xi cement his grip on power, with a limit on presidential terms in office scrapped and major changes made among the government’s top leadership.

Here are the key points Xi made during his remarks at the Great Hall of the People:

1. Taiwan

Xi warned that forces leaning towards independence in Taiwan or “any efforts to divide the nation would be predestined to fail”.
A military honour guard holds a Taiwanese flag while attending a flag-raising ceremony at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei earlier this month. Photo: Reuters
A military honour guard holds a Taiwanese flag while attending a flag-raising ceremony at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei earlier this month. Photo: Reuters
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“Every inch of the territory of our great nation cannot be separated from China,” he told delegates in the hall. Any attempts at separatism would “face the punishment of history”, he said.
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