A tone-setting meeting for Party congress

The keynote speech made by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, at a high-profile workshop this week offers a glimpse into the themes of the upcoming CPC National Congress. The speech lays an important political, ideological and theoretical foundation for the success of the 19th CPC National Congress slated for later this year.

It has been a routine practice for the Party's top leader to address high-level officials ahead of the CPC National Congress, held every five years, to unify Party members' thoughts and chart out the future course of development.

The top leader's tone-setting speech, which summarized the achievements made in theories and practices since the 18th CPC National Congress in November 2012, was a mobilization call.