5. MAJOR PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED

Beijing Daxing International Airport opened to flights on Sept. 25, which is expected to realize a passenger throughput of over 100 million a year. China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army Navy on Dec. 17.

New achievements have also been made in other major projects this year: 5G licenses for commercial use were granted; The Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon; The Long March-5, carrying the Shijian-20 technological experiment satellite, was successfully launched; The length of China's railroad lines in service has exceeded 139,000 km, including 35,000 km high-speed rail, ranking first in the world.

6. GRAND CELEBRATION HELD FOR PRC'S 70TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY

A grand gathering to celebrate the 70th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was held on Oct. 1 morning at the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, where more than 200,000 people joined the celebrations in military parade and mass pageantry.

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered a speech and reviewed the troops. Xi also joined the public for an evening gala at the square.

7. KEY CPC SESSION HIGHLIGHTS STRENGTH OF CHINA'S SYSTEM, GOVERNANCE

The 19th CPC Central Committee held its fourth plenary session in Beijing from Oct. 28 to 31. The session reviewed and adopted the CPC Central Committee's decision on some major issues concerning how to uphold and improve the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and advance the modernization of China's system and capacity for governance.

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