He said the course taken had been “completely correct” and Xinjiang’s “brilliant achievements” over the past seven decades fully demonstrated the “remarkable advantages” of the Communist Party’s leadership and China’s socialist system.
“[It also] fully demonstrated the great robustness of the correct path of solving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics, and fully proved that the party’s Xinjiang governance strategy in the new era is completely correct,” state news agency Xinhua quoted Wang as saying.
Wang is the country’s fourth-ranking official and chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, which oversees ethnic and religious affairs as well as united front work.
Xi Jinping attends Tibet anniversary events
Xi Jinping attends Tibet anniversary events
Xi also attended the event as part of a trip in which he became the first president to visit the region for its anniversary – signalling the importance Beijing attaches to Xinjiang.
