Xi's 2025 New Year message inspires people to strive for brighter future

Chinese President Jinping's 2025 New Year address has greatly lifted and inspired people from all walks of life across the country to forge ahead and create a brighter future.

Xi delivered his annual New Year message which was broadcast by the China Media Group and on various online platforms on Tuesday evening.

In his speech, Xi reviewed China's achievements in various aspects in the past year and laid out the goals for the year ahead.

"President Xi mentioned in his New Year's message that our athletes have bravely striven to be the best, demonstrating the high spirits, confidence and positivity of the younger generation. As a young athlete, in the new year, I will work harder in my daily training and continuously strive to surpass myself, so as to achieve even better results in major international competitions," said Sheng Lihao, a Chinese shooter who won two gold medals at the Paris Olympics.

"In President Xi's New Year address last night, he said that young people will be given more opportunities for development. I was very impressed by this statement. I'm from Yunnan. It takes me eight hours by plane to come here. But I like snow very much, so I came to perform thanks to the development of the snow and ice tourism industry. This is a good job opportunity for me," said Zhang Can, a performer in Arxan City of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

"I read President Xi's New Year address yesterday. It conveyed wishes to every family that children should get a good education. And I hope that all the kids can get into their ideal schools," said Baoyindalai, a teacher.

As an inheritor of Chinese shadow puppetry, or shadow play, a time-honored Chinese folk art and an intangible cultural heritage, Wang Biao said that he will take pains to carry forward traditional Chinese culture by inheriting and protecting the aforementioned art.

"In his New Year's message, President Xi said that on the new journey of the Chinese path to modernization, everyone is the protagonist, every effort is precious, and every ray of light is shining. As a representative inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage, I shoulder a mission and responsibility to protect and inherit our intangible cultural heritage, involve more people in understanding our traditional Chinese culture and bring vitality to the new era," said Wang.

Xi's 2025 New Year message inspires people to strive for brighter future

China's warehouse storage sector maintained expansion in March, according to the index released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) on Thursday.

In March, China's warehousing index reached 50.8 percent, rising by 0.6 percentage points from the previous month and remaining in the expansion zone for the fifth consecutive month.

Driven by policies aimed at promoting consumption, demand for warehousing services continued to grow steadily, with the consumer goods market performing particularly well. Warehousing demand for food, household appliances, textiles, and daily necessities surged, leading to a significant rise in the new order index.

"The warehouse storage sector has remained in the expansion range for five consecutive months, reflecting the overall stability of the warehousing sector. The demand for warehousing in the livelihood consumption sector continues to strengthen, boosting activity across the entire warehousing sector," said Liu Yuhang, director of the China Logistics Information Center.

In terms of inventory levels, the average inventory turnover index reached 54.5 percent in March, an increase of 8.2 percentage points from the previous month, entering the expansion range. Overall, in the first quarter, the warehousing sector continued to expand, business demand maintained steady growth, and the industry operated smoothly and efficiently.

China's warehousing storage sector maintains expansion in March