Xi pledges to improve people's wellbeing

Xi Jinping on Sunday pledged to improve the people's wellbeing and raise quality of life at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

-- We will ensure more pay for more work and encourage people to achieve prosperity through hard work.

-- This country is its people; the people are the country. As the CPC has led the people in fighting to establish and develop the People's Republic, it has really been fighting for their support.

-- We must ensure and improve the people's wellbeing in the course of pursuing development and encourage everyone to work hard together to meet the people's aspirations for a better life.

-- We will promote equality of opportunity, increase the incomes of low-income earners, and expand the size of the middle-income group.