When receiving the Chinese sports delegation of the 33rd Olympic Games, Xi Jinping emphasized to guard against arrogance and rashness and make persistent efforts to make new contributions to building a sports power.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 20. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission received all members of the Chinese sports delegation for the 33rd Summer Olympic Games in the Great Hall of the People on the afternoon of the 20th. He stressed: at the Paris Olympic Games, you United as one, worked tenaciously, courageously competed for the first place, lived up to your mission, achieved the best results in the history of China's overseas participation in the Summer Olympic Games, achieved a bumper harvest of competition results and spiritual civilization, and won honors for the motherland and the people. On behalf of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, he welcomed everyone to triumph, extended warm congratulations and sincere condolences to everyone, and extended cordial greetings to comrades on the national sports front.
Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi and Li Xi, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Han Zheng, vice president of the state, attended the meeting.

On August 20, party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Li Xi, Han Zheng and others received all members of the Chinese sports delegation for the 33rd Summer Olympic Games in the Great Hall of the People. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi

the golden hall of the great hall of the people was permeated with a festive and warm atmosphere. At about 3:20 in the afternoon, Xi Jinping and other party and state leaders came to the delegation members, and the audience burst into long and warm applause. Xi Jinping shook hands with everyone and took a group photo as a souvenir.

On August 20, party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Li Xi, Han Zheng and others received all members of the Chinese sports delegation for the 33rd Summer Olympic Games in the Great Hall of the People. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi

Amid warm applause, Xi Jinping delivered an important speech. He said that the outstanding achievements of the Chinese sports delegation are not only a concentrated expression of the development and progress of my country's sports industry, but also a microcosm of the achievements of Chinese-style modernization, which fully demonstrates the strength of China in the new era. If the country is prosperous, sports will be prosperous, and if the country is strong, sports will be strong. China's ability to become one of the world's sports powers and Olympic powers lies in the continuous enhancement of comprehensive national strength, which provides advanced scientific and technological support and solid material guarantee for sports competitive training, and creates a good growth environment and broad mass foundation for sports talents in various fields to stand out. In the new era and new journey, we will comprehensively promote the construction of a powerful country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization, which will surely provide better conditions and inject strong impetus into the development of my country's sports industry. We must continue to vigorously develop people-centered sports, promote the deep integration of national fitness and national health, and continue to move towards the goal of building a sports power and a healthy China.
Xi Jinping pointed out that the outstanding achievements of the Chinese sports delegation have carried forward the Chinese sports spirit and the Olympic spirit, made the Chinese national spirit and the spirit of the times complement each other, and vividly interpreted the Chinese spirit of the new era. In the arena, everyone kept in mind the great trust of the party and the people, and vows such as "National honor will always exceed the individual" and "My gold medal is dedicated to the great motherland", showing the motherland's supremacy and glory for the country. The belief in victory of fighting and self-improvement shows the precious quality of unity, cooperation and fighting side by side, and shows the confident, optimistic, warm and friendly sunshine temperament of the Chinese youth generation. You have shown the world the profound accumulation of Chinese excellent traditional culture, China's open, inclusive, enterprising style of the times, and the ambition, spirit and confidence of the Chinese people. The motherland and the people are proud of you and praise you.
Xi Jinping emphasized that the Chinese sports delegation insisted on winning moral gold medals, style gold medals, and clean gold medals, which promoted sports ethics, won widespread respect and recognition, and fully demonstrated the image of China in the new era. In the arena, everyone abides by the rules, respects the opponent, respects the referee, respects the audience, maintains a good style of competition and civilized etiquette, wins without arrogance, loses without discouragement, and wins gold medals in competition, morality, and style.
Xi Jinping pointed out that the new Olympic preparation cycle has begun. I hope that everyone will guard against arrogance and rashness, make persistent efforts, improve the level of training and competition, make good use of strengths to make up for weaknesses, speed up the training of talents, and do a good job in preparing for war with high quality. Competitive sports and mass sports complement each other. I hope that everyone will further enhance the comprehensive strength of competitive sports, promote the vigorous development of national fitness and youth sports, and make new contributions to building a sports power.
Wang Yi, Liu Guozhong, Li Shulei, Li Hongzhong, he Weidong, Chen Wu, responsible comrades of relevant departments of the central and state organs, and responsible comrades of sports departments of various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps attended the meeting.

Source: "Learning Power" Learning Platform