Deputy Speaker, after a week of arduous deliberations, the Communist Party of China once again provided leadership for the People of China and the world at large ... [Interjections.] ... during its 18th national congress. [Applause.]
This august congress was able to frankly assess its performance in the past five years. It identified successes, as well as challenges, for the party throughout the past five years. The congress did not, for example, shy away from publicly acknowledging the corruption that currently besets Chinese society and the party. Amongst highly significant issues, the congress incorporated the scientific outlook on development into the party's guiding ideology. Notwithstanding the expected venom from critics, whether subtle, vulgar, public, or closet, the party still provided guidance on how transformation of Chinese society could be advanced, despite the highly competitive and unfair trade relations globally.
The ANC is also publicly proud of its strong relations with the Communist Party of China, on the one hand, and of the ever-improving relations between the two countries, on the other. [Interjections.] It is worth mentioning that one of the strong areas where the ANC agrees with the Communist Party of China is the quest for a new world order where peace and prosperity are improved quite markedly.
Even those who differ with the Communist Party of China in its socialist vision ought to rise above such unfortunate ideological limitations and acknowledge the achievements of the People's Republic of China under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Iyabulela ilali [Thank you.] [Applause.]