Xinhua reported on November  30 that President Xi Jinping addressed the 10th Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) and the ninth Congress of the Chinese Writers Association (CWA) in Beijing on November 30, 2016. It was attended by about 3,300 people from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas. All members of the PBSC namely, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli, were present. Xi Jinping urged Chinese artists and writers to strengthen their confidence in Chinese culture and create excellent works to inspire the nation. He said "To create outstanding works with vivid national characteristics and unique personal style, one must have a profound understanding of Chinese culture and a high level of cultural confidence". He said " Promoting socialist core values should be fundamental to artists and writers, who should firmly resort to Chinese people's thoughts, emotions and aesthetics to create works catering to the times, featuring notable Chinese elements. Such works should encourage every Chinese person's sense of national pride and honor."