The Chinese Communist Party’s leading theoretical fortnightly Qiushi published (September 16) a speech that Chinese President Xi Jinping gave five years ago emphasising that copying the political system of another country will not work and will ruin China’s future. Xi Jinping gave the speech on September 5, 2014, at the 60th anniversary of the founding of the National People’s Congress of China. The whole speech focused on the superiority of the Chinese political system, especially the “People’s Congress representation” system, and the rejection of Western democratic politics. In his speech, Xi Jinping said that the wrong choice of political path has led to many cases of social turmoil, divided nations, a regime change, and the death of people. He added that China is a large developing nation and “Holding onto the right path of political development” is a “major issue of fundamental and overall importance.”

Stating that to design and develop the national political system, one must adhere to the national conditions and the actual situation, Xi Jinping said seeing that other countries have something and China does not, someone may think that “there is a deficiency and we need to copy it.” Seeing that China has something but other countries do not, someone may think that, “It is superfluous and has to go.” The two views are simplistic and one-sided and “are both incorrect.”

Acknowledging that while that one needs to learn from the “beneficial results” of foreign political civilizations, he said but “we must not give up the fundamentals of China’s political system” and "one must persist in the “core leading role of the Party in controlling the overall situation and coordinating with all players.”