Xi extends greetings to workers across nation

President Xi Jinping extended festive greetings and best wishes on Tuesday to the country's working people ahead of International Workers' Day, which falls on May 1.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, sent the greetings on behalf of the CPC Central Committee.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and is a crucial year to fulfill the goals and tasks set in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), Xi said. He praised the important contributions made by the working people to the cause of the Party and the country.