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With the closing of the two sessions of China's biggest political event, President Xi Jinping's third term in power was officially inaugurated. Xi has said he will definitely push for Taiwan's reunification.

Correspondent Jung Young-tae reports.

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In his closing speech to the National People's Congress, President
Xi Jinping said, "We resolutely oppose interference by outside forces in Taiwan affairs and activities that promote independence and division."

Applause erupted when he expressed his firm commitment to the reunification of Taiwan, saying that complete reunification of the motherland is the key to the revival of the Chinese nation.

[Xi Jinping/President of China: We will unwaveringly push forward the process of reunifying the motherland.]

It has issued a warning to the United States, which opposes armed reunification and is strengthening military cooperation with Taiwan.

President Xi seemed conscious of the all-round pressure from the United States, and also emphasized science and technology self-reliance and self-reliance and defense modernization.

[Xi Jinping/President of China: We must build the People's Army into a steel Great Wall that safeguards national sovereignty, security and development interests.]

At the start of his third consecutive term, Xi's aides were deployed in large numbers to senior government positions, and the state organization was reorganized around the Communist Party.

The new Premier Li Qiang also said at his first press conference that he would "unwaveringly deepen reform and opening up," but unlike past premiers, he was praised for not showing his own colors.

Xi Jinping's third term in power was based on a strong concentration of power and a one-man long-term ruling system in the name of building a superpower that would surpass the United States.

However, with economic vitality waning and the gap between rich and poor in China growing, it is more likely to direct internal discontent outward.

In addition, as the competition between the United States and China over the semiconductor supply chain and quad expansion intensifies, the impact on Korea will inevitably increase, making our diplomacy even more difficult.

(Video Interview: Choi Deok-hyun, Video Editing: Kim Jin-won)