Hu Jintao stressed the need to enhance Chinese culture as the country's \"soft power\" in his keynote speech to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
\"Culture has become a more and more important source of national cohesion and creativity and a factor of growing significance in the competition in overall national strength,\" Hu said.
We must \"enhance culture as part of the soft power of our country to better guarantee the people's basic cultural rights and interests,\" he said.