Three years ago on March 15, 2023, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, delivered a keynote address titled "Join Hands on the Path Towards Modernization" at the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting via video link. During the speech, he also proposed the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) for the first time. Let's review key remarks from the speech.