ShortlyaftertheclosingoftheEighteenthNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC),XiJinping,thenewlyelectedGeneralSecretaryoftheCPCCentralCommittee,wenttotheNa-tionalMuseumofChinawithotherChineseleadersonNovember29,2012,toviewtheexhibition"TheRoadofRejuvenation"aboutthemodernChinesenation'slOO-yearstruggle.Afterviewingtheexhibi-tionXiJinpingsaidthateveryonehasidealsandaspirationsaswellasdreamsandthatachievingthegreatrejuvenationoftheChinesenationhasbeenthegreatestdreamoftheChinesepeoplesincemod-erntimes.
ThatwasthefirsttimeaChineseleaderspokeoftheChineseDream,anditvividlyexpressedthecommonidealandaspirationoftheChinesepeople.InthespeechhegaveinMarch2013afterhewaselectedPresidentofChina,XiJinpingdiscussedtheChineseDreamingreaterdetail.HenotedthatrealizingtheChineseDreamofthegreatrejuvenationoftheChinesenationmeansmakingthecoun-tryprosperousandstrong,rejuvenatingthenation,andmakingthepeoplehappy.Sincethenhehas,onanumberofoccasions,furtheraddressedmanyquestionsconcerningtheChineseDream,suchashowtorealizeitanditsrelationtotheworld.