Xi Jinping used this chengyu while giving a speech to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the National People’s Congress on September 5th 2014.
Meaning
Ubiquitous; can be found everywhere
Original
“古今中外,由于政治发展道路选择错误而导致社会动荡、国家分裂、人亡政息的例子比比皆是。”