Beijing, 21 March 2024 (TDI): Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the imperative of robust efforts to further energize the central region during a symposium in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, on March 20, 2024.
Xi serves as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Moreover, He urged stakeholders to elevate their endeavors to a higher starting point and to propel the region’s development forward.
The Chinese President highlighted the central region’s pivotal role as a crucial grain production base, energy and raw material base, modern equipment manufacturing base, high-tech industry base, and comprehensive transportation hub.
He called for synergy in promoting high-quality development. Furthermore, he marked a new chapter in advancing Chinese modernization.
Li Qiang, the Chinese premier, Cai Qi, the director of the CPC Central Committee’s general office, and Ding Xuexiang, the vice premier of China and member of the CPC Central Committee’s Standing Committee on Political Bureau, attended the symposium.
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Xi acknowledged the region’s progress over the past five years since the previous symposium. However, he also noted the challenges ahead, emphasizing the need for practical research to overcome them.
To enable the area to more effectively integrate into and support the nation’s new growth pattern. He suggested that the effort to revitalize the central region be better integrated with the other key development plans of the country.
Xi urged intensified efforts in industrial innovation and scientific and technological advancement. Moreover, he urged the cultivation of new productive forces.
Xi called on the relevant central authorities. He urged them to carry out studies and put out action plans. The aim was to further revitalize the central area in the coming years.
Li Qiang urged participants at the symposium to diligently examine the tenets of Xi’s significant speech. The significance lies in transforming the region’s advantages in terms of resources and location into benefits for growth.
He called for forward-looking plans to modernize the industrial system. In addition to this, he emphasized integration with national development strategies and ecological protection.
