Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the call during an inspection tour of a coastal province in the country’s southeast.
Fujian Province, which has become one of the leaders in promoting reform and opening up in China, is an economic center with a developed private economy. The province, which borders Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait, is seeking to build an integrated development demonstration zone across the coast.
As noted by the President of the People’s Republic of China, Fujian Province should make even greater progress in accelerating the construction of a modernized economic system.
Xi Jinping also visited Dongshan County, Zhangzhou City, where he inspected the situation of dried seafood and fish trade in one of the local villages.
The President of the People’s Republic of China, who visited this town 23 years ago, noted that he was happy to see the enormous changes that had occurred here. He also said that as rural China takes a new path towards the new era, they will undoubtedly see even brighter prospects.
Xi Jinping then visited the memorial museum of Gu Wenchang, former party leader of Dongshan County, and heard a story about his life. Calling on management cadres at all levels to learn from Gu Wenchang, the Chinese leader said they should follow his example in both behavior and management work.
During his visit to the Guandi Cultural and Industrial Park, the Chinese leader reviewed local efforts to protect cultural heritage and promote cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
On Wednesday morning, Xi Jinping visited the Xiamen site of the Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone and called on Fujian and Xiamen provinces to adapt to the changing situation, constantly promote institutional opening-up and make new progress in the expansion of high-level external exchanges.
On the same day, Xi Jinping heard reports on the work of the CPC Committee and the People’s Government of Fujian Province, giving clear instructions for future work. Xi Jinping called on the province to chart a new path to promote deep integration between science, technology and industrial innovation.
According to him, it is necessary to accelerate the creation of institutions and mechanisms to support comprehensive innovation, coordinately promote the comprehensive reform of institutions and mechanisms related to education, science and technology and human resources, and develop new quality productive forces. according to local conditions.
The Chinese president stressed the need to boldly advance comprehensively deepening reform and expanding high-level opening-up, and called on Fujian to implement the modernization strategy of the pilot free trade zone and deeply integrate into the high-quality joint construction of the Belt. and Highway, and build a key area of the 21st century Maritime Silk Road.
He also called on the province to become a model in promoting coordinated regional development and integrated development of urban and rural areas, deepen the construction of national ecological civilization pilot zones, and promote the establishment of national demonstration zones for development. marine economic in the cities of Fuzhou and Xiamen.
Emphasizing the importance of promoting cross-border cultural exchanges, he called for joint efforts to develop Chinese culture and strengthen Taiwanese compatriots’ sense of national and cultural identity.
The Chinese leader also noted that every effort should be made to ensure adequate economic performance in the fourth quarter in order to achieve the socio-economic development goals set for the current year.
