Xi Jinping: Develop emerging industries according to local conditions to accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading in the western region | Lianhe Zaobao

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, emphasized the need to develop emerging industries according to local conditions and accelerate the industrial transformation and upgrading of the western region.

According to China Central Television News, Xi Jinping made the above statement when he hosted a symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era in Chongqing on Tuesday (April 23) afternoon and delivered an important speech.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee Cai Qi, and Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, both members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, attended the symposium.

Zheng Shanjie, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, Yuan Jiajun, Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, Wang Xiaohui, Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, Zhao Yide, Secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Ma Xingrui, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, spoke at the symposium and reported on promoting the development of the western region. Work situation, provide opinions and suggestions.

In his speech after listening to the speech, Xi Jinping pointed out that in the past five years, the western region’s high-quality development capabilities have been significantly improved, the construction of an open economic pattern has been accelerated, infrastructure conditions have been greatly improved, and people’s living standards have been stable over the past five years. Improvement, but at the same time, we see that the development of the western region still faces many difficulties and challenges, which must be effectively studied and solved.

Xi Jinping emphasized that we must adhere to the development of characteristic and advantageous industries as the main direction, develop emerging industries according to local conditions, and accelerate the industrial transformation and upgrading of the western region. It is necessary to develop new productive forces according to local conditions, explore and develop modern manufacturing and strategic emerging industries, layout and build future industries, and form new momentum for regional development.

Xi Jinping pointed out that we must persist in supporting high-quality development with high-level protection and build a solid national ecological security barrier. Vigorously promote the energy-saving and carbon-reducing transformation of traditional industries, and promote the clean and efficient use of coal in an orderly manner. Improve the ecological product value realization mechanism and the horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism.

Xi Jinping emphasized that we must persist in promoting large-scale development through great opening-up and improve the level of opening up both internally and externally in the western region. Vigorously promote the construction of the New Land-Sea Corridor in the West, promote the development and opening up of areas along the route, and deeply integrate into the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. Steadily expand institutional opening-up and create a market-oriented, legal-based and international business environment.

Xi Jinping pointed out that we must persist in coordinating development and security and improve security capabilities in key areas such as energy resources. Vigorously promote the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle, actively cultivate urban agglomerations, develop and expand a number of provincial sub-central cities, and promote infrastructure connectivity and public service sharing between cities.

Li Qiang said that based on the characteristics and advantages, we should cultivate more growth pole growth belts that drive regional development, build a solid national ecological security barrier, enhance the development capabilities of special types of regions, and coordinate the resolution of local debt risks and stable development. Expand opening up internally and externally, proactively connect with other domestic regional strategies, actively integrate into the international cycle, and enhance the vitality of the development momentum of the western region.

Ding Xuexiang said that it is necessary to coordinate the promotion of high-quality development and high-level protection to promote the development of the western region to a new level. We will shoulder the mission of maintaining national ecological security, strengthen ecological protection and restoration, and continue to fight against pollution. Accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of the development model, develop new productive forces according to local conditions, and actively and steadily promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality.

Xi Jinping inspected and investigated in Chongqing from Monday to Tuesday (April 22-23) to learn about the burden reduction at the grassroots level. He said that in order to reduce the burden on the grassroots, we must clarify the rights and responsibilities. We cannot leave everything to the grassroots. What tasks should be undertaken by the grassroots must be clarified.

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