BEIJING, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed on Sunday that high-quality development is the first and foremost task in building a modern socialist country in all respects, Xinhua news agency reported.
Xi, who is also the Secretary-General of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while attending a deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Jiangsu Province at the first session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s national legislature.
Efforts should be made to fully and faithfully apply the new development philosophy on all fronts, and better coordinate the effective upgrade in quality with the appropriate expansion in quantity in economic development, the Chinese President said.
The country must unswervingly deepen reform and opening up and transform the development model to accelerate the formation of sustainable institutions and mechanisms for high-quality development, he explained.
China’s development must serve to continuously strengthen the people’s sense of fulfilment, happiness and security, the Chinese President continued.
He spoke approvingly of the government work report, and recognised the achievements Jiangsu Province made in various areas including economic and social development and Party building in the past five years.
Speeding up efforts to achieve greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology is the path China must take to advance high-quality development, President Xi went on to explain.
To open up new areas and new arenas in development and foster new growth drivers and new strengths in face of fierce international competition, China should ultimately rely on scientific and technological innovation.
Building self-reliance and strength in science and technology is key to building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects within the set time frame, President Xi added.
He called for accelerating the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, furthering cooperation between industries, universities and research institutes, supporting top scientists to lead original and pioneering research to achieve scientific and technological breakthroughs, and ensuring self-reliance in major areas and key links.
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