Chinese President Xi Jinping urged northwest China's Gansu Province to deepen reform, make innovation, and do solid work to improve the people's well-being and achieve the region's prosperity in a bid to write a Gansu chapter in Chinese modernization.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks during an inspection from Tuesday to Friday.
Gansu should take solid steps in improving ecological conservation and restoration, accelerating green and low-carbon transition, further deepening reform and opening up comprehensively, promoting rural revitalization across the board, better securing people's livelihood and strengthening ethnic unity, Xi said.
On Friday morning, Xi listened to the work report from the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee and the provincial government. He hailed Gansu's achievements in various aspects.
Gansu should promote new-type industrialization, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and build a significant national manufacturing base for new energy and new-energy-related equipment, Xi said.
He encouraged Gansu to promote the development of cold and drought-resistant agriculture and foster a range of competitive agricultural brands.
He also called on the province to follow a holistic approach to the integrated conservation and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands and deserts, so as to fortify the ecological security in the western part of the country.
Xi stressed the need to deepen reform and expand opening up with greater courage and determination, and to implement the people-centered new urbanization strategy effectively.
Xi called on Gansu to enhance cross-provincial cooperation and integrate deeply into the high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and the construction of the new western land-sea corridor.
Xi emphasized the need to strengthen cultural heritage protection and build the Dunhuang Academy into an example of world cultural heritage protection and a center of Dunhuang studies.
He also called for efforts to advance the building of national cultural parks dedicated to the Great Wall, the Long March and the Yellow River.
Xi urged Gansu to promote the deep integration of culture and tourism, so as to develop the cultural tourism industry into a pillar sector.
The Chinese president underscored the importance of consolidating and expanding the achievements made in poverty alleviation, so as to prevent rural residents from lapsing or relapsing into poverty.
He also stressed the significance of ensuring the livelihood of those impacted by the earthquake in Jishishan County at the end of last year, highlighting the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction efforts.
On Thursday morning, Xi met with senior officers and representatives of soldiers and civilian staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army troops stationed in Lanzhou.
Xi calls for deepening reform in Gansu to advance Chinese modernization
Xi calls for deepening reform in Gansu to advance Chinese modernization
Xi calls for deepening reform in Gansu to advance Chinese modernization
Xi calls for deepening reform in Gansu to advance Chinese modernization
