Xi stresses leveraging national development strategies to advance Chinese modernization in Anhui

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged east China's Anhui Province to apply the new development philosophy on all fronts and leverage its role in multiple national development strategies to write an Anhui chapter in Chinese modernization.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during an inspection tour of the province from Thursday to Friday.

On Friday morning, Xi listened to the work report from the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee and the provincial government.

Xi pointed out that efforts should be made to accelerate scientific and technological innovation and industrial transformation and upgrading by building high-standard national laboratory and Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, so as to effectively play the role as high-level platforms for scientific and technological innovation, strengthen innovation in key generic technologies, cutting-edge leading technologies, modern engineering technologies, and disruptive technologies, expand international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, and continuously improve capacity for original innovation.

Xi said that the systems and mechanisms for supporting comprehensive innovation should be established, the systems and mechanisms for promoting education and sci-tech talents should be reformed in a unified and integrated way, the policies and mechanisms for finance to support sci-tech innovation should be improved, and the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain and talent chain should be deeply integrated.

The real economy should be maintained as the foundation for growth, Xi said, adding that efforts should be made to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, strengthen strategic emerging industries, advance the layout of future industries, develop new quality productive forces in light of local conditions, and build advanced manufacturing clusters with international competitiveness.

It's also necessary to reduce carbon emissions and pollution, and promote green development and growth at the same time, promote ecological protection and restoration and improve the ecological environment systematically, and improve capacity for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief, Xi said.

Xi stressed that in-depth reform and high-level opening up should be advanced, and the province should have the courage to carry out innovative and differentiated reforms and develop itself into a new pacesetter in opening up the inland.

Xi called for efforts to uphold and fulfill the commitments to the public and non-public sectors, so as to fully stimulate the vitality of various business entities; advance reforms for the market-based allocation of production factors, so as to foster a world-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized.

Xi urged coordinated development of regions within the province driven by further integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, so that the province will play a greater role in the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the rise of the central region.

The province should actively participate in high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, make solid progress in the reforms to integrate domestic and foreign trade, step up efforts to attract and stabilize foreign investment, and accelerate the cultivation of new growth drivers for foreign trade, Xi said.

Xi called for efforts to build a new model of integrated urban-rural development, establish a modern grain industry system, production system, and management system, steadily promote the construction of high-standard farmland, build itself into a granary for the Yangtze River and Huai River basins, and firmly shoulder the responsibility of grain supply.

The province should launch trials on extending rural land contracts by another 30 years upon the expiration of second-round contracts, improve policies to strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich rural areas, so as to stimulate farmers' enthusiasm for grain production, Xi said.

Efforts should be made to vigorously develop the cultivation of distinctive and green agricultural products, promote the upgrading of rural industries that benefit local people, improve the overall benefit of agriculture, and boost new types of rural collective economies, Xi said.

Rural living environment should continue to be improved for the building of beautiful countryside, Xi said.

The province should strengthen urbanization with the focus on county seats, expand county economies, ensure the employment of key groups, improve policies to provide regular assistance to low-income rural people, forestall any mass relapse into poverty, and expand rural coverage of education, medical care, old-age care, social security and public culture services, Xi said.

Xi stressed that the province should further promote the integrated development of culture and tourism, and develop cultural tourism to be a pillar industry.

Xi stressed that it is necessary to improve economic work in the fourth quarter, earnestly implement the policies and measures set by the CPC Central Committee, and strive to achieve the annual economic and social development goals.

Xi stresses leveraging national development strategies to advance Chinese modernization in Anhui

Xi stresses leveraging national development strategies to advance Chinese modernization in Anhui

Xi stresses leveraging national development strategies to advance Chinese modernization in Anhui

The Global South's participation is crucial to building a fair, united and peaceful world featuring common development and prosperity -- an idea shared among officials and scholars from around the world attending the Global South Think Tanks Forum and discussing the future of global growth.

The Global South Think Tanks Forum, held in Beijing on Wednesday with both online and offline formats, highlighted the voices and perspectives of the Global South and aimed to foster dialogue for a more secure and prosperous future.

The event, organized by the International Department of the CPC Central Committee and the China Media Group, attracted participation from political figures, government representatives, analysts, scholars, and journalists from 76 countries and regions worldwide.

Ronnie Lins, director of China-Brazil Center for Research and Business, said that developing countries across the world nowadays are working together to share solutions and foster more inclusive and sustainable growth.

"Developing countries are no longer reliant on traditional powers in the Northern Hemisphere. Rather, they are forming alliances with one another to share solutions that align with their respective circumstances, thereby fostering more inclusive and sustainable growth," said Lins.

Taling Rodrigue, founder of China-Cameroon Cultural Centre, pointed out that development is more about ensuring all the people have the opportunity to thrive.

"Development is the pathway to prosperity. But development in our context is not merely economic growth; it is about ensuring that every person, every community has the opportunity to thrive," said Rodrigue.

Sayon Doumbouya is the director of External Relations for scientific, technical and academic cooperation at Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry. She stressed on the importance of peace and security in achieving development.

"The theme of peace, security, and development is really important, as we need peace. Peace is synonymous with prosperity. And to have prosperity, we need work. Work is synonymous with development. Development is essential," she said.

"In this situation, people around the world who are committed to peace and global unity have a duty to come together, and stand on the side of the right and isolate those in the wrong," said Sudheendra Kulkarni, founder and chairman of the Forum for a New South Asia.

Sundar Nath Bhattarai, officiating chairman of the China Study Centre (CSC) in Nepal, noted that no nation should be left alone in jointly building a prosperous world.

"Today, we are assembled here, to make a united call, for a fair and just international order, and to read it, the power that the Global South has taken to jointly build the prosperous world without letting anybody out of it," he said.

"The world's policy makers need to come together to work together on these common objectives and goals which we have, which are not just shared by some nations, but all nations, all peoples of the world, all civilizations of the world and all the cultures of the world," said Jauhar Saleem, president of the Institute of Regional Studies in Pakistan.

Jose Luis Beas Aranda, director of the Centre for Higher National Studies in Peru, emphasized the need to prioritize food security.

"It is necessary to satisfy people's needs, and in principle this is done through economic security, because if poverty is reduced, there will be no reason to commit crimes for this reason. When we have food security and people consider their food needs are satisfied, that too would not justify any negative action against the state," he said.

"We are happy you are providing a platform for the Global South think tanks to amplify our voices in promoting this win-win cooperation and advocating fairness and justice and to bring fairness and justice to the world," said Herman Tiu Laurel, president of the Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute.

"In the formation of the multipolar order, the Global South countries play a vital role," said Victoria Panova, vice rector of National Research University under Higher School of Economics in Russia.

Aly Diouf, member of China-Africa Think Tanks Forum, stressed the solidarity of Global South members.

"It is together that we can develop. And the ideal for the countries of the South is to show solidarity. When a country has problems, it's imperative to come to its aid. And it's together, that's how we can develop," he said.

"If we can share experiences and foster cooperation, emphasizing equality and mutual learning, I believe that a human society filled with peace, development, security and prosperity, is bound to be realized," said General Kanit Chanpreechay, committee member of Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand.

Global South Think Tanks Forum aims peace, development, unity