President Xi Jinping has called on north China’s Shanxi Province to further promote the transformation and development of the resource-based economy and strive to write its own chapter in advancing Chinese modernization.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during his inspection tour in Shanxi from Monday to Tuesday.
On Monday afternoon, Xi visited a monument square in Yangquan City and paid tribute to heroes of the Eighth Route Army who died in the Hundred-Regiment Campaign. The campaign took place in northern China between August 1940 and January 1941 during the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Xi described the campaign as a powerful testament to the CPC’s role as the pillar of the nation’s resistance war against Japanese aggression. He called for passing on the great spirit of resisting aggression from one generation to the next.
Speaking to young students visiting an exhibition on the campaign, Xi called on the younger generation to carry forward the revolutionary legacy and rise to the task of national rejuvenation.
When inspecting the Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd., Xi was briefed on the province’s progress in industrial transformation and upgrade in recent years. He also learned about the production and sales of some valve products at the company’s workshop.
He emphasized that traditional manufacturing is an important part of the real economy, and called for efforts to respond to market demand and enhance sci-tech innovation to breathe new life into traditional industries.
Noting that China’s industrial development today relies on advanced technologies and equipment for improvement, Xi encouraged the company’s staff members to contribute more to the country’s growing manufacturing strength.
On Tuesday morning, after listening to a work report from the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee and the provincial government, Xi made requirements for the province’s future work.
Xi noted that building a national pilot area of comprehensive reform for the transformation of resource-based economy is a strategic task entrusted to Shanxi by the CPC Central Committee.
While ensuring the coal supply for the country’s power generation, efforts should be made to promote the low-end to high-end transformation of the coal industry and the upgrading of coal products from primary fuels to high-value products, Xi said.
He also required efforts to push forward the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and develop emerging and future industries in light of local conditions to foster new quality productive forces.
It is imperative to make good use of various development conditions, optimize the business environment and stimulate the vitality of business entities, he said.
Xi also highlighted the bottom line of security and stability in this process, urging efforts to ensure people’s livelihoods, maintain social stability, safeguard ecological security and boost workplace safety.
Persistent work should be done to enforce the Party’s full and rigorous self-governance, Xi added, calling for cultivating a clean political environment and improving the long-term, regular mechanisms for Party conduct.
