President Xi Jinping spoke about reform and opening-up, innovation, poverty relief and other issues during his visit to South China's Guangdong province from Oct 22-25. Here are the highlights of his statements during the trip.
On reform and opening-up
"I’m visiting Shenzhen as it marks the 40-year anniversary of opening-up and reform in order to tell the world that China will not stop its opening-up and reform. China will certainly deliver a bigger miracle that draws worldwide attention."
"The development of Guangdong in the past four decades proved that reform and opening-up is the sure way to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and decides China's fate."
"We should stay true to our founding mission of reform and opening-up, draw on successful experiences in the past 40 years and raise quality and level of opening-up and reform."
"We should be people-oriented. People's happiness should be the criteria for evaluating the result of opening-up and reform. The fruits of opening-up and reform should benefit the general public."
On innovation
"Independent innovation is the only way toward scaling world heights in science and technology."
"Enterprises should have the aspirations and guts to accelerate enhancing the capability of independent innovation, strive to achieve the independent control of key core technologies and hold firmly the initiative of innovative development in our own hands."
On traditional Chinese medicine
"We should exert more efforts in exploring the essence of TCM and better collaboration between enterprises, universities and research institutes to advance the industrialization, modernization and globalization of TCM."
On Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
"The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is a State-level project, a pillar project of the country. The extraordinary project has set a number of world records. It shows China's hardworking spirit, ability to innovate and ambition to realize world-class achievements."
"It is a bridge representing confidence and rejuvenation."
"Its opening has fostered strong confidence in the path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics."
"The completion of the bridge has proved that socialism is achieved through hard work, as is the new era."
On unbalanced development between urban and rural areas
"The unbalanced development between urban and rural areas and among different regions is the biggest challenge of Guangdong's high-quality development."
"Strengthened, continued efforts and more targeted measures are needed to solve the urban and rural divide to turn weakness into potential and widen development space."
On poverty relief
"The most direct and effective way to alleviate poverty was through industrial development. It is also a long-term plan to help create jobs for local communities."
"No one should be left alone on the road toward poverty alleviation and a moderate prosperous society. The mission should be fulfilled through work of generation by generation."
On development of special economic zones
"We should emulate and enhance successful experiences from special economic areas such as Shenzhen and Zhuhai."
"Reform and opening-up has been proved by practice the right path which we must consistently, unswervingly and unremittingly follow."
On grassroots management
"More resources, services and management should be channeled to the community to provide residents with standardized and sophisticated services so that their issues, big or small, could be resolved."
On urban planning
"In urban planning and construction, we should pay great attention to the protection of historical culture ... We should highlight local features."
On private enterprises
"Private businesses have made great contributions to China's economic growth and have a very promising future."
"The CPC Central Committee always values the development of the non-public sector of the economy and is supportive of them, which has not changed and will not change."
"We will create better conditions for the development of private businesses and small and medium-sized enterprises."
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