BEIJING, May 25, 2024
/CNW/ -- Built after China's
reform and opening up, Rizhao Port in east China's Shandong
Province is a vital global hub for the transshipment of
energy and bulk raw materials.
Through recent technological innovation, the port has been
upgraded into a modern port, serving as a key node for the New
Eurasian Land Bridge and an important hub for the Belt and Road
Initiative.
Rizhao Port, together with Qingdao Port, Yantai Port and Bohai
Bay Port, formed Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd. five years ago. Last
year, the total cargo throughput of the four ports exceeded 1.7
billion tonnes, ranking first in the world.
As part of his first leg of an inspection tour in Shandong Province from Wednesday to Friday, Xi
Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visited the
port, recognizing its achievements and urging the province to build
a high-level platform for major international exchanges and
cooperation.
"Reform is the driving force for development," Xi emphasized on
Thursday while chairing a symposium in Shandong's capital of Jinan, attended by representatives from
businesses and academia.
To deepen reform further on all fronts, efforts should be
focused on the overarching goals of improving and developing the
socialist system with Chinese characteristics and modernizing
China's governance system and
capacity, he stressed.
Deepening reform centered on Chinese modernization
Xi's trip to Shandong is the
first local inspection he has made since the CPC Central Committee
Political Bureau held a meeting on April
30, which decided that the third plenary session of the 20th
CPC Central Committee will be held in Beijing in July, and the session will
primarily examine issues related to further comprehensively
deepening reform and advancing Chinese modernization.
Over the years, China's reform
of the economic system has been continuously improved, and the
reform of its political and cultural systems has been steadily
advanced and innovated.
Meanwhile, the reform of the ecological civilization system has
been accelerated, and the reform of national defense and the
military has achieved historic breakthroughs.
Comprehensively deepening reform has placed the construction of
the national governance system and governance capabilities in a
more prominent position. China has
convened about 40 meetings of the Central Leading Group for
Comprehensively Deepening Reform and 30 meetings of the Central
Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform to improve the
top-level design of reform.
From implementing the Foreign Investment Law and building pilot
free trade zones to hosting a slew of major expos and accelerating
the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, China unswervingly deepens reforms and expands
high-level opening up, injecting positive energy into global
development and bringing tangible benefits to people worldwide.
At Thursday's symposium, Xi said China should take resolute steps to remove the
ideological and institutional barriers hindering the advancement of
Chinese modernization and double down on its efforts to resolve
deep-seated institutional challenges and structural issues.
Economic system reform should start with meeting realistic needs
and tackling the most urgent matters, and it should advance
theoretical and institutional innovation in the process of solving
practical problems, he added.
A better life for the people
Xi has been stressing that reform should focus on what the
people care about and expect the most. The aim, he has said, is to
give the people a stronger sense of fulfillment.
Focusing on resolving the most practical problems that are of
the greatest and most direct concerns to the people, China has continued to advance major reforms
and system construction in the field of people's livelihoods to
allow the results of reform to benefit all people equally and
promote their comprehensive development.
The Civil Code, anticipated for decades, finally came to life
and was adopted in 2020, highlighting the respect and protection of
individual freedom, dignity, interests and rights.
Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the country has built a
total of more than 59 million units of various types of affordable
and shantytown-renovated housing, helping settle over 140 million
people into new homes.
"The Chinese people's aspiration for a better life is the goal
we have been striving for, and the ultimate purpose of advancing
reform and promoting development is to improve the livelihood of
the people," Xi said.
Stressing the need to plan and advance reform based on the
overall, fundamental and long-term interests of the people, Xi
urged efforts to identify the key areas of reform and achieve
breakthroughs based on the pressing concerns and aspirations of the
general public, including employment, income growth, education,
healthcare, housing, government services, childcare, elderly care,
personal safety and property security.
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